Expanse Flashcards
profound
сильный, глубокий
rouse
будить, поднимать
torrent
barrage (bəˈrɑːʒ), volley of smth (ˈvɑːli), torrent of smth (ˈtɔːrənt), deluge (ˈdeljuːdʒ) стремительный поток
strand
берег, посадить на мель
obnoxious
неприятный
abate
уменьшать, ослаблять
groggy
unsteady, слабо стоящий на ногах
copious
ample, abundant
expend
тратить
sheer
абсолютный, чистый, отвесный
astound
изумлять
drill
тренировка, подготовка, зубрежка
valve
клапан
funnel
дымоход
wince
вздрагивать, морщиться от боли
dizzy
вызывать головокружение
stumble
спотыкаться, ковылять
intact
неповрежденный
crest
достигать вершины
limp
shuffle (ˈʃʌfl), hobble (ˈhɑːbl), shamble (ˈʃæmbl), drag feet
fumble my way
нащупать дорогу
thrust
удар, укол, резкое выступление против кого-то
forage
еда, грабить, добывать продовольствие
discard
избавляться от чего-то, abandon
desiccated
сушеный, высохший
manure
навоз, удобрять
endeavor
попытка, стремление
crop
урожай
shovel
лопата
moisten
увлажнять
velocity
скорость
abide
покорно жадть, вытерпеть
vulnerable
уязвимый ранимый
match
спичка
cower
сжиматься, съеживаться
shiver with
quiver with (ˈkwɪvər) tremble with (ˈtrembl), shudder with/at (ˈʃʌdər), flinch at (flɪntʃ), throb (θrɑːb), shake smth slightly, agitate smth (ˈædʒɪteɪt), wobble smth/with (ˈwɑːbl), flicker (ˈʃɪvər)
vent
отдушина, входное отверстие
debris
обломки, осколки
canvas
холст, парусина
hale
тащить, тянуть, заставлять идти
inhale
вдыхать
to give smth it a whirl
give it a try (wɜːrl)
adversity
disasters, неприятности
marble
мрамор
mumble
бормотать, mutter
peruse
внимательно рассматривать, прочитывать
dispatch
sending, отправка
mutter
mumble, бормотать
ludicrous
курьезный, нелепый
dredge up
выудить из памяти, копаться в памяти
evenly
невозмутимо, спокойно
obsession with
одержимость
glare
сердито, пристально смотреть
domain
наследственная собственность, сфера (интересов), поле, область
pace
прохаживаться, бродить
salvage
спасение имущества
cuff link
запонка
adjust
настраивать, приводить в порядок
rogue thread
непослушная нитка
rogue
непослушный, неконтролируемый, негодяй
immaculate
безукоризненно чистый
misuse of public position
злоупотребление
stance
pose
chuckle
тихий смех, giggle
utter
pronounce, absolute
grumpy
сварливый, раздражительный
groan
стонать (utter a groan)
grumble
ворчать, complain
the expense was clincher that persuaded
решающий довод
retort
резко возражать
sob
рыдать, всхлипывать
he sick student was sniffling in the back row
Benny tries his best not to sniffle, but he can’t hide the tears
snivel, snuffle, сопеть, хлюпать носом;
cry or whine with snuffling (ˈsnɪfl)
The receptionist scowled at me
frown at (fraʊn), сердито смотреть, хмуриться (skaʊl)
What are you frowning at me for?
