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  Academic Words Level 2 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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absolute  Speak Example sentences
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[Canon] law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
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[арифметических] theory of numerical calculations
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[абсолютная] perfect in quality or nature; complete; totally unlimited; certain
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[вежливый] exhibiting courtesy and politeness; showing regard or thought for others
admission  Speak Example sentences
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[приема] act or practice of admitting; power or permission to enter
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[приключения] something happens without design; chance; hazard; risk; danger
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[соблюдать] yield assent; accord; agree, or acquiesce; adapt one's self; fulfill; accomplish
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[долг] liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
adventure  Speak Example sentences
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[восхищение] favorable judgment; feeling of pleasure, wonder, and approval
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[биолог] a scientist who studies living organisms
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[Парикмахер] haircutter; one whose business is to cut hair and to shave or trim beards
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[приключения] something happens without design; chance; hazard; risk; danger
affirmative  Speak Example sentences
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[долг] liability; obligation; money or goods or services owed by one person to another
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[барона] title or degree of nobility
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[помощь] help, especially money or resources that are given to people
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[позитивные] confirmative; ratifying; giving assent or approval; confirming
aircraft  Speak Example sentences
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[самолет] a vehicle that can fly, such as an airplane, helicopter, balloon
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[биолог] a scientist who studies living organisms
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[сумасшедшие] affected with madness; insane; deranged
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[пересечения] traveling across; place at which roads, lines, or tracks intersect; intersection
antagonist  Speak Example sentences
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[жаждут] ask with earnestness or importunity; ask with submission or humility; beg
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[сжатия] applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required
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[экипажа] group of people working together, as in spacecraft, ship, plane or train
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[антагониста] one who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; opponent
arithmetic  Speak Example sentences
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[сознание] having  knowledge  of; special awareness or sensitivity:
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[Canon] law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
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[арифметических] theory of numerical calculations
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[командира] chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation
beneficiary  Speak Example sentences
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[получатель] a person entitled to benefits or proceeds of an insurance policy or will
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[барона] title or degree of nobility
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[бесчисленные] innumerable; infinite; too many to count
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[любезный] good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
canon  Speak Example sentences
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[холодно] cold but not freezing; unfriendly
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[анимация] act of animating or giving life or spirit; state of being animate or alive
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[Canon] law, rule, or constitution made by authority; books of the Bible officially accepted; a group of literary works
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[резьба] cutting away parts to create the desired shape
commander  Speak Example sentences
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[болезни] sickness;a slight but often persistent illness
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[командира] chief; an officer who is in charge of a military operation
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[сознание] having  knowledge  of; special awareness or sensitivity:
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[учета] a system that provides quantitative information about finances