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blustery

very windy weather

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muggy

hot and humid

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3

haze

fog

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4

flurry

лек снеговалеж

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5

be devoid of

completely without sth

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6

fortuitous

(of something that is to your advantage) not planned, happening by chance:

  • The timing of the meeting is certainly fortuitous.

  • The collapse of its rivals was a fortuitous opportunity for the company.

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7

forthcoming

предстоящ

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persistence

постоянство

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impede

to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something:

  • Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.

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10

foreboding

a feeling that something very bad is going to happen soon

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inundated

to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all:

  • We have been inundated with requests for help.

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12

imminent

coming or likely to happen very soon:

  • imminent disaster/danger

  • A strike is imminent.

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13

lush

A lush area has a lot of green, healthy plants, grass, and trees:

  • lush green valleys

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14

sliver

a very small, thin piece of something, usually broken off something larger

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comply

to act according to an order, set of rules, or request:

  • He's been ordered to have the dog destroyed because it's dangerous, but he refuses to comply.

  • There are serious penalties for failure to comply with the regulations.

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before too long

soon

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fall short

to fail to reach an amount or standard that was expected or hoped for, causing disappointment:

  • August car sales fell short of the industry's expectations.

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18

obsolete

not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable

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19

rivalry

съперничество

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20

batter

to hit something with force many times

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21

obstruct

възпрепятствам

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22

refurbish

to make a building look new again by doing work such as painting, repairing, and cleaning

подновявам

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23

suffice

to be enough

задоволявам

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24

yearn

to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have:

  • Despite his great commercial success he still yearns for critical approval.

  • [ + to infinitive ] Sometimes I just yearn to be alone.

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25

counterfeit

менте

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26

high tide - low tide

прилив-отлив

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