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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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[тяжелой] serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
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[сотрудники] personnel who assist superior to carry out an assigned task
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[хребта] long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains
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[выживать] continue to live; endure or last
rig  Speak Example sentences
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[видов] a specific kind of something
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[травма] emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects; serious injury to the body
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[стиль] particular kind; a way of expressing something
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[установка] manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
session  Speak Example sentences
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[мелкой] lacking physical depth; not deep or strong
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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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[пыток] extreme pain; anguish of body or mind
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[сессии] the meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
slight  Speak Example sentences
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[трагедии] disaster; event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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[небольшое] almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
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[конечной] final; being the last or concluding; fundamental; elemental; extreme
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[упорное] unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
smooth  Speak Example sentences
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[гладкая] free from obstructions; make surface shine
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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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[язык] organ situated in the floor of mouth; speech; language; clapper of a bell
species  Speak Example sentences
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[видов] a specific kind of something
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[ствол] stem, or body, of a tree; main stem, without the branches; the body of animal apart from the head and limbs
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[сессии] the meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
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[названию] right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film
spoil  Speak Example sentences
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[портить] go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
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[злой] evil in principle or practice; contrary to moral or divine law; addicted to vice or sin
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[видов] a specific kind of something
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[надзиратель] keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
staff  Speak Example sentences
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[выживать] continue to live; endure or last
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[сотрудники] personnel who assist superior to carry out an assigned task
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[названию] right or claim to possession; a mark of rank; the name of a book or film
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[трансплантации] act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
status  Speak Example sentences
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[Статус] position relative to others; standing
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[след] follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
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[стабильного] not easily moved or disturbed
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[трагедии] disaster; event resulting in great loss and misfortune
survive  Speak Example sentences
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[сотрудники] personnel who assist superior to carry out an assigned task
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[выживать] continue to live; endure or last
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[стабильного] not easily moved or disturbed
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[курорт] vacation spot; an act of turning to for assistance