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circumvent  Speak Example sentences
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(укрывать) settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place
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(обхода) surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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(различать) detect; perceive
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(целесообразно) suitable; appropriate to a purpose; serving to promote your interest
cryptic  Speak Example sentences
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(образцовый) serving as model; outstanding; typical
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(этикет) propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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(загадочное) having hidden meaning; mystifying; using code or cipher
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(презрение) view with scorn or contempt; feel with aversion
decoy  Speak Example sentences
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(определяется) keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
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(панихида) a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn
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(приманка) lure or bait; means used to mislead or lead into danger
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(ошибочно) false; tending to mislead; deceptive
defoliate  Speak Example sentences
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(этикет) propriety in manners and conduct; good taste in manners; conventions or requirements of polite behavior
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(уничтожать растительность) strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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(доверчивых) apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting; believed too readily
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(колебаться) be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
degradation  Speak Example sentences
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(отвратительный) very bad; extremely inferiorl; intolerable; very hateful
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(этимология) study of historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words
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(деградации) humiliation; debasement; decline to a lower condition, quality, or level
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(ловкие) skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
deride  Speak Example sentences
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(оправдать) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
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(укрывать) settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place
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(высмеивать) ridicule; make fun of; laugh at with contempt
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(ловкие) skillful in the use of the hands; having mental skill
detrimental  Speak Example sentences
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(отвлекаться) turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
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(уничтожать растительность) strip leaves or branches from; cause leaves of plant, tree, or forest to fall off, especially by use of chemicals
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(фанатичных) crazy; frenetic
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(пагубно) causing damage or harm; injurious
digress  Speak Example sentences
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(обхода) surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
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(отвлекаться) turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking
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(пресмыкаться) shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility
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(фанатизм) excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause
dirge  Speak Example sentences
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(оправдать) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
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(пресмыкаться) shrink or recoil, as in fear, disgust or embarrassment; bend or crouch with base humility
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(разврат) extreme corruption or degradation; wickedness
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(панихида) a piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; funeral hymn
enigma  Speak Example sentences
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(определяется) keep from; stop; prevent or discourage from acting
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(увиливать) lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth
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(укрывать) settle oneself securely or comfortably; place or conceal in secure place
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(Enigma) puzzle; difficult problem