UNIT 8 Flashcards
(207 cards)
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quick
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rapid
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a truck
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a dumper
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an extraordinary large, monstrous building
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a behemoth
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to go around
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to skirt
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to put or receive into a building
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to house
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volume, size, scale
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capacity
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a countryperson
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a rural dweller
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an ethalon
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a benchmark
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to reach
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to attain
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never happening before
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unprecedented
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population, residents
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inhabitants
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to thrive, to prosper
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to flourish
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to provide with
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to deliver
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grim
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dystopic
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rare, lacking
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scarce
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stretching
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sprawling
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to destroy, to ransack
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to ravage
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a certain bridge
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a flyover
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poor
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impoverished
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very bad and dirty
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squalid
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a severe traffic congestion
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a gridlock
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sharp, sudden, problematic
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acute
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to clean water or sewage
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to treat
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no doubt, most likely
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arguably
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to come in big numbers
to swarm
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to have a share in
to have a stake
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a colleague, an associate, a partner/atitikmuo
a counterpart
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cleanliness
sanitation
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to pose, to cause
to present
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more than enough
abundant
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to confuse, to bemuse
to bewilder
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a stand in a market
a stall
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considered valuable, important
highly priced
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obvious
stark
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spacious
cavernous
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city-related
urban
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a living place
a dwelling
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a city person
a city dweller
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to overlook
to dwell upon
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to address, to deal with sth
to tackle
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to outdo, go over
to exceed
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dabartinis, happening now
current
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to make up
to account for
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to navigate city streets
to negotiate
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to live
to reside
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a mess
a squalor
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skylėtomis, sušaudytomis sienomis
pock-marked
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a deprived area in the city outskirts
a shanty town
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massive
meteoric
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iššokti
to spring
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sudurti galą su galu
to eke out a living
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skubus
urgent
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vešlus
lush
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rich, excess wealth
affluent
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stubborn
relentless/unrelenting
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a long, narrow area of land
a strip
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krituliai
percipitation, rainfall
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elevation, height
altitude
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breathtaking, impressive
dramatic
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a garden of fruit trees
an orchard
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wetness, dampness
moisture
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platybė
an expanse
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idiom for being direct, straight forward, taking action
to take the bull by the horns
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to put sth somewhere, to be put somewhere
to perch, to be perched
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very dry
arid
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tinklelis
mesh
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delicate
fine
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worthy of money
cost-effective
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drėkinimas
irrigation
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not natural
artificial
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just, barely
merely
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idiom for unnecessary fuss
a storm in a teacup
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to cover
to shield
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idiom to be furious
to be up in arms
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a dark, isolated street
an alleyway
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idiom for having more power than others
to have the upper hand
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very simple
a no-brainer
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additional, over-abundant
excess
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an arrangement, a model
a pattern
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nightly
nocturnal
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a young bird or animal from an egg
a hatchling
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an illuminated environment
a lightscape
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emotional
affective
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to think, to consider, to ponder
to reckon
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disturbing
disruptive
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to endanger
to pose sth
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to give up, to obey
to yield
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to redecorate, to renovate
to do up
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niekingas, poor
paltry
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lonely, unhappy
forlorn
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to strap
to fasten
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teisuoliškumas
self-righteousness
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to condemn
to denounce
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seasoned, hardened, absolute
unmitigated
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dailidė
a carpenter
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to be friends with
to befriend
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to work
to labour
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panaikinimas
abolition
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to express one's view
to voice one's opinion
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patraukti teisinėn atsakomybėn
to bring to justice
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liudyti
to testify
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people to blame
perpetrators
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to state
to assert
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bravely
boldly
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priesaika or a swear
an oath
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to try
to endeavour
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to surge
to tower
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šventvagiškas, disrespectful
blasphemous
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destroyed by seperation
unraveled
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the furthest point from the centre
an extremity
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powerful
formidable
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to start, to begin
to commence
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to cause, to give, esp. pain or injuries
to inflict
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to throw
to cast
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veltui
in vain
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swears, oaths
imprecations
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a tiny part
a particle
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aching, painful
sore
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to stop, to cease, to halt
to desist
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to have the right
to seize
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paguodžiamasis
consolatory
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socialinės blogybės
societal wrongs
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to cause to happen
to stir up
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fatal, deadly
mortal
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to flag
to whip
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to defeat, to overpower
to subdue
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wrong
inaccurate
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to describe
to recount
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to tag
to label
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plakimas
a whipping
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įspėjamasis, warning
admonitory
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severe punishment
castigation
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beatodairiškas
reckless
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frightening, scary
intimidating
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old and in bad condition
delapidated
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idiom to do a tough task
to fight an uphill battle
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proper, suitable
appropriate
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skirti baudą
to fine, to impose a fine
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to get progressively worse
to deteriorate
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strong
robust
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small
marginal
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on purpose
deliberately
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labai labai
infinitely
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obvious, stipriai jaučiamas
palpable
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ramus
serene
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vilkti
to haul
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to stretch
to string
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valtis, kuri velka kitas valtis
a tugboat
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platuma (geo)
latitude
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to travel regularly
to ply
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išsklaidyti
to scatter
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to implement, to use
to deploy
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to refill
to replenish
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to limit
to curtail
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salpa
a floodplain
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main, most important
prime
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to have doubts
to have reservations
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sumaištis, sukilimas, an uprising
an upheaval
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pakinkyti, įdarbinti, naudotis
to harness
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prisukti
to wind up
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galimas
viable
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intakas
a tributary
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gyvenvietė
a settlement
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to make sth less severe
to alleviate
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completely disordered
chaotic
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a highway, magistralė
a thoroughfare
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užsikimšęs
congested
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idiom for making a mistake while being deceived
to fall into the trap
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illegal
illicit
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vaistas nuo visko
panacea
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most important, prime
principal
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idiom to criticize sth
to throw cold water on sth
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a solution, a cure
a remedy
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a difficult situation
a plight
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to find an acceptable solution
to resolve
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a hidden danger
a pitfall
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large building, divided into small flats in a poor area of the city
a slum tenement
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to praise
to fete
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to stop
to thwart
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sausra
drought
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on the verge
on the brink
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torn
tattered
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plušėti
to plug away
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ašmenys
blades
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unusual, donkichotiškas
quixotic
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entertainment, joy
mirth
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užsirepečioti
to scramble up
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sužibti
to flicker
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a wonderkid
a whizz-kid
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sumeistrauti
to cobble together
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gręžinys
a borehole
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drinkable
potable
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tough
hardbitten
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to be applauded
a standing ovation
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steady
unwavering
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to be frightened
to be cowed
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unusual
offbeat
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to eliminate
to eradicate
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silly, weird, unusual
wacky
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idiom to not believe completely
to take sth with a pinch of salt
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remarkably big
prodigious
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astonishing, shocking
staggering
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very strange, odd, excentric
bizarre
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excessively high
exorbitant
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sensible, clever
savvy
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opposite of what one would expect
counter-intuitive
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nuopelnas
a merit
