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a. мягкий mild and pleasant; fragrant


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n. Парикмахер haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards


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a. голый lacking the usual or appropriate covering or clothing


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n. барона title or degree of nobility


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ad. заранее in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation


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a. доброкачественной kindly; favorable; not malignant


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n. горечь sharp and bitter manner


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n. размытия something hazy and indistinct to the sight or mind; dim, confused appearance;  moral stain or blot


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v. повысить raise; advance; push or shove upward


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a. скучно uninteresting and tiresome; dull


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