Неделя 6 Flashcards
ручей
brook, stream, creek
хребет
1) spine, spinal column, backbone
2) crest (of a wave or hill)
3) ridge, range (of mountains)
заря
1) dawn, daybreak
2) dusk, nightfall
3) reveille (mil.)
5) outset, start
[заря - зори]
голубизна
blueness, sky-blue color
остриё
1) point, tip, spike
2) edge, cutting edge
золочёный
gilded, gild
родня
relatives, relations, kin, etc.
удав
boa constrictor
обезуметь
to become insane, go crazy
[обезумевший]
застава
1) gate, turnpike (hist.)
2) outpost
3) picket, security detachment
чешуя
scales (of fish, reptiles, etc.)
корча
cramp, spasm
шипеть
to hiss
соловей
nightingale
предстоять
1) to lie ahead, be at hand
2) to have to do something in the future
житьё
life, existence (coll.)
подмога
help, assistance (coll.)
посильный
with one’s abilities, powers, abilities (of a job or task)
сопротивление
1) resistance
2) resistance (physics)
3) resistor
“можем повторить”
(i.e., добраться до Берлина)
(about Russian strength, the threat of war)
осада
siege
verb: [осаждаться]
топливо
fuel
опилки
sawdust
дворник
1) janitor
2) street cleaner
поразить
1) to hit, to affect, to strike, to defeat (infect or harm)
2) to amaze, startle, stagger, strike
искупать/искупить
to atone, redeem, expiate
[кровью искупить]
[искупление] - atonement, expiation
шило
awl
(pointy, sharp tool)
лезвие
1) blade
2) edge
3) razor blade
догола
(stark) naked
второпях
in a hurry, hastily
ахти
expression of strong concern or worry
глухарь
1) a grouse
(other various things: a type of lizard, a type of mushroom, a deaf person, a type of large screw with a hexagonal head, a police case not likely to be solved)
насвай
a kind of central Asian chewing tobacco
доброволец
a volunteer (for service in the military)
броня
armor, armoring, shell (military)
[броня] - reservation (e.g. hotel)
отбирать/отобрать
1) to choose, to select, to single out
2) to take away
[отобранный]
умозаключение
1) conclusion, deduction
2) inference, reasoning
вселять/вселить
1) to settle in (somebody for a living), to take in (tenants)
2) to imbue (hope, horror, etc.), to inspire
[вселить надежду]
нагромождать/нагромоздить
to pile up, to heap up
внушать/внушить
1) to arouse (fear, etc.), to inspire/instill (respect, etc.)
2) to convince, to suggest
[что кому]
вламываться/вломиться
to break into, to forcibly enter [в что or к чему]
мизерный
1) measly, scanty
2) wretched, miserable
как по маслу
without difficulty or hindrance [помеха]
(used with verbs of motion)
срочник
drafted conscript, a soldier serving a fixed period
шпак
a civilian, non-serving person (to somebody in the military)
анаша
marijuana
перочинный нож(ик)
penknife, pocket knife
дедовщина
mobbing, hazing, bullying (in the army)
sim. [неуставные отношения]
портянка
footwrap (worn around the feet instead of socks)
[портной] - tailor, one who makes repairs or alters clothes as a profession
[порты] - pants
кадровые военные
professional soldiers; officers who went to military school
призивной пункт
recruiting office
[призывной] - related to draft or conscription
[призыв] - conscription, draft
присяга
soldier’s creed (oath, oath of allegiance)
обмундирование
soldier’s gear, what a soldier carries/wears besides a uniform
холостой патрон
blank cartridge (when firing a gun)
рота
company (military)
паять (провода)
to soldier (wires)
Воинские звания
Ranks (in the military)
генерал - полковник - майор - капитан - лейтенант - прапорщик - старшина - рядовой
Как сыр в масле кататься
to live comfortably, not want for anything
дембель
демобилизация
подкупать/подкупить
1) to bribe, suborn
2) to win, prepossess
3) to buy extra
погон
shoulder strap, shoulder band (military insignia)
суеверие
superstition
отправление
departure (of a train, etc.)
[прибытие] - arrival
препятствие
obstacle, impediment
до свадьбы заживёт
he’ll be fine, he’ll live (after an injury, etc.)
ливень
heavy rain
хлынуть
1) gush out, spout, start to pour suddenly
[хлынул ливень]
замечтаться
become absorbed in dreams, lost in thoughts
клюшка
hockey stick, golf club
[хоккейная клюшка, клюшка для гольфа]
конница
cavalry
повысить звание/разжаловать
to promote/demote
самодеятельность
amateur performance/activity
отдать честь
salute (military)
фуражка
service cap, peaked cap (military)
воздушный поцелуй
blow a kiss [делать/послать]
пилотка
military hap (side cap, canvas, fold in middle)
посторонний
1) strange, outside, foreign
2) unauthorized
3) accessory, secondary
(can also be used to describe a strange or foreign person, as a noun)
[посторонных убрать]
дорога ложка к обеду
после драки кулаками не машут
(it’s always better to do things on time/at the right time, etc.)