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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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distinction  Speak Example sentences
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[различие] excellence or eminence; note or mark of difference
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[степени] extensive space or area; distance or area over which something extends; the degree to which a thing extends
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[вязать] contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
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[карлика] cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
doubtful  Speak Example sentences
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[инструмента] tool; one used by another to accomplish a purpose; a device used to produce music; legal document
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[собака] a variety of domestic dog, having large, drooping ears; sidebar used to strengthen portions of gear of a vehicle
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[миру] body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball
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[сомнительных] distrustful; skeptical; full of doubt; having doubt; not settled in opinion
dwarf  Speak Example sentences
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[ужасное] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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[карлика] cause to seem small; check natural growth or development of
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[гигиены] the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation
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[куча] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
emerge  Speak Example sentences
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[фрагмент] a small part that has been broken off or detached; fraction
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[появляются] come into prominence; spring up; appear
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[вмешательства] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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[элегантный] refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
epidemic  Speak Example sentences
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[ужасное] very unpleasant; distasteful or shocking
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[эпидемии] the outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and widely; widely prevalent
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[области] field; territory over which rule or control is exercised;  networked computers that share a common address
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[Электроника] branch of physics that deals with the behavior of electrons; electronic devices
evolution  Speak Example sentences
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[эволюция] development; a gradual process of change and development
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[вызывать] persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
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[бесконечного] unlimited or boundless, in time or space; without limit in power, capacity, knowledge, or excellence
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[расширить] become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
flock  Speak Example sentences
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[расположение] natural or acquired habit with tendency; act or means of getting rid of something
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[области] field; territory over which rule or control is exercised;  networked computers that share a common address
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[исполнения] put force upon; force; constrain; compel; put in motion or action by violence
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[стая] group; herd; crowd; gather; crowd; throng
fragment  Speak Example sentences
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[муки] fine powdery foodstuff; soft, fine powder
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[Маршрут] plan of the trip; a guidebook for travelers
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[сетки] the framework of crisscrossed or parallel bars; grating or mesh
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[фрагмент] a small part that has been broken off or detached; fraction
heap  Speak Example sentences
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[нетронутыми] undamaged in any way; integrated; a whole
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[куча] crowd or throng; a great number of persons; pile or mass
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[фрагмент] a small part that has been broken off or detached; fraction
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[Doom] judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation
huddle  Speak Example sentences
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[вмешательства] get involved; come, appear, or lie between two things
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[эволюция] development; a gradual process of change and development
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[расширить] become larger in size or volume; grow stronger; add details
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[ютятся] crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together