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провокативный adjective

provocative(tending to provoke strong negative feeling)
adjective
[UK: prə.ˈvɒk.ə.tɪv] [US: proˈvɑːk.ə.tɪv]

провокатор noun

agent provocateur(a person who disrupts a group's activities from within)
noun

провокатор noun
{m}

provocateur [provocateurs](one who engages in provocative behavior)
noun
[UK: prəvˌɒkətˈɜː] [US: prəvˌɑːkətˈʊr]

провокационный adjective

loaded((of a question) designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap)
adjective
[UK: ˈləʊ.dɪd] [US: ˈloʊ.dɪd]

provocative(tending to provoke strong negative feeling)
adjective
[UK: prə.ˈvɒk.ə.tɪv] [US: proˈvɑːk.ə.tɪv]

провокационный вопрос noun
{m}

wife-beating question(loaded question)
noun

провокация noun
{f}

entrapment [entrapments](action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈtræp.mənt] [US: en.ˈtræp.mənt]

provocation [provocations](act of provoking)
noun
[UK: ˌprɒ.vəˈk.eɪʃ.n̩] [US: ˌprɑː.vəˈk.eɪʃ.n̩]

проволока noun
{f}

wire [wires](thin thread of metal)
noun
[UK: ˈwaɪə(r)] [US: ˈwaɪər]

проволока взрывателя noun
{f}

tripwire(a passive triggering mechanism)
noun
[UK: ˈtrɪp.waɪə(r)] [US: ˈtrɪp.waɪər]

проволочка noun
{f}

procrastination(act of postponing, delaying or putting off)
noun
[UK: prəʊ.ˌkræ.stɪ.ˈneɪʃ.n̩] [US: proʊ.ˌkræ.stɪ.ˈneɪʃ.n̩]

reprimand [reprimands](severe, formal or official reproof)
noun
[UK: ˈre.prɪ.mɑːnd] [US: ˈre.prə.ˌmænd]

проволочная нить-растяжка noun
{f}

tripwire(a passive triggering mechanism)
noun
[UK: ˈtrɪp.waɪə(r)] [US: ˈtrɪp.waɪər]

проволочный ёж noun
{m}

caltrop(weaponry)
noun
[UK: ˈkæl.trəp] [US: ˈkæl.trʌp]

проворно adverb

deftly(in a deft manner)
adverb
[UK: ˈdeft.li] [US: ˈdeft.li]

dexterously(in a dexterious manner)
adverb
[UK: ˈdek.strə.sli] [US: ˈdek.strə.sli]

проворность noun
{f}

dexterity [dexterities](skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands)
noun
[UK: ˌdek.ˈste.rɪ.ti] [US: dek.ˈste.rə.ti]

проворный adjective

active(quick in physical movement)
adjective
[UK: ˈæk.tɪv] [US: ˈæk.tɪv]

agile(having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs)
adjective
[UK: ˈæ.dʒaɪl] [US: ˈæ.dʒəl]

dexterous(skillful with one's hands)
adjective
[UK: ˈdek.strəs] [US: ˈdek.strəs]

fleet(swift in motion)
adjective
[UK: fliːt] [US: ˈfliːt]

nimble(quick and light in movement or action)
adjective
[UK: ˈnɪm.bl̩] [US: ˈnɪm.bl̩]

prompt [prompter, promptest](quick)
adjective
[UK: prɒmpt] [US: ˈprɑːmpt]

quick [quicker, quickest](lively, witty)
adjective
[UK: kwɪk] [US: ˈkwɪk]

проворство noun
{n}

agility(quality of being agile)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈdʒɪ.lə.ti] [US: ə.ˈdʒɪ.lə.ti]

alacrity(promptness)
noun
[UK: ə.ˈlæ.krə.ti] [US: ə.ˈlæ.krə.ti]

dexterity [dexterities](skill in performing tasks, especially with the hands)
noun
[UK: ˌdek.ˈste.rɪ.ti] [US: dek.ˈste.rə.ti]

провоцировать verb

foment [fomented, fomenting, foments](to incite or cause)
verb
[UK: fəʊ.ˈment] [US: foʊ.ˈment]

провоцировать verb
{imPlf}

provoke [provoked, provoking, provokes](to cause to become angry)
verb
[UK: prə.ˈvəʊk] [US: prəˈvoʊk]

tease [teased, teasing, teases](to provoke or disturb)
verb
[UK: tiːz] [US: ˈtiːz]

tempt [tempted, tempting, tempts](to provoke)
verb
[UK: tempt] [US: ˈtempt]

urge [urged, urging, urges](to provoke)
verb
[UK: ɜːdʒ] [US: ˈɝːdʒ]

провялить verb
{Plf}

cure [cured, curing, cures](to prepare for keeping or use)
verb
[UK: kjʊə(r)] [US: ˈkjʊr]

прог-рок noun
{m}

progressive rock(rock subgenre)
noun

прогибаться verb

cave in(to relent, comply, lose willpower, etc.)
verb
[UK: keɪv ɪn] [US: ˈkeɪv ɪn]

проглатывать verb
{imPlf}

ingest [ingested, ingesting, ingests](to take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈdʒest] [US: ˌɪn.ˈdʒest]

проглотить verb
{Plf}

glug(to quickly swallow liquid)
verb

swallow [swallowed, swallowing, swallows](to cause to pass from the mouth into the stomach)
verb
[UK: ˈswɒ.ləʊ] [US: ˈswɑːlo.ʊ]

проглотить горькую пилюлю verb
{Plf}

eat crow(to recognize that one has mistaken)
verb
[UK: iːt krəʊ] [US: ˈiːt ˈkroʊ]

проглотить пилюлю verb
{Plf}

eat crow(to recognize that one has mistaken)
verb
[UK: iːt krəʊ] [US: ˈiːt ˈkroʊ]

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