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Question 0

Gaunt

Answer 0

excessively thin and angular

Question 1

Sheer

Answer 1

Pure

Question 2

Unyielding

Answer 2

Упорный, несгибаемый

1.characterized by firmness or obduracy 2 : characterized by lack of softness or flexibility

Question 3

Ladle

Answer 3

A long-handled spoon with a deep bowl for serving liquids.

Ковш

Question 4

Prodigality

Answer 4

Мотовство

1. wasteful extravagance.
2. an instance of this.
3. lavish abundance.

Question 5

Trickle

Answer 5

Струйка, течь струйкой
vb
1. to run or cause to run in thin or slow streams: she trickled the sand through her fingers.
2. (intr) to move, go, or pass gradually: the crowd trickled away.

Question 6

Icicles

Answer 6

1. a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
2. something resembling this, as a thin strip of silver foil used as a Christmas tree decoration.
3. a cold, unemotional person.

Question 7

Crumble off

Answer 7

1. to break or be broken into crumbs or fragments

2. (intr) to fall apart or away: his resolution crumbled.

Question 8

Slag

Answer 8

Шлак

n. , v. slagged, slag•ging. n.
1. the more or less completely fused and vitrified matter separated during the reduction of a metal from its ore.

Шлак

Question 9

Crusting

Answer 9

Корочка
n.
1.
a. The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.
b. A piece of bread consisting mostly of the hard outer portion.
c. A piece of bread that has become hard and dry.
2. A pastry shell, as of a pie or tart.
3. A hard crisp covering or surface: snow with a firm crust.
4. A hard deposit formed on the interior of a wine bottle as the wine matures.
5. Geology
a. The exterior portion of the earth that lies above the Mohorovii discontinuity.
b. The outermost solid layer of a planet or moon.
6. The hard outer covering or integument of certain plants and animals, such as lichens and crustaceans.
7. Pathology An outer layer or coating formed by the drying of a bodily exudate such as pus or blood; a scab.
8. Informal Insolence; audacity; gall.

Question 10

Rumble

Answer 10

Грохот

1. To make a deep, long, rolling sound.
2. To move or proceed with a deep, long, rolling sound.
3. Slang To engage in a gang fight.

Question 11

Grinned

Answer 11

Усмешка

To smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion.

Question 12

Accomplice

Answer 12

Сообщник

a person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing.

Question 13

Solemn

Answer 13

1. Deeply earnest, serious, and sober.
2. Somberly or gravely impressive. See Synonyms at serious.
3. Performed with full ceremony: a solemn High Mass.
4. Invoking the force of religion; sacred: a solemn vow.
5. Gloomy; somber.

Question 14

Scorch

Answer 14

1. Ожог
   To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1.
2. To wither or parch with intense heat.
3. To destroy (land and buildings) by or as if by fire so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.
4. To subject to severe censure; excoriate.

Question 15

Snatch

Answer 15

a. Урвать

To grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly.
b. Sports To raise (a weight) in one quick, uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter’s head.

Question 16

Alloy

Answer 16

Сплав
n.
1. A homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals, the atoms of one replacing or occupying interstitial positions between the atoms of the other: Brass is an alloy of zinc and copper.
2. A mixture; an amalgam: “Television news has . . . always been an alloy of journalism and show business” (Bill Moyers).
3. The relative degree of mixture with a base metal; fineness.
4. Something added that lowers value or purity.

Question 17

Racking

Answer 17

Мучительный

racking - causing great physical or mental suffering; “a wrenching pain”
wrenching
painful - causing physical or psychological pain; “worked with painful slowness”

Question 18

Wringing

Answer 18

Выкручивание

To twist, squeeze, or compress, especially so as to extract liquid. Often used with out.

2. To extract (liquid) by twisting or compressing. Often used with out.
3. To wrench or twist forcibly or painfully: wring the neck of a chicken.
4. To clasp and twist or squeeze (one’s hands), as in distress.

Question 19

Girder

Answer 19

Балка

Question 20

Brittle

Answer 20

Хрупкий

Question 21

Placid

Answer 21

Спокойный

Question 22

Lace

Answer 22

Шнур

Question 23

Shed

Answer 23

Пролить, сарай

Question 24

Wedge

Answer 24

Клин

Question 25

Torn to rags

Answer 25

Порванный в тряпки

Question 26

Rage

Answer 26

Ярость

Question 27

Blotches

Answer 27

Пятна

Question 28

Spout

Answer 28

Носик

Question 29

Clay

Answer 29

Глина