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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rub  Speak Example sentences
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[крушение] destruction; destroy; smash or break forcefully
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[шрам] mark of damage; a mark left on the skin after injury
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[руб] move over the surface with pressure and friction; spread a substance thinly over
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[трек] road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
scholarship  Speak Example sentences
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[стипендии] knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to a student
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[Серия] several things or events standing or succeeding in order; sequence
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[тик] emit recurring clicking sounds; do well or as designed
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[Оценка] act of getting the point in a game or sport;  facts about an actual situation
sketch  Speak Example sentences
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[лечение] handling; care that are intended to relieve illness or injury
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[руб] move over the surface with pressure and friction; spread a substance thinly over
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
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[возмущаться] feel bitter; consider as injury or affront; be in angry
slap  Speak Example sentences
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
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[Серия] several things or events standing or succeeding in order; sequence
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[пощечину] sharp blow from a flat object  as an open hand; smack; sharp insult
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[качели] sway or move from one side to another; turn round by  wind or tide; be hanged
somehow  Speak Example sentences
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[то] in one way or another; in some way not yet known; by some means
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[резюме] give a summary; return to a previous location or condition
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[стипендии] knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to a student
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[жилье] a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
spoil  Speak Example sentences
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[спонтанного] arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
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[звук] sensation perceived by the ear; distinctive noise; long narrow inlet
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[упорное] unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
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[портить] go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
square  Speak Example sentences
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
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[квадратных] be compatible with; cause to match; cut to rectangular shape; bring into agreement or balance; settle
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[задача] labor or study imposed by another; undertake; labor
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[жилье] a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
stock  Speak Example sentences
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[сток] certificate for a shareholder of the corporation; the total amount of goods in a shop
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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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[превосходное] greater rank or station or quality; excellent
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
structure  Speak Example sentences
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[пощечину] sharp blow from a flat object  as an open hand; smack; sharp insult
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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[лечение] handling; care that are intended to relieve illness or injury
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[жилье] a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
swing  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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[качели] sway or move from one side to another; turn round by  wind or tide; be hanged
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[трек] road or path affording passage; line or route along which something moves
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[Оценка] act of getting the point in a game or sport;  facts about an actual situation