Моцарт и Сальери

Question 1

заслушиваться/заслушаться

Answer 1

to become absorbed, be engrossed listening

Question 2

гамма

Answer 2

scale (music)

Question 3

отвергать/отвергнуть

Answer 3

to reject, repeal, repudiate, disallow

Question 4

постылый

Answer 4

1) undesired, disliked
2) disgusting

Question 5

отрекаться/отречься

Answer 5

1) to disown, disavow, renounce
2) to abdicate

Question 6

упрямый

Answer 6

stubborn, obstinate

Question 7

преодолевать/преодолеть

Answer 7

1) to get over, overcome
2) traverse
3) negotiate

Question 8

невзгода

Answer 8

adversity, misfortune

Question 9

подножие

Answer 9

foot (of a mountain)

Question 10

придавать/придать

Answer 10

1) to give, impart, attach
2) increase, strengthen

Question 11

перст

Answer 11

finger (poetic)

Question 12

беглость

Answer 12

swiftness, dexterity, quickness

Question 13

разъять

Answer 13

to divide, split, separate
syn. [разделить]

Question 14

дерзать/дерзнуть

Answer 14

to dare, to venture

Question 15

келья

Answer 15

cell (in a monastery)

Question 16

искушённый

Answer 16

well-versed, experienced (в чём)

Question 17

бодрый

Answer 17

сheerful, brisk, sprightly, vigorous, vivacious

Question 18

помышлять/помыслить

Answer 18

to think (of), dream (of)

Question 19

пленять/пленить

Answer 19

captivate, fascinate, charm
[пленительный]

Question 20

растоптанный

Answer 20

trampled-on, crushed
[растаптывать/растопать]

Question 21

растаптывать/растопать

Answer 21

to trample, to crush, to stamp (on)

Question 22

завистник

Answer 22

envious person

Question 23

вживе

Answer 23

in life, during (his) lifetime
syn. [при жизни]

Question 24

грызть

Answer 24

1) to gnaw
2) to nibble
3) to crack (nuts)
4) to bite (fingernails)
5) to nag at
[грызун] - rodent

Question 25

правота

Answer 25

right, rightfulness, correctness

Question 26

награда

Answer 26

award, reward

Question 27

моление

Answer 27

prayer
[молитва]

Question 28

самоотвержение

Answer 28

selflessness

Question 29

пленительный

Answer 29

enchanting, captivating

Question 30

безропотный

Answer 30

uncomplaining, unmurmuring, resigned, submissive

Question 31

встречный

Answer 31

1) oncoming
2) passerby (as a noun)

Question 32

напряжённый

Answer 32

1) intense, intensive
2) strained
3) arduous

Question 33

гуляка

Answer 33

idler, reveler

Question 34

усердие

Answer 34

1) eagerness, zeal
2) diligence, assiduity

Question 35

озарять/озарить

Answer 35

1) lighten up, illuminate
2) brighten, lighten
[Вся комната янтарным блеском / Озарена]

Question 36

трактир

Answer 36

1) inn
2) tavern, pub

Question 37

разыгривать/разыграть

Answer 37

1) to play, to perform (on stage, etc.)
2) to raffle off, to draw
3) to play a trick, pull one’s leg, joke

Question 38

отроду

Answer 38

1) from birth
2) never

Question 39

слыхивать

Answer 39

to hear (repeatedly or frequently)
(only exists in the past tense and infinitive)

Question 40

вытерпеть

Answer 40

patiently endure (pain, suffering, inconvenience)

Question 41

угощать/угостить

Answer 41

1) to treat (someone to something
2) to entertain (someone)

Question 42

пачкать/ис-/за-

Answer 42

1) to dirty, soil, stain
2) to daub
(perfective forms seem to be interchangeable)

Question 43

маляр

Answer 43

(house) painter

Question 44

негодный

Answer 44

1) unfit
2) improper, unsuitable

Question 45

фигляр

Answer 45

buffoon, clown, jester

Question 46

бесчестить/о-

Answer 46

to disgrace, dishonor, discredit, defame

Question 47

безделница

Answer 47

something unimportant
[пустяк, незначительное дело]

Question 48

намедни

Answer 48

the other day, lately

Question 49

набрасывать/набросать

Answer 49

1) to sketch, draw an outline (of)
2) outline, draft
3) to jot down

Question 50

видение

Answer 50

apparition, dream, vision, ghost
(Not to be confused with [видение],[ведение], или [ведение])

Question 51

незапный

Answer 51

sudden, unexpected
[внезапный] - modern synonym

Question 52

мрак

Answer 52

1) shadow, darkness
2) gloom (of), cheerlessness (of)
3) despair (poetic)
[мрачный]

Question 53

(не)достойный

Answer 53

(un)worthy, (un)becoming, (dis)honorable

Question 54

стройность

Answer 54

1) slimness, slenderness
2) harmoniousness, state of being well-composed, orderly
3) harmony (of sounds)
[стройный]

Question 55

отобедать

Answer 55

to have lunch
[пообедать] - modern synonym

Question 56

сходить

Answer 56

to go and come back
(as a perfective)

Question 57

дожидаться/дождаться

Answer 57

1) to await, wait (until)

Question 58

противиться/вос-

Answer 58

to oppose, object, resist, stand up (against) (чему)

Question 59

подымать/подъять

Answer 59

to lift, raise, pick up (archaic, poetic)
[поднимать/поднять] - modern synonym

Question 60

пропадать/пропасть

Answer 60

1) get lost, be done
2) to disappear, vanish
3) lose, fail
4) perish, die
5) be wasted

