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Question 1

Plump

Answer 1

quite fat

полный, пухлый

Question 2

Pester

Answer 2

to annoy someone by asking them something again and again
докучать, надоедать
[ + to do sth ] He’s been pestering me to go out with him all week.

Question 3

Maim

Answer 3

to injure someone permanently
калечить
Thousands of innocent people have been killed or maimed by landmines.

Question 4

Snazzy

Answer 4

modern and stylish in a way that attracts attention:
Paula’s wearing a very snazzy pair of shoes!
He designs snazzy new graphics for software packages.

Question 5

Ostentatious

Answer 5

too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you:
They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.
an ostentatious gesture/manner

Question 6

Debonair

Answer 6

confident, stylish, and charming (typically used of a man).

Question 7

Vanity

Answer 7

behaviour which shows someone is too interested in their own appearance and thinks they are very attractive

Question 8

Flabbergasted

Answer 8

extremely surprised

Question 9

Blab

Answer 9

to talk carelessly or too much, often telling others something you should keep secret:
Someone blabbed to the press.

Question 10

Teensy

Answer 10

very small:
Hong Kong’s budget guesthouses consist of teensy rooms in converted apartments.
To be honest, the book was a teensy bit (= a little) dull.

Question 11

Cramped

Answer 11

not having enough space or time:
a cramped room/house
We have six desks in this room, so we’re a little cramped (for space).
I have a very cramped schedule.

Question 12

Innocuous

Answer 12

completely harmless (= causing no harm):
Some mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact poisonous.

Question 13

Subjugation

Answer 13

the act of defeating people or a country and ruling them in a way that allows them no freedom:
They are bravely resisting subjugation by their more powerful neighbours.

Question 14

Jot

Answer 14

to make a quick short note of something:

Could you jot your address and phone number in my address book?

Question 15

Loony

Answer 15

Crazy, foolish

Question 16

Hunch

Answer 16

a feeling or guess that something might be true, when there is no proof
предчувствие, чутье
My hunch is that he will resign.
I had a hunch that he would get the job.

Question 17

Equanimity

Answer 17

a calm mental state, especially after a shock or disappointment or in a difficult situation:
He received the news of his mother’s death with remarkable equanimity.
Three years after the tragedy she has only just begun to regain her equanimity.

Question 18

Resplendent

Answer 18

having a very bright or beautiful appearance:
the queen’s resplendent purple robes
I saw Anna at the other end of the room, resplendent in a red cocktail dress.

Question 19

Bereft

Answer 19

not having something or feeling great loss:
Alone now and almost penniless, he was bereft of hope.
After the last of their children had left home the couple felt utterly bereft.

Question 20

Jingoistic

Answer 20

related to the belief that your own country is always best:
jingoistic nationalism
A lot of the war movies were very jingoistic.

Question 21

Drowsy

Answer 21

being in a state between sleeping and being awake:

The room is so warm it’s making me feel drowsy.

Question 22

Risque

Answer 22

slightly indecent and liable to shock, especially by being sexually suggestive.

Question 23

Devise

Answer 23

to invent a plan, system, object, etc., usually using your intelligence or imagination:
He’s good at devising language games that you can play with students in class.
The cartoon characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown were devised by Charles M. Schultz.

Question 24

Gist

Answer 24

the most important pieces of information about something, or general information without details:
That was the gist of what he said.
I think I got (= understood) the gist of what she was saying.

Question 25

Penhchant

Answer 25

a liking for, an enjoyment of, or a habit of doing something, especially something that other people might not like: a penchant for melodrama/skiing/exotic clothes Her penchant for disappearing for days at a time worries her family.

Question 26

Mire

Answer 26

to cause something to sink in deep, wet, sticky earth, or fig. to cause someone or an activity to become trapped in a difficult situation: fig. At the time the country was mired in the Great Depression.

Question 27

Peck

Answer 27

to give someone a quick kiss, especially on the side of the face: He pecked his aunt on the cheek. When a bird pecks, it bites, hits, or picks up something small with its beak: The birds learn to peck holes in the milk bottle tops. Geese were pecking around for food. Chickens pecked at the seeds which covered the ground.

Question 28

Suss (suss smth out)

Answer 28

to realize, understand, or discover something: As you've probably sussed by now, Chris likes football. The Government has sussed that middle-class parents are better at getting their children into good schools. I kept waking up with a headache and in the end I sussed what was causing it.

Question 29

Gouge

Answer 29

to dig or cut into something in a rough or violent way: He drove into some railings and gouged a hole in the back of his car. A symbol was gouged into the surface of the wood.

Question 30

Play

Answer 30

Go have fun

Question 31

Hillbilly

Answer 31

an unsophisticated country person, as associated originally with the remote regions of the Appalachians.

Question 32

distraught

Answer 32

extremely upset and unhappy

Question 33

Snatch

Answer 33

to take hold of something suddenly and roughly: He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them. figurative Running the best race of his career, Fletcher snatched (= only just won) the gold medal from the Canadian champion.

Question 34

Obdurate

Answer 34

extremely determined to act in a particular way and not to change despite what anyone else says: The president remains obdurate on immigration.