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Содержание, материал, информация, довольный, довольствоваться

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Content

Everyone who addressed us, left the office content and with the documents ready on hand.
Каждый, кто к нам обращался, уходил из офиса довольный и с готовыми документами на руках.

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Дело, поступок, деяние, документ договор

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Deed

a legal document that is an official record and proof of ownership of property(building or land)

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Завидовать, зависть, позавидовать

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Envy

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Кинжал

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Dagger

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Неустойчивый, шаткий, ненадежный

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Precarious

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Лесопилка, лесозавод

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Sawmill

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Лесоруб, дровосек

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Lumberjack

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Осторожный

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precautious

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Наткнулся на, сталкивался, натолкнулся на, встретил

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I had come across, have come across

Ex: he began to ask me how I had come across so suitable a place

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Вписать, надписывать, включить

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Inscribe

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Ветхий, полуразрушенный, обветшалый

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dilapidated

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Стороны света, основные точки

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cardinal points

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Весна, пружина, источник

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Spring

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Большого размера

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fair-sized
Boat, stream

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Чеканить, выбивать, придавать рельефность, выбивать выпуклый рисунок

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to Emboss

Ex: to decorate an object, especially with letters, using special tools that make a raised mark on its surface:

She handed me a business card with her name neatly embossed on it.

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Презрение, неуважение

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Contempt

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Презрительный

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Scornful
Synonym: contemptuous

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Презрительный, дурно пахнущий, фыркающий

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Sniffy

showing disapproval and a low opinion:
She’s a bit sniffy about my taste in music.

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Подавлять, усмирять

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to Suppress

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Хихиканье, хихикающий

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Sniggering

Meaning: half-suppressed, typically scornful laughter

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Выдаёшь за, выдавание (за свое)

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Passing off

Examples: Sure sounds like “passing off someone else’s ideas as your own” to me. Уверен, звучит как “выдавание чужих идей как своих собственных” ко мне.

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Быть начеку, быть настороже

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be on the lookout for something/someone

to search for something or someone:
I’m always on the lookout for interesting new recipes.
He was surfing the web, on the lookout for bargains.
They are always on the lookout for promising new artists.
Police are on the lookout for a woman wanted in connection with the robbery.
Take care of yourself and be on the lookout for anything or anyone that looks suspicious.

As a result, you need to always be on the lookout to prevent such attacks.

Поэтому нужно всегда быть начеку, чтобы избежать таких проблем.

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Обсудить, поговорить об этом

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Talk this over (with someone)

Example: I talked this over with my lawyers. Я это обсуждал с нашими юристами.

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Заявление, объявление, вынесение

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Pronouncement

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Сделать вывод, заключить, делать вывод

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to Infer

Example: We can only infer their presence

26
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Посредственный, заурядный , средний

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Mediocre
Example: some of those models are no better than mediocre

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Пробираясь, упорно елозя по
(to walk heavily and with difficulty, or to work hard on something difficult: [ I ] I slogged through a mess of paperwork. [ T ] We slogged our way through the mud)

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to Slog Through

-Slogging through a whole book(пролистать/пробраться целую книгу)

  • to work hard over a long period, especially doing work that is difficult or boring:
    I’ve been slogging away for days on this essay and I’m still not finished.
  • to travel or move with difficulty, for example through wet, sticky soil or snow, or when you are very tired:
    Despite the rain, they slogged on for another six miles.
    They slogged up the trail in the rain.
    The soldiers slogged through mud.
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Излишество, перебор, перегиб

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Overkill

Example: Really, this is just overkill. По правде говоря, это уже перебор.

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Миллиардный раз, сто тысячный раз

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Gazillionth time
(Informal)

constituting an unspecified but very large number in a sequence (used for emphasis).
“he insisted for the gazillionth time that he’s not motivated by money”

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Рискованное предприятие, авантюра

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Long shot

-An attempt or guess that has only the slightest chance of succeeding or being accurate. So, it is something you try although it is unlikely to be successful.

