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a. от old-fashioned; obsolete


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n. Дин a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities


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a. декадентской self-indulgent; moral decay


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a. посвященный devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; designed for a particular use or function


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n. деформация alteration in the shape or dimensions; a change for the worse


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n. грабеж plundering; destructive action; predatory attack; damage or loss


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a. пустынной remote from civilization; left desolate or empty; abandoned


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a. пустынной unpopulated; providing no shelter or sustenance; devoid of inhabitants


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n. расхищать someone who takes spoils or plunder; one who despoils or strips by force; a plunderer


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n. разрушения havoc; event that completely destroys something


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