Солярис Flashcards

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кстати

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1) by the way, incidentally
2) at the right time, with good timing [вовремя]
3) [очень кстати] - useful, handy, helpful, convenient
4) to the point, apropos, relevant [к месту]
5) decently, appropriately, properly (dated) [прилично, пристойно]

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экипаж

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1) crew (aviation, military, nautical)
2) horse-drawn carriage (equipage) (hist.)

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3
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плёнка

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film, tape

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новшество

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innovation, novelty

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высадка

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1) landing, debarkation, disembarkation (navy, aviation)
2) transplanting

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глиссер

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speedboat

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взвесь

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suspension, dredge
(in the sense of particles being suspended in a gas or liquid)

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коллоидный

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glue-like, gelatinous
(relational from [коллоид] – colloid: a mixture in which one substance consisting of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance)

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липкий

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adhesive, sticky

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обороты

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скорость вращения (only in the plural; technical, aviation)
[У меня упали обороты и я начал терять высоту]

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выскакивать/выскочить

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1) to jump out, to leap out
2) to appear, come up (of a sore, pimple, etc.)
3) to drop out, fall out

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ил

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silt, clay, mud, ooze, sludge

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пениться

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to foam
[пена] - foam, froth, etc.

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14
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слизь

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mucus, slime

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15
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комок

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1) lump, wad
2) (fig.) spasm in the throat or chest

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изгородь

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light fence, barrier
[живая изгородь] - hedge (wall or fence of shrubs/bushes)

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17
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акация

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acacia (shrub or tree)

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18
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гипс

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1) gypsum
2) plaster cast (medicine)

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19
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трескаться/по

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to crack, chap
[трещать/треснуть, треск]
[весёлым треском трещит затопленная печь]

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расщелина

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1) cleft, crevice, fissure (crack in rock or ice)
2) crack

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выдавливать/выдавить

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to squeeze out, press out

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22
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биоток

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biocurrent, bioelectrical current

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23
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отверстие

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1) opening, aperture, hole, perforation

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комбинезон

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overalls (clothing in which pants and torso are together)

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разворачивать/развернуть

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1) to unroll, unwind, unwrap
2) to show, display
3) to start (up)
4) to widen, expand, broaden
5) to deploy, extend, expand (into) (military)
6) to turn, swing about, make a U-turn
[развёртывать] - alt. imperfective

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26
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заседание

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session, meeting

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27
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омерзительный

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disgusting, loathsome, sickening, revolting

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помрачение

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1) darkening
2) exceeding, overshadowing (fig.)
3) obscuring (fig.)
4) saddening (fig.)
5) darkness, gloom

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29
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кора

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1) bark (of trees)
2) crust (of the earth, planets)
[кора (больших полушарий) головного мозга] = cerebral cortex

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30
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добросовестный

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conscientious, fair

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31
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порог

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1) doorstep, threshold
2) rapid (i.e., in a river)

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32
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топтаться

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1) shift one’s feet
2) hang about, idle about, loiter
3) dillydally, dawdle
[топтаться на месте] - to make no headway, mark time

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33
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разрозненный

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1) odd, incomplete
2) separate, uncoordinated

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34
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втискивать/втиснуть

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(coll.) to squeeze (in, into), to cram (in, into)

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35
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вырождаться/выродиться

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1) to degenerate
2) to disappear, to be lost over time

36
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куст

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bush, shrub

37
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рапорт

A

report
[доклад, донесение]

38
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возражать/возразить

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1) to object, to mind, to protest
[если ты не возражаешь,…] - if you don’t mind,…

39
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предвзятый

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biased, prejudiced

40
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опровергать/опровергнуть

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1) to refute, disprove
2) to deny, disclaim

41
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повидать

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(colloquial, perfective. imperfective [видать] has slightly different semantics)
1) to see, to get to see
2) to visit (fig.)

42
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отпирать/отпереть

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to unlock
perf. [отопру, отопрёшь]

43
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рентгеновский

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(relational) X-ray, radiographic
[рентген] - X-ray

44
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подвергать/подвергнуть

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to subject (to), expose (to) (что, чему)

45
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завязать/завязнуть

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1) to stick (in), sink (in)
2) to get stuck (in) (coll.)
not to be confused with [завязывать/завяз**а*ть] - to tie up, fasten

46
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завещать

A

to bequeath, to will
[завещение]

47
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паршивый

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1) scabby, mangy
2) nasty, rotten, mean

48
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избавление

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1) cure
2) salvation (religion)
[избавлять, избавить]

49
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щекотно

A

ticklish
[щекотать]

50
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взъерошенный

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rumpled, tousled, ruffled
[ерошить/взъ] - rumple, ruffle, etc.

51
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люк

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1) hatch, hatchway
2) port

52
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паясничать

A

to clown around (coll.)

53
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верёвка

A

rope, line

54
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чернильница

A

inkwell, inkpot
[чернила]

55
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пуск

A

launch

56
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пучок

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1) bundle, bunch, sheaf (any collection of things bound together)

57
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зондировать/про-

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1) to probe, search, sound (research)
2) to probe, find out beforehand

58
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шорок

A

rustle (soft, crackling sound)

59
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силовое поле

A

force field

60
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отрезвлять/отрезвить

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to sober up (literal and figurative)
[трезветь/от-] - synonyms?
[трезвый] - sober

61
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вскрытие

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1) opening, unsealing
2) dissection, autopsy

62
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пристрастие

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1) addiction, predilection (for), propensity
2) passion (for), weakness (for)
3) bias (towards), partiality (to/for)

63
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калека

A

cripple (a crippled person)

64
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подкладное судно

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bedpan
[судно] - also a ship or vessel

65
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морочить/об

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to fool, trick, dupe
[морочить голову] - pull someone’s leg

66
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проповедь

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1) sermon, homily
2) propagation (of ideas), advocacy

67
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кисель

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1) the drink
2) a weak-willed person (coll.)

68
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шантаж

A

blackmail

69
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препарат

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1) a prepared specimen; specimen mounted on a microscope slide
2) medicine, drug, preparation (prepared medical substance)

70
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укол

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1) prick, pricking
2) injection, shot
3) provoking remark (fig.)

71
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видимость

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1) visibility
2) outward appearance, semblance

72
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виновник

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culprit

73
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хлам

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1) trash, rubbish
2) craft, junk

74
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смахивать

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to look like, resemble, smack (of)
[смахивает на смерть]

75
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рваться

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1) to break, burst, be torn (intransitive)
2) to strive, long, be dying to do something
[рвущийся к чему]

76
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достоевщина

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1) contradictory feelings, mental instability, suffering and doom (as in Dostoevsky characters)
2) characteristics of socio-political psychological atmosphere; such atmosphere itself; moral and ideological phenomenon

77
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блажь

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whim, caprice, fancy, folly

78
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киснуть/с

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1) to turn sour (e.g., milk)
2) to become sad or depressed
[кислый]
[кис, кисла]
[скисать] - alt. imperfective

79
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розга

A

birch rod, cane (for whipping)

80
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высекать/высечь

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1) to hew, carve, sculpt, cut
2) to whip (as a punishment)

81
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намерен

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(short adjective)
going to, intending to
[что ты намерен делать?]

82
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стаскивать/стащить

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1) to drag off, drag down, pull down, pull off
2) drag into, pull into
3) (perf. only, coll.) to steal, swipe, filch

83
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альковный

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1) alcove (relational)
2) romantic, erotic (about a plot, work, etc.)

84
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опустошать/опустошить

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1) to devastate, ravage, lay waste
2) to empty (coll.)
3) to drain someone’s spirit, have a devastating effect (on)
(also as a reflexive verb)

85
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попросту

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1) simply, merely, just
2) simply (without ceremony)
3) plainly, simply (put simply/directly)

86
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горстка

A

1) handful
2) small group

87
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вспышка

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1) flash
2) outbreak