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  Academic Words Level 3 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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lunar  Speak Example sentences
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[лунный] pertaining to the moon; affecting the moon
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[дворянство] quality or state of being noble; the superiority of mind or character; commanding excellence; eminence
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[отказ] act of refusing; denial of anything demanded
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[чудо] wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
manufacture  Speak Example sentences
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[целлюлозы] fruit flesh;  any soft or soggy mass
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[задуматься] weigh; weigh in mind; view with deliberation; examine carefully; consider attentively
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[патрона] benefactor; regular customer
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[производство] make products by hand or machinery; make from raw materials
marvel  Speak Example sentences
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[март] spoil or damage; impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of
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[чудо] wonder; strong surprise; astonishment
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[часть] section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
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[щепотку] clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges
mischief  Speak Example sentences
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[наброски] the line that appears to bound an object; the shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
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[зло] behavior that causes discomfiture or annoyance in another; tendency to play pranks or cause embarrassment
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[ракетка] a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
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[смешивать] be all mixed up or jumbled together
monstrous  Speak Example sentences
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[метафора] implied comparison; one thing conceived as representing another; symbol
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[маневр] plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy
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[чудовищной] marvelous; strange; extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness
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[мусор] make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
muster  Speak Example sentences
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[сбора] call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
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[продуктивной] having quality or power of producing; yielding or furnishing results; causing to exist
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[выкидыша] failure of administration or management; failure to attain the desired result or reach a destination
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[оборотные] capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or endorsement to another person
orchestra  Speak Example sentences
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[проникнуть] pierce; go through; permeate
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[мусор] make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
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[оркестр] a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together
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[маневр] plan for attaining a particular goal; deliberate, coordinated movement; strategy
outline  Speak Example sentences
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[мусор] make untidy by discarding rubbish carelessly; scatter about
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[испытания] severe trial; a form of trial to determine guilt or innocence; a difficult or painful experience
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[наброски] the line that appears to bound an object; the shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
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[читать] repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory; rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor
pinch  Speak Example sentences
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[чистоты] condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
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[щепотку] clutch; squeeze between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges
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[наброски] the line that appears to bound an object; the shape of an object or figure; summary of a written work or speech
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[мантии] a loose sleeveless coat worn over outer garments; cloak as a symbol of authority; covering; envelope
porcelain  Speak Example sentences
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[ракетка] a device consisting of an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings and a handle
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[сбора] call together; cause to come together; gather; summon up
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[оборотные] capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or endorsement to another person
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[фарфор] ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic