Collocations

Question 1

похвальная/достойная попытка, но, возможно, неудачная

Answer 1

noble effort

Question 2

общий знаменатель

Answer 2

common denominator

Question 3

1 система отсчета;
2 A set of ideas, as of philosophical or religious doctrine, in terms of which other ideas are interpreted or assigned meaning; a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

Answer 3

frame of reference

Question 4

нелицеприятное / жалкое зрелище

Answer 4

unedifying / sad spectacle

Question 5

шутка теряет свою остроту

Answer 5

the joke wears thin

Question 6

шопотерапия

Answer 6

retail threapy

Question 7

to complain officially about someone in a law court

подавать в суд, выдвигать обвинения

Answer 7

press charges

The family have decided not to press charges against him.

Question 8

слепая вера

Answer 8

unquestioning faith

Question 9

удостоить ответом

Answer 9

dignify sth with a response

Question 10

вьючное животное

Answer 10

pack animal

beast of burden

Question 11

кованое (сварочное) железо

Answer 11

wrought iron

Question 12

скорее случайно, чем специально

Answer 12

through accident rather than design

Question 13

«найди десять отличий». Иронично, о том, что не имеет реальных отличий

Answer 13

spot-the-difference

Question 14

метод кнута и пряника

Answer 14

carrot and stick

Sometimes I just have to resort to the carrot and stick approach with my children

Question 15

if sth is this, everyone has forgotten it because it happened such a long time ago, давно забытый (метафора)

Answer 15

lost in the mists of time

Question 16

вызывать смех, заставлять смеяться

Answer 16

raise a laugh

‘I raised a laugh by pointing out that chapter 15 had been printed first’