3500 ACT Vocabulary

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respite  Speak Example sentences
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(отсрочку) usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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(стимулятор) drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
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(резидентов) one who resides in a place permanently or for an extended period; dweller
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(сиять) give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow
restrain  Speak Example sentences
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(мрачный) gloomy; marked by tendency to be bitter or sardonic
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(рецидивов) habitual return to crime; committing new offenses after being punished for crime
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(сдерживать) keep under control; hold back ; place limits on
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(флегматичный) dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
ripen  Speak Example sentences
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(созревают) grow ripe; cause to ripen or develop fully
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(подземные) hidden; secret; situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground
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(основной) essential; not imaginary; actual or real
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(Постоянного) high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
scintillate  Speak Example sentences
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(замечание) expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed
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(сиять) give off sparks; shine as if emanating sparks; twinkle or glow
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(сохранить) keep; maintain possession of; hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
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(спартанский) avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
slapdash  Speak Example sentences
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(набережная) dock; landing place; reinforced bank where ships are loaded or unloaded
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(наспех) haphazard; careless; done hastily
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(раздражать) irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
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(колчан) shake with slight, rapid, tremulous movement
smuggle  Speak Example sentences
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(контрабандой) import or export without paying customs duties
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(мрачный) gloomy; marked by tendency to be bitter or sardonic
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(обоснования) establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
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(раздражать) irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
spark  Speak Example sentences
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(искры) flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
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(пучка) bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
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(спартанский) avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
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(беспокойной) impatient under restraint or opposition; resisting control; difficult to control
standing  Speak Example sentences
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(стоически) enduring pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaint
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(отсрочку) usually short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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(Спецификация) instruction; description; act of specifying, or making a detailed statement
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(Постоянного) high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
statute  Speak Example sentences
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(выживания) existence; remaining alive
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(Постоянного) high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
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(Устав) law enacted by legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
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(пучка) bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together
stimulant  Speak Example sentences
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(области) kingdom; domain ruled by a king or queen
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(флегматичный) dull; impassive; having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
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(стимулятор) drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; acts to arouse action
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(синтез) combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things togethe