Cambridge dictionary entries #1 Flashcards
понимание - the ability to understand something;
a test to see how well students understand written or spoken language
comprehension
/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhenʃn/
освежать, восстанавливать знания - to improve your skills in something
brush up (on) something
легкое прикосновение - the feeling of something touching you lightly
brush of something
столкновение с чем-либо - an experience in which something unpleasant happens or almost happens
brush with something
викторина - a game in which you answer questions;
небольшая контрольная работа - a short test on a subject in school
quiz
/kwɪz/
оживленный - full of energy and interest
lively
/ˈlaɪvli/
задание, назначение - a piece of work or job that you are given to do
assignment
/əˈsaɪnmənt/
скучный, однообразный - ordinary, or not interesting
mundane
/mʌnˈdeɪn/
тайный, сделанный исподтишка - doing things in a secret and unfair way
sneaky
/ˈsniːki/
вызывать, давать начало - to make something begin to happen
курок - the part of a gun that you pull when you shoot;
импульс - an event or situation that makes something else happen
trigger
/ˈtrɪɡər/
тучный - extremely fat
obese
/əʊˈbiːs/
участь - what happens to someone, especially when it is something bad;
судьба - a power that some people believe decides what will happen
fate
/feɪt/
насильственный, ожесточенный, опасный, жестокий - involving or caused by physical force that is intended to hurt or kill somebody;
яростный, неистовый - showing or caused by very strong emotion;
сильный - very strong and sudden
violent
/ˈvaɪələnt/
намереваться - to want and plan to do something
intend
/ɪnˈtend/
предназначаться для кого-либо; предназначаться в качестве чего-либо - to be made, designed, or provided for a particular person or purpose
to be intended for sb;
to be intended as sth
/ɪnˈtendɪd/
характер - the combination of qualities and personality that makes one person or thing different from others;
персонаж - a person in a book, film, etc;
характерная особенность - qualities that are interesting or unusual;
тип, личность - a particular kind of person;
оригинал, чудак - an interesting or funny person whose behavior is different from most people’s;
буква, знак, цифра, иероглиф - a letter, sign, or number that you use when you are writing or printing
character
/ˈkærəktər/
обильный - existing in large quantities
abundant
/əˈbʌndənt/
плодородный - (of land or soil) that plants grow well in;
плодовитый - if people or animals are fertile, they are able to have babies
fertile
/ˈfɜːrtl/
почва - the top layer of earth that plants grow in;
пачкать - to make something dirty
soil
/sɔɪl/
колыбель - a baby’s bed, especially one that swings from side to side;
рычаг (телефона) - the part of a telephone that holds the receiver (= the part of a telephone that you hold in your hand and use to listen and speak);
подставка для мобильного телефона - a small stand that holds a mobile phone
качать на руках, убаюкивать - to hold someone or something in a careful, gentle way
cradle
/ˈkreɪdl/
различный, разный - different and separate;
отчетливый - easy to hear, see, or smell - отчетливый;
явный - clear and certain
distinct
/dɪˈstɪŋkt/
различие - a difference between two similar things;
известность, почесть - a quality or fact that makes someone or something special or different
distinction
/dɪˈstɪŋkʃn/
окружающая среда - the air, land, and water where people, animals, and plants live;
обстановка, атмосфера - the situation that you live or work in, and how it influences how you feel
environment
/ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt/
формироваться - to influence the way that something develops;
придавать форму - to make something become a particular shape
форма, очертание - the physical form of something made by the line around its outer edge
shape
/ʃeɪp/
изумительный, великолепный - beautiful or wonderful;
славный, достойный восхищения - deserving praise and respect
glorious
/ˈɡlɔːriəs/
смешивать, перемешивать, переплетать - to mix people, ideas, colours, etc. together
intermingle
/ˌɪntərˈmɪŋɡl/
в симбиозе - in a way that involves two types of animal or plant, that each provides the conditions necessary for the other to continue to exist;
в тесной взаимосвязи - in a way that involves people, organizations, or processes that depend on each other equally
symbiotically
/ˌsɪmbaɪˈɑːtɪkli/
естественный, нормальный - normal or expected;
врожденный, прирожденный - if you have a natural characteristic, it is something you have been born with;
природный, натуральный - something that is natural exists or happens because of nature, not because it was made or done by people
natural
/ˈnætʃrəl/
шумный, буйный - loud and uncontrolled
rowdy
/ˈraʊdi/
учебный - related to education, schools, universities, etc;
академичный, чисто теоретический - related to subjects that involve thinking and studying and not technical or practical skills;
интеллектуальный - clever and good at studying; пустой разговор - if what someone says is academic, it has no purpose because it relates to a situation that does not exist
academic
/ˌækəˈdemɪk/
