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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abide  Speak Example sentences
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[породы] raise; produce offspring; give birth to or hatch; mate
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[расслоения] packet; a package of things tied together; a large sum of money
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[соблюдать] endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
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[кометы] an object that goes around the sun
ambitious  Speak Example sentences
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[амбициозные] aspiring; having a strong desire for success or achievement
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[посвятить] set apart for a deity or special purposes; devote; consecrate
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[букет] small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
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[мрачная] cold or cheerless; unlikely to be favorable
annoy  Speak Example sentences
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[раздражать] disturb, especially by minor irritations; irritate
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[запрет] official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
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[контекст] circumstance; the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
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[цветения] flower; blossom; the best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
aquarium  Speak Example sentences
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[отчуждать] cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
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[Кардинал] chief; serving as an essential component
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[соблюдать] endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
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[аквариум] tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals
ballot  Speak Example sentences
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[обхода] the channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture
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[голосования] printed or written ticket used in voting; the act of voting; the whole number of votes cast at an election
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[разрешить] empower; give permission for; sanction
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[адвокат] speak, plead, or argue in favor of; plead for; push for something
ban  Speak Example sentences
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[совместимые] harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
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[клан] faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives
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[шикарный] good form; style; elegance under being fashionable
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[запрет] official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
bouquet  Speak Example sentences
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[отчуждать] cause to become unfriendly or hostile; transfer property or ownership; isolate or dissociate emotionally
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[букет] small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
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[цветения] flower; blossom; the best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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[кометы] an object that goes around the sun
bronze  Speak Example sentences
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[совместимые] harmonious; having similar disposition and tastes
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[столкновения] crash; conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals
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[бронза] an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
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[запрет] official prohibition; decree that prohibits something
coalition  Speak Example sentences
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[коалиция] partnership; league; state of being combined into one body
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[букет] small cluster or arrangement of flowers; an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present
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[цветения] flower; blossom; the best time of youth; period of greatest prosperity or productivity
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[клан] faction; tribe; division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor; a large group of relatives