Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
Q

Тайна

**Something strange or unknown that cannot be explained or understood**

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Mystery

He never gave up hope that he would solve the mystery of his son’s disappearance.
He’s out of work, so how he pays his rent is a mystery to me (= I cannot explain it).

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2
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Настоящий, нынешний
Happening or existing now

Присутстсвовала вся семья

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Present

The whole family was present.

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3
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**Завладевать умом, преследовать **

If someone or something -es you or if you - about something or someone you think about them all the time 
Она привыкла быть одержимой на счет ее веса.

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Obsess
She used to obsess about her weight.

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4
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Глупый
Silly or not intelligent 

Сделать это было действительно глупой вещью
Как ты можешь быть таким глупым?

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Stupid
That was a really stupid thing to do.
How could you be so stupid?

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5
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to avoid a dangerous or unpleasant situation
избегать

Ни одному из ответственных людей не следует позволять скрыться от наказания.
Ей повезло избежать серьезного повреждения.

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Escape
None of the people responsible should be allowed to escape punishment.
She was lucky to escape serious injury.

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6
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Нормальный, обычный 
Usual ordinary and expected

Вещи возращаются к обычной жизни сейчас когда мы оплатили все наши долги.

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Normal
Things are back to normal now that we’ve paid off all our debts.

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7
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**В здравом уме, нормальный
Not suffering from mental illness **
По мнению доктора он был в здравом уме во время совершения убийства
Единственная вещь которая делает меня нормальным после тяжелого дня в офисе это пробежка.

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Sane
In the doctor’s opinion he was sane at the time of the murder.
The only thing which keeps me sane after a hard day in the office is jogging!

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8
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The fact of a large number of people or things arriving at the same time
наплыв

Турция ожидает наплыв нескольких тысяч в течении нескольких следующих дней

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Influx
Turkey is expecting an influx of several thousand refugees over the next few days.

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9
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A chemical element that is a silver-white metal

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Nickel

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10
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An American or Canadian coin that has the value of $0,10
монета в 10 центов

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Dime

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11
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to offer to do something without being asked or told to do it
вызваться сделать что-либо

Роб вызвался присмотреть за детьми

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Volunteer
Rob volunteered to look after the kids.

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12
Q

A very successful and famous female singer or actor
примадонна, дива

поп-дива

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Diva

a pop diva

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13
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1. relating to the home and family relationships
домашний, семейный
домашнее насилие
2. inside one country and not international
внутренний
внутренний рейс

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Domestic
1. domestic violence
2. a domestic flight

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14
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To make a final and certain decision about a plan, date, etc
завершать, утверждать

Мы утвердим детели позже

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Finalize
We’ll finalize the details later.

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15
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To draft (write a version of) a document again, for the second, third etc time
Это было после того инцидента когда ее отец переписал его волю (завещание)

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Redraft
It was after this incident that her father re-drafted his will.

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16
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** to make an illegal copy of something in order to receive **
подделанный паспорт

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Forge
a forged passport

17
Q

**A condition given a greater chance of success **
Одно из преимуществ жизни в большом городе это иметь магазины так близко.

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Advantage
One of the advantages of living in town is having the shops so near.

18
Q

Wanted to do or have something very much
Страстно стремящийся, нетерпеливый 

Сэму нетерпелось пойти домой и поиграть на своем компьютере.

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Eager
Sam was eager to go home and play on his computer.

19
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**Worried and nervous
Она очень волнуется о своих экзаменах

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Anxious
She’s very anxious about her exams.

20
Q

To know someone, especially by doing something again and again 
Если мы слишком много проводим времени вместе, то все заканчивается тем что мы действуем друг другу на нервы

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Get on somebody’s nervous
If we spend too much time together we end up getting on each other’s nerves.