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  Academic Words Level 2 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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refinement  Speak Example sentences
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[свернуть] twist; squeeze; compress, especially to extract liquid
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[забастовка] a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
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[уточнения] result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
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[гласных] speech sound made with the vocal tract open
relaxation  Speak Example sentences
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[уточнения] result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
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[отдых] state of refreshing tranquility; an act of making less strict
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[признание] acceptance; an agreement that something is true or legal
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[свернуть] twist; squeeze; compress, especially to extract liquid
renew  Speak Example sentences
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[плавание] the long journey to a foreign or distant place, especially by sea; aviation
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[беспрецедентного] having no previous example; novel; unparalleled
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[вакансии] space or place that is available to be used; emptiness
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[обновить] renovate; make new or as if new again; restore
respective  Speak Example sentences
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[тропических] relating to a region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
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[неустойчивой] inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing
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[выгрузки] take something off a container
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[соответствующих] individual; relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; respectful; regardful
shrill  Speak Example sentences
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[несправедливо] unjust; contrary to laws or conventions, especially in commerce
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[неустойчивой] inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing
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[невыносимо] unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
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[пронзительный] acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
slightly  Speak Example sentences
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[срочный] pressing; compelling immediate action or attention
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[уточнения] result of improving something; the process of removing impurities
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[ощущения] feeling; perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition
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[немного] a little; a bit; in a small amount or degree
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[тропических] relating to a region on either side of the equator; hot and humid
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[устойчивости] a situation in which something is not likely to move or change; constancy
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[липкие] glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
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[невыносимо] unendurable; so unpleasant, distasteful, or painful as to be intolerable
sticky  Speak Example sentences
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[липкие] glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid; stiff
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[преобразование] change in appearance, nature, disposition, condition, or the like
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[срочный] pressing; compelling immediate action or attention
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[неустойчивой] inconstant; variable; lacking control of one's emotions; constantly changing
strike  Speak Example sentences
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[искры] flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
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[срочный] pressing; compelling immediate action or attention
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[изысканный] cultured; purified; made pure
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[забастовка] a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
suitable  Speak Example sentences
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[солдат] one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army
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[устойчивости] a situation in which something is not likely to move or change; constancy
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[терпеть] endure; withstand; allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit
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[подходит] appropriate to a purpose or an occasion