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  Academic Words Level 1 - 2 - Matching Quizzes
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counsel  Speak Example sentences
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[разрушительных] causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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[фонд] money; capital; a reserve of money set aside for some purpose; finance; subsidize
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[опекунов] one who guards, preserves, or secures; one who has, or is entitled to custody of person or property
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[адвокат] give advice to someone; suggest
delicate  Speak Example sentences
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[деликатный] pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
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[идиот] foolish or stupid person; unlearned, ignorant, or simple person
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[сверла] bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
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[Flash] emit a brief burst of light; appear briefly; a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
destiny  Speak Example sentences
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[Фокус] the most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest, or activity
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[несмотря] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred
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[судьба] an event that will inevitably happen in the future
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[любезно] polite behavior; the act of civility or respect; consent or agreement in spite of the fact
destructive  Speak Example sentences
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[адвокат] give advice to someone; suggest
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[отказ] act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
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[разрушительных] causing, or able to cause, damage; ruinous
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[сплетни] rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
distract  Speak Example sentences
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[сверла] bore; pierce; make a hole; practice; train
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[отвлечь] cause to turn away from original focus; pull in conflicting emotional directions; unsettle
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[сплетни] rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
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[опекунов] one who guards, preserves, or secures; one who has, or is entitled to custody of person or property
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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[эпизод] a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series
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[функции] act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
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[шторм] powerful wind; a gust of wind; emotional outburst as laughter or tears
execution  Speak Example sentences
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[определенной] fixed; exact; having distinct limits
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[исполнения] accomplishment; putting into practice;  putting a person to death
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[отказ] act of refusing or disowning; negation; refusal to admit the truth; refusal to grant; rejection of a request
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[оскорбление] offend; affront; treat, mention, or speak to rudely
flash  Speak Example sentences
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[деликатный] pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way; easily hurt; very subtle between difference
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[сплетни] rumor; malicious report about other people; light informal conversation for social occasions
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[Flash] emit a brief burst of light; appear briefly; a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
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[человечества] kindness; virtue; all of the inhabitants of the earth
focus  Speak Example sentences
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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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[Grand] large and impressive in size, scope, or extent
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[Фокус] the most important thing; a fixed reference point; center of interest, or activity
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[отразить] go mad, go crazy;  turn upside down, or throw so as to reverse; toss with a sharp movement
function  Speak Example sentences
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[преследовать] be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; bother; disturb
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[Грант] allow to have; give based on merit; be willing to concede
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[функции] act of executing or performing any duty; assigned duty or activity
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[текущее] stream; flow; up-to-date; present