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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rip  Speak Example sentences
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[бродяга] travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
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[сложные] wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
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[деформация] group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
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[рип] tear or be torn violently; criticize or abuse forcefully and violently
rot  Speak Example sentences
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[рутинной] unvarying or habitual method of procedure; occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals
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[качели] sway or move from one side to another; turn round by  wind or tide; be hanged
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[урегулированию] take up residence; form a community; come to rest; bring to an end; fix firmly
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[гниль] become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
sabotage  Speak Example sentences
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[саммите] utmost height; the highest point of a mountain
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[версия] written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
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[саботаж] destroy property or hinder normal operations
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[жертвы] the offering of something to god; victim offered to God; surrender or loss of profit for higher object
sense  Speak Example sentences
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[гниль] become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
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[стипендии] knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to a student
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[смысле] faculty through which to know the external world; feeling produced by a stimulus
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[слайдов] slip; usually move in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
sewer  Speak Example sentences
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[стипендии] knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to a student
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[канализационных] a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews
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[слабину] area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity; casual trousers
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[вдумчивый] considerate; having intellectual depth; giving close attention
slack  Speak Example sentences
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[Традиция] thought or behavior followed from generation to generation;  heritage
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[слабину] area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity; casual trousers
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[дразнить] tear into pieces;  raise the fibers of
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[кражи] act of taking something from someone unlawfully; stealing
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[слайдов] slip; usually move in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
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[гниль] become decomposed by a natural process; perish slowly; become corrupt
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[температуры] moderate; tone down or restrain;  bring to the desired consistency; adjust finely
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[бродяга] travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
sophisticated  Speak Example sentences
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[грубые] not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface
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[сдвиг] moving from one setting or context to another; moving slightly
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[сложные] wide-ranging knowledge; intricate; intellectually appealing
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[токсичных] poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
survive  Speak Example sentences
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[версия] written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
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[канализационных] a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water; someone who sews
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[полотенце] rectangular cloth or paper for drying or wiping
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[выживать] continue to live; endure or last
territory  Speak Example sentences
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[температуры] moderate; tone down or restrain;  bring to the desired consistency; adjust finely
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[кражи] act of taking something from someone unlawfully; stealing
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[факел] large candle or lamp giving flaring flame; flashlight
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[территории] a large extent of land; organized portion of the country