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protagonist  Speak Example sentences
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(известность) fame; quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
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(обрезать) cut the top off; make shorter as if by cutting off
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(благотворное) tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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(герой) principal character in a work of fiction; main character in a drama; leader of a cause; champion
replete  Speak Example sentences
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(ковылять) walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger; sway, as if about to fall
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(утешение) comfort or relieve in sorrow, misfortune, or distress
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(изобилует) filled to brim or to point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied
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(шалфей) one celebrated for wisdom, experience, and judgment; various plants of the genus Salvia
rescind  Speak Example sentences
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(боязливый) fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
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(семинарии) school, especially a theological school for training of priests, ministers, or rabbis; school of higher education, especially for girls
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(отменить) cancel; make void; repeal or annul
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(почитают) worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
revere  Speak Example sentences
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(изобилуют) excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
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(почитают) worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
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(глубокое) deep; not superficial; far-reaching
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(талисман) charm to bring good luck and avert misfortune; something that apparently has magic power
rife  Speak Example sentences
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(брелок) cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
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(изобилуют) excessively abundant or numerous; in widespread existence, practice, or use
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(ханжески) excessively or hypocritically pious; possessing sanctity; sacred; holy; saintly; religious
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(шумный) characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter
salutary  Speak Example sentences
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(благотворное) tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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(сорвать) hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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(Serendipity) gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
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(вездесущие) being or existing everywhere; omnipresent
solicit  Speak Example sentences
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(запросить) request earnestly; seek to obtain by persuasion or formal application
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(банально) repeated too often; over familiar through overuse; worn out by use
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(разреженной) long and thin; slender; having little substance
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(тираду) extended scolding; long angry or violent speech
tenuous  Speak Example sentences
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(разреженной) long and thin; slender; having little substance
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(транскрибировать) copy; write over again in same words
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(бессодержательный) dull and unimaginative; lacking taste or flavor
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(обрезать) cut the top off; make shorter as if by cutting off
timorous  Speak Example sentences
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(шум) noise, as made by a crowd; riot or uprising
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(зубчатые) saw-like; having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
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(боязливый) fearful; demonstrating fear; weakly hesitant
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(лишать духовного сана) strip a priest or minister of church authority; remove from status as member of clergy
tirade  Speak Example sentences
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(мирской) violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
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(почитают) worship; regard with feelings of respect or honor
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(шумный) characterized by loud, confused noise, or by noisy and uncontrollable laughter
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(тираду) extended scolding; long angry or violent speech