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v.
(ослепить) overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy


Spelling Word: dazzle
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n. Syn. rubble
(мусор) remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up


Spelling Word: debris
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a.
(посвященный) devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; designed for a particular use or function


Spelling Word: dedicated
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v.
(заслуживают) be worthy of; have a right to


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n.
(несмотря) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred


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v.
(отвлекаться) turn aside, especially from main subject in writing or speaking


Spelling Word: digress
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a. Syn. weak; faint
(тусклый) emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness


Spelling Word: dim
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v.
(пообедать) eat principal regular meal of the day; take dinner; give a dinner to


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n.
(отвращение) strong feelings of dislike; offend the taste or moral sense of


Spelling Word: disgust
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v. Syn. waste; scatter
(рассеять) spend or expend wastefully; vanish by dispersion; drive away; disperse


Spelling Word: dissipate