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v. отставание delay; drag; the act of slowing down or falling behind


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n. лаврах honors conferred for some notable achievement; credit


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


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a. пышное abundant; rich and splendid; fertile


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n. механика branch of physics concerned with the motion of bodies


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a. миграционных wandering; moving from place to place; unsettled


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n. веселье gladness and gaiety, especially when expressed by laughter


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v. искажать give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative


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n. муссона the season of the heavy rain that falls during the summer in hot Asian countries


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a. монументальной massive; taking a great amount of time and effort to complete; in the manner of a monument


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