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abjure  Speak Example sentences
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[коррозии] destroy metal or alloy gradually, especially by chemical action; be eaten or worn away
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[отречься] renounce upon oath; abandon forever
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[портить] mismanage; blunder; work or act in clumsy, awkward, or blundering manner
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[разговорный] of informal spoken language or conversation; conversational or chatty
abscond  Speak Example sentences
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[скрыться] leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself, often to avoid arrest or prosecution
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[отречься] renounce upon oath; abandon forever
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[самодержца] dictator; ruler having unlimited power
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[отступник] one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
adjudicate  Speak Example sentences
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[отступник] one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs
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[дряхлости] state of collapse caused by illness or old age
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[выносить решения] hear and settle a case by judicial procedure
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[прошлое] preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background
askance  Speak Example sentences
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[искоса] with a sideways or indirect look; Turned to side, especially of eyes
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[Цитадель] fortress; a fortified place which people could go for shelter during a battle
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[нетипичные] not normal; unusual or irregular; not representative of a group, class, or type
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[болеутоляющее] source of relaxation or comfort; medicine that relieves pain
astigmatism  Speak Example sentences
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[астигматизм] eye defect that prevents proper focus
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[задобрить] influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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[наносить] fasten; append; add on; secure to something
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[реквизировать] force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
bombastic  Speak Example sentences
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[самодержца] dictator; ruler having unlimited power
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[напыщенного] pompous; using inflated language; high-sounding but with little meaning
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[обольщение] flattery; speech or action expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart
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[реквизировать] force into military service; take for public use; seize for military use; take arbitrarily or by force
cajole  Speak Example sentences
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[задобрить] influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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[аллегории] symbolic representation of abstract ideas or principles in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form
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[ослабляют] make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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[мазня] smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
cartographer  Speak Example sentences
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[мазня] smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
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[картограф] one who makes maps or charts
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[апломбом] poise; self-confident assurance
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[обручу] become engaged to marry; promise to marry
churlish  Speak Example sentences
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[несправедливо] difficult to work with; rude; unyielding; unmanageable
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[ослабляют] make weak; enfeeble; impair the strength of
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[задобрить] influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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[воздержан] sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
climactic  Speak Example sentences
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[мазня] smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
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[спорных] quarrelsome; disagreeable; marked by heated arguments or controversy
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[климатических] relating to the highest point; ascending or leading to climax
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[наносить] fasten; append; add on; secure to something