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n. диверсанта one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property


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v. ожог burn with hot liquid or steam; pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid


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n. мошенник one that is dishonest or troublemaker, especially an impish youngster


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a. скрупулезно precisely and carefully conducted; by extreme care and great effort; cautious


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n. полуграмотных barely able to read and write; able to read but not to write


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v. ослаблять become slower; loosen; become less vigorous, intense, or severe


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n. вдребезги fragments; atoms; splintered pieces; bits


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v. отвергать reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn


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a. флегматичный dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility


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n. ступор state of reduced or suspended sensibility; daze; lack of awareness


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