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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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recompense  Speak Example sentences
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[ученый] professor; a learned person
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[тень] a slight amount or degree of difference; shadow; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
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[голод] act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
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[награда] render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
sarcastic  Speak Example sentences
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[ученый] professor; a learned person
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[саркастический] ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
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[спелых] ready; fully developed; mature
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[неудовлетворительным] not giving satisfaction;  inadequate
shrill  Speak Example sentences
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[устойчивости] a situation in which something is not likely to move or change; constancy
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[пронзительный] acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
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[последовательных] consecutive; happening one after the other without any break
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[подряд] a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein
shrine  Speak Example sentences
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[награда] render an equivalent to, for service, loss; requite; remunerate; compensate; give in return; pay back
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[устойчивости] a situation in which something is not likely to move or change; constancy
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[Храм] case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
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[Воин] fighter; combatant; one who is engaged in or experienced in battle
slice  Speak Example sentences
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[срез] a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; piece; a share of something
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[контакт] the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
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[кормильца] one who outlives another; one who lives through affliction
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[ответственность] duties; obligation; state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable
smoothly  Speak Example sentences
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[Храм] case or box, in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; a sacred place, as altar or tomb
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[плавно] in a smooth manner; successfully; easily
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[значение] the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
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[надзор] management by overseeing the performance
suppose  Speak Example sentences
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[обуздать] a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing or restraining
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[Пусть] imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe or receive as true
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[Воин] fighter; combatant; one who is engaged in or experienced in battle
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[спелых] ready; fully developed; mature
survivor  Speak Example sentences
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[кормильца] one who outlives another; one who lives through affliction
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[рулон] a list of names
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[обуздать] a rope attached to the bridle used to control a horse or other animal; an instrument of curbing or restraining
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[орех] tree with 10 - 40 meters tall; hard, dark brown wood of any of these trees
tact  Speak Example sentences
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[вентиляция] act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
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[версия] modification; correction; an act of altering
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[контакт] the ability to do the right thing without making anyone unhappy; sensitive mental touch; peculiar skill or faculty
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[значение] the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
thread  Speak Example sentences
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[значение] the message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
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[ученый] professor; a learned person
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[скрипка] a small instrument with four strings, played with a bow; a fiddle
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[поток] a long, thin strand of cotton, nylon, or other fibers used in sewing or weaving