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(патриотизм) love of country; devotion to welfare of one's country; virtues and actions of patriot


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n. Syn. benefactor
(патрона) benefactor; regular customer


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a. Syn. special; characteristic
(своеобразный) special; characteristic; unusual; odd; bizarre


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(смущать) baffle; confuse


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v. Syn. spot; locate
(точно) spot; locate or identify with precision


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n.
(планетарий) apparatus or model representing the solar system; display museum in which images of stars are projected onto a domed ceiling


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n. Syn. stage
(платформа) stage; a raised horizontal surface


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n. Syn. predicament
(положение) condition or state, especially a bad state or condition


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n. Syn. descendants; offspring
(потомство) descendants collectively; the race that proceeds from a progenitor; future generations


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n. Syn. cliff
(пропасть) cliff; overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock; dangerous position


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