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Question 1

Subject someone to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.

Answer 1

persecute - преследовать, подвергать гонениям

Question 2

To increase in number or amount over a period of time.

Answer 2

accrue - накапливать

Question 3

Have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air.

Answer 3

choke - задыхаться, захлёбываться

Question 4

Renounce one’s throne.

Answer 4

abdicate - отрекаться

Question 5

Strike someone with a hard blow.

Answer 5

slug - сильно ударить

Question 6

Walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.

Answer 6

hobble - ковылять

Question 7

Run away secretly in order to get married, especially without parental consent.

Answer 7

elope - сбежать с возлюбленным

Question 8

Accept or yield to a superior force or to the authority or will of another person.

Answer 8

submit - подчиняться

Question 9

Move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side while suspended or on an axis.

Answer 9

swing - размахивать

Question 10

Loosen something, especially a rope.

Answer 10

slack - ослаблять

Question 11

Talk, typically at length, about trivial matters.

Answer 11

gab - трепаться

Question 12

Move illegally into or out of a country.

Answer 12

smuggle - провозить контрабандой

Question 13

Look with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light.

Answer 13

squint - щуриться

Question 14

Cause annoyance or resentment that persists.

Answer 14

rankle - терзать

Question 15

Make more attractive by the addition of decorative details or features.

Answer 15

embellish - приукрашивать

Question 16

Give rise to; bring about.

Answer 16

beget - порождать