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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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knot  Speak Example sentences
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[Большинство] greater number or part; a number more than half of the total
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[искажать] give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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[узел] fastening together of one or more threads, cords, ropes; lump or loop formed in the thread; ornamental tie
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[варенье] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
lane  Speak Example sentences
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[противоположной] two words that express opposing concepts; contrariwise; directly facing each other
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[ревнивый] resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious
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[переулок] passageway between fences which is not traveled as a highroad; narrow country road
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[паспорт] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
mansion  Speak Example sentences
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[беспорядок] soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
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[искажать] give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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[Особняк] dwelling-house of the better class; a large or stately residence
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[Конфиденциальность] quality of being secluded from view of others; condition of being hidden
mature  Speak Example sentences
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[монстр] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
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[личность] the complex of all the attributes of a person; the totality of qualities and traits of a person
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[Пожилые] develop and reach maturity; grow old or older
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[могучий] having or showing great strength or force or intensity
mess  Speak Example sentences
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[беспорядок] soft semi-liquid food; a quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for one meal
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[Особняк] dwelling-house of the better class; a large or stately residence
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[Конфиденциальность] quality of being secluded from view of others; condition of being hidden
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[должны] be in debt; be obliged to pay or repay
monster  Speak Example sentences
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[Конфиденциальность] quality of being secluded from view of others; condition of being hidden
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[баранина] the young of the sheep; simple, unsophisticated person
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[пункту] a whole individual unit; a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group
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[монстр] beast; ugly creature; someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
objection  Speak Example sentences
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[отказаться] turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
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[врач] a person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to treat diseases; doctor of medicine
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[редко] not often; in an unusual degree; exceptionally
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[возражения] act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
obligation  Speak Example sentences
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[Напомним] remember; call back; cause to be returned
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[релиз] give off; liberate; grant freedom to; make something available
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[отказаться] turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
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[обязательства] act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie; written promise to repay a debt
owe  Speak Example sentences
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[должны] be in debt; be obliged to pay or repay
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[ссылка] be or become joined or united; connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces
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[Миссия] an assignment that is given to a person or group; an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; job or task
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[варенье] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
pants  Speak Example sentences
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[Журнал] record of a voyage or flight; a record of day to day activities
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[должны] be in debt; be obliged to pay or repay
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[брюки] trousers; underwear; garment extending from waist to knee or ankle
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[пункту] a whole individual unit; a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group