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  Academic Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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kidnap  Speak Example sentences
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[джунгли] land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation; a dense, confusing mass
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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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[гостиная] public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
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[обслуживание] preservation; support; continuance; court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another
lamb  Speak Example sentences
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[производительности] act of performing; dramatic or musical entertainment; process or manner
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[прыжок] jump; hop; place jumped over or from
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[баранина] the young of the sheep; simple, unsophisticated person
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[Профиль] outline; a biographical sketch
lawn  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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[газон] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
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[невидимым] incapable of being seen; impossible or nearly impossible to see
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[номер] subject; topic; problem; edition; publication; release; publish
lounge  Speak Example sentences
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[варенье] crush or bruise; get stuck; press tightly together
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[гостиная] public room with seating where people can wait; living room; lobby
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[отказаться] turn down; refuse to accept; dismiss from consideration
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[психология] the science that deals with mental processes and behavior
mission  Speak Example sentences
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[тюрьма] building for confinement of persons held in lawful custody
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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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[газон] landscape; grassland, usually tended or mowed; meadow
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[премии] having or reflecting superior quality or value
mortal  Speak Example sentences
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[ликер] any liquid, like water, milk, blood, sap, juice; alcoholic or spirituous fluid
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[линии] thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface; border or boundary
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[премии] having or reflecting superior quality or value
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[смертного] man, human being; liable or subject to death; accompanying death
opportunity  Speak Example sentences
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[линии] thin continuous mark, as that made by a pen, pencil, or brush applied to a surface; border or boundary
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[возможность] favorable or advantageous circumstance; a chance for progress or advancement
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[питомник] room for baby; area in a household set apart for the use of children
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[оригинальные] not second hand; not copied or translated from something else
pave  Speak Example sentences
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[премии] having or reflecting superior quality or value
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[проложить] coat; cover an area of ground with a hard, flat surface
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[свет] brightness; something that admits illumination; source of fire; particular aspect of a situation
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[профессиональные] engaged in, or suitable for a profession
plague  Speak Example sentences
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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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[чумы] epidemic disease with a high death rate; annoyance
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[обслуживание] preservation; support; continuance; court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another
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[ярость] something that is desired intensely; state of extreme anger
pledge  Speak Example sentences
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[залога] promise solemnly and formally; binding commitment to do something
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[искажать] give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as representative
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[великолепный] grand or noble in thought or deed; outstanding of its kind
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[процентов] out of each hundred; per hundred; one part in a hundred