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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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counsel  Speak Example sentences
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[адвокат] give advice to someone; suggest
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[описание] act of describing; sketch or account of anything in words
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[расстройства] neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
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[Гриль] question severely; torture or afflict
counter  Speak Example sentences
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[счетчик] the flat surface on which money is counted, business is transacted; one that is an opposite
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[гармония] compatibility in opinion and action; an agreeable sound property
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[бросать] throw with force or recklessness; throw or cast away; move in an abrupt
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[Эксперт] a person with a high degree of skill in or knowledge of a certain subject
crown  Speak Example sentences
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[лечение] medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; removal of disease or evil
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[валового] of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
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[корона] ornamental circlet or head covering, made of gold  with jewels and worn as a symbol of sovereignty
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[свалка] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
curb  Speak Example sentences
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[свалка] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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[обуздать] bend or curve; guide and manage, or restrain
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[виновных] deserving of blame; adjudged to have committed crime
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[сверла] bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
defeat  Speak Example sentences
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[виновных] deserving of blame; adjudged to have committed crime
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[вдохновение] sudden intuition as part of solving a problem; arousing to a particular emotion or action
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[поражение] disfigure; destroy; frustrate; overcome or vanquish; resist with
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[эго] self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; exaggerated sense of self-importance
defendant  Speak Example sentences
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[ответчик] one required to make answer in an action or suit
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[края] brink; perimeter; margin
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[энтузиазм] great excitement for or interest in a subject or cause;  feeling of excitement
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[отключения] deprive of capability or effectiveness; unable; impair; diminish
device  Speak Example sentences
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[лечение] medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; removal of disease or evil
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[скромным] low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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[устройства] technique or means; instrument; machine used to perform one or more relatively simple tasks
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[файл] line; proceed in one line
fancy  Speak Example sentences
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[фантазии] capricious notion; something many people believe that is false
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[эго] self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; exaggerated sense of self-importance
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[расстройства] neglect of order or system; irregularity; disturbance; sickness
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[скромным] low or inferior in station or quality; modest
formula  Speak Example sentences
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[формула] plan; directions for making something; a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
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[пламени] stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; the passion of love
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[валового] of huge size; excessively large; coarse; rough; not fine or delicate
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[файл] line; proceed in one line
grave  Speak Example sentences
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[Фонд] basis on which something is grounded
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[могила] a place for the burial; death, or extinction
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[гармония] compatibility in opinion and action; an agreeable sound property
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[указать] point out; direct to a knowledge of