09/01/2024 Flashcards
the work or skill of fastening loose pages together inside a cover to make a book
book binding
ПЕЧЬ
an enclosed structure in which material can be heated to very high temperatures, e.g. for smelting metals.
Pete tracked the sound into the kitchen, where dad would sit down, light a cigarette, and blow the smoke out the back door. This would cause the furnace to run, and what the furnace burned, according to their mother, was not oil, but dollars bills
furnace
a large fire that is made outside
bonfire
(of a man’s face or features) strong and sharp, in an attractive way
a chiseled face
To cover something and hang down
draped over
Quick forceful pull of something
рывок (маструбировать)
to yank
A ____of something is a large amount or large part of it.
кусок
chunk
another way of saying for something to depend on something (зависит от…)
зависетьот чего- то
Their whole policy hinges on this alliance
Вся их политика строится на этом союзе
to hinge on something
the ‘wrapper’ for a letter and the ‘door’ for this wrapper
envelope flap
a cover for a sword or knife (usually made of leather)
sheath
жирный
greasy
краснеть (face)
to blush
- дефис
hyphen
to accept an offer or request to do or get something at a later time than was originally intended (IDIOM)
to take a rain check
опуститься до чьего-то уровня
to behave as badly as someone who has treated one wrongly.
stoop- сутулость
наклоняться нагибать
to stoop down to someone’s level
