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  Academic Words Level 1 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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reward  Speak Example sentences
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[жизненно] full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
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[терминал] causing or ending in or approaching death; station
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[круглый] by moving in or forming a circle; from beginning to end; throughout; to a specific place or person
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[награды] satisfying return or result; profit, return for performance of a desired behavior; positive reinforcement.
slack  Speak Example sentences
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[надзиратель] keeper; guardian; watchman; an officer who keeps or guards
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
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[сосать] draw liquid into the mouth; take in;  draw something by vacuum
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[слабину] area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity; casual trousers
solo  Speak Example sentences
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[объем] capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
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[Маршрут] a way for travel or transportation
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[Индивидуальный] composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
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[недействительными] emptiness; containing nothing; clear or empty a place
somehow  Speak Example sentences
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
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[месть] do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
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[то] in one way or another; in some way not yet known; by some means
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[жизненно] full of life; animated; necessary to continued existence; living or breathing
substitute  Speak Example sentences
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[структура] complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
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[заменить] exchange; put in the place of another
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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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[воск] increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; show a progressively larger illuminated area
swing  Speak Example sentences
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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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[Традиция] thought or behavior followed from generation to generation;  heritage
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[терминал] causing or ending in or approaching death; station
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[сосать] draw liquid into the mouth; take in;  draw something by vacuum
temporary  Speak Example sentences
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[временные] not permanent; not lasting
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[воск] increase gradually in size, number, strength, or intensity; show a progressively larger illuminated area
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[то] in one way or another; in some way not yet known; by some means
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[Роль] normal activity of a person in a particular social setting; the part played by a performer
terrific  Speak Example sentences
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[отменить] release; cause the ruin or downfall of; cancel or reverse an action
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[потрясающий] causing extreme terror; very great; extraordinarily good
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[объем] capacity; amount of space occupied by an object
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[эскиз] draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
therapy  Speak Example sentences
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[жительства] official house; large house; an act of dwelling in a place
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[месть] the punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense; retribution
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[терапии] healing power or quality; treatment of illness
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[месть] do punishment in return for injury or insult; avenge
thumb  Speak Example sentences
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[спина] turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
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[обруч] enclose;  arrange or fold as a cover or protection
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[пальца] the short, thick first digit of a human hand
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[террор] extreme fear; violent dread; fright