Chapter 2

Question 1

(especially of jokes, films, stories, etc.) showing no new ideas or too often repeated, and therefore not funny or interesting

Answer 1

Corny

Question 2

(an act of) having sex with someone who is not your husband, wife, or regular sexual partner
Она не могла забыть его многочисленные измены

Answer 2

**Infidelity **
She could not forgive his many infidelities.


Question 3

a powerful effect that something, especially something new, has on a situation or person
Анти-курящая компания оказало сильное влияние на молодых людей.

Answer 3

**Impact **
The anti-smoking campaign had had/made quite an impact on young people.

Question 4

harm done to someone as a punishment for harm that they have done to someone else
месть
Он сделал жизнь трудной для меня, но я отомощу
В него выстрелили в отместку за убийство

Answer 4

**Revenge **
He’s made life very difficult for me but I’ll get/take my revenge.
He was shot in revenge for the murder.

Question 5

in a way that involves a lot of different sexual partners or sexual relationships

Answer 5

Promiscuously 

Question 6

to be connected with a particular subject, event, or situation

Answer 6

Pertain to something 

historical documents pertaining to that period ― исторические документы, касающиеся того периода (относящиеся к тому периоду)

subjects pertaining to literature ― предметы, относящиеся к литературе

Question 7

a very powerful attack
стремительная атака, натиск, нападение; удар

Answer 7

Onslaught

to make an onslaught ― яростно напасть, совершить нападение

Attack - verb or noun, least severe word of the three

Assault - verb or noun, more severe than attack

Onslaught - noun only, most severe of the three

Question 8

an argument that has existed for a long time between two people or groups, causing a lot of anger and sometimes violence

Answer 8

Feud


Question 9

the quality of being weak and unsatisfactory

Answer 9

Lameness


Question 10

a meal eaten in the late morning that is a combination of breakfast and lunch
Мы всегда поздно едим в воскресенье

Answer 10

Brunch
We always have brunch together on Sunday.

Question 11

**to frighten or threaten someone, usually in order to persuade them to do something that you want them to do
пугать, запугивать; угрожать

Answer 11

**Intimidate **

to keep smb. from smth. by intimidate ― запугиванием удерживать кого-л. от чего-л.

to surrender to intimidate ― дать себя запугать

Question 12

If something -s you, you cannot understand it at all.
озадачивать; сбивать с толку

Answer 12

Baffle

I was baffled by the new turn in the matter ― я был озадачен новым поворотом дела

the last examination question baffled him completely ― последний вопрос на экзамене окончательно сбил его с толку