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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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invisible  Speak Example sentences
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[монстр] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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[невидимым] incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
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[области] kingdom; domain ruled by a king or queen
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[отказаться] turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
jerk  Speak Example sentences
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[шага] action or manner of throwing something
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[рывок] pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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[прачечная] washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
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[мотив] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
leak  Speak Example sentences
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[утечки] escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
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[психология] the science that deals with mental processes and behavior
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[конечностей] arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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[шага] action or manner of throwing something
limb  Speak Example sentences
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[найти] find; settle; determine or specify the position or limits o
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[конечностей] arm; leg; any of the main branches arising from the trunk or a bough of a tree
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[рывок] pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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[прачечная] washing; a workplace where clothes are washed and ironed
lounge  Speak Example sentences
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[Лом] a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
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[перспективных] likely to develop desirably; affording hope
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[гостиная] public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
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[рывок] pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
motive  Speak Example sentences
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[гостиная] public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
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[мотив] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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[рывок] pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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[обязательства] act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
nasty  Speak Example sentences
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[неприятный] very dirty, foul; disgusting; nauseous
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[противоположной] two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
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[переулок] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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[оправдывают] adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
original  Speak Example sentences
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[участок] a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy
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[психология] the science that deals with mental processes and behavior
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[оправдывают] adjust the spaces between words;  show to be reasonable; explain, clear away
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[оригинальные] not second hand; not copied or translated from something else
palm  Speak Example sentences
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[Palm] the inner surface of the hand between bases of fingers and wrist; tropical evergreen trees of the family Palmae
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[министр] one who performs service for another; officer of justice; executive head of a government department
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[Лом] a fragment of any solid substance; old iron, or other metal, glass, paper; discarded material
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[сырье] in the natural, unprocessed condition; cruel and unfair; uncooked; untrained and inexperienced
pitch  Speak Example sentences
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[шага] action or manner of throwing something
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[гостиная] public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
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[сырье] in the natural, unprocessed condition; cruel and unfair; uncooked; untrained and inexperienced
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[найти] find; settle; determine or specify the position or limits o