Book " So Good They Can't Ignore You" Flashcards
Outline
The line of the edge
Контур
Fulfillment
Execution, implementation, realization
Выполнение
Nurture
Raise, bring up
Secluded
Quiet, lonely
Retreat
Isolation, departure from society
Crumble
To destroy, break down
To recount
To tell smth to sb
To wear off
To fade, to wash, to moderate
Conviction
Belief, assurance
Quaint
Bizzare, unusual, extraordinary
Contrived
Invented, thought up
Придуманный, надуманный
Struggle
Fight, battle
Inscrutable
Incomprehensible
Respite
A break, a delay
Передышка
To defy
To challenge, to ignore, to neglect
Milestone
The stone which is set up beside the road to mark the distance in miles to a particular place
Reluctant
Forced, resistant
Glimpse
Flash or spark which appears in your mind when you crack some riddle
Insight
The capacity to gain the accurate and deep intuitive understanding of smth
Obtuse
Stupid
Sophisticated
Complex, complicated
Musing
Thought, reflection
Courage
Bravery
Мужество
Recession
Decline
Tough
Hard, difficult, brutal
Drastically
Radically, cardinally
Backdrop
Background
Flaw
Deficiency, mistake
Compelling
Evoking interest, attention or admiration in irresistible way
Relenting
Pitless, cruel, brutal
Angst
Concern, anxiety, dread, worry, disturbance
Tear down
Contradict, disprove, dismant (срывать)
Supremacy
Domination, superiority, headship
Venture
A risky or daring action
Obscuring
Darken, blurred
Thread
Clue,
Filament
Trait
Feature, peculiarity, characteristic
Give away
- Reveal smth, betray an
- To give smth free of charge
- To deliver a woman to her husband at their wedding
Give back
- To return
- To surrender, yield (уступать)
- To hand in (вручать)
Give off
To emit (выделять, испускать) smell, heat, fumes
Give out
- To come to an end
- To distribute, hand out (раздавать)
- To announce
Give to
- To present with
2. To supply, provide
Give up
- To stop/abandon an attempt/habit
- To surrender (сдаваться, капитулировать), offer oneself as a prisoner
- To stop doing or having smth
Go down with
To become ill
Go along
- To proceed
- To advance, make progress
The same meaning as “go on”
Go back on
- To break a promise or agreement
2. To let down( подвести, разочаровывать), to be disloyal
Go in for
- To take part in competition
2. To be interested in smth
Go by
- Pass
2. To let it pass without taking it
Go into
- To investigate throughly
- To join/enter smth
- To crash
- To start an activity
Go off
- To explode (bomb)
- To ring (alarm)
- To be switched off
- To go bad (of food)
- To stop
- To succeed
Go on
- To continue, CARRY ON
- To happen
- To make progress
- To go ahead
- To be turned on
Go out
- To stop burning, be extinguished
- To cease to be fashionable ( opp: COME IN)
- To mix socially
Go for
- Attack
- To apply for (for a job)
- To support
- To aim at smth
Go down
- To be reduced
- To set ( about sun and moon)
- To sink or drown
- To be swallowed
Go through
- To examine carefully, GO OVER
- To discuss in detail
- To use up (израсходовать) bout food and money
- To be completed successfully (bout deal)
- To pass through
- To experience, endure( вынести, вытерпеть)
Go round
- To have enough for everybody to share
- To visit, LOOK AROUND
- To spread ( bout news or disease)
- To circulate GO ABOUT
Go up
- To rise (in price)
2. To ascend ( восходить)
Go with
- To match ( совпадать, соответствовать)
2. To be part of
Go away
- to leave
2. To stop
Go by
- To pass ( bout time)
2. To let it pass without taking it ( bout chance)
Go over
- To examine details
- To approach ( sb to speak to)
- To repeat
Hold down
To keep smth at a lower level
Hold back
- To control (tears, laughter)
- To hesitate
- To delay
- To keep a secret, KEEP BACK
- To be reluctant (вынужденный) to act
Hold off
- To keep a distance
2. To delay doing smth
Hold on
- To wait (especially on the phone)
- To continue despite difficulties
- To last
- To maintain in a place
Hold to
Follow exactly rules and customs
Hold over
To postpone PUT OFF
Hold in
To restrain, keep under control
Persist in
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Pleasant
TO
Be pleased
WITH
Take pleasure
IN
Have pleasure
OF
Popular
WITH
Prevent sb
FROM verb
To be proud
OF
To have quarrel
ABOUT SMTH WITH SB
Recover
FROM
Reason
FOR (as noun)
WITH (as verb)
Relationship
BETWEEN (noun)
WITH (sb)
Remnants
A small remaining quantity of smth
Abolish
To put the end to smth
Assessment
Оценка
Immensely
Чрезвычайно
Persist in
-
Pleasant
TO
Be pleased
WITH
Take pleasure
IN
Have pleasure
OF
Popular
WITH
Prevent sb
FROM verb
To be proud
OF
To have quarrel
ABOUT SMTH WITH SB
Recover
FROM
Reason
FOR (as noun)
WITH (as verb)
Relationship
BETWEEN (noun)
WITH (sb)
Remnants
A small remaining quantity of smth
Abolish
To put the end to smth
Assessment
Оценка
Immensely
Чрезвычайно
Persist in
-
Pleasant
TO
Be pleased
WITH
Take pleasure
IN
Have pleasure
OF
Popular
WITH
Prevent sb
FROM verb
To be proud
OF
To have quarrel
ABOUT SMTH WITH SB
Recover
FROM
Reason
FOR (as noun)
WITH (as verb)
Relationship
BETWEEN (noun)
WITH (sb)
Remnants
A small remaining quantity of smth
Abolish
To put the end to smth
Assessment
Оценка
Immensely
Чрезвычайно
Keep out
To exclude sb
