Cambridge dictionary entries #1

Question 1

понимание - the ability to understand something;

a test to see how well students understand written or spoken language

Answer 1

comprehension

/ˌkɑːmprɪˈhenʃn/

Question 2

освежать, восстанавливать знания - to improve your skills in something

Answer 2

brush up (on) something

Question 3

легкое прикосновение - the feeling of something touching you lightly

Answer 3

brush of something

Question 4

столкновение с чем-либо - an experience in which something unpleasant happens or almost happens

Answer 4

brush with something

Question 5

викторина - a game in which you answer questions;

небольшая контрольная работа - a short test on a subject in school

Answer 5

quiz

/kwɪz/

Question 6

оживленный - full of energy and interest

Answer 6

lively

/ˈlaɪvli/

Question 7

задание, назначение - a piece of work or job that you are given to do

Answer 7

assignment

/əˈsaɪnmənt/

Question 8

скучный, однообразный - ordinary, or not interesting

Answer 8

mundane

/mʌnˈdeɪn/

Question 9

тайный, сделанный исподтишка - doing things in a secret and unfair way

Answer 9

sneaky

/ˈsniːki/

Question 10

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

Answer 10

trigger

/ˈtrɪɡər/

Question 11

тучный - extremely fat

Answer 11

obese

/əʊˈbiːs/

Question 12

участь - what happens to someone, especially when it is something bad;
судьба - a power that some people believe decides what will happen

Answer 12

fate

/feɪt/

Question 13

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

Answer 13

violent

/ˈvaɪələnt/

Question 14

намереваться - to want and plan to do something

Answer 14

intend

/ɪnˈtend/

Question 15

предназначаться для кого-либо; предназначаться в качестве чего-либо - to be made, designed, or provided for a particular person or purpose

Answer 15

to be intended for sb;
to be intended as sth
/ɪnˈtendɪd/

Question 16

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

Answer 16

character

/ˈkærəktər/

Question 17

обильный - existing in large quantities

Answer 17

abundant

/əˈbʌndənt/

Question 18

плодородный - (of land or soil) that plants grow well in;

плодовитый - if people or animals are fertile, they are able to have babies

Answer 18

fertile

/ˈfɜːrtl/

Question 19

почва - the top layer of earth that plants grow in;

пачкать - to make something dirty

Answer 19

soil

/sɔɪl/

Question 20

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

Answer 20

cradle

/ˈkreɪdl/

Question 21

различный, разный - different and separate;
отчетливый - easy to hear, see, or smell - отчетливый;
явный - clear and certain

Answer 21

distinct

/dɪˈstɪŋkt/

Question 22

различие - a difference between two similar things;

известность, почесть - a quality or fact that makes someone or something special or different

Answer 22

distinction

/dɪˈstɪŋkʃn/

Question 23

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

Answer 23

environment

/ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt/

Question 24

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

Answer 24

shape

/ʃeɪp/

Question 25

изумительный, великолепный - beautiful or wonderful;

славный, достойный восхищения - deserving praise and respect

Answer 25

glorious

/ˈɡlɔːriəs/

Question 26

смешивать, перемешивать, переплетать - to mix people, ideas, colours, etc. together

Answer 26

intermingle

/ˌɪntərˈmɪŋɡl/

Question 27

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

Answer 27

symbiotically

/ˌsɪmbaɪˈɑːtɪkli/

Question 28

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

Answer 28

natural

/ˈnætʃrəl/

Question 29

шумный, буйный - loud and uncontrolled

Answer 29

rowdy

/ˈraʊdi/

Question 30

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

Answer 30

academic

/ˌækəˈdemɪk/