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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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retain  Speak Example sentences
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[сохранить] keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
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[стек] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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[риторические] relating to skill of using language effectively and persuasively; insincere in language
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[Выплата] remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
revenue  Speak Example sentences
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[доходов] money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
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[сфера] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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[известных] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
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[ресурсов] materials; abilities; available source
revolution  Speak Example sentences
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[сфера] ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
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[революции] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization
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[транзит] act of passing; passage through or over; line or route of passage
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[поверхностных] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
revolve  Speak Example sentences
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[спекулировать] assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
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[вращаться] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
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[революции] act of revolving; motion of a body around a fixed point or line; total or radical change in political organization
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[известных] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
rival  Speak Example sentences
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[черствый] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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[конкурента] compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
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[ресурсов] materials; abilities; available source
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[суеверия] excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious; worship of a false god; false religion
roam  Speak Example sentences
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[стек] an orderly pile; heap; a large number; arrange in a pile
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[бродить] wander; ramble; stroll
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[тенденции] trend; a general direction in which something tends to move
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[вращаться] turn or roll round on, or as on, an axis, like a wheel; rotate; move in curved path round a center; pass in cycles
slippery  Speak Example sentences
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[скользкой] smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
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[конкурента] compete; be equal to in quality or ability; match
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[торф] the surface layer of earth containing a dense growth of grass; territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own
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[доходов] money which returns from an investment; annual income; reward
speculate  Speak Example sentences
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[полезное] conducive to sound health or well-being; beneficial
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[спекулировать] assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for  profit
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[искушение] act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction
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[сохранить] keep; maintain possession of;  hire by payment of a fee; keep in mind; remember
stale  Speak Example sentences
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[поверхностных] trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
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[известных] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
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[ветеран] someone who has given long service
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[черствый] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
sufficient  Speak Example sentences
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[напоминают] be similar to; take after; look like
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[достаточно] adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
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[ветеран] someone who has given long service
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[известных] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities