BACKWATERS

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Болота

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BACKWATER — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English bakwater, from bak back + water 1. a. : water turned back in its …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WILLOWED — ˈwilōd adjective Etymology: willow (I) + -ed : edged with or abounding in willows elm-lined roads and willowed backwaters — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FRESHWATER SHRIMP — noun 1. : a member of the malacostracan order Amphipoda ; especially : a member of a common genus ( …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHUBSUCKER — /chub"suk'euhr/ , n. any of several stout suckers of the genus Erimyzon, inhabiting sluggish streams, backwaters, and lakes of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEVEE — any low ridge or earthen embankment built along the edges of a stream or river channel to prevent flooding of …
Britannica English vocabulary
GUINEA PIG — (species Cavia porcellus), domesticated species of South American rodent of the family Caviidae (order Rodentia). The guinea pig was domesticated …
Britannica English vocabulary
YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: TRANSPORTATION — AVIATION The economic recovery of the world airline industry from its worst-ever period of losses continued, with the 250-member International …
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MISSISSIPPI RIVER — the largest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately 1,200,000 square miles (3,100,000 square …
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MANGALORE — town, administrative headquarters of Dakshin Kannad district, southwestern Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southern India, a port on the Arabian Sea. …
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KRISHNA — Sanskrit Krsna one of the most widely revered and most popular of all Indian divinities, worshipped as the eighth incarnation …
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KOMMAMUR CANAL — also called Buckingham Canal, canal in eastern Andhra Pradesh state and northeastern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It was constructed …
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KERALA — constituent state of India, located on the Malabar Coast on the southwestern side of the Indian peninsula. It is bounded …
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DUNN, DOUGLAS — born Oct. 23, 1942, Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, Scot. in full Douglas Eaglesham Dunn Scottish writer and critic, best known for his …
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DEBO, LAC — English Lake Debo situated in central Mali on a section of the Niger River between Mopti, located 50 mi (80 …
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DAMASCUS, GREAT MOSQUE OF — also called Umayyad Mosque, the earliest surviving stone mosque, built between AD 705 and 715 by the Umayyad Caliph al-Walid …
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CONGO RIVER — The Congo River basin and its drainage network. also called Zaire River, river in west-central Africa. With a length of …
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COCHIN — town and major port on the Arabian Sea, west-central Kerala state, southwestern India. Also the name of a former princely …
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BACKWATER — ( backwaters) 1. A backwater is a place that is isolated. ...a quiet rural backwater. N-COUNT : usu with supp …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STREAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flood/stream of inquiries ▪ The special offer has produced a flood of inquiries …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STAGNANT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES stagnant (= bad and not progressing or improving ) ▪ Measures aimed at reviving the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCRIPTURAL — adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ At the same time, however, the bastion of traditional scriptural authority was also being challenged …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RURAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a rural area (= in the countryside ) ▪ Schools in rural areas are often …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
OUTPOST
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NATIVE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES mother/native tongue (= the language you learn as a child ) ▪ She felt …
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EXEGESIS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But we shall not find a consistent position in which the tasks of biblical exegesis …
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BOULEVARD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE main ▪ From there I walk down to one of the main boulevards . …
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BACKWATER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE quiet ▪ Hotel Trevi was some five minutes' walk away in a quiet backwater …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BACKWATER — [noun] [C] - a part of a river where the water does not flow, or (figurative disapproving) a place which …
Cambridge English vocab
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