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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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mist  Speak Example sentences
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[сверстников] gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
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[частицы] a tiny piece of anything
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[брошюры] brochure; leaflet; a small book usually having a paper cover
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[туман] visible watery vapor suspended in the atmosphere; haze before the eyes that blurs the vision
motivate  Speak Example sentences
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[точно] spot; locate or identify with precision
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[мотивации] stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
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[тыкать] push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed slowly or lazily; thrust forward
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[вспышка] the sudden or violent start of something unwelcome; eruption; explosion
moustache  Speak Example sentences
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[усы] hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed
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[тыкать] push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed slowly or lazily; thrust forward
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[навигация] guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
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[сверстников] gaze; stare; look searchingly; company with
navigation  Speak Example sentences
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[добычу] the target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
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[навигация] guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
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[несмотря] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
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[примирить] correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel; become compatible or consistent
notwithstanding  Speak Example sentences
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[несмотря] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
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[оптимизм] tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
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[патрона] benefactor; regular customer
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[забывать] ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over
novelty  Speak Example sentences
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[Новинки] quality of being novel; newness; something new and unusual
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[публикации] make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
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[извращенец] cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt; bring to a bad or worse condition
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[вмешиваться] try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, specifically without permission
offshore  Speak Example sentences
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[тыкать] push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed slowly or lazily; thrust forward
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[морской] at some distance from the shore
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[забывать] ignore; disregard;  fail to notice; watch over
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[паломник] traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
optimism  Speak Example sentences
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[публикации] make public; make known to humankind, or people in general
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[оптимизм] tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
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[добычу] the target of a hunt; animal hunted or caught for food
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[несмотря] nevertheless; despite; despite anything to the contrary
optional  Speak Example sentences
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[плоту] a flat float made of logs or planks;  a large number or amount or extent
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[дополнительно] not obligatory; left to choice; not compulsory or automatic
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[извращенец] cause to turn away from what is right, proper, or good; corrupt; bring to a bad or worse condition
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[вмешиваться] try to change or have an influence on things that are not your responsibility, specifically without permission
overhear  Speak Example sentences
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[подслушать] hear more of anything than was intended to be heard; hear again
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[паломник] traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
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[мотивации] stimulate; impel; provide with an incentive; move to action
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[плоту] a flat float made of logs or planks;  a large number or amount or extent