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dais  Speak Example sentences
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догмы a fixed, especially religious, belief or set of beliefs; doctrine
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распада decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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декаданс process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
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помосте raised platform for guests of honor
deadpan  Speak Example sentences
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палубы a pack of 52 cards; any of various floor-like platforms built into a vessel
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невозмутимым wooden; impersonal; deliberately impassive or expressionless, as face or look
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снести raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to
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Дельта an area of flat land where a river spreads out into several smaller rivers before entering the sea
demagogue  Speak Example sentences
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несуществующей dead; no longer in use or existence
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делегат authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another
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мазня smear as with paint; apply with quick or crude strokes to surface; make crude paintings
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демагог a person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people
demolition  Speak Example sentences
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распределение act of distributing or spreading or apportioning
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правонарушений failure or omission of duty; fault; misdeed; offense or crime
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декаданс process, condition, or period of deterioration or decline; falling off or away; decay
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сноса act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
denigrate  Speak Example sentences
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потоп great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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очернить blacken; defame; attack reputation of; degrade
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растрепанные marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
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житель a person who inhabits a particular place
denizen  Speak Example sentences
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сноса act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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извергать bring up and expel from throat or stomach; vomit; discharge or pour forth contents
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житель an animal, plant, or person that lives in or is often in a particular place, a regular visitor
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перегонять give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
desirous  Speak Example sentences
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делегат authorize and send another person as one's representative; commit or entrust to another
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потоп great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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желая feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain
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перегонять give off  liquid; purify; refine; increase the concentration of
detriment  Speak Example sentences
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сноса act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying
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растрепанные marked by disorder; untidy; having hair in loose disorder
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набожный expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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ущерб harm; damage; injury; something that causes damage, harm, or loss
devout  Speak Example sentences
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моющего средства cleansing agent; a substance that acts similarly to soap
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набожный expressing devotion or piety; earnest in the religious field
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разрозненных separated at joints; out of joint; lacking order or coherence
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потоп great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
discordant  Speak Example sentences
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потоп great flood; heavy downpour; any overflowing of water
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противоречивые not harmonious; conflicting; disagreeable in sound; harsh or dissonant
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бескорыстной not interested; indifferent; free of self-interest; impartial
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снести raze; destroy; do away with completely; put an end to