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  Academic Words Level 3 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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dilemma  Speak Example sentences
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[вражда] a bitter quarrel between two parties
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[вторгнуться] move into; intrude; enter by force in order to conquer or pillage
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[дилемма] predicament; state of uncertainty or between equally unfavorable options
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[невежества] lack of knowledge or education
divert  Speak Example sentences
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[исключительно] without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
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[эфирные] necessary; critical; vital; constituting or being part of the essence of something
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[предприятия] company; firm; organization created for business ventures
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[отвлечь] distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
elaborate  Speak Example sentences
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[щеголять] display proudly or shamelessly; show oneself off
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[веселый] by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
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[разработки] marked by complexity and richness of detail; done with care and in minute detail
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[наглым] strange; unusual; haughty or brutal in behavior or language; grossly rude or disrespectful
employment  Speak Example sentences
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[мрачные] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[Работа] act of employing or using; work in which one is engaged; occupation
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[люк] breed; emerge from the egg
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[неустойчивой] no fixed or regular course; wandering
essential  Speak Example sentences
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[отвлечь] distract; withdraw money and move into a different location
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[Работа] act of employing or using; work in which one is engaged; occupation
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[эфирные] necessary; critical; vital; constituting or being part of the essence of something
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[разрушительное] destructive; highly critical; causing or capable of causing complete destruction
extinct  Speak Example sentences
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[веселый] by or causing great merriment or happiness; gay or merry
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[поспешных] easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
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[вымерших] no longer existing or living; vanished; dead
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[гигиены] the degree to which people keep themselves or their environment clean; sanitation
furthermore  Speak Example sentences
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[Кроме] in addition; moreover; still further
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[исключительно] without any others being included or involved; purely; strictly
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[диск] flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
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[Затмение] darken; exceed in importance; outweigh
gist  Speak Example sentences
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[Кроме] in addition; moreover; still further
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[мрачные] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding
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[суть] a most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; the central idea
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[диск] flat round plate; circular structure either in plants or animals
globe  Speak Example sentences
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[поспешных] easily angered; irritable; made too quickly to be accurate or wise
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[невежества] lack of knowledge or education
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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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[вязать] contract into wrinkles; grow together; form into fabric by intertwining
grim  Speak Example sentences
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[вражда] a bitter quarrel between two parties
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[вызывать] persuade; bring about; reason or establish by induction
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[продо��жительность] length of time something lasts
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[мрачные] unrelenting; rigid; dismal and gloomy; cold and forbidding