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Question 1

pantry [ˈpæntrɪ]

Answer 1

буфетная комната, кладовая

Question 2

hunt [hʌnt]

Answer 2

охотиться

Question 3

overhaul [ˌəʊvəˈhɔːl]

Answer 3

капитально ремонтировать; перестраивать,

демонтаж, капитальный ремонт

Question 4

scruffy [ˈskrʌfɪ]

Answer 4

неряшливый; грязный
They ​live in a scruffy ​part of ​town.
a ​small, scruffy-​looking man

Question 5

acquittal [əˈkwɪtl]

acquittal (+on charges of…)

Answer 5

оправдание (по суду), освобождение (от долга, обязательства)

An Ontario Court judge has acquitted Jian Ghomeshi on four counts of sexual assault

Question 6

tainted [ˈteɪntɪd]

Answer 6

загнивающий; начинающий гнить, портиться

‘Tainted’ testimony leads to Ghomeshi acquittal on all charges

Question 7

deceptive [dɪˈsɛptɪv]

Answer 7

обманчивый, вводящий в заблуждение
The ​plan ​seemed deceptively ​simple
…“deceptive and manipulative” evidence of complainants raised a reasonable doubt in the guilt of the former CBC Radio host.

Question 8

bait [beɪt]

Answer 8

завлекать, соблазнять, насаживать наживку на крючок
We put down some ​poisoned bait to ​kill the ​rats.
Free ​holidays were ​offered as (a) bait to ​customers.

Question 9

unshaken [ʌnˈʃeɪkən]

Answer 9

непоколебленный, твердый

unshaken resolution - твердое решение

Question 10

riddle [ˈrɪdl]

Answer 10

решетить, дырявить
загадка
their testimony was “so riddled with inconsistencies and improbabilities and proven lies under oath that it cannot be said to prove anything

Question 11

flinty [ˈflɪntɪ]

Answer 11

жесткий, суровый, твердый
flinty reputation
a flinty ​material

Question 12

dulcet [ˈdʌlsɪt]

Answer 12

приятный, сладкозвучный

dulcet public tones

Question 13

affable

Answer 13

приветливый; учтивый, любезный; дружеский

She was ​quite affable at the ​meeting.

Question 14

gamine [ˈɡæmiːn]

Answer 14

девчонка-сорванец

Her ​newly ​cropped ​hair gives her a ​fashionably gamine ​look

Question 15

ornately [ɔːˈneɪtlɪ]

Answer 15

цветисто, витиевато, пышно; аляповато

ornately manicured finger

Question 16

insouciant [ɪnˈsuːsɪənt]

Answer 16

беззаботный, безразличный
a ​relaxed and ​happy way of ​behaving without ​feeling ​worried or ​guilty:
I ​admired his ​youthful insouciance.

Question 17

defiance [dɪˈfaɪəns]

Answer 17

вызов, вызывающее поведение, полное пренебрежение
Henein stares into the camera with insouciant defiance, the incarnation of her calculated corporate image: hip, upscale and fearless.

Question 18

litigation [lɪtɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n]

Answer 18

судебный процесс

civil litigation specialist

Question 19

heinous [ˈheɪnəs]

Answer 19

отвратительный, мерзкий, гнусный
“We represent people who have committed heinous acts—acts of violence, acts of depravity, acts of cruelty” she quipped. “Or as Jian Ghomeshi likes to call it, foreplay.”

Question 20

quip [kwɪp]

Answer 20

саркастическое замечание

Question 21

foreplay [ˈfɔːpleɪ]

Answer 21

предварительные ласки, прелюдия

Question 22

jest [dʒɛst]

Answer 22

шутка, острота

Question 23

ploy [plɔɪ]

Answer 23

уловка, хитрость

marketing ploy

Question 24

cherubic [tʃəˈruːbɪk]

Answer 24

пухлый и розовощекий, ангелоподобный

cherubic face

Question 25

precocious [prɪˈkəʊʃəs]

Answer 25

не по летам развитой, рано развившийся

A precocious ​child, she went to ​university at the ​age of 15.

