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acrobat

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acrobat
noun Etymology: French & Greek; French acrobate, from Greek akrobatēs, from akr- acr- + bainein to go — more at come Date: 1825 1. one that performs gymnastic feats requiring skillful control of the body 2. a. one skillful at exercises of intellectual or artistic dexterity b. one adept at swiftly changing or adapting a position or viewpoint <
a political acrobat
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acrobatic adjectiveacrobatically adverb

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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Фильмы

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