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overhaul

complete change of system, often by getting rif of smth

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convey

FORMAL to express smth to light it to ppl

manage to __ an impression

idea was ___ accurately

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adequancy

fact of being satisfactory

I doubt school`s security measures ___

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riveting

extremely intresting

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lucidity

ясность сознания

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ranging from __ to

варьироваться от __ до

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ambiguous

noun - ambiguity

expressing variety of opinions at a time (двусмысленный, неоднозначный)

I tend to reply somewhat __ on such questions

  • noun for the word

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revamp

to reorganize or rearrange in order to improve

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tackle

  • to tackle issue around the mass death

try to dea with smth

  • form of verb+предлог to say problems in exact area

  • to ____ the mass death

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encapsulate

to express or show the most important facts about something

__ the whole history in few books is impossible

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pernicious

FORMAL having very harmful influence

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adverse

having negative effect

__publicity, weather, reaction

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contradictory

противоречивый

I keep getting __ advises from the same person

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entwined with

сплетено с (в прямом и переносном смысле)

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inextricably entwined with sth

неразрывно связано с чем-то

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marshal

to organize smth (f.e phrase/example)

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versatile

able to change easily from one activity to another or able to be used for many different purposes:

a jacket is a __ pice of clothing

He is such a __ actor

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unequivocally

единогласно, уверенно, без сомнения

She __ denied allegations

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assert

to behave in a way that expresses your confident (утверждаться)

I have to __ myself more in meetings

It is his weird way of __ himself

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PERVERSE

DISAPR strange and not what most people would expect or enjoy:

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correspond

to match/be similar

The money I've saved __roughly to the amount I need for my plane ticket.

His story of what happened that night didn't __ with the witness's version.

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consign

FORM перепоручить, передать

Some terms must be __ to dustbin

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shackle

сковывать (в прямом и переносном смысле)

We are __ by these circumstances

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prejudice

предубеждения

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prompt

to make smbd do smth

What __ ypu to do it!!!

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burden someone with something

to trouble someone with something difficult or unpleasant:

I don't want to burden you with my problems.