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n. Вселенная cosmos; everything that exists anywhere


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a. несостоятельным indefensible; not able to be maintained


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n. растительности plants of an area or a region; plant life


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a. подробно wordy; using or containing a great and usually an excessive number of words


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n. позвоночных animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column


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n. след trace; remains; an indication that something has happened


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n. превратности change, especially in one's life or fortunes; regular change or succession of one thing to another; alternation


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n. виртуоз a highly skilled artist, as a musician; one who is dazzlingly skilled in his field


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a. висцерального felt in one's inner organs; obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation


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v. убыль decrease in size or strength; draw gradually to an end


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