| defensive apex enormous base labourer population ancient
to protect
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| A person whose job involves hard physical work.
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| To keep something safe, out of danger; to defend somebody.
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| The lowest part of a building (or any other structure) on which it stands.
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| It means ‘belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past’.
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| The highest part of a building or any other structure.
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| It means ‘very big or very great’.
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| It means ‘protecting something or somebody from attack’.
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| The number of people who live in a particular area, city or country.
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12. Translate the following sentences into Russian. Translate the idea, not a word for word:
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| Parents always protect their children from danger.
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| Safety equipment protects our body from damage.
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| A hard hat protects you when driving a bike.
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| Goggles protect our eyes while welding.
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| Soldiers took a defensive position.
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| Hard hat, goggles and gloves are defensive means of safety.
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| How long is the defensive wall of China?
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| Warriors were standing on the top of a defensive wall.
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| 9.
| What height is the apex of this Pyramid?
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| The apex of this construction is over 140 meters.
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| 11.
| Sloping sides of a pyramid meet at an apex.
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| The apex of the tower of this bridge is the highest one.
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| The construction of the Pyramids involved manual labour.
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| A lot of labourers died during the construction of the Great Wall of China.
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| 15.
| What is the population of your country?
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| The population of this country has increased for the last few years.
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| The population of China is enormous.
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| This building has a square base.
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| The Pyramids were built of stone blocks.
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| Stone blocks for building pyramids were very heavy.
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