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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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acquisition  Speak Example sentences
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[компактных] closely and firmly united or packed together; briefly giving a gist of something
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[компенсации] make amends for; reimburse
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[приобретение] act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
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[крошка] small fragment or piece,  especially a small piece of bread or other food; broken or cut off
analogy  Speak Example sentences
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[гражданские] relating to city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society
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[Таможня] tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
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[аналогии] the similarity in some respects; comparison based on similarity
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[наряду] along or by the side; side by side with
apparent  Speak Example sentences
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[предположения] something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
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[шикарный] good form; style; elegance under being fashionable
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[спортсмена] a sportsman; one who contended for a prize in public games
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[очевидной] capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye
artificial  Speak Example sentences
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[обороны] act of defending against attack, danger, or injury
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[искусственного] made by humans; produced rather than natural.
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[банкротом] penniless, without any money; financially ruined
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[ослепить] overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
assemble  Speak Example sentences
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[наряду] along or by the side; side by side with
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[компас] go about or entirely round; make the circuit of; enclose on all sides; surround
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[колониального] of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony
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[собрать] put together; bring or call together into a group or whole
assumption  Speak Example sentences
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[предположения] something taken for accepted as true without proof; taking over or taking possession of
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[преобразовать] change something into another form; transform
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[наряду] along or by the side; side by side with
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[ослепить] overpower with light; confuse the sight of by brilliance of light; bewilder or surprise with brilliancy
boost  Speak Example sentences
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[повысить] raise; advance; push or shove upward
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[всеобъемлющего] thorough; including all or everything; broad in scope
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[совместимые] harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
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[наркоман] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
catastrophe  Speak Example sentences
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[катастрофы] calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
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[Таможня] tradition; practice followed by people of a particular group or region
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[обмануть] fool; cause to believe what is not true; mislead
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[контекст] circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
civic  Speak Example sentences
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[шикарный] good form; style; elegance under being fashionable
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[искусственного] made by humans; produced rather than natural.
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[очевидной] capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye
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[гражданские] relating to city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society
collision  Speak Example sentences
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[отделение] one of parts or spaces into which an area is subdivided; separate room, section, or chamber
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[преобразовать] change something into another form; transform
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[столкновения] crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
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[усугубить] worsen; make worse or more troublesome