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  Academic Words Level 3 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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revolve  Speak Example sentences
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[Выплата] remove from; pull back; break from gathering; retreat; depart
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[Сумерки] light perceived before the rising, and after the setting, of the sun; faint light
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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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[удерживать] refuse to give; refrain from giving, granting, or permitting; deduct from employee's salary
sanity  Speak Example sentences
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[безработица] not having a job; condition of being unemployed; state of being unused
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[здравомыслие] condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind
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[сдерживать] keep under control; hold back; place limits on
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[заставки] cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
siege  Speak Example sentences
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[осады] seat, especially a royal seat; throne or rank; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding of a place by an army
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[симпатической] expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
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[черствый] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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[стоит] sufficiently valuable; important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest
sow  Speak Example sentences
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[ветка] small branch or division of a branch
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[свинья] plant; place seeds in or on
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[раскаяния] the pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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[безжалостной] pitiless; cruel; having no compassion or pity; merciless
stale  Speak Example sentences
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[черствый] having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
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[передачи] act of transmitting; automotive assembly of gears; sending of a signal
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[ветка] small branch or division of a branch
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[известных] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
stripe  Speak Example sentences
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[обидчивый] tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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[лозунг] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
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[симпатической] expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
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[полосой] a kind or category; band; ribbon
supervise  Speak Example sentences
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[преобразование] change in outward structure or looks; convert
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[раскаяния] the pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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[надзор] administer; watch a person or activity to make certain that everything is done correctly
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[вегетарианские] someone who doesn't eat meat or fish usually for religious or moral reasons
symphony  Speak Example sentences
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[лозунг] phrase repeatedly used, as in advertising or promotion
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[полосой] a kind or category; band; ribbon
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[симфония] large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
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[черта] quality; attribute; distinguishing feature; slight degree or amount
token  Speak Example sentences
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[маркер] something intended or supposed to represent another thing; sign or symbol; memorial of friendship
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[слух] piece of unverified information of uncertain origin usually spread by word of mouth
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[торжество] victory; win; expressing great joy
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[известных] famous; celebrated for great achievements, for distinguished qualities
touchy  Speak Example sentences
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[маркер] something intended or supposed to represent another thing; sign or symbol; memorial of friendship
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[торжество] victory; win; expressing great joy
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[обидчивый] tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive; requiring special tact or skill in handling
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[полосой] a kind or category; band; ribbon