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pacify  Speak Example sentences
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(глубокое) deep; not superficial; far-reaching
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(претенциозным) intended to attract notice and impress others; making unjustified claims; overly ambitious
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(успокоить) ease anger or agitation of; make calm or quiet; end war or violence
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(пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
pathos  Speak Example sentences
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(белка) any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells
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(чистоты) condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
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(причудливый) odd; old-fashioned; picturesque; unfamiliar or unusual in character
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(пафос) tender sorrow; pity; quality in art or literature that produces these feelings
patriotism  Speak Example sentences
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(отвес) checking perpendicularity; exactly vertical
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(восприятия) understanding; feeling; effect or product of perceiving
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(патриотизм) love of country; devotion to welfare of one's country; virtues and actions of patriot
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(позы) position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
persevere  Speak Example sentences
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(продолжать) endure; be persistent, refuse to stop
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(позы) position or arrangement of the body and its limbs
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(относятся) belong; have connection with, or dependence on
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(паломник) traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
pertain  Speak Example sentences
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(парадокс) something apparently contradictory in nature; statement that looks false but is actually correct
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(относятся) belong; have connection with, or dependence on
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(пропаганда) organization or plan for spreading a particular doctrine or a system of principles
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(гибкая) flexible; yielding; easily bent or shaped
pilgrim  Speak Example sentences
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(предсказуемой) expectable; likely; capable of being predicted or foretold
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(целлюлозы) fruit flesh; any soft or soggy mass
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(вечный) everlasting; continuing without interruption
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(паломник) traveler; one who travels far, or in strange lands, to visit some holy place or shrine as a devotee
portion  Speak Example sentences
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(часть) section or quantity within a larger thing; a part of a whole
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(ходатайства) plea; formal message requesting something
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(своеобразный) special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre
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(предлогом) excuse; something serving to conceal plans; fictitious reason
prestige  Speak Example sentences
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(Престиж) impression produced by achievements or reputation; recognized distinction or importance
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(брюки) breathe quickly or in a labored manner; respire with heaving of the breast; sigh
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(престижной) honored; respected; reputed; exerting influence by reason of high status
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(ходатайства) plea; formal message requesting something
profane  Speak Example sentences
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(преобладает) most frequent or common; having superior power and influence
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(мирской) violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
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(птица) domestic fowls reared for eating, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese
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(тыкать) push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed in slow or lazy manner; thrust forward
profound  Speak Example sentences
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(чистоты) condition of being pure; freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; cleanness
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(возмущают) disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious; throw into great confusion
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(глубокое) deep; not superficial; far-reaching
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(пародии) work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony; make fun of