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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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residence  Speak Example sentences
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[жительства] official house; large house; an act of dwelling in a place
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[Тендер] offer formally; extend; propose a payment
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[Хитрость] cunning or deceitful activity; attempt to get others to do something foolish
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[поворот] turn in the opposite direction; form into a spiral shape
rough  Speak Example sentences
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[грубые] not perfected; having or caused by an irregular surface
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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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[правила] governing direction for a specific purpose; regulation; systematic method
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[долины] space between ranges of mountains; area drained or irrigated by a river; internal angle formed by the intersection
shepherd  Speak Example sentences
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[пастух] a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
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[награды] satisfying return or result; profit, return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.
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[жилье] a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
shield  Speak Example sentences
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[коса] expel or eject from the mouth; rain gently
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[щит] protective covering or structure; protect; guard
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[версия] written work in a new form; edition; interpretation of a particular viewpoint
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[спина] turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
shift  Speak Example sentences
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[подозрительных] openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
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[сдвиг] moving from one setting or context to another; moving slightly
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[доля] money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something
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[курорт] vacation spot; an act of turning to for assistance
signal  Speak Example sentences
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[Действительный] logically convincing; sound; legally acceptable
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[сигнала] a sign made to give notice to a person
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[Шлема] shut with force and loud noise; strike with force
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[долины] space between ranges of mountains; area drained or irrigated by a river; internal angle formed by the intersection
spiritual  Speak Example sentences
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[духовной] not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
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[подозревают] have doubts about; distrust
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[месть] the punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
stake  Speak Example sentences
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[доля] money risked on a gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something
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[курорт] vacation spot; an act of turning to for assistance
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[лечение] handling; care that are intended to relieve illness or injury
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[великолепный] shining; very bright; magnificent; brilliant
suspicious  Speak Example sentences
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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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[подозрительных] openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
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[правила] governing direction for a specific purpose; regulation; systematic method
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[бритья] touch the surface lightly; remove the beard or other body hair from
task  Speak Example sentences
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[правила] governing direction for a specific purpose; regulation; systematic method
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[Хитрость] cunning or deceitful activity; attempt to get others to do something foolish
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[курорт] vacation spot; an act of turning to for assistance
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[задача] labor or study imposed by another; undertake; labor