Неделя 2

Question 1

сложить руки

Answer 1

stop working/acting, do nothing

Question 2

поливать/полить

Answer 2

to pour, to water (i.e., plants)

Question 3

пахать

Answer 3

1) to plow
2) to work very hard (often in vain)
[пашу, пашешь]

Question 4

беспошлинный ввоз

Answer 4

duty-free import/importation

Question 5

вешать лапшу на уши

Answer 5

to lie, purposely mislead or deceive

Question 6

намёк

Answer 6

1) hint, suggestion
2) allusion, implication
3) tip (private piece of information)
[намекать/намекнуть] - to hint (at), allude (to), imply (refer to something indirectly)

Question 7

растрогаться

Answer 7

to feel emotional, become overwhelmed with emotion

Question 8

натирать/натереть

Answer 8

1) to rub (with), rub (on, in)
2) to chafe, rub sore
3) to rub, to polish
4) to grate

Question 9

ухоженный

Answer 9

well-groomed

Question 10

задирать/задрать

Answer 10

1) to break, split (skin, fingernails)
2) to lift, to pull up (head, nose, etc.)
3) to annoy badly (coll.)
[задирать нос/задирая нос] - turning up your nose

Question 11

гиря

Answer 11

1) weight (for measuring)
2) kettle-ball (type of weight for weight-lifting)

Question 12

затылок

Answer 12

1) nape, back of the head, back of the neck

Question 13

просунуться

Answer 13

to move/climb somewhere through something

Question 14

пенять/по

Answer 14

to reproach (with), to blame
syn. [упрекать/упрекнуть] - reproach, upbraid, blame

Question 15

одолевать/одолеть

Answer 15

1) to overpower, subdue
2) to seize, to overcome
3) (coll.) to cope, manage

Question 16

“стёр следы преступления”

Answer 16

cover your tracks, etc.

Question 17

даром что

Answer 17

although, even though (something)
[несмотря на то что, хотя, т.д.]

Question 18

поди

Answer 18

1) maybe, would, possibly (coll.)
2) just try (coll.)
[наверное]
shortening of [пойди]

Question 19

изводить/извести

Answer 19

1) to use up, to spend
2) to exterminate
3) to exhaust
4) torment
5) vex, exasperate

Question 20

приукрашивать/приукрасить

Answer 20

to embellish, over-decorate

Question 21

“не нашего круга”

Answer 21

not one of ours
(about a person who is other or undesirable)

Question 22

встречают по одёжке, прожовают по уму

Answer 22

(essentially, someone’s mind is what’s important, not how they are dressed/look)
судить по одёжке - judge a book by its cover (so to speak)

Question 23

разрез глаз

Answer 23

shape of the eyes, form of the eyes, etc.

Question 24

заказчик

Answer 24

customer, client (one who orders)

Question 25

челюсть

Answer 25

jaw (bone of the jaw)

Question 26

бурлить

Answer 26

to boil up, to seethe

Question 27

избалованный

Answer 27

spoiled (of a child, etc.)
[баловать/избаловать]

Question 28

коверкать/ис

Answer 28

1) (coll.) to mispronounce words and sounds
2) (coll.) to distort another’s speech, recite it with mistakes

Question 29

избранник

Answer 29

1) the chosen one, (the) elect
2) (one’s) darling, sweetheart
(Сандугаш about the concept of a “crush”)

Question 30

довод

Answer 30

argument, reason

Question 31

муштра

Answer 31

drilling (like in the military, doing drills)

Question 32

гуманный

Answer 32

humane

Question 33

хладнокровный

Answer 33

1) calm, cool, collected
2) cold-blooded (in a positive sense)

Question 34

универсал

Answer 34

jack of all trades, renaissance man

Question 35

причём

Answer 35

moreover, at, at that, with

Question 36

переработка

Answer 36

1) recycling
2) over-time (about working)
[перерабатывать/переработать]
also [работать сверхурочно]
[сверхурочная работа]

Question 37

разъяснять/разъяснить

Answer 37

to explain, interpret

Question 38

собеседование

Answer 38

1) interview (for a job, etc.)
2) conversation (dated)

Question 39

выпускник

Answer 39

graduate, alum (of a school or university)

Question 40

головной офис

Answer 40

head/main office
(NOT главный)

Question 41

Мораль сей басни такова

Answer 41

“the moral of this story is”
(Крылов)
[басня] - fable

Question 42

толкоый

Answer 42

1) sensible, intelligent (of a person)
2) explanatory, explicative, interpretative (e.g. of a dictionary)

Question 43

зевак

Answer 43

idler, gaper, spectator (someone who is primarily busy looking at something for fun, without any particular purpose)

Question 44

настройка

Answer 44

adjustment, setting, tuning (instruments), set up, preference

Question 45

лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать

Answer 45

“better to see something once than to hear it a hundred times”

Question 46

признавать/признать

Answer 46

1) to recognize (acknowledge the existence or legality of something)
2) to acknowledge, see, admit, own
3) find, consider, declare, pronounce

Question 47

приемлемый

Answer 47

1) acceptable (capable, worthy of being accepted)
2) participle from [принимать]

Question 48

популяризатор

Answer 48

“populizer” (i.e., of science)

Question 49

попугай

Answer 49

parrot

Question 50

смышлёный

Answer 50

smart, intelligent

Question 51

пастись

Answer 51

to graze (eat grass from a pasture)
[пасусь, пасёшься]

Question 52

крыжовник

Answer 52

gooseberry

Question 53

смородина

Answer 53

currant (a type of berry/plant)
[смород] - stink, stench (dated)

Question 54

багровый

Answer 54

crimson, purple (deep, bluish shade of red)

Question 55

шуршать

Answer 55

to rustle (e.g. dried leaves under your feet)

Question 56

шелестеть

Answer 56

to rustle (e.g. leaves on trees in a breeze)
[шелест] - rustle (noun)

Question 57

стонать

Answer 57

1) groan, moan
2) suffer, languish
[стону, стонешь]
[стон] - groan, moan (low cry of pain)
[стенать/стенание] - synonyms

Question 58

кумир

Answer 58

1) idol, hero, beloved person
2) graven image (idol)

Question 59

пророк

Answer 59

prophet

Question 60

тростник

Answer 60

reed, rush (grass-like plant)
[сахарный тростник] - sugar cane

Question 61

срубать/срубить

Answer 61

to chop down, fell (of plants)

Question 62

рабовладелец

Answer 62

slave owner, master of slaves

Question 63

выживать/выжить

Answer 63

to survive, continue to live (в чём)

Question 64

завивка

Answer 64

1) waving, curling (e.g. of hair)
2) wave, hairdo