bad wolf Flashcards
cell
клетка the smallest basic unit of a plant or animal
hail
приветствоватьl to call someone in order to attract their attention: Shall we hail a taxi? I tried to hail her from across the room.
reinforce
усиливать to make something stronger: The pockets on my jeans are reinforced with doublestitching.
impaired
damaged or weakened: She attended a school for the visually impaired (= peoplewho cannot see well).
refine
усовершенствовать - to make something pure or improve something, especially by removingun wanted material: Crude oil is industrially refined to purify it and separate out the different elements, such as benzene. to improve an idea, method, system, etc. by making small changes: Engineers spent many months refining the software.
sequence
последовательность a series of related things or events, or the order in which they followeach other: The first chapter describes the strange sequence of events that led to his death. Is there a particular sequence in which you have to perform these tasks? For the sake of convenience the photographs are shown in chronological sequence (= in the order in which they were taken).
shuttle
движение туда и обратно - a vehicle or aircraft that travelsregularly between two places: To get across town, you can take the shuttle from Times Square to Grand Central. The American (space) shuttle was able to be used many times to put payloads in space.
blasphemy
богохульство - something that you say or do that shows you do not respect God or a religion: to be accused of blasphemy
wag
помахивать The little dog’s tail wagged in delight. He wagged his finger sternly at the two boys.
brethren
собратья
initiate
начать - to cause something to begin: Who initiated the violence?
shield
защищать - something or someone used as protection or providing protection: The anti-personnel mines were laid as a protectiveshield around the town. Anger can function as a shield against (= a way of avoiding) even more painful emotions of loss and hurt.
tactical
расчетливый - relating to tactics or done in order to achieve something: It was a tactical vote.
compatible
совместимый - able to exist, live together, or worksuccessfully with something or someone else: It was when we started living together that we found we just weren’t compatible.
licence
разрешение - an official document that gives you permission to own, do, or use something, usually after you have paidmoney and/or taken a test: a dog licence a driving licence (us driver’s license)
