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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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cycle  Speak Example sentences
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[свалка] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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[суета] angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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[цикла] periodically repeated sequence of events; a long period of time; entire round in a circle or a spire
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[отрицать] disagree with; refuse; declare untrue
dentist  Speak Example sentences
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[стоматолога] a person qualified to practice dentistry
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[вертолет] aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
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[края] brink; perimeter; margin
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[дисциплины] a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
deny  Speak Example sentences
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[воздействия] forceful consequence; strong effect; influencing strongly
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[трава] a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
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[отрицать] disagree with; refuse; declare untrue
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[Гарантия] pledge that something will happen or that something is true
destructive  Speak Example sentences
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[определенной] fixed; exact; having distinct limits
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[свалка] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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[разрушительных] causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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[суета] angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
disturb  Speak Example sentences
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[заложники] a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
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[инстинкт] an inborn pattern of behavior; nature
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[беспокоить] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[элемент] a fundamental or essential constituent of a composite entity; basic assumptions or principles of a subject
drill  Speak Example sentences
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[сверла] bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
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[трава] a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
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[воздействия] forceful consequence; strong effect; influencing strongly
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[стоматолога] a person qualified to practice dentistry
encounter  Speak Example sentences
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[беспокоить] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[встреча] face; confront;  meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon
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[кредит] arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services; money available for a client to borrow
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[заложники] a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
extreme  Speak Example sentences
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[холодильник] container in which an electric motor pumps the coolant around
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[крайние] outermost; utmost; farthest; most remote; at the widest limit
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[дисциплины] a trait of being well behaved; an act of punishing; a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
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[драматический] striking; sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect
factor  Speak Example sentences
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[фактор] anything that contributes causally to a result; element; variable
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[разрушительных] causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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[трава] a plant lacking a permanent woody stem, some having medicinal properties
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[трещины] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through
favour  Speak Example sentences
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[обиду] be unwilling or reluctant to give or admit; be envious; show discontent
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[Гарантия] pledge that something will happen or that something is true
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[пользу] act of gracious kindness; inclination to approve
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[глобальные] worldwide; international; having the shape of a globe