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respite  Speak Example sentences
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[догадка] guess;  infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
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[благотворное] tending to improve; beneficial; favorable to health
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[отсрочку] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
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[подхалим] one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
rile  Speak Example sentences
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[пополнить] fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to
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[жарких] passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
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[мрачный] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
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[раздражать] irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
serendipity  Speak Example sentences
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[скромный] modest; not bold or forward; not arrogant
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[извилистый] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous
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[раздражать] irritate; stir to anger; stir up liquid; muddy
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[Serendipity] gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck
serpentine  Speak Example sentences
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[змеевик] winding; twisting; curving in alternate directions; having the shape or form of a snake
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[подавлять] put down by force or intimidation; restrain; crush; oppress; conceal or hide
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[обоснования] establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
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[отсрочку] usually a short interval of rest or relief; delay in punishment
sleight  Speak Example sentences
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[Уитл] reduce or eliminate gradually, with a knife; cut small bits off
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[сорвать] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[ловкость] skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
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[хулиган] bully; lawless and cruel; cruel and brutal person or gangster
spartan  Speak Example sentences
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[резонансных] echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
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[народные] everyday speech of people, as distinguished from literary language; standard native language of a locality
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[знойный] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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[спартанский] avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disciplined
sultry  Speak Example sentences
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[подхалим] one who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people; bootlicker; yes man
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[утолить] put out a fire; extinguish;  put an end to; destroy
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[знойный] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
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[укорять] severely criticize; reprimand; reprove sharply
superfluous  Speak Example sentences
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[лишних] being beyond what is required or sufficient
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[кривой] turned to one side; twisted; marked by humorous twist, often with a touch of irony
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[Слау] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; discard as refuse
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[мрачный] gloomy; depressing or grave; dull or dark in color
torrid  Speak Example sentences
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[основной] essential; not imaginary; actual or real
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[ловкость] skillful performance or ability in using hands; dexterity
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[жарких] passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
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[резонансных] echoing; strong and deep in tone; resounding; having lasting presence or effect
tortuous  Speak Example sentences
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[тугой] pulled or drawn tight; kept in trim shape; neat and tidy
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[сорвать] hinder or prevent of ; frustrate
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[жарких] passionate; hot or scorching; hurried or rapid
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[извилистый] marked by repeated turns or bends; winding or twisting; not straightforward; circuitous