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Whiz

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(Noun) a person who is extremely clever at something

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Prodigy

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(Noun) a person, especially a young one, with exceptional qualities or abilities

Вундеркінд

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To wing

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(Idiom) to do or try something without much practice or preparation.

Ex: I hadn’t practices the part, so I got up there and winged it.

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To evoke

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Bring to mind

Викликати, пробуджувати

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Keenly

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(Adverb) intensely

Гостро

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Wrought

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(Adj) Кований

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To belie

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(Verb) to contradict

Заперечувати

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To converse

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(Verb) to engage in conversation, talk

Розмовляти

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To wince

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(Verb) Морщитися

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Empirical

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(Adj) based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Observed

Eмпіричний, досвідний

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Guise

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(Noun) An external form, appearance, or manner of presentation, typically concealing the tru nature of something

Маска

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Impeccable

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(Adj) Flawless

Бездоганний

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Benign

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(Adj) gentle and kindly
(Of a medicine) not harmful in effect

Доброякісний

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budge

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(Verb). Make or cause to make the slightest movement

Зрушити з місця

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Lo and behold

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A phrase used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all.

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Insular

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(Adj) ignorant or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one’s own experience.

Narrow-minded

Острівний, ізольований

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bland

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(Adj) lacking strong features or characteristics and therefore uninteresting

М‘який, ввічливий

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Nightfall

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(Noun) Twilight

Сутінки

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to precede

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(Verb) come before (something) in time

Передувати

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to disprove

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(Verb) prove that something is false

Спростувати

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