Question 26

iconoclasm [aɪˈkɒnəklæz(ə)m]

Answer 26

иконоборство, борьба с предрассудками

Question 27

adamantly

Answer 27

категорически
It was one of the few times in her life when she was warned to tone down her behaviour—a message she has adamantly refused to heed

Question 28

heed [hiːd]

Answer 28

обращать внимание, учитывать; остерегаться; принимать во внимание;
The ​airline has been ​criticized for ​failing to heed ​advice/​warnings about ​lack of ​safety ​routines.

Question 29

glean [ɡliːn]

Answer 29

тщательно подбирать, собирать по мелочам

All she knew about the profession she had gleaned from reading about Eddie Greenspan

Question 30

enthralling [ɪnˈθrɔːlɪŋ]

Answer 30

захватывающий

I ​found ​your ​book ​absolutely enthralling!

Question 31

outlier [ˈaʊtˌlaɪə]

Answer 31

обособленная, изолированная часть (чего-л.)

People who ​live past 100 are ​genetic outliers, whose ​longevity is unreachable for most of us.

Question 32

flair [flɛə]

Answer 32

способность, склонность, вкус (к чему-л.); талант

He has a flair for ​languages.

Question 33

wilt [wɪlt]

Answer 33

слабеть; никнуть, падать духом

she did not wilt under pressure

Question 34

volatile [ˈvɒlətaɪl]

Answer 34

непостоянный, изменчивый;
Food and ​fuel ​prices are very volatile in a ​war ​situation.
He had a volatile ​temper and couldn’t have been ​easy to ​live with.

Question 35

unvarnished [ˌʌnˈvɑːnɪʃt]

Answer 35

неприкрашенный; прямой, резкий

You don’t ​expect a ​politician to ​tell you the unvarnished ​truth.

Question 36

utterance [ˈʌt(ə)rəns]

Answer 36

высказывание , произнесение, выражение в словах

unvarnished utterances

Question 37

slogging [ˈslɒɡɪŋ]

Answer 37

упорный, сильный
to ​work hard over a ​long ​period, ​especially doing ​work that is ​difficult or ​boring
I’ve been slogging away for ​days on this ​essay and I’m still not ​finished.
Out-slogging even her workaholic boss,she…

Question 38

hustler[ˈhʌslə]

Answer 38

карманник, жулик

The ​street was ​full of hustlers, ​drug ​addicts, and ​pimps.

Question 39

adept at

Answer 39

сведущий

She’s very adept at dealing with the media.

Question 40

crux [krʌks]

Answer 40

суть, существо

ability to cut straight to the crux of a case

Question 41

push (sb) around

Answer 41

to ​tell someone what to do in a ​rude or ​threatening way:
If you ​think you can ​push me around like that, you’re ​mistaken.
if you think you’re going to push her around, there’s going to be kickback.

Question 42

grapple with sth

Answer 42

to try to deal with or understand something difficult
пытаться преодолеть, разобраться в чем-либо
He is grappling with mental illness

Question 43

impromptu

Answer 43

импровизированный, экспромтом

an impromptu performance/party

Question 44

high-octane [ˌhaɪˈɒk.teɪn]

Answer 44

full of ​energy or very ​powerful

high-octane career

Question 45

salacious

/səˈleɪ.ʃəs/

Answer 45

похотливый, сладострастный, распутный

a salacious ​joke/​comment

Question 46

propitious /prəˈpɪʃ.əs/

Answer 46

благоприятный; подходящий, удобный
With the ​economy in ​recession, it was not a propitious ​time to ​start a ​company.
the timing was not exactly propitious

Question 47

wanton /ˈwɒntən/

Answer 47

бессмысленный, необоснованный

wanton cruelty/violence