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bacchanalian  Speak Example sentences
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вакханалий drunken; relating to reveling and drunkenness
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обольщение flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart
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буй a float, especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position
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предать be unfaithful; reveal unconsciously or unwillingly
baleful  Speak Example sentences
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рев loud, harsh roar or screech; a dazzling blaze of light
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размахивать move or wave, as a weapon; raise and move in various directions
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обильный abundant; graciously generous; giving freely and generously
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зловещий portending evil; harmful in intent or effect.
beget  Speak Example sentences
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хвастун boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; a very talkative person
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Билайн direct, quick route; direct, straight course
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порождает produce; give rise to
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тяжесть main impact or shock; main burden
belligerent  Speak Example sentences
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воюющих inclined or eager to fight; aggressive
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барометр an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
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замарать wet thoroughly; stain with mud; soil or wet by dragging in the dirt, mud, moist places
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щедрый liberal in charity; disposed to give freely; generously liberal; beneficent; free in bestowing gifts
bemoan  Speak Example sentences
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порождает produce; give rise to
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дирижер a conductor of a band
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оплакивать regret strongly; express disapproval of
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барбекю a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors
bequest  Speak Example sentences
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банально obvious and dull; commonplace; lacking originality
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Билайн direct, quick route; direct, straight course
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резкий abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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наследство inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
beset  Speak Example sentences
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сталкиваются attack from all sides; trouble persistently; hem in
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беседки shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
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Билайн direct, quick route; direct, straight course
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тяжесть main impact or shock; main burden
bicker  Speak Example sentences
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ссориться engage in a petty, bad-tempered quarrel
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бравада defiant or swaggering behavior; the pretense of courage; false show of bravery
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наследство inheritance; legacy; the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another
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барометр an instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere
biennial  Speak Example sentences
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двухгодичной every two years; lasting or living for two years
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зуммер a signaling device that makes a buzzing sound
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крепления invigorating; refreshing; strengthening; imparting vitality and energy
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беседки shady shelter or recess in a garden or woods; anchor carried at the bow of the ship; a muscle that bends a limb
biography  Speak Example sentences
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биография an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life
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буй a float, especially a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position
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нора tunnel; hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter; moving through by or as by digging
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Доска объявлений a committee having supervisory powers; a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose