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  Academic Words Level 4 - 4 - Matching Quizzes
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rectangle  Speak Example sentences
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[легко] easily; quickly; in a prompt, timely manner; promptly
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[прямоугольник] a parallelogram with four right angles
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[основных] necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
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[добродетельной] possessing or exhibiting virtue; exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; brave
reservoir  Speak Example sentences
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[водохранилище] a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use
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[водоворот] whirling motion; eddy, as of water
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[рябь] wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom
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[сито] a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid
restrict  Speak Example sentences
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[ограничить] keep or confine within limits
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[Оценка] act of valuing, or of estimating value or worth; act of setting a price; estimation
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[сверхзвуковой] having, caused by, or relating to a speed greater than the speed of sound
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[стерилизации] make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
rigorous  Speak Example sentences
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[строгой] full of rigors; harsh; rigidly accurate; precise
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[пересмотреть] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[легко] easily; quickly; in a prompt, timely manner; promptly
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[водохранилище] a tank used for collecting and storing a liquid; holding pond; lake used to keep water for community use
ripple  Speak Example sentences
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[стерилизации] make sterile or unproductive; impoverish, as land; exhaust of fertility.
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[пересмотреть] amend; change or correct something, such as a piece of writing
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[рябь] wavelike motion; undulation; sound like that of water running over a stony bottom
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[отдых] activity that refreshes and recreates; snacks and drinks served as a light meal
scold  Speak Example sentences
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[ругать] find fault or rail with rude clamor; utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke
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[разнообразные] differed; diversified; various
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[застойных] not moving or flowing; lacking vitality or briskness; stale; dull
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[стимулирования] encourage; motivate; arouse; spur;  excite or invigorate with a stimulant
shrewd  Speak Example sentences
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[синхронизировать] happen at the same time; arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
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[вентиляции] freshen; circulate through and freshen
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[проницательный] clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
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[парить] fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination
sieve  Speak Example sentences
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[сито] a bowl-shaped tool with many small holes, used to separate larger from smaller pieces or solids from a liquid
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[символизируют] represent; signify; stand for
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[указать] explain or describe something clearly and exactly; designate
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[сдвиг] cut or clip hair; a strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
sparse  Speak Example sentences
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[заклепки] metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together
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[высоких] make threefold or triple; play or sing the highest part or most acute sounds
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[разреженных] occurring, growing, or settled at widely spaced intervals; not thick or dense
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[предварительное] hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
stimulate  Speak Example sentences
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[заклепки] metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together
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[стимулирования] encourage; motivate; arouse; spur;  excite or invigorate with a stimulant
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[ковылять] walk with short, tottering steps, as a child.
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[шум] noise, as made by a crowd;  riot or uprising