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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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sector  Speak Example sentences
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[сектор] a particular aspect of life or activity; a body of people who form part of society or economy
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[благосостояния] benefit; something that aids health or happiness
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[терапии] healing power or quality; treatment of illness
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[настройки] context and environment in which something is set
secure  Speak Example sentences
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[вдумчивый] considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
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[безопасной] free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
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[разлива] pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
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[месть] do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
setting  Speak Example sentences
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[настройки] context and environment in which something is set
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[шок] unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
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[токсичных] poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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[конечном счете] as final consequence; at last; in the end
spit  Speak Example sentences
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[безопасной] free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
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[жертвы] the offering of something to god; victim offered to God; surrender or loss of profit for higher object
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[смешно] completely lacking wisdom or good sense
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[коса] expel or eject from the mouth; rain gently
steady  Speak Example sentences
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[вдумчивый] considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
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[устойчивый] securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
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[ритуал] procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
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[саммите] utmost height; the highest point of a mountain
sting  Speak Example sentences
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[жало] pierce painfully with sharp-pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in mind or feelings
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[безопасной] free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
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[сектор] a particular aspect of life or activity; a body of people who form part of society or economy
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[потрясающий] causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
strategy  Speak Example sentences
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[предмету] something to be treated; course or area of study
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[стратегии] elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
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[заменить] exchange; put in the place of another
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[спонтанного] arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
surgeon  Speak Example sentences
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[упорное] unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
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[хирург] one who performs manual operations on a patient
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[отступления] receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
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[Стресс] put special emphasis on; utter with an accent; state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain
swamp  Speak Example sentences
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[конечном счете] as final consequence; at last; in the end
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[болото] low land that is seasonally flooded; low land region saturated with water
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[смешно] completely lacking wisdom or good sense
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[месть] do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
talented  Speak Example sentences
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[талантливых] showing a natural gift for something
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[стратегии] elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
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[Вице] moral fault or failing; evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit; physical defect or weakness
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[болото] low land that is seasonally flooded; low land region saturated with water