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a. спорным disputable; unsettled; open to doubt or debate


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a. оборонительных intended or appropriate for defending against; protective


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v. ухудшить reduce level; lower grade of something


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n. детектив investigator;  usually of the police force, who investigates crimes and obtains evidence


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n. центов a United States coin worth one-tenth of a dollar


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a. дипломатической relating to diplomacy; marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others


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a. взыскательных exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; quick to understand


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v. распоряжаться get rid of; settle or decide a matter; place or set in a particular order; arrange


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n. расположение natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something


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v. распространение distribute; spread; scatter like seeds


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