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n. ультиматум last offer; final statement of terms made by one party to another


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v. подорвать weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath


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v. раскопать bring up out of the earth; dig up; bring to public notice; uncover


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a. безработных jobless; idle; out of work


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n. уникальность singularity; specialty; quality of being one of a kind


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a. дикий in a natural or wild state


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v. поддерживать support; preserve; hold aloft; raise


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v. вамп patch up something old; refurbish; put together; fabricate or improvise


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a. настоящий being without question; not counterfeit or copied; agreeable to truth or fact


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n. вето rejection; a vote that blocks a decision; deny; prohibit; command against


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