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a. отстающие slow; sluggish; wasting time


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n. абажуры a protective ornamental shade used to screen a light bulb from direct view


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v. томиться lose animation; be or become weak or feeble; lose strength or vigor


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n. фокусы show of skill or deceitful cleverness, considered magical by naive observers


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v. лифт direct or carry from a lower to a higher position; raise; transport by air


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v. задерживаться be slow in leaving; continue or persist; stay


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v. шепелявить pronounce the letter s imperfectly; give s and z the sound of th; speak hesitatingly with a low voice, as if afraid


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n. локомотив of or relating to locomotion; a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine


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n. Мате a fellow member of a team


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n. материализм the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality


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