She frowned with concentration
хмуриться, scowl at (skaʊl) (fraʊn)
trudge
идти с трудом
fidget
беспокойно двигаться, ерзать
aversion
отвращение
stow into/with
cram somebody/something into/onto, укладывать (into), набивать чем-то (with), (stoʊ)
scrub out
оттирать
scrub out/round the meeting
откладывать или отменять мероприятие
to sulk
дуться, пребывать в плохом настроении
ominous
грозный, зловещий
abuse
оскорблять, мучить, misuse
lattice
grid, решетка
loot
грабить, захватывать добычу
harness
упряжь, ремни
pilfer
воровать, совершать мелкую кражу
ballpark
примерная, грубая оценка
The cost was negligible
negligible impact
insignificant, paltry (ˈpɔːltri), meagre (ˈmiːɡər), derisory (dɪˈraɪsəri), scant (skænt), mere (mɪr)
(ˈneɡlɪdʒəbl)
rugged
пересеченный, труднопроходимый
pile
куча, груда, сваливать в кучу
a fracas between the supporters of the two teams
noisy argument or fight (ˈfreɪkəs)
voluble
talkative, chatty (ˈtʃæti), loquacious (ləˈkweɪʃəs), garrulous (ˈɡærələs) (ˈvɑːljəbl)
eschew
воздерживаться, avoid (ɪsˈtʃuː)
discernible
apparent, видимый
blond woman in hospital scrubs
protective garment worn by surgeons during operations (skrʌb)
Medical bay
yelled from across the bay
a compartment on a ship/aircraft between decks, section, partition, chamber (beɪ)
Where she expected to see readouts
computer output/information in readable form (ˈriːd aʊt)
a mop of curly red hair pulled into a bun
a mass of thick, often untidy/disordered hair, mane (mɑːp)
She wore her hair in a bun
mop of red hair pulled into a bun
пучок волос (bʌn)
Knight’s tiny galley
they’re serving in the galley
the kitchen on a ship or plane (ˈɡæli)
one-third g of their current thrust
the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine, driving force, тяга (θrʌst)
The outside of the house looked shabby
She wore shabby old jeans and a T-shirt
The old man was shabby and unkempt
worn out, scruffy (ˈskrʌfi), dilapidated (dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd), decrepit (dɪˈkrepɪt), ramshackle (ˈræmʃækl), threadbare (ˈθredber); dressed in old or worn clothes (ˈʃæbi)
scratched his scruffy beard
He looked a little scruffy
scruffy pair of jeans
shabby (ˈʃæbi) and untidy, unkempt (ˌʌnˈkempt), shaggy (ˈʃæɡi), dishevelled (dɪˈʃevld), slovenly (ˈslʌvnli) (ˈskrʌfi)
ramshackle building
shabby (ˈʃæbi), dilapidated (dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd)
decrepit (dɪˈkrepɪt) (ˈræmʃækl)
greasy, unkempt hair
The children were unwashed and unkempt
a wild and unkempt garden
shabby (ˈʃæbi), shaggy (ˈʃæɡi), scruffy (ˈskrʌfi)
dishevelled (dɪˈʃevld), slovenly (ˈslʌvnli)
disordered (ˌʌnˈkempt)
Stealing the last piece of food from a starving child goes way beyond mean. It’s a despicable crime
I hate you! You’re despicable
hateful, loathsome (ˈləʊðsəm), detestable (dɪˈtestəbl), abhorrent (əbˈhɔːrənt), abominable (əˈbɑːmɪnəbl)
shabby (ˈʃæbi) (dɪˈspɪkəbl) deserves to be despised
shabby treatment
It was a shabby way to treat visitors
(of behaviour) mean, nasty, contemptible, unfair, despicable (dɪˈspɪkəbl), dishonourable (ˈʃæbi)
She plucked a pipe wrench
Julie hefted her wrench
гаечный ключ (rentʃ)
The two men hefted the box into the car.
Anna took the old sword and hefted it in her hands.
