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(лопатка) row slowly and gently; move through water by means of repeated short strokes of the limbs


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n.
(конкурс) elaborate exhibition devised for the entertainment; show, spectacle, or display


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a. Syn. compliant; inactive
(пассивные) lacking in energy or will; peacefully resistant in response to injustice


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(погибнуть) be destroyed; pass away; become nothing


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v.
(смущать) baffle; confuse


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n. Syn. coloring; dye
(пигмента) substance used as coloring; dry coloring matter


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n. Syn. peak
(Pinnacle) peak; tall pointed formation, such as mountain peak


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n. Syn. farm
(плантации) farm; an area under cultivation; a group of cultivated trees or plants


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a. Syn. believable; credible
(правдоподобным) likely but not certain to be or become true or real


Spelling Word: plausible
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n.
(преимущество) fact, state, or right of preceding; priority; previous occurrence, or existence before; preceding act or speech


Spelling Word: precedence