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v. седло load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride


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n. сатира form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly


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a. вторичных not of major importance; of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate


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a. сентиментальные emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism


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ad. немного a little; a bit; in a small amount or degree


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a. вялый lazy; with little movement; very slow


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v. задушить conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion


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v. замочить cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously


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n. спектр the colored band produced when a beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values


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v. разрастания extend; stretch; spread; sit or lie with the body and limbs spread out awkwardly


Spelling Word: sprawl