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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Spelling Practices
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n. [учетом] approval; the act of allowing, granting, or admitting


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n. [посещаемости] act of being present


Spelling Word: attendance
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n. [лавина] a great mass of falling snow and ice


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a. [мрачная] cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable


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n. [размытия] something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot


Spelling Word: blur
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v. [краснеть] become rosy or reddish;  turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame


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n. [скобка] something which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly, as bandage, cord, or rod;


Spelling Word: brace
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n. [пушка] great gun; firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force; loop at the top of a bell by which it is hung


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n. [плен] a prisoner taken by force; one kept in power of another; one charmed or subdued by beauty, excellence, or affection


Spelling Word: captive
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n. [столкновения] crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals


Spelling Word: collision