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n. Syn. support; mainstay
(позвоночник) support; mainstay; vertebrate spine or spinal column


Spelling Word: backbone
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v. Syn. dispel
(изгнать) drive out; drive away; compel to depart; dispel


Spelling Word: banish
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n.
(бесплодие) property of not supporting life, no children or unable to have children; defect of emotion, sensibility, or fervency


Spelling Word: barrenness
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v. Syn. trade; exchange
(бартер) trade goods or services without the exchange of money


Spelling Word: barter
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v.
(тесто) beat with successive blows; beat repeatedly and with violence


Spelling Word: batter
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n. Syn. represent
(имени) represent; advantage, benefit, interest of someone


Spelling Word: behalf
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v.
(изгиб) strain or move out of a straight line; curve; turn toward some certain point


Spelling Word: bend
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v. Syn. condemn; rebuke
(вину) condemn; rebuke; find fault with; censure


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a.
(пустой) of a white or pale color; without color; empty; void


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n.
(интернат) wooden boards collectively; act of entering a ship; supplying with meals and lodgings for pay


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