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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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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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[рисунок] model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number
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[Создать] make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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[текущее] stream; flow; up-to-date; present
current  Speak Example sentences
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[точка] the shorter of two telegraphic signals used in Morse code; very small circular shape
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[текущее] stream; flow; up-to-date; present
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[кулак] hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; closed hand
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[галерея] long usually narrow room; covered corridor
cycle  Speak Example sentences
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[великолепный] dazzlingly beautiful; magnificent
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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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[текущее] stream; flow; up-to-date; present
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[экзотические] from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
despise  Speak Example sentences
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[идентичными] duplicate; alike; being the exact same one
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[утопить] kill by submerging and suffocating in water; overwhelm in water; deaden one's awareness of
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[презирают] dislike intensely; regard with contempt or scorn
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[фол] an act that violates the rules of a sport
destiny  Speak Example sentences
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[судьба] an event that will inevitably happen in the future
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[суета] angry disturbance; excited state of agitation; needlessly nervous or useless activity; protest; quarrel
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[идентичными] duplicate; alike; being the exact same one
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[объявить] state clearly; make known formally or officially
economy  Speak Example sentences
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[подлинного] authentic; real; true
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[экономика] efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; a specific type of economic system
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[вперед] at or to or toward the front; toward the future
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[платы] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
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[изображение] visual representation; representation of a person
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[скромным] low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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[равные] having the same quantity, measure, or value as another; identical
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[обсуждение] discussion; dispute; discussion involving opposing points
exotic  Speak Example sentences
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[экзотические] from another part of the world; foreign; strikingly strange or unusual
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[описание] act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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[Создать] make or cause to be or to become; invest with a new thing
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[платы] give a tip beyond the agreed-on compensation
fake  Speak Example sentences
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[изучить] investigate systematically; examine; search
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[равные] having the same quantity, measure, or value as another; identical
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[описание] act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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[поддельные] imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
fascinating  Speak Example sentences
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[увлекательный] capable of arousing and holding the attention
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[описание] act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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[поколения] all offspring at the same stage from an ancestor; interval between the birth of parents and their offspring
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[скромным] low or inferior in station or quality; modest