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digress  Speak Example sentences
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[обхвата] distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
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[придирчивый] excessively exacting; inclined to judge too severely
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[отвлекаться] turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking
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[эзотерических] hard to understand; known only in a particular group
dissuade  Speak Example sentences
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[обмануть] easily deceived person; duplicate of a photographic image
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[яркий] elaborately or excessively ornamented
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[лачуги] shack; small, wretched house
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[отговорить] persuade not to do; discourage
dour  Speak Example sentences
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[кормовых] coarse food for cattle or horses
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[стремительный] marked by sudden and violent force; hasty; impulsive and passionate
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[отрывочный] aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
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[суровый] stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
earthy  Speak Example sentences
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[эпитет] word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing
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[суровый] stubbornly unyielding; marked by sternness or harshness
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[благородные] well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
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[землистый] unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
erroneous  Speak Example sentences
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[ошибочных] containing or derived from error; mistaken
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[неуклюжий] massive; bulky; great in size
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[отговорить] persuade not to do; discourage
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[отрывочный] aimless; haphazard; at random; not connected with the subject
esoteric  Speak Example sentences
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[неуклюжий] massive; bulky; great in size
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[фиктивных] existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
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[отговорить] persuade not to do; discourage
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[эзотерических] hard to understand; known only in a particular group
fallacious  Speak Example sentences
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[землистый] unrefined; crude or indecent; of this world; worldly
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[разлад] conflict; lack of agreement among persons, groups, or things
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[привередливых] difficult to please; having complicated requirements; excessively particular demanding about details
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[ошибочно] false; tending to mislead; deceptive
fictitious  Speak Example sentences
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[предчувствие] the expectation of misfortune; feeling of evil to come; unfavorable omen
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[благородные] well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
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[влажный] containing a high amount of water or water vapor
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[фиктивных] existing only in imagination; feigned; not true or real
garish  Speak Example sentences
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[яркие] over-bright in color; tastelessly showy
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[обхвата] distance around something; circumference; size; bulk
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[разрушать] eat away; wear away by abrasion; become worn
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[пирата] block legislation by making long speeches
genteel  Speak Example sentences
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[фанфары] a loud flourish of brass instruments, especially trumpets; spectacular public display
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[высокомерие] excessive pride or self-confidence
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[благородные] well-bred; marked by refinement in taste and manners
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[отвлекаться] turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking