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Question 1

Renegade

Answer 1

a person who has changed their feelings of support and duty from one political, religious, national, etc. group to a new one:
A band of renegades had captured the prince and were holding him to ransom.

To desert one’s cause, or change one’s loyalties; to commit betrayal. quotations ▼

Question 2

Tamper

Answer 2

to touch or make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it:
I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with.

Question 3

Turn it inside out

Answer 3

change something utterly.
“it is not so easy to turn your whole life inside out”

Question 4

Excerpt

Answer 4

a short part taken from a speech, book, film, etc.:
An excerpt from her new thriller will appear in this weekend’s magazine.

to take a small part from a speech, book, film, etc. in order to publish it separately:
This passage has been excerpted from her latest novel.

Question 5

Proponent

Answer 5

a person who speaks publicly in support of a particular idea or plan of action:
He is one of the leading proponents of capital punishment.

Question 6

Instance

Answer 6

a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that happens generally:
There have been several instances of violence at the school.

Question 7

Kneel

Answer 7

to go down into, or stay in, a position where one or both knees are on the ground:
She knelt (down) beside the child.

Question 8

Float

Answer 8

to stay on the surface of a liquid and not sink:
An empty bottle will float.

to (cause to) move easily through, or along the surface of a liquid, or to (cause to) move easily through air:
We spent a lazy afternoon floating down/along the river.

Question 9

Superficial

Answer 9

of a person) never thinking about things that are serious or important:
He’s fun to be with, but he’s very superficial.

Question 10

Renaisannce

Answer 10

a new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or music:
Opera is enjoying a long-awaited renaissance.

Question 11

Seam

Answer 11

a line where two things join, especially a line of sewing joining two pieces of cloth or leather:
The bags we sell have very strong seams, so they will last for years.

Шов

Question 12

Flatter

Answer 12

to praise someone in order to make them feel attractive or important, sometimes in a way that is not sincere:
I knew he was only flattering me because he wanted to borrow some money.

Question 13

Herd

Answer 13

to make animals move together as a group:
An old woman was herding the goats.

Question 14

Stand a chance

Answer 14

to have a chance of success:
He doesn’t stand much of a chance in the election.

Question 15

Hind

Answer 15

at the back of an animal’s body:
a hind leg

Question 16

Cut loose

Answer 16

to behave in an uncontrolled, wild way:
Don’t be too hard on them - they’re just kids and they need to cut loose sometimes.
SMART

Question 17

Cut loose

Answer 17

to free yourself from someone or something, or their influence
cut yourself loose (from something)
He cut himself loose from the constraints of family life.

Question 18

Ruthless

Answer 18

not thinking or worrying about any pain caused to others; cruel:
ruthless ambition

Question 19

Derail

Answer 19

to prevent a plan or process from succeeding:
Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks.

to cause a train to run off the tracks:
fig. Renewed fighting threatens to derail the peace talks (= stop them from continuing).

Question 20

Worship

Answer 20

to have or show a strong feeling of respect and admiration for God or a god:
On the island the people worshipped different gods.

Question 21

Custody

Answer 21

the legal right or duty to care for someone or something, especially a child after its parents have separated or died:
The court awarded/granted/gave custody of the child to the father.

Question 22

Solitary

Answer 22

A solitary person or thing is the only person or thing in a place:
On the hill, a solitary figure was busy chopping down trees

Question 23

Blackball

Answer 23

to vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group:
He was initially blackballed because of a dispute he once had with a couple of the committee members.

Question 24

Snog

Answer 24

a long, sexual kiss between two people who are holding each other:
He caught us having a snog.

Question 25

Sprinkle

Answer 25

to drop a few pieces or drops of something over a surface:
Sprinkle a few herbs on the pizza./Sprinkle the pizza with a few herbs.

Посыпать

Question 26

Tip someone

Answer 26

to warn someone secretly about something that will happen, so that they can take action or prevent it from happening:
[ + that ] Somebody must have tipped the burglars off that the house would be empty.

Question 27

Smother

Answer 27

to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe:
They threatened to smother the animals with plastic bags.

to stop a fire from burning by covering it with something that prevents air from reaching it:
I threw a blanket over the stove to smother the flames.,

cooking in a covered pan over low heat with a moderate amount of liquid,

Question 28

Hence

Answer 28

that is the reason or explanation for:
His mother was Italian, hence his name - Luca.

for this reason; therefore:
A better working environment improves people’s performance, and hence productivity.

Question 29

Limb

Answer 29

an arm or leg of a person or animal:
The accident victims mostly had injuries to their lower limbs

Question 30

Divying

Answer 30

to share something between different people or groups:
The boss divvies up a percentage of the profits between staff as an annual bonus.

Question 31

Expedite

Answer 31

to make something happen more quickly:
Something needs to be done to expedite the process.

Question 32

Impaled

Answer 32

to push a sharp object through something, especially the body of an animal or person:
The dead deer was impaled on a spear.

Question 33

Grind ground

Answer 33

to make something into small pieces or a powder by pressing between hard surfaces:
to grind coffee

to rub something against a hard surface, in order to make it sharper or smoother:
She has a set of chef’s knives that she grinds every week.

Question 34

Tithing

Answer 34

the practice of taking or paying a tithe.
“receipts from tithing range from $2.5 billion to $4.3 billion each year”

Tithe zecimea

Question 35

Lace

Answer 35

to put the lace of a shoe or boot through its holes, or to fasten a shoe or boot by tying a lace

Question 36

Plunder

Answer 36

to steal goods violently from a place, especially during a war:
After the president fled the country, the palace was plundered by soldiers.

to steal or remove something precious from something, in a way that does not consider moral laws or is more severe than it needs to be:
Someone has been plundering funds from the company.

Question 37

Brag

Answer 37

to speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own:
She’s always bragging about how much money she earns.

Question 38

Slick

Answer 38

smooth, wet and slippery (= difficult to move on without sliding):
The car skidded badly on the slick road surface.

Question 39

Rush

Answer 39

to (cause to) go or do something very quickly:
I’ve been rushing (about/around) all day trying to get everything done.

Question 40

Hump

Answer 40

a large, round raised area or part:
The car hit a hump in the road and swerved.

Лежачий полицейский

to carry or lift something heavy with difficulty:
My back really aches after humping those heavy boxes around all day.

Question 41

Condone

Answer 41

to accept or allow behaviour that is wrong:
If the government is seen to condone violence, the bloodshed will never stop.

Question 42

Whup

Answer 42

to hit a person or animal, usually several times and especially as a punishment:
He drove the boy home and made his mama promise not to whup him.

to defeat someone very easily in a game or competition:
He looked like he could whup anyone in a wrestling match.

Question 43

Grace

Answer 43

the quality of being pleasantly polite, or a willingness to be fair and honest:
They accepted their defeat with good grace.

Question 44

Scripture

Answer 44

the sacred writings of Christianity contained in the Bible.

Question 45

Claim

Answer 45

to say that something istrueor is afact,althoughyou cannotproveit and otherpeoplemight notbelieveit:

[+ (that)]Thecompanyclaims(that)it is notresponsiblefor thepollutionin theriver.

Утверждаем

Question 46

Hand

Answer 46

to put something into someone’s hand from your own hand:
[ + two objects ] The waiter smiled politely as he handed me my bill/handed my bill to me.

Question 47

Scribble

Answer 47

to write ordrawsomethingquicklyorcarelessly:

The baby’s just scribbled all over my newdictionary!

Mazgali

Question 48

Result in something

Answer 48

tocauseaparticularsituationtohappen:

Thefireresultedindamagetotheirproperty.

It resulted in many years of stagnatiom

Question 49

Trip someone up

Answer 49

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Question 50

Demoralize

Answer 50

to make someone or something feel much less confident:
Losing several games in a row had completely demoralized the team.

Question 51

Interpret

Answer 51

todecidewhat theintendedmeaningof something is:

It’sdifficultto interpret thesestatisticswithoutknowinghow they wereobtained