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 4000 CAE (B) - Spelling Practices
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a. лысый hairless; lacking a natural or usual covering


Spelling Word: bald
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n. стеб good-humored, playful conversation


Spelling Word: banter
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n. Парикмахер haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards


Spelling Word: barber
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v. завидовать resent; give or expend with reluctance; be envious of


Spelling Word: begrudge
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v. вот have in sight; see clearly; look at; perceive by the visual faculty


Spelling Word: behold
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a. доброкачественной kindly; favorable; not malignant


Spelling Word: benign
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a. Берсерк mentally or emotionally upset; deranged; excessively agitated


Spelling Word: berserk
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n. выпивка a short period of excessive consumption; rapid and excessive consumption of food, especially of excessive alcohol


Spelling Word: binge
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a. горький harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious


Spelling Word: bitter
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a. тупой having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive


Spelling Word: blunt