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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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a. [неустанные] unmoved by appeals for sympathy or forgiveness; insensible to distresses of others; unyielding


Spelling Word: relentless
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v. [сдерживать] keep under control; hold back; place limits on


Spelling Word: restrain
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n. [революции] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization


Spelling Word: revolution
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v. [дрожь] shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters


Spelling Word: shiver
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n. [лоскуток] a small amount; a long, narrow piece cut or torn off; long, irregular strip that is cut or torn off


Spelling Word: shred
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n. [спектакль] an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or disapproval


Spelling Word: spectacle
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n. [решения] apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights; stopping an opposing player carrying the ball


Spelling Word: tackle
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n. [термостат] the device, as in a home heating system, or an air conditioner, that automatically responds to temperature changes


Spelling Word: thermostat
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a. [прозрачные] easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely


Spelling Word: transparent
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n. [поход] travel;  journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult


Spelling Word: trek