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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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couch  Speak Example sentences
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[диван] sofa; arrange or dispose as in a bed
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[слабый] lacking strength or vigor; weak
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[обхода] move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
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[ураган] big storm; severe tropical cyclone
crack  Speak Example sentences
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[валового] of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
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[трения] clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
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[федерального] of or relating to central government; national
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[трещины] break into simpler molecules by means of heat; split;  hit forcefully; pass through
crystal  Speak Example sentences
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[кристалла] quartz; glassware made of quartz; high-quality, clear, colorless glass
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[проекта] rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
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[обхода] move slowly, as people or animals with the body near the ground
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[скромным] low or inferior in station or quality; modest
dedicated  Speak Example sentences
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[страхование] protection against future loss; act, business, or system of insuring
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[заложники] a prisoner who is held by one party to ensure that another party will meet specified terms
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[ураган] big storm; severe tropical cyclone
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[посвященный] devoted to a cause or ideal or purpose; designed for a particular use or function
deposit  Speak Example sentences
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[беспокоить] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[передач] toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, to transmit motion or to change speed or direction
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[хрупкой] easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
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[Депозит] money given as a guarantee or security
fabulous  Speak Example sentences
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[фол] an act that violates the rules of a sport
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[отвлечь] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[сказочный] related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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[влияния] a power affecting person or thing; effect of one thing on another; flowing in or upon; influx
fantastic  Speak Example sentences
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[смущать] humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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[фантастический] excellent; extraordinary;  strange in form, conception, or appearance
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[отвлечь] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[проекта] rough outline; draw up an outline; sketch
foul  Speak Example sentences
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[слияния] union; an act of melting together by heat
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[фол] an act that violates the rules of a sport
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[смущать] humiliate; shame;  cause to feel self-conscious or ill at ease; disconcert
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[слабый] lacking strength or vigor; weak
fragile  Speak Example sentences
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[фантастический] excellent; extraordinary;  strange in form, conception, or appearance
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[хрупкой] easy to destroy, delicate, not strong
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[поход] long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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[рисунок] model of a bodily form; impression produced by a person; written or printed symbol representing a number
friction  Speak Example sentences
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[сказочный] related in fable; devised; invented; not real
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[поход] long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
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[трения] clash in opinion; rubbing against; conflict
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[вечное] forever; being without beginning or end; existing outside of time; infinite