Недели 7-8

Question 1

сметать/смести

Answer 1

1) to brush off, sweep off, wipe off
2) to carry away (by the wind, etc.)
3) to destroy, dispel, eliminate
[смету сметёшь]
[смету = отброшу, уроню]

Question 2

шкура

Answer 2

1) pelt, skin, hide (of animals)
2) bastard, scum, whore (derogatory)

Question 3

потоп

Answer 3

flood, deluge

Question 4

дебошир

Answer 4

debauchee, hooligan

Question 5

буйный

Answer 5

1) impetuous, wild, violent, vehement
2) unbridled, exuberant

Question 6

потоковые сервисы/передачи

Answer 6

streaming services

Question 7

обетованный

Answer 7

promised (literary, religious)
[обетованная земля]

Question 8

просветление

Answer 8

1) enlightenment
2) expression or feeling of calm, satisfaction, gladness
3) (fig.) ability to clearly and correctly reason
4) temporary clarity, clarity of consciousness

Question 9

пришествие

Answer 9

Advent (coming of Christ)
[второе пришествие]

Question 10

чистилище

Answer 10

purgatory (religion)

Question 11

заповедь

Answer 11

commandment, rule, precept
[десять заповедей]

Question 12

цепляться

Answer 12

1) to catch onto, clutch at, become attached to
2) to pick on, find fault (coll.)

Question 13

проявленность

Answer 13

manifestation
(e.g., when somebody manifests their talents or abilities, doesn’t hide themselves from the world)

Question 14

сарафанное радио

Answer 14

grapevine, word of mouth, rumor mill (informal person-to-person means of spreading gossip)
[сарафан] - sarafan, long traditional dress worn by Russian women and girls

Question 15

меркнуть/по

Answer 15

1) to grow dim/dark
2) fade, wane
[сумерки, смеркаться]

Question 16

смрадный

Answer 16

stinky, stenchy
[смрад] - stink, stench
[смородниа]
[смрадливец]

Question 17

болячка

Answer 17

1) sore
2) weak spot

Question 18

роптать

Answer 18

to murmur, grumble

Question 19

медоточивый

Answer 19

flattering, sycophantic, smooth-talking, overly sweet in a disingenuous manner

Question 20

горечь

Answer 20

bitterness, bitter taste
[горький]

Question 21

сонм

Answer 21

host, crowd
[сонм ангелов]

Question 22

утечка

Answer 22

leakage
[течь]

Question 23

наезжать/наехать

Answer 23

1) to run into, to hit (на + acc.)
2) to come in large numbers
(many other definitions)

Question 24

чаяние

Answer 24

expectation, hope, dream, aspiration

Question 25

животноводство

Answer 25

cattle breeding, animal husbandry, stock-raising

Question 26

хищничество

Answer 26

predation (preying of one animal on another)
[хищный] - predatory
[хищник] - predator (animal)

Question 27

проповедник

Answer 27

preacher
[проповедь]

Question 28

святыня

Answer 28

1) shrine
2) sacred object, something considered holy

Question 29

клятва верности флагу

Answer 29

pledge of allegiance

Question 30

анафема

Answer 30

anathema, excommunication
[придать кого-либо анафеме]

Question 31

часовня

Answer 31

chapel, oratory (a place of worship0

Question 32

ведовство

Answer 32

witchcraft [ведьма]

Question 33

(врага надо/нужно) бить его же оружием

Answer 33

(give a taste of one’s own medicine, etc.)

Question 34

ни холодно, ни жарко

Answer 34

всё равно; it doesn’t matter (to me) either way

Question 35

предпосылка

Answer 35

1) prerequisite, precondition
2) supposition, presupposition, premise, background

Question 36

предлог

Answer 36

1) pretext, excuse, pretense
syn. [повод] - cause, ground, occasion
2) preposition (grammar)

Question 37

хорошее дело браком не назовут

Answer 37

брак:
1) marriage
2) flaw, defect; defective goods, waste, spoilage

Question 38

так что

Answer 38

поэтому, так, таким образом

Question 39

возмущение

Answer 39

indignation, resentment
(as a result of unfairness)

Question 40

божественная кара

Answer 40

divine punishment
[кара] - penalty, punishment, retribution

Question 41

злорадство

Answer 41

delight in someone’s misfortunes (schadenfreude)
[злорадствовать]

Question 42

стукач

Answer 42

informer, snitch, traitor
[настучать на кого-либо]
[ябедничать/ябеда] – more childlike, lower style

Question 43

совесть

Answer 43

conscience (moral sense)
[ни стыда, ни совести]
[идти против совести]
[по закону совести]
[чистая совесть]
[лежит на совести кого]
[поступать по совести]
[работать/делать не за страх, а за совесть]

Question 44

Закон Божий

Answer 44

word of God, God’s law (in orthodoxy)

Question 45

забастовка

Answer 45

strike, walkout (when people refuse to work)

Question 46

подразумевать

Answer 46

to imply, to mean, to have in mind

Question 47

хрестоматия

Answer 47

collection of (religious) texts for reading

Question 48

Век живи – век учись

Answer 48

и дураком помрёшь

Question 49

дробь

Answer 49

fraction (math)
[дробиться/раз] - to break up into small parts, be refracted (light); divide (math) [делиться]

Question 50

фуршет

Answer 50

reception with light refreshments eaten while standing

Question 51

шведский стол

Answer 51

smorgasbord, long table with lots of plates of various dishes where people can serve themselves

Question 52

обитать

Answer 52

to dwell in, live in, inhabit

Question 53

витрина

Answer 53

1) shop window
2) display case, showcase

Question 54

поправиться

Answer 54

1) to get well, feel better
2) to put on weight
[растолстеть, потолстеть]

Question 55

ангажированность

Answer 55

biased attitude toward something; partisanship, bias
[ангажированный] - biased, subjective, motivated (i.e. politically motivated, not objective)

Question 56

созывать/созвать

Answer 56

1) to call (together), summon, invite
2) to call, convene, convoke

Question 57

пиявка

Answer 57

leech

Question 58

хилый

Answer 58

1) sickly, puny, very weak
2) stunted, undergrown (of plants)

Question 59

пыхтеть

Answer 59

to puff, pant (noise)
[пыхчу, пихтишь]

Question 60

вваливаться/ввалиться

Answer 60

1) to tumble (in, into)
2) to barge (into), burst (into) (coll.)
3) to become sunken/hollow

Question 61

кадило

Answer 61

censer, thurible (religious ornamental container for burning incense)

Question 62

лоскут

Answer 62

rag, shred, scrap [лоскут]
(collective) scraps of spare cloth or leather in the textile industry [лоскут]
[лоскутный] - patchwork
[лоскутное одеяло] - patchwork blanket, quilt

Question 63

крестовые походы

Answer 63

Crusades

Question 64

зачатие

Answer 64

conception (initiation of life)
[непорочное зачатие]