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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rig  Speak Example sentences
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[значительные] reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
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[портить] go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
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[установка] manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
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[упорное] unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
role  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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[Роль] normal activity of a person in a particular social setting; the part played by a performer
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[смысле] faculty through which to know the external world; feeling produced by a stimulus
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[Постоянного] high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
rot  Speak Example sentences
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[слезы] separate or be separated by force; divide or disrupt; fill with tears or shed tears
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[решения] method for solving a problem; successful action of solving a problem
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[Постоянного] high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
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[гниль] become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
sake  Speak Example sentences
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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[значительные] reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
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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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[ради] purpose; reason for wanting something done
screw  Speak Example sentences
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[команда] some persons associated together in any work; a flock of wild ducks
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[винт] cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
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[напряженный] stretch or force to the limit; tight
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[сценарий] prepare text for filming or broadcasting
significant  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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[значительные] reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
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[подошвы] bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; the bottom surface of a plow
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[тяжелой] serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
solution  Speak Example sentences
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[террор] extreme fear; violent dread; fright
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[ради] purpose; reason for wanting something done
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[решения] method for solving a problem; successful action of solving a problem
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[возмущаться] feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
sore  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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[напряженный] stretch or force to the limit; tight
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[пастух] a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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[больной] skin infection; hurting; inflamed and painful; source of pain, distress, or irritation
team  Speak Example sentences
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[искренние] open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
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[стейк] slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
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[оснастка] make a sharp sound; break suddenly as under tension; utter in an angry or sharp tone
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[команда] some persons associated together in any work; a flock of wild ducks
tear  Speak Example sentences
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[упорное] unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
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[слезы] separate or be separated by force; divide or disrupt; fill with tears or shed tears
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[Tuck] make one or more folds in; store in a safe spot; put in a snug spot
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[Оценка] act of getting the point in a game or sport;  facts about an actual situation