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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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residence  Speak Example sentences
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[отступления] receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
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[сценарий] prepare text for filming or broadcasting
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[кражи] act of taking something from someone unlawfully; stealing
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[жительства] official house; large house; an act of dwelling in a place
retreat  Speak Example sentences
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[отступления] receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
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[террор] extreme fear; violent dread; fright
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[якобы] seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
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[месть] do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
sack  Speak Example sentences
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[якобы] seemingly; believed or reputed to be the case
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[сосать] draw liquid into the mouth; take in;  draw something by vacuum
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[мешок] bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases; enclosed space
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[трансплантации] act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
scheme  Speak Example sentences
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[традиционная] conforming to a type; representative
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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[Схема проезда] an elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object
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[стейк] slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
scum  Speak Example sentences
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
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[сволочь] an impure matter that forms on or rises to the surface of a liquid or body of water; worthless people
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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[традиционная] conforming to a type; representative
secure  Speak Example sentences
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[стейк] slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
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[безопасной] free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
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[месть] the punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
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[отступления] receding; pull back or move away or backward; withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position
shower  Speak Example sentences
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[небольшое] almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
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[бродяга] travel or wander through; cleanse clothes in water
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[Тендер] offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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[душ] one who shows or exhibits; brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail; bath in which the water is sprayed
slight  Speak Example sentences
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[сосать] draw liquid into the mouth; take in;  draw something by vacuum
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[токсичных] poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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[травма] emotional wound or shock having long-lasting effects; serious injury to the body
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[небольшое] almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
sort  Speak Example sentences
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[токсичных] poisonous; caused by a toxin or other poison
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[листа] bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece; any broad, thin surface
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[рода] kind or species; a class of
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[материал] unspecified objects; tangible substance
spiritual  Speak Example sentences
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[духовной] not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
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[туннель] a passageway through or under something, usually underground
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[портить] go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
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[объем] capacity; amount of space occupied by an object