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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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differ  Speak Example sentences
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[Редакция] of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor
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[этнических] relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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[развиваться] develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
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[отличается] be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
dim  Speak Example sentences
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[резкое] radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
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[отвлечь] distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
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[Руководство] concise reference book providing specific information
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[тусклый] emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
divert  Speak Example sentences
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[раздражать] rouse to impatience or anger; annoy; provoke
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[стая] group; herd; crowd; gather; crowd; throng
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[неустойки] something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
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[отвлечь] distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
duly  Speak Example sentences
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[отвлечь] distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
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[образом] as it ought to be; properly; regularly
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[резкое] radical; taking effect violently or rapidly
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[вымерших] no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
evolve  Speak Example sentences
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[ютятся] crouch or curl up; mass; heap;  crowd or draw together
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[электрика] one whose occupation is the installation, maintenance, repair, or operation of electric equipment and circuitry
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[несовершеннолетних] youth; adolescent; not fully grown or developed
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[развиваться] develop gradually, or to cause something or someone to develop gradually
fickle  Speak Example sentences
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[непостоянные] not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind
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[колбы] a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
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[инфекционных] able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
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[отличается] be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
finance  Speak Example sentences
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[тяжести] seriousness; solemn and dignified feeling; natural force between two massive bodies
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[использовать] make use of, sometimes unjustly
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[этикет] manners; rules governing socially acceptable behavior
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[Финансы] management of money and credit and banking and investments; subsidizing; fund
flock  Speak Example sentences
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[стая] group; herd; crowd; gather; crowd; throng
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[вымерших] no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
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[инфекционных] able to pass disease from one person, animal, or plant to another; contaminating
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[отличается] be or stand apart; disagree; be unlike; be distinguished
forfeit  Speak Example sentences
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[этнических] relating to races; a group of people sharing common racial, national, or religious heritage
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[неустойки] something surrendered as punishment for crime or error
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[стая] group; herd; crowd; gather; crowd; throng
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[тусклый] emitting only a small amount of light; lacking in brightness
fringe  Speak Example sentences
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[колбы] a small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; a narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass
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[мрачные] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[края] margin; periphery; decorative border of hanging threads, cords, or strips, often attached to a separate band
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[Редакция] of or pertaining to an editor; written or sanctioned by an editor