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гегемония

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hegemony - supremacy

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пулемёт

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machine gun

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смута

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disturbance - sedition - discord

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замысел

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project - plan / design - scheme / idea

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ракурс

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foreshortening

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кворум

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quorum

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пресловутый

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notorious - celebrated (ironic)

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бастион

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bastion

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бечёвка

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string - twine

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вереница

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file - line

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вернисаж

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private viewing / opening day

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водевиль

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vaudeville - musical comedy

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дилетант

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amateur - dilettante - dabbler

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дилижанс

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stagecoach

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дифирамб

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(петь дифирамбы) - to sing the praises of

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дрезина

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(railway) trolley (uk) - handcar (us)

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(за)индеветь

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to be covered with hoar frost

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иней

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hoar frost - rime

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мадригал

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madrigal

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мезонин

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attic

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мелиоаратор

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specialist in land improvement

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мельхиор

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cupro-nickel - German silver

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меценат

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patron

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одиозный

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odious - offensive

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ореол

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halo - aureole

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панегирик

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panegyric - eulogy

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перигей

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perigee

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перипетия

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upheaval

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перископ

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periscope

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перифраз

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periphrasis - indirect speech

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пилястра

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pilaster

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преамбула

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preamble - introduction

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прерогатива

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prerogative - privilege

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резеда

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mignonette

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реликт

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relic / survival

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серпантин

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paper streamer / winding road

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фигляр

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(circus) acrobat - conjuror / buffoon

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претить

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to sicken

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39
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прелат

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prelate - bishop or other high ecclesiastical dignitary

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40
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гадкий

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nasty - vile - repulsive

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ползучий

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creeping

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ипохондрия

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hypochondria

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накануне

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the day before

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мнительный

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hypochondriac / mistrustful - suspicious

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рубище

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rags - tatters

46
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подмётка

A

sole

47
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досадный

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vexing - annoying

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трактир

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inn - eating house

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развитой

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developed / (intellectually) mature - adult

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бывалый

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experienced - worldly-wise / familiar / former

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одушевление

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animation

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охота

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desire - wish - inclination

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мучить

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to torment - to worry - to harass

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пункт

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point - spot / station - centre - post / paragraph - item

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угрюмый

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sullen - morose - gloomy

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висок

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temple

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запонка

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cufflink - stud

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шарить

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to grope about - to feel - to fumble through - to sweep

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крыльцо

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porch

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неотразимый

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irresistible - incontroveritable

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улика

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evidence

62
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фуражка

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peak cap - service cap

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каморка

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closet - tiny room - box room

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мещанин

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petty bourgeois / philistine

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пристально

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intently

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недоумение

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perplexity - bewilderment

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провидение

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foresight - Providence

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известь

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lime

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салоп

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coat (woman’s)

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темя

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crown - top of the head

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гнусный

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vile - foul

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изверг

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monster - fiend

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нараспашку

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unbuttoned

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апоплексия

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apoplexy

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циник

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cynic

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ретроград

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reactionary

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светский

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society - fashionable / refined / temporal - lay - secular

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фельетон

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satirical article

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простодушие

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simple-heartedness - ingenuousness - artlessness

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заискивать (перед)

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to try to ingratiate oneself (with)

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заливной

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(луг) water meadow / for pouring / (cooking) jellied - in aspic

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канцелярия

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clerical office

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валандаться

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to loiter - to hang about / to dawdle over - to mess about with

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мыс

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cape - promontory

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купец

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merchant

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контора

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office - bureau

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долина

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valley

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пронзительный

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piercing

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учтивость

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civility - courtesy

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пансион

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boarding school / full board and lodging

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гусар

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hussar

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чулан

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storeroom - lumber room - larder

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корысть

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profit - gain / self-interest

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трущоба

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overgrown place - hole - slum

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свекровь

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mother-in-law - husband’s mother

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юлить

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to fuss - to fidget - to play up to smn - to be evasive

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холостой

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unmarried - bachelor / idle (tech) / blank - dummy (military)

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толковать

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to interpret - to explain - to talk

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омут

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whirlpool - whirl - maelstrom / deep place

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полог

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bed curtain

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