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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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kidnap  Speak Example sentences
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[протест] expression of disagreement and disapproval;  complain against
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[насосы] draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
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[похитить] take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
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[предварительного] prior to or preparing for the main matter; introductory
lethal  Speak Example sentences
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[смертельной] deadly; causing or capable of causing death
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[выход] act or process of producing; production; amount produced during a certain time
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[полагаться] rest with confidence; have confidence; depend
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[участок] a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy
limb  Speak Example sentences
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[практических] based on experience; useful
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[фазы] any distinct time period in a sequence of events; stage
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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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[представляют] pretend to be someone you are not; assume a posture as for artistic purposes
massive  Speak Example sentences
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[практически] virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
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[неприятный] causing disapproval or protest; very annoying or objectionable; offensive
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[Реклама] state of being public; information to attract public notice
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[массивных] enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
negative  Speak Example sentences
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[отрицательных] adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
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[радиолокационной] measuring instrument to detect distant objects by microwave
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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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[происходят] take place; be found to exist; come to one's mind
occur  Speak Example sentences
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[происходят] take place; be found to exist; come to one's mind
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[насосы] draw fluid or gas by pressure or suction; supply in great quantities
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[отрицательных] adverse; involving disadvantage or harm; pessimistic
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[процентов] out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred
output  Speak Example sentences
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[отложить] hold back to a later time; delay; defer
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[выход] act or process of producing; production; amount produced during a certain time
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[участок] a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy
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[политика] settled method of government to administer; system of public or official administration
peel  Speak Example sentences
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[искажать] give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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[варенье] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
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[практически] virtually; actually; for all practical purpose
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[корки] come off in flakes or thin small pieces; strip the skin off; get undressed
plot  Speak Example sentences
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[участок] a small extent of ground; secret scheme or strategy
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[Реклама] state of being public; information to attract public notice
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[искажать] give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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[протест] expression of disagreement and disapproval;  complain against
plus  Speak Example sentences
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[плюс] involving advantage or good; on the positive side or higher end of a scale
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[младший] less advanced in age than another; younger; lower in standing or rank
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[похитить] take by force or fear, and against one's will; seize and detain unlawfully and usually for ransom
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[относительно] with respect to; by concerning