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n. Скрудж mean or miserly person; selfish person


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n. уединение isolation; solitude; secluded place; shutting out or keeping apart


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n. Храм case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb


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v. показывать jump lightly; hop; bypass


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n. слинг a weapon consisting of a looped strap in which stone is whirled; looped rope for supporting something


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a. неаккуратно wet, to spatter easily; muddy; lack of care or precision


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n. плюнул minor dispute; brief quarrel


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n. спонтанность naturalness; freedom from constraint; happening or arising without external cause; self-generated


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v. разбазаривать spend wastefully; fail to take advantage of; lose a chance for


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v. сквош crush something into a flat shape


Spelling Word: squash