Example: It is a long shot, but you could try phoning him at home.
It is a long shot, but well worth trying

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По моему настоянию, по моей просьбе

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At my urging

32
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Задерживаться, медлить, засиживаться

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to Linger

-To take longer than usual to leave or disappear.

-Stay in a place longer than necessary because of a reluctance to leave.
She lingered in the yard, enjoying the sunshine.

-Spend a long time over (something). She lingered over her meal. We went to small cafes where we could linger over cappuccino.

-linger on- be slow to disappear or die. The tradition seems to linger on(stay,continue, remain, persist).

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Отказаться, воздержаться

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to Forgo

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Дуться, сердится, дурное настроение

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to Sulk

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Мрачный, холодный(погода)
Унылый, гнетущий (комната)

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Bleak

of a building or room) charmless and inhospitable; dreary.
“he looked round the bleak little room in despair”
(of the weather) cold and miserable.
“a bleak midwinter’s day”

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я заставил ее сделать это

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I had her do it

I had them do it

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Мирские, обыденный , скучный, повседневные

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Mundane

Synonyms: boring, worldly

-Very ordinary and therefore not interesting

-Mundane matters such as paying bills and shopping for food

38
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Мне всегда нравился этот музыкальный жанр

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I am always favored this music genre

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Размышления

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Ruminations

40
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Ученик, выступающий с прощальной речью ( one word)

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Valedictorian

-A Student, usually the one who has the best school record in a group of students

  • (In North America) a student who delivers the valedictory at a graduation ceremony
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Искажать

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Contort

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Грозный, страшный, внушительный

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Formidable

inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable.
Synonym : intimidating

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Позор, стыд, немилость, безобразие
Опозорить, позорить

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Disgrace

(Noun)
-loss of reputation or respect as the result of a dishonourable action.
“he left the army in disgrace”

(Verb)
-bring shame or discredit on

Synonyms : shame , dishonor, bring shame on

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Совок, черпак, сенсация

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Scoop

(Noun)
-a new story discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others

-The scoop is also the most recent information or details
What’s the scoop on the new boss?

-(Verb) It is the synonym of “ publish”
Another paper scooped the story, just as we were about to publish it.

-(Noun) An ice cream scoop
-A scoop is also the amount held by a scoop

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Я проведу вас через это, я помогу вам(объясню)

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Walk Someone Through Something(phrasal verb)

-To slowly and carefully explain something to someone or show someone how to do something

Example:
She walked me through the six-page document.
He’ll walk you through the procedure

Another meaning:

  • To practice something, for example a performance, without an audience being present
    Let’s just walk through the scene one more time

-To show someone how to do something from beginning to end

They can walk you through the process one more time, to give you some practice and confidence.

46
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На этом моменте, на этой стадии

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At this point

Means in this moment, right now, at the stage we are at now.

I needed to take a break at this point in the race

47
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Хвастаться, похвастаться

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to Brag (show off synonym)
(Informal)
-Say something in a boastful manner.
He bragged that he was sure of victory

In slang :
To speak too proudly about what you have done or what you own 
- She’s always bragging about how much money she earns.
They bragged that they are team had never been in beaten

-To speak with pride, often with too much pride, about something you have done something or you possess

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Подмостки, каркас, поддерживающие штуки в строительстве , леса

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Scaffolding

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Неуклюжий

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Clunky

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Я встрепенулся, подпрыгнул(от испуга или удивления )

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I started
At the sound of the phone

to move your body suddenly because something has surprised or frightened you:

51
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Поразительный , удивительный

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Startling

-surprising and sometimes worrying

very surprising, astonishing, or remarkable.
“he bore a startling likeness to their father”

52
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Пока ещё, до сих пор, все ещё , по прежнему

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As yet

53
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Не самая моя сильная сторона, не моя сильная сторона

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not my strongest suit

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Sentence’s construction

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You may consult it from time to time so as to better understand what I refer to. The diagram will, as well, spare me unnecessary explanations and speed my narrative.

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