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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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layoff  Speak Example sentences
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[жалкие] causing sadness, compassion, or pity
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[пикник] eat in the open air; have informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion
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[паспорт] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
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[увольнение] dismissal of employees from their jobs
legitimate  Speak Example sentences
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[варенье] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
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[законные] accordant with law; lawful; based on logical reasoning; reasonable
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[фазы] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
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[паспорт] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
lose  Speak Example sentences
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[потенциал] existing in possibility; expected to become or be
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[законные] accordant with law; lawful; based on logical reasoning; reasonable
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[выбрать] remove something with the fingers or with the teeth; separate as choice or desirable
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[потерять] fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have; be deprived of; fail to win
mall  Speak Example sentences
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[мнения] notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation
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[численного] belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
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[центр] shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
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[утечки] escape fluid from a container through a hole or crack; tell anonymously; reveal
mansion  Speak Example sentences
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[Особняк] dwelling-house of the better class; a large or stately residence
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[рывок] pull, or move with a sudden movement; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions
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[Восстановление] get or find back; regain a former condition
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[мнения] notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation
marvelous  Speak Example sentences
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[чудесный] wonderful; extraordinarily good
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[Март] walking with regular steps; a procession of people walking together; steady advance
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[репутацию] state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
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[фазы] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
military  Speak Example sentences
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[центр] shopping center; public area set aside as a pedestrian walk
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[фазы] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
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[военной] about soldiers, to arms, or war; of the whole body of soldiers
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[мнения] notion or conviction founded on probable evidence; belief stronger than an impression; favorable estimation
nickel  Speak Example sentences
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[увольнение] dismissal of employees from their jobs
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[максимальной] the largest possible quantity
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[никеля] a coin worth one-twentieth of a dollar
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[паспорт] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
pathetic  Speak Example sentences
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[численного] belonging to number; denoting a number; consisting in numbers; expressed by numbers, and not letters
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[репутацию] state of being held in high esteem; general estimation in which a person is held by the public
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[очевидно] exposed; easily discovered; plain
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[жалкие] causing sadness, compassion, or pity
pick  Speak Example sentences
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[паспорт] legal document identifying the bearer as a citizen of a country and allowing to travel abroad
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[мотив] emotion, desire, physiological need; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
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[варенье] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
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[выбрать] remove something with the fingers or with the teeth; separate as choice or desirable