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  Academic Words Level 3 - 1 - Matching Quizzes
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abolition  Speak Example sentences
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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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[отмена] ending; act of abolishing; act of doing away with
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[распада] decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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[Канал] an artificial channel filled with water; tube or duct
acquisition  Speak Example sentences
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[наркоман] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[приобретение] act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
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[совместно] state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league
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[заранее] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
addict  Speak Example sentences
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[наркоман] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[барьер] obstacle; structure built to bar passage; boundary or limit
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[катастрофы] calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
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[автору] beginner, former, or first mover of anything; creator; originator; one who composes or writes book or composer
advertise  Speak Example sentences
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[Реклама] give notice to; inform or apprise; make known; give public notice of
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[достаточно] more than enough in size or scope or capacity; relatively large
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[варево] boil or seethe; cook; be in a state of preparation; be mixing, forming, or gathering
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[шум] disturbed or violent motion; agitation; public disturbance; riot; excitement
agitate  Speak Example sentences
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[агитировать] cause to move with violence or sudden force; upset; disturb
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[кометы] an object that goes around the sun
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[консенсуса] general agreement or accord; opinion reached by a group as a whole
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[колыбели] small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
ample  Speak Example sentences
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[достаточно] more than enough in size or scope or capacity; relatively large
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[аккорд] combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
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[убийство] act of assassinating; killing by treacherous violence; the murder of public figure by a surprise attack
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[передают] carry from one place to another; bear or transport
catastrophe  Speak Example sentences
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[активов] properties; advantage; useful or valuable quality
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[наркоман] cause someone to become dependent; indulge in; be devoted to
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[катастрофы] calamity; disaster; state of extreme ruin and misfortune
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[окончательного] final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
cement  Speak Example sentences
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[цемент] any substances used for making bodies adhere to each other; bond of union; concrete pavement
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[спортсмена] a sportsman; one who contended for a prize in public games
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[высоте] elevation especially above sea level; height
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[заранее] in state of anticipation; in advance; by way of preparation
chunk  Speak Example sentences
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[кусок] a thick mass or piece, amount
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[распада] decompose; break sown; disintegration; rottenness; decline; worsen; decadence
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[удобства] state of being suitable
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[окончательного] final; complete; precisely defined or explicit
clan  Speak Example sentences
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[аккорд] combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together
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[колыбели] small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers;  infancy, or very early life
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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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[коры] a sound made by a dog; harsh sound uttered by a dog