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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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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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[Оценка] act of getting the point in a game or sport;  facts about an actual situation
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[портить] go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
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[шрам] mark of damage; a mark left on the skin after injury
rig  Speak Example sentences
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[Шлема] shut with force and loud noise; strike with force
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[след] follow, discover; make a mark or lines on a surface
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[установка] manipulate dishonestly; make or construct in haste
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[священных] concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication
sacred  Speak Example sentences
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[расстройство] concerned by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief
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[след] path or track roughly through a wild or hilly country; overland route
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[заменить] exchange; put in the place of another
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[священных] concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication
scar  Speak Example sentences
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[подошвы] bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; the bottom surface of a plow
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[скольжения] move smoothly and easily; move out of position; move stealthily
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[шрам] mark of damage; a mark left on the skin after injury
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[очки] ability to see; sight; the vivid mental image
schedule  Speak Example sentences
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[портить] go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
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[урегулированию] take up residence; form a community; come to rest; bring to an end; fix firmly
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[конкретных] stated explicitly or in detail; definite
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[Расписание] plan for an activity or event; arrange
signal  Speak Example sentences
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[прокрутки] a roll of paper; a writing formed into a roll; schedule or list; mark added to a signature, intended to represent a seal
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[исследования] inquire into; attempt to find out in a scientific manner
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[сигнала] a sign made to give notice to a person
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[Стресс] put special emphasis on; utter with an accent; state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain
slam  Speak Example sentences
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[Шлема] shut with force and loud noise; strike with force
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[чемодан] portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes
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[бессознательное] lacking awareness; senseless; unaware
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[палате] guard; defender; protector; state under guard; division of a county; division of a hospital
slip  Speak Example sentences
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[огромный] huge; capable of making one tremble; terrible
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[Расписание] plan for an activity or event; arrange
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[скольжения] move smoothly and easily; move out of position; move stealthily
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[исследования] inquire into; attempt to find out in a scientific manner
source  Speak Example sentences
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[источника] point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
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[поворот] turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
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[Верховный] most outstanding; highest; superior
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[версия] written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
stress  Speak Example sentences
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[свидетельство] solemn declaration or affirmation; something that serves as evidence
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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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[развертки] movement in an arc; clean with a broom; wide scope; winning all
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[Стресс] put special emphasis on; utter with an accent; state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain