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📘 Word: fallible

📝 Meaning: adj. Capable of making mistakes or being wrong
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈfæl.ɪ.bəl/
📝 Synonyms: imperfect, erring, flawed
🇷🇺 Russian: Способен совершать ошибки или ошибаться
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Xato qilish yoki xato qilishga qodir

💬 Example: "Human judgment is fallible and prone to error."
📘 Word: swath

📝 Meaning: n. a broad strip or area
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /swɒθ/
📝 Synonyms: strip, area, expanse
🇷🇺 Russian: Широкая полоса или участок
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Keng chiziq yoki maydon

💬 Example: "The combine harvester cut a wide swath through the wheat field."
📘 Word: forbade

📝 Meaning: v. Past tense of forbid; to prohibit
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /fərˈbæd/
📝 Synonyms: prohibited, banned, disallowed
🇷🇺 Russian: Прошедшее время запретить; запретить
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Forbidning o‘tgan zamoni; taqiqlash

💬 Example: "The teacher forbade talking during the exam."
📘 Word: Agile

📝 Meaning: adj. able to move or respond quickly and easily.
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈædʒaɪl/
📝 Synonyms: Flexible, quick-moving
🇷🇺 Russian: способен быстро двигаться или реагировать и
🇺🇿 Uzbek: tez harakat qilish yoki javob berishga qodir va

💬 Example: "The team adopted an agile approach to improve the project’s efficiency."
📘 Word: cumulative

📝 Meaning: adj. Increasing or growing by successive additions.
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːmjəleɪtɪv/
📝 Synonyms: Aggregate, accumulated
🇷🇺 Russian: Увеличение или рост последовательными
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Ketma-ket ko'payish yoki o'sish

💬 Example: "The cumulative effect of these policies will take years to assess."
📘 Word: Contrive

📝 Meaning: v. To plan or invent something skillfully or cleverly.
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /kənˈtraɪv/
📝 Synonyms: Devise, plan, orchestrate
🇷🇺 Russian: Умело планировать или изобретать что-либо или
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Biror narsani mohirona rejalashtirish yoki ixtiro qilish yoki

💬 Example: "She contrived a way to complete the project ahead of schedule."
📘 Word: Strategize

📝 Meaning: v. To plan or devise a strategy for achieving a goal.
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈstrætədʒaɪz/
📝 Synonyms: Plan, devise
🇷🇺 Russian: Планировать или разрабатывать стратегию достижения
🇺🇿 Uzbek: A ga erishish uchun strategiyani rejalashtirish yoki ishlab chiqish

💬 Example: "The team will strategize the upcoming product launch to ensure its success."
📘 Word: Ferret something out

📝 Meaning: v. to search for and uncover information.
🎭 Formality: Informal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈfɛrɪt/
📝 Synonyms: Uncover, discover, expose
🇷🇺 Russian: искать и раскрывать
🇺🇿 Uzbek: izlash va ochish

💬 Example: "The journalist ferreted out the truth about the scandal."
📘 Word: Redress

📝 Meaning: v. To correct or compensate for
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /rɪˈdrɛs/
📝 Synonyms: Correct, compensate, remedy
🇷🇺 Russian: Чтобы исправить или компенсировать
🇺🇿 Uzbek: To'g'rilash yoki kompensatsiya qilish uchun

💬 Example: "The company offered to redress the customer’s complaint."
📘 Word: muster

📝 Meaning: v. To gather or summon
🎭 Formality: Neutral
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈmʌs.tər/
📝 Synonyms: gather, summon, rally
🇷🇺 Russian: Собрать или вызвать
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Yig'ish yoki chaqirish

💬 Example: "He mustered the courage to speak out."
📘 Word: Evolve

📝 Meaning: v. To develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɒlv/
📝 Synonyms: Develop, progress
🇷🇺 Russian: Развиваться постепенно, особенно от простого к более сложному.
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Sekin-asta rivojlanish, ayniqsa oddiydan murakkabroq

💬 Example: "The company has evolved into a global leader in its field."
📘 Word: Throw in

📝 Meaning: v. to add something extra, often unexpectedly or casually.
🎭 Formality: Informal
🔊 Pronunciation: /θroʊ ɪn/
📝 Synonyms: Add, include
🇷🇺 Russian: добавить что-то дополнительное, часто неожиданно или
🇺🇿 Uzbek: qo'shimcha narsa qo'shish, ko'pincha kutilmaganda yoki

💬 Example: "They decided to throw in a bonus for the employees who completed the project early."
📘 Word: Ostensibly

📝 Meaning: adv. Apparently, but not necessarily true
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ɒˈstɛnsəbli/
📝 Synonyms: Apparently, seemingly, purportedly
🇷🇺 Russian: Судя по всему, но не обязательно правда
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Ko'rinishidan, lekin bu haqiqat emas

💬 Example: "The meeting was ostensibly about budget planning."
📘 Word: To wit

📝 Meaning: adv. Namely or specifically
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /tuː wɪt/
📝 Synonyms: Namely, specifically, that is
🇷🇺 Russian: А именно или конкретно
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Aniq yoki aniq

💬 Example: "The event will honor three individuals, to wit: John, Mary, and Paul."
📘 Word: Subordinate

📝 Meaning: adj. Lower in rank or importance
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /səˈbɔːrdɪnət/
📝 Synonyms: Lower, secondary, inferior
🇷🇺 Russian: Ниже по рангу или важности
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Darajasi yoki ahamiyati pastroq

💬 Example: "The decision was made by a subordinate committee."
📘 Word: false alarm

📝 Meaning: n. A warning that proves unnecessary
🎭 Formality: Neutral
🔊 Pronunciation: /fɔːls əˈlɑːrm/
📝 Synonyms: mistaken alert, hoax, non-event
🇷🇺 Russian: Предупреждение, которое оказывается ненужным
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Keraksizligini isbotlovchi ogohlantirish

💬 Example: "The fire alert was just a false alarm."
📘 Word: Scrutiny

📝 Meaning: n. Close and detailed examination or investigation.
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈskruː.tɪ.ni/
📝 Synonyms: Inspection, analysis, examination
🇷🇺 Russian: Тщательное и детальное обследование или
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Yopiq va batafsil tekshirish yoki

💬 Example: "The proposal came under intense scrutiny from the board."
📘 Word: Paint the town red

📝 Meaning: phr. To go out and celebrate in an energetic and often extravagant way.
🎭 Formality: Informal
🔊 Pronunciation: /peɪnt ðə taʊn rɛd/
📝 Synonyms: Celebrate, party, go out
🇷🇺 Russian: Выйти и отпраздновать энергично и часто экстравагантно.
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Tashqariga chiqish va baquvvat va ko'pincha ekstravagantda nishonlash

💬 Example: "After finishing the project, we decided to paint the town red and have a party."
📘 Word: Retaliate

📝 Meaning: v. To make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.
🎭 Formality: Neutral
🔊 Pronunciation: /rɪˈtæliˌeɪt/
📝 Synonyms: Avenge, revenge, pay back
🇷🇺 Russian: Совершить нападение или нападение в обмен на аналогичное
🇺🇿 Uzbek: Shunga o'xshash narsa evaziga hujum yoki hujum qilish

💬 Example: "If someone insults you, don't retaliate; instead, respond calmly."
📘 Word: Order of magnitude

📝 Meaning: n. the relative scale or size of something, often in powers of ten.
🎭 Formality: Formal
🔊 Pronunciation: /ˈɔːrdər əv ˈmæɡnɪtuːd/
📝 Synonyms: Scale, level, extent
🇷🇺 Russian: относительный масштаб или размер чего-либо, часто в степенях
🇺🇿 Uzbek: biror narsaning nisbiy ko'lami yoki hajmi, ko'pincha vakolatlarida

💬 Example: "The cost increased by an order of magnitude."