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  Academic Words Level 4 - 3 - Spelling Practices
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a. [Lucid] easily understood; clear; intelligible


Spelling Word: lucid
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v. [калечат] wound seriously; cause permanent loss of function of limb or part of the body


Spelling Word: maim
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v. [Жестокое обращение] treat ill; abuse; treat roughly.


Spelling Word: maltreat
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n. [микрофильмов] continuous roll of film containing photographs of documents at a greatly reduced size


Spelling Word: microfilm
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v. [минимизации] reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree


Spelling Word: minimise
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a. [монотонной] boring; dull; tediously repetitious or lacking in variety


Spelling Word: monotonous
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n. [обсерватория] place for making observations on the heavenly bodies; building fitted with instruments for observations of space


Spelling Word: observatory
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v. [препятствовать] stop; impede; shut out from view


Spelling Word: obstruct
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n. [сад] garden; area of land devoted to the cultivation of fruit or nut trees


Spelling Word: orchard
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n. [напоказ] making ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade


Spelling Word: ostentation