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n. сарказм a cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; a form of humor by mocking with irony


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n. побережье coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean


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n. безопасность freedom from risk or danger; safety


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a. чисто very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure


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a. шокирующие jolting; frightful; terrible; highly disturbing emotionally; highly offensive


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n. череп a bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates


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a. скользкой smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide


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ad. несколько to some extent or degree; rather; a bit; slightly


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n. воробей any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects


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v. спекулировать assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit


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