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Level - Easy
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	beak		鸟嘴	The bird picked up the bread in its beak.
2	bird's nest		鸟巢	We climbed a tree and saw a bird's nest with eggs in it.
3	curly fries		卷曲的炸薯条	My favourite fast food is curly fries.
4	dwarf	plural = dwarves	小矮人	My little sister is reading a book called 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'.
5	fantasy	A dream	白日梦、幻想	He lives in a fantasy world; he thinks the computer games he plays are real.
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Level - Medium
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	addicted	Unable to control how much you do something	沈溺于某种嗜好	I played computer games every day for hours. I was addicted to them.
2	dark circles	Dark areas under the eyes	黑眼圈	I couldn't sleep last night, so I have dark circles under my eyes.
3	dress up as	Wear clothes to be like something or someone	装扮作某人或某种东西	I have to dress up as a monkey for my school play!
4	get an F	to get an F grade in a test	得到 F 的级数	We were surprised when Gordo got an F because he's a very clever student.
5	miracle	An unbelievable thing	奇迹	It was a miracle that I passed the exam because I revised the wrong book.
6	obsessed with	Can't stop thinking about	迷住、缠绕不放	He is obsessed with his exam results; it's all he ever talks about.
7	on campus	Within the school grounds and buildings	于校园内	Mobile phones are not allowed on campus.
8	role play game	A game where you have to take on the role of a person or creature	角色扮演游戏	My friend loves role play games. He often dresses up as a wizard to play.
9	shopping mall		购物中心	I love going to the shopping mall with my friends at the weekend.
10	study nature	Look at natural things, such as birds, animals and flowers	学习和研究大自然	We have to study nature for a biology project at school.
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Level - Hard
	Word / Phrase	Meaning	Translation	Example sentence	Audio
1	back to normal	Behaving as you usually do	回复正常	My friend was very quiet and nervous during the exams period, but now she's back to normal.
2	I wasn't thinking clearly	A bit confused	我的头脑不大清晰	I wasn't thinking clearly in class today. I was too tired.
3	lose interest in	Upset people and make them feel unhappy	失去兴趣	I used to collect stamps, but now I have lost interest in it.
4	making fun of	Laughing at someone in an unkind way	嘲笑、取笑	Everyone was making fun of the boy who got zero in his Maths test.
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