CPE Reading Flashcards
hitch
hitch a lift/ride
tether
to tie someone or something, especially an animal, to a post or other fixed place, with a rope or chain
contend
стверджувати, сперечатися, суперничати
to say that something is true or is a fact
ascribe
приписувати
They ascribed his illness to chemicals in his brain.
to consider something to be caused, created, or owned by someone or something
hedgerow
живопліт a line of different types of bushes and small trees growing very close together, especially between fields or along the sides of roads in the countryside
wax lyrical/eloquent etc
talk in a highly enthusiastic and effusive way
aloft
in the air or in a higher position
to keel over
to fall over suddenly
qualm
занепокоєння, сумнів
an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing