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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Spelling Practices
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v. [отставку] sign back; return by a formal act; yield to another; abandon


Spelling Word: resign
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n. [сарказм] a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony


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a. [солнечная] of or relating to the sun


Spelling Word: solar
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v. [стволовых] stop the flow of a liquid; make headway against


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v. [поддерживать] admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space


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n. [смолы] sailor or seaman; thick, black, viscous liquid obtained by the distillation of wood, coal


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n. [тенденции] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move


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v. [оттепели] melt, such as snow and ice; defrost; warm weather following a freeze


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n. [древесины] wood; lumber; trees, or wooded land considered as a source of wood


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


Spelling Word: transparent