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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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ridge  Speak Example sentences
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[ритуал] procedure for religious ceremonies; any customary practice
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[выживания] existence; remaining alive
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[значительные] reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
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[хребта] long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains
sabotage  Speak Example sentences
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[сорняков] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted
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[настройки] context and environment in which something is set
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[саботаж] destroy property or hinder normal operations
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[свисток] make a kind of musical sound by lips; emit a similar sound from the mouth as birds
sake  Speak Example sentences
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[свисток] make a kind of musical sound by lips; emit a similar sound from the mouth as birds
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[ради] purpose; reason for wanting something done
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[кисло] taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
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[соусом] stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish, or puddings
scar  Speak Example sentences
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[Индивидуальный] composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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[яхта] a lightship used for private pleasure trips
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[саботаж] destroy property or hinder normal operations
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[шрам] mark of damage; a mark left on the skin after injury
sheet  Speak Example sentences
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[шрам] mark of damage; a mark left on the skin after injury
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[саботаж] destroy property or hinder normal operations
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[листа] bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece; any broad, thin surface
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[значительные] reasonably large; important in effect or meaning
solo  Speak Example sentences
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[Индивидуальный] composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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[выявить] make known; disclose, or show
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[соусом] stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish, or puddings
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[яхта] a lightship used for private pleasure trips
sour  Speak Example sentences
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[кисло] taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
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[стандартные] criteria; basis for comparison
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[хребта] long, narrow upper section or crest; a chain of hills or mountains
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[порочный] by vice or defects; defective; imperfect; having the nature of vice; evil, immoral, or depraved
structure  Speak Example sentences
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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[якобы] seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
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[обратный] overturn; turn inside out or upside down; turning in the opposite direction
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[сорняков] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted
subtle  Speak Example sentences
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[сорняков] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted
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[тонкие] slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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[трек] road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
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[выживания] existence; remaining alive
supposedly  Speak Example sentences
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[яхта] a lightship used for private pleasure trips
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[запасных] give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action
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[якобы] seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
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[недействительными] emptiness; containing nothing; clear or empty a place