Бородино

Question 1

недаром

Answer 1

not in vain, not for nothing, justly

Question 2

палить

Answer 2

to scorch, burn, singe (with fire
[спалить] - destroy with fire, singe
[спалённый]

Question 3

схватка

Answer 3

1) skirmish (brief battle) (mil.)
2) squabble (minor dispute, figuratively)
3) melee
4) scrimmage

Question 4

Богатырь

Answer 4

1) bogatyr (medieval heroic warrior of Kievan Rus)
2) strongly built man, hero

Question 5

досада

Answer 5

1) annoyance, nuisance, vexation
2) disappointment
[досадно] - 1) annoyingly, distressingly
2) it is unfortunate, it is regrettable (that)

Question 6

ворчать/про

Answer 6

to grumble, complain, snarl (at)

Question 7

изрывать/изорвать

Answer 7

1) to rip up, tear up, tear to pieces
2) tear in many places
(different verb, same imperfective:
[изырвать/изрыть] - to dig up, make many holes in something)

Question 8

мундир

Answer 8

(military) uniform

Question 9

штык

Answer 9

1) bayonet
2) foot soldier (as a counting unit of military strength)
3) head of a shovel

Question 10

разгуливаться/разгуляться

Answer 10

1) give oneself free rein
2) binge
3) become very powerful (blizzard, wave, etc.)

Question 11

на воле

Answer 11

1) free, in the wild, at liberty, outside
2) not in jail, free, on the loose

Question 12

макушка

Answer 12

1) crown, pate (of the head)
2) top, summit, vertex in general
[держать ушки на макушке] - listen attentively, cautiously

Question 13

пушка

Answer 13

1) gun, cannon, handgun
3) hoax (coll.)
4) something evoking strong emotions (slang)

Question 14

верхушка

Answer 14

summit, top, crest, apex

Question 15

тут как тут

Answer 15

already there, there he is/there they are, etc.

Question 16

туго

Answer 16

1) tightly, tautly
2) slowly
[тугой] - tight, taut

Question 17

заряд

Answer 17

charge (in various senses, including electrical); shell, shot

Question 18

пожалуй

Answer 18

maybe, perhaps, I suppose

Question 19

толк

Answer 19

1) sense, use, judgement
2) talk, rumor [толковать]
3) trend, doctrine (obs.)
4) push, shove [толкать]

Question 20

этакий

Answer 20

1) (coll.) such, like this
2) (coll.) what (a)

Question 21

картечь

Answer 21

grapeshot, canister shot

Question 22

сеча

Answer 22

1) battle (poetic, obsolete, bookish)
2) clearing of a forest

Question 23

вздремнуть

Answer 23

to nap, snooze (coll.)

Question 24

лафет

Answer 24

support on which a cannon or artillery barrel is placed

Question 25

рассвет

Answer 25

dawn, daybreak

Question 26

ликовать

Answer 26

1) to rejoice (at, over), triumph (over), exult (at, in)
[ликование] - exultation, jubilation, triumph

Question 27

бивак / бивуак

Answer 27

bivouac (a temporary open encampment)

Question 28

кивер

Answer 28

shako (stiff, cylindrical military hat)

Question 29

избитый

Answer 29

1) beaten, battered
2) well-trodden (of a road/path)
3) trite, hackneyed (figuratively)
[избитая истина] - truism, banality
[избить до полусмерти]

Question 30

зашевелиться

Answer 30

to begin to stir/budge
[шевелить/по-/шевельнуть] - to move, stir, budge (+ instr.)

Question 31

сверкать/сверкнуть

Answer 31

sparkle, twinkle, glitter, gleam, etc.

Question 32

хват

Answer 32

бойкий, удалой, ловкий человек; ухарь
[бойкий] - 1) smart, clever
2) sharp
3) glib, fluent
4) animated, brisk

Question 33

сражать/сразить

Answer 33

1) to hit, strike, smite
2) strike down, defeat, crush

Question 34

булат

Answer 34

sword, blade (poetic)

Question 35

молвить/про

Answer 35

to say, declare, quethe (poetic)

Question 36

клятва

Answer 36

oath, vow

Question 37

сдержать

Answer 37

(perf.)
1) to hold in, keep back, restrain
2) keep (promise or word

Question 38

улан

Answer 38

1) (hist., mil.) a type of light cavalry with pikes, sabers, pistols

Question 39

пёстрый

Answer 39

1) motley
2) multicolored
3) mixed (fig.)
4) florid

Question 40

значок

Answer 40

1) badge
2) insignia
3) small sign, from [знак]

Question 41

промелькнуть

Answer 41

1) to flash by, flit by
2) (to be perceptible)

Question 42

видать

Answer 42

1) (coll.) to see (many times, frequently)
2) to be seen (in the negative sense)
(usually not conjugated in present tense; used as an infinitive or in the past tense)

Question 43

сражение

Answer 43

combat, battle, engagement (military)

Question 44

визжать/визгнуть

Answer 44

to squeal (make a high pitched scream or sound)
[визжу, визжишь]

Question 45

колоть

Answer 45

1) split, cleave, chop (e.g., firewood)
2) stab, thrust
3) kill, slaughter
4) prick, sting
5) have a stitch, feel a prick or stab
[у меня колет в левом боку]
6) taunt
[колю, колешь]

Question 46

ядро

Answer 46

1) seed, store (botany)
2) cannonball, round shot (historical)
3) nucleus (every sense)
4) core (of a planet, of a processor)
5) (various other scientific/mathematical definitions)
[ядерный]

Question 47

изведывать/изведать

Answer 47

1) to learn from personal experience, come to know
2) to experience, to feel (a mental state)
3) to know, comprehend

Question 48

удалой

Answer 48

bold, prow
[удалый] - a variant

Question 49

рукопашный

Answer 49

hand-to-hand
[рукопашный бой] - hand-to-hand combat

Question 50

залп

Answer 50

salvo, volley

Question 51

орудие

Answer 51

1) tool, instrument, implement
2) pawn, puppet (somebody acting under another’s control)
3) gun, cannon, artillery piece (mil.)

Question 52

протяжный

Answer 52

prolonged, slow
[протяжение]

Question 53

вой

Answer 53

howl, wail

Question 54

сливаться/слиться

Answer 54

1) to flow together, interflow
2) merge, fuse, blend
[сольюсь, сольёшься]
[сливать/слить] - 1) pour out, empty, drain
2) merge, fuse

Question 55

смеркаться/смеркнуться

Answer 55

to become dark (of the day)

Question 56

затевать/затеять

Answer 56

1) (coll.) to undertake, start
2) (coll.) to decide (to do something)
3) (coll.) to venture

Question 57

басурман / басурманин

Answer 57

1) Muslim (derogatory, dated)
2) a non-Christian person in general (derogatory)

Question 58

лихой

Answer 58

1) evil, hard, sinister
2) valiant, intrepid, bold, daring
3) dashing, gallant
4) nimble
5) smart
6) criminal, delinquent