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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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[гул] low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
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[благодать] elegance and beauty of movement or expression; a short prayer of thanks before a meal
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[счетчик] the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite
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[разрушительных] causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
crisis  Speak Example sentences
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[отвлечь] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[цели] end; objective; final purpose or aim
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[кризис] dangerous situation; crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point
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[града] call for; salute; greet; praise vociferously
curse  Speak Example sentences
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[Аппаратное обеспечение] mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
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[проклятие] call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
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[цели] end; objective; final purpose or aim
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[объявить] state clearly; make known formally or officially
destructive  Speak Example sentences
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[уголовного] one who has committed a crime; one who is found guilty by the verdict, confession, or proof
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[истерический] marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; affected, or troubled, with fear or panic
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[разрушительных] causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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[обнять] crowd together; keep close to; tight or amorous embrace
economy  Speak Example sentences
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[экономика] efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; a specific type of economic system
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[целостность] quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness
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[диван] sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed
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[проклятие] call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
essay  Speak Example sentences
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[человечества] kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
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[отвлечь] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[эссе] composition of any particular subject, usually shorter than a formal paper
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[энергия] exertion of force; capacity for work or vigorous activity; usable heat or power
exotic  Speak Example sentences
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[проклятие] call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; bring great evil upon
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[плавать] drift along; make the surface of level or smooth; move lightly
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[отвлечь] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[экзотические] from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
expose  Speak Example sentences
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[невероятное] unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
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[диета] nutritional plan; nourishment; a prescribed selection of foods
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[обнять] crowd together; keep close to; tight or amorous embrace
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[Проспект] set forth; set out to public view
funeral  Speak Example sentences
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[Аппаратное обеспечение] mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system
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[человечества] kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
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[пара] a male and female associated together; a pair who associate with one another
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[похороны] ceremony held in connection with burial; burial procession accompanying body to the grave; end of existence
guarantee  Speak Example sentences
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[гул] low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
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[отказ] act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
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[Гарантия] pledge that something will happen or that something is true
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[Аппаратное обеспечение] mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system