Question 61

заветный

Answer 61

1) cherished, lifelong, fondest (dream, desire)
2) hidden, secret

Question 62

херувим

Answer 62

cherub

Question 63

упаевать/упоить

Answer 63

to give a drink, give plenty to drink

Question 64

заносить/занести

Answer 64

1) to bring, carry (in)
(various other meanings)

Question 65

возмущать/возмутить

Answer 65

to outrage, anger, trouble, make indignant

Question 66

прах

Answer 66

1) dust, earth (poetic)
2) ashes (of the dead)

Question 67

(не)сносный

Answer 67

(not) tolerable, supportable, passable

Question 68

чадо

Answer 68

child, offspring, progeny (archaic)

Question 69

преклоняться/преклониться

Answer 69

1) to bow (before)
2) to kneel (before)
3) admire, worship, revere

Question 70

беспечный

Answer 70

1) careless, carefree
2) nonchalant

Question 71

трапеза

Answer 71

meal (ironic or literary)

Question 72

искушение

Answer 72

temptation

Question 73

восторг

Answer 73

1) rapture, ecstasy, delight
2) admiration

Question 74

сотворить

Answer 74

1) create
2) do, make
[творить] - imperfective

Question 75

пировать

Answer 75

to feast, revel, celebrate with feasting
[пир]

Question 76

надменный

Answer 76

supercilious, haughty, arrogant

Question 77

грянуть

Answer 77

1) to break out, burst out, burst forth
2) to strike up (of an orchestra)

Question 78

дивный

Answer 78

marvelous, wonderful, lovely, delightful

Question 79

наслаждаться/насладиться

Answer 79

to enjoy, be delighted (чем)

Question 80

мнить

Answer 80

to think, imagine, suspect

Question 81

медлить/по-

Answer 81

to delay, linger, procrastinate, hesitate

Question 82

пасмурный

Answer 82

1) dull, cloudy, overcast
2) gloomy, sullen

Question 83

верно

Answer 83

probably, most likely (in context)
[наверное]

Question 84

расстроенный

Answer 84

1) upset, sad, downcast
2) untuned (of an instrument)

Question 85

хмуриться/на-

Answer 85

1) to frown
2) to gloom, to lour (of rain clouds)

Question 86

сказывать

Answer 86

to utter, narrate (poetic)

Question 87

заставать/застать

Answer 87

to find, to catch, to (manage to) meet

Question 88

назавтра

Answer 88

the next day

Question 89

кликать/кликнуть

Answer 89

1) to call (someone) (coll.)
2) to cry out

Question 90

учтиво

Answer 90

courteously, respectfully

Question 91

тотчас

Answer 91

at once, instantly

Question 92

между тем

Answer 92

in the meantime, meanwhile

Question 93

совестно

Answer 93

one is ashamed, be ashamed (to admit, etc.)

Question 94

гнаться/по-

Answer 94

to chase, pursue (за + instr.)
[гонюсь, гонишься, гоняться]
(unidirectional)
multidirectional equivalent: [гоняться/по-]

Question 95

ребячий

Answer 95

children’s, child’s childish (rel.)

Question 96

рассеивать/рассеять

Answer 96

1) to dissipate, disseminate, scatter, disperse
2) to sow (seeds) in various places

Question 97

откупоривать/откупорить

Answer 97

to uncork

Question 98

перечесть

Answer 98

Can be perfective of two verb pairs:
[пересчитывать/перечесть] - same as [пересчитать] (to recount)
[перечитывать/перечесть] - same as [перечитать] (to reread)

Question 99

сочинять/сочинить

Answer 99

1) to write, compose
2) to make up, invent, fabricate

Question 100

твердить

Answer 100

1) to keep repeating, harp on, etc.
2) memorize through repetition

Question 101

отравлять/отравить

Answer 101

1) to poison
2) to spoil

Question 102

ремесло

Answer 102

1) trade, craft
2) handicraft

Question 103

постоять

Answer 103

1) to stand (for a while)
2) to stand up (for) + за
3) express demand to stop or stop moving

Question 104

лить

Answer 104

1) to pour, spill
2) to shed
3) cast, mould
[лью, льёшь]

Question 105

целебный

Answer 105

medicinal, healthy

Question 106

отсекать/отсечь

Answer 106

to cut off, chop off, sever

Question 107

наполнять/наполнить

Answer 107

1) to fill, fill up
2) to blow out

Question 108

тяжкий

Answer 108

very difficult, heavy, emotionally challenging, etc.
[очень тяжёлый]

Question 109

нужда

Answer 109

1) need, want, request
2) need, indigence (poverty)

Question 110

избранный

Answer 110

chosen, selected
[избирать/избрать]

Question 111

праздный

Answer 111

1) empty
2) idle
3) useless, unnecessary

Question 112

счастливец

Answer 112

lucky man

Question 113

пренебрегать/пренебречь

Answer 113

1) to neglect, disregard, disdain, slight (+ instr.)
2) to scorn, ignore, despise (+ instr.)

Question 114

презренный

Answer 114

contemptible, despicable, despised
[презирать/презреть]
[презрение]
[презрительный]

Question 115

польза

Answer 115

use, benefit, advantage

Question 116

ужель

Answer 116

really? (expressing doubt)
syn. [ужели, неужели, разве, неужто]