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backbone  Speak Example sentences
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(позвоночник) support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column
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(щедрость) goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
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(укреплению) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
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(соленый) salty; any very large body of salt water
bankruptcy  Speak Example sentences
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(банкротства) state of being unable to pay your debts
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(имени) represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone
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(банкротом) penniless, without any money; financially ruined
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(бык) male of any species of cattle; large, strong, and aggressive person; optimist regarding business conditions
barb  Speak Example sentences
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(захоронения) grave or tomb; ritual placing of a corpse in a grave; concealing something under the ground
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(нарушение) breaking of contract or duty
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(портфель) portable, often flat case with a handle, used for carrying papers or books
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(Барб) sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
beaten  Speak Example sentences
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(банкротом) penniless, without any money; financially ruined
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(били) formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted
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(связывать) tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together
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(щедрость) goodness, kindness; virtue; liberality in giving
bilateral  Speak Example sentences
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(мясника) one whose job is to kill animals for food; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; vendor, especially on train or in theater
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(бандаж) strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds
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(жестокий) like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; merciless
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(двусторонних) two-sided; mutual
bind  Speak Example sentences
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(похвастаться) show off oneself; speak of with excessive pride
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(приманка) harass; tease; lure, entice, or entrap
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(связывать) tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together
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(размытия) something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance; moral stain or blot
bitter  Speak Example sentences
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(горький) harsh or corrosive in tone; painful; acrid; acrimonious
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(связывать) tie, or confine with a cord, band, or chain; make fast; contract; cohere or stick together
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(чаши) throw or roll a ball; move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling
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(двусторонних) two-sided; mutual
bloom  Speak Example sentences
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(Барб) sharp projection from fishhook; openly cutting remark
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(цветения) flower; blossom; best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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(укреплению) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
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(бандаж) strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds
blunt  Speak Example sentences
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(тупой) having a dull edge or end; not sharp; lacking in feeling; insensitive
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(ставки) stake or pledge upon the event of a contingent issue; amount or object risked in a wager
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(мигать) shut eyes briefly; wink
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(банкротом) penniless, without any money; financially ruined
blur  Speak Example sentences
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(мигать) shut eyes briefly; wink
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(банкет) feast; entertainment of eating and drinking
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(размытия) something that is hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance; moral stain or blot
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(били) formed or made thin by hammering; totally worn-out; exhausted