weigh (test the weight by lifting); lift or carry (smth heavy), heave (hiːv), haul (hɔːl) (heft)
She was surprised by the sheer heft of the package
I shifted the heft of the huge bag over to my left arm to open the door
the weight of somebody/something (heft)
The engineer was peering into the service hatch
compartment hatch
an opening or a door in a ship, aircraft or spacecraft, люк (hætʃ)
he opened the floor hatch with a crowbar
лом (ˈkrəʊbɑːr)
palm fronds
a long compound leaf of palms or ferns (frɑːnd)
bright foliage
dense green foliage
plant leaves collectively, greenery (ˈfəʊliɪdʒ)
fern
папоротник (fɜːrn)
He pulled as hard as he could on the oars
весло (ɔːr)
tacit alliance
By tacit agreement, the subject was never mentioned again
implicit , understood or implied without being stated (ˈtæsɪt)
His terminal chirped
Birds were chirping merrily in the trees
tweet, twitter; make a short, sharp, high-pitched sound (tʃɜːrp) (of a small bird or an insect)
studded with warning lights The sky was clear and studded with stars an essay studded with quotations “diamond- studded belt Studded snow tires help you drive in winter
dotted, scattered, decorated or covered with dots, studs (ˈstʌdɪd)
I’m feeling cranky
I was tired and cranky
easily annoyed, irritable, testy, grumpy, grouchy (ˈɡraʊtʃi)
crotchety (ˈkrɑːtʃəti), peevish (ˈpiːvɪʃ) (ˈkræŋki)
I’m feeling cranky
I was tired and cranky
easily annoyed, irritable, testy, grumpy, grouchy (ˈɡraʊtʃi)
crotchety (ˈkrɑːtʃəti), peevish (ˈpiːvɪʃ) (ˈkræŋki)
His clothes were grimy and bloodstained
You’ll feel grimy after a day spent fixing the car engine
dirty, grubby (ˈɡrʌbi), sooty, sordid (ˈsɔːrdɪd), squalid (ˈskwɑːlɪd) (ˈɡraɪmi)
gray coveralls hung with electrician’s tools
protective overalls, комбинезон (ˈəʊvərɔːl)
greasy coveralls
an ugly man with very greasy hair
greasy hamburgers
contains or is covered with slippery oily fat (ˈɡriːzi)
gravelly voice
bleated in a gravelly voice
(of a voice) low-pitched, rough, husky (ˈhʌski), gruff (ɡrʌf), hoarse (hɔːrs), coarse (kɔːrs), raspy (ˈræspi) (ˈɡrævəli)
I was too addled by my wine
Being in love must have addled your brain
confuse, bewilder, daze, befuddle (ˈædl)
make unable to think clearly, fuzzy/foggy in the head
it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
profane (prəˈfeɪn), blasphemous (ˈblæsfəməs), irreverent (ˌsækrəˈlɪdʒəs)
until his tendons hurt
sinew (ˈsɪnjuː), ligament (ˈlɪɡəmənt) (ˈtendən)
Rinse the cooked pasta with boiling water
She rinsed the mud from her hands
Always rinse your hair thoroughly
wash something with clean water only; remove the soap with clean water (rɪns)
a hulking figure crouching in the darkness
The cruise ship was a hulking great monstrosity
three hulking battleships
massive, hefty or clumsy; sturdy (ˈstɜːrdi), burly (ˈbɜːrli), brawny (ˈbrɔːni), bulky (ˈhʌlkɪŋ)
He looked like a plucked chicken
strip of feathers (plʌk)
The enlisted man clumped toward them
clump of heavy boots
The children clumped down the stairs
make thumping noise, stamp, stomp, clomp
klʌmp
welding mask
fuse, bond, bind, cварка
melt anything behind us into slag
debris (dəˈbriː), lava, ashes (slæɡ)
toward the aft of the ship
leading Prax aft toward the crew deck
stow the luggage aft
in or towards the back part of a boat (æft)
at the stern of the ship
rear end of a ship or boat, back, tail;
opp: bow (ˈstərn)
wine racks
took a hand towel from the rack
a frame/shelf/stand, often formed of bars, that is used to hold things (ræk)
fingers laced behind his head
these demands are laced with bigotry
entwine, entangle (leɪs)
Plants don’t have arms or tentacles, but they have tendrils
a thin, curly stem that grows from a climbing plant (ˈtendrəl)
He had a premonition that his plane would crash, so he took the train
foreboding (fɔːrˈbəʊdɪŋ), hunch, inkling, misgiving, presage (ˈpresɪdʒ) (ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn)
Miller plucked the coin off the ground
pick or pull a single item out of many (plʌk)
he plucked the strings of his mandolin”
to play a musical instrument by pulling the strings with your fingers (plʌk)
Security men stood in clumps
clump of sheep grazing in a field
find a clump of grass stuck to your shoe
bunch, cluster;
lump, clod (klʌmp)
dirt clods
a lump of earth or clay, clump, chunk (klɑːd)
hitting him right below the sternum
mountain rolled off his sternum
bone that’s located in the middle of your chest (ˈstər-nəm)
went through us from bow to stern
the front end of a ship
opp: stern (ˈstərn) (baʊ)
blue panties with white lace
McGonagall pulled out a lace handkerchief
a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns, кружево (leɪs)
Buddha shrine
temple, church, chapel, altar (ʃraɪn)
She had a queer feeling that she was being watched
I was beginning to feel very queer
strange, odd, peculiar, creepy (kwɪr)
her smock flapping around her
She pulled the smock up over her head
loose, protective garment like an apron with sleeves; сорочка (smɑːk)
There were more holsters visible than usual
a sheath (ʃiːθ) (usually leather) for carrying a handgun (ˈhəʊlstər)
silken sheen
metallic sheen to it
wiped the sheen of sweat from his face
shine, a soft lustre on a surface, gleam, patina (pəˈtiːnə), gloss, burnish (ˈbɜːrnɪʃ), radiance (ʃiːn) quality of things that are shiny
black, lustrous hair
lustrous in the sun
shiny, glossy, gleaming, burnished, radiant (ˈlʌstrəs)
He swatted her down with the butt of the shotgun
He was trying to swat a fly with a rolled-up newspaper
hit, slap, clobber (ˈklɑːbər), smack, whack (wæk), clout (klaʊt) (swɑːt) using your hand or a flat object
the mottled skin of a snake
Amos’ face was mottled red and white
dotted, spotted, flecked, dappled (ˈdæpld) (ˈmɑːtld)
marked with spots of colour
Lush grass
the lush green countryside
(of vegetation, especially grass) flourishing, thriving, dense (lʌʃ)
The medical bays were lush
now had a lush lion’s mane
luxurious, deluxe, opulent (ˈɑːpjələnt), lavish, plush
Opposite: austere (ɔːˈstɪr) (lʌʃ)
was luxurious to the point of opulence
almost opulent shuttle
lush, plush, luxurious, deluxe, lavish, expensive
Opposite: austere (ɔːˈstɪr), cheap (ˈɑːpjələnt)
I slathered on some sun cream
You might slather your hamburger with ketchup, or slather shampoo on your damp head
spread thickly, apply abundantly (ˈslæðər)
She lay on the bed, her arms and legs splayed out
His long fingers splayed across her back
spread open/out (spleɪ)
Would he really balk at using the protomolecule?
Part of her balked at living in a home
eschew, refuse to, flinch from, shy from, quail at (bɔːk)
Maggots
maggots are keeping it under control,
small, short worm that is the young form of a fly, личинка (ˈmæɡət)
boy was being placed on a stretcher
carrying bed, litter, носилки
The logs had turned into blackened cinders
a fireplace full of glowing red cinders
partially or mostly burnt material (wood)
ˈsɪndər
The cold air made her face tingle.
She was still tingling with excitement.
prickle, sting, itch, experience slight prickling or stinging sensation (ˈtɪŋɡl)
The soles of his feet hurt,
soles of her muddy boots
bottom surface of the foot/shoe, подошва (səʊl)
if there’s a big storm brewing, you best be sure to berth your boat securely in its berth.
docking site, mooring (bɜːrθ)
a cabin with three berths
bunk (bʌŋk), bed on a ship or train (bɜːrθ)
long walls with five-stacks of bunks
someone had killed Shed in his bunk.
a narrow shelflike bed, berth (bʌŋk)
When I looked down from the top floor, I felt giddy.
dizzy, wobbly, reeling, woozy
Opposite: steady
(ˈɡɪdi)
She was giddy with happiness.
We were giddy kids.
elated, jubilant, exhilarated;
lacking seriousness, silly, frivolous (ˈfrɪvələs), skittish, whimsical
Opposite: sensible
(ˈɡɪdi)
started up the engine and they trundled out of the yard.
A train trundled across the bridge.
move/roll slowly/heavily/noisily, plod (plɑːd), shuffle, slog (slɑːɡ), trudge (trʌdʒ), waddle (ˈtrʌndl)
“The President was whisked away in his limo”
The waiter whisked away the plates before we had finished.
move somewhere quickly, dart, dash, scurry, scuttle, scamper, pelt, scoot
move quickly and nimbly
(wɪsk)
Grab that whisk and whisk those eggs!
beat or stir (wɪsk)
The bleary look was gone.
Her eyes were bleary
(of the eyes) blurred, unfocused, fogged, dim, dull
Opposite: clear
(ˈblɪri)
a wide assortment of gifts to choose from
He was dressed in an odd assortment of clothes.
mixture, variety, motley collection
əˈsɔːrtmənt
trunk full of assorted spellbooks
The jumper comes in assorted colours.
mixed, varied, diverse, motley
Opposite: similar
(əˈsɔːrtɪd)
The wound was beginning to smart a little.
He is still smarting over his humiliation in the election
- throb, sting, burