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n. запрет official prohibition; decree that prohibits something


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n. баржа flatboat; long, large boat for transporting freight that is unpowered and towed or pushed by other craft


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a. бесплодной desolate; fruitless and unproductive; lacking


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v. себя perform; conduct oneself in a proper way


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n. биография an account of the series of events making up a person's life;  accounts of people's life


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a. странное fantastic; violently contrasting; strangely unconventional in style or appearance


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v. блок hinder; obstruct;  indicate broadly without great detail; sketch


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n. связь link; connection; uniting force or tie; binding agreement; duty


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v. повысить raise; advance; push or shove upward


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n. тормозные a piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction


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