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ugly
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a. уродливые offensive to the sight; contrary to beauty; disagreeable aspect; unsightly
'If it had grown up,' she said to herself, 'it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.'
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ultimate
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a. конечной final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
As the ultimate arbiter of the Constitution, the Supreme Court occupies a central place in our government scheme.
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ultimately
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ad. конечном счете as final consequence; at last; in the end
Every value they create ultimately belongs to each of us.
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ultrasonic
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a. ультразвуковой supersonic; higher in frequency than the range of sound perceptible to the human ear
Jamster offers several different frequencies of ultrasonic ringtone for download.
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ultraviolet
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a. ультрафиолетового wavelengths shorter than light but longer than X rays
Glass is almost perfectly opaque to deep ultraviolet, which is why it's hard to get a tan through a window.
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unadorned
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a. украшений without adornment; simple or plain; not admirable
She referred to an unadorned rectangular stone, perhaps two meters wide and three long, strangely scarred in places.
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unanimous
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a. единодушны uniform; in complete agreement
At last, we got the unanimous decision.
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unbearable
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a. невыносимо unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
I wouldn't be sitting there because I'm in unbearable pain.
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unbridled
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a. необузданной violent; not restrained or controlled
They observed that, throughout history, experiments in unbridled democracy led to chaos.
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unbroken
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a. непрерывной continuous, without interruption; intact
We lived together in unbroken harmony for twenty years.
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uncharted
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a. неизведанные not surveyed or investigated; not charted or recorded on a map or plan
Her election would also take France into totally uncharted territory - with a woman as president for the first time in its history.
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unconscious
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a. бессознательное lacking awareness; senseless; unaware
So I think at this hour when I look back to the crisis through the quiet medium of time: I was unconscious of folly at the instant.
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unconventional
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a. нетрадиционных not conforming to accepted rules or standards
The mother's unconventional behavior also raised many conservative eyebrows.
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unconvincing
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a. неубедительно not such as to convince or to impress seriously
Sorry – but this is unconvincing from a moral or strategic point of view.
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uncover
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v. раскрыть remove the cover from; expose; disclose
We could have Mandarin uncover some secret, magical thing which makes him powerful.
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underestimate
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v. недооценивать make too low an estimate of the quantity; undervalue
One thing I think you underestimate is how much in the minority you are.
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undergraduate
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n. бакалавриату a university student who has not yet received the first degree
In some educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education, not equal to a bachelor's degree.
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underground
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a. подземных under the level of the ground; buried
I speak with several years of experience actually working in underground mines.
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underlying
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a. основной lying under or beneath something; basic; implicit; taking precedence; prior
We face a combination of changes in underlying conditions not seen in almost a century.
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undermine
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v. подорвать weaken by wearing away base or foundation; injure or impair; dig a mine or tunnel beneath
We should not allow this moment to undermine our commitment to South Africa, the constitution, and the reconstruction.
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