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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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crucial  Speak Example sentences
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[горе] the pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness
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[Grand] large and impressive in size, scope, or extent
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[важнейших] of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis; of the greatest importance
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[кий] end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
cruise  Speak Example sentences
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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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[участия] act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
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[круиз] sail back and forth on the ocean; sail as for the protection of commerce, in search of an enemy, or for pleasure
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[раздавить] press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
cue  Speak Example sentences
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[мошенничество] getting money by lying or cheating; something intended to deceive
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[горе] the pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness
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[участия] act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
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[кий] end of a thing; queue; last words of an actor's speech; hint or intimation; humor
current  Speak Example sentences
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[Гарантия] pledge that something will happen or that something is true
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[безумный] exhibiting disordered of mind; deranged in mind; very foolish
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[любезный] beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor
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[текущее] stream; flow; up-to-date; present
dip  Speak Example sentences
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[горе] the pain of mind; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends; sorrow; sadness
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[Grand] large and impressive in size, scope, or extent
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[достоинства] the quality or state of being worthy of esteem or respect
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[падение] insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
disturb  Speak Example sentences
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[беспокоить] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[Форт] a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
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[раздавить] press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing
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[фантазии] capricious notion; something many people believe that is false
economy  Speak Example sentences
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[гул] low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
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[экономика] efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; a specific type of economic system
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[скромным] low or inferior in station or quality; modest
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[Форт] a fortified defensive structure; permanent army post
ego  Speak Example sentences
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[гул] low, prolonged sound; humming noise; singing with shut mouth
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[Gamble] play or game for money or other stakes; lose or squander by gaming
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[падение] insert into a fluid and withdraw again; immerse for baptism; wet, as if by immersing; moisten
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[эго] self, especially as distinct from the world and other selves; exaggerated sense of self-importance
engagement  Speak Example sentences
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[участия] act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into the contest; state of being in gear
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[дизайн] act of working out the form of something; creation of something in mind; formulate a plan for
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[свалка] sell at artificially low prices; throw away as refuse
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[Дин] a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities
envy  Speak Example sentences
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[беспокоить] upset; bother; trouble emotionally or mentally; put out of order; disarrange
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[Дин] a dignitary or presiding officer; head in the faculty of some colleges or universities
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[зависть] malice; ill will; discontent or uneasiness at another's excellence or good fortune, accompanied with hatred
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[раздавить] press between opposing bodies so as to break or injure; extract or obtain by pressing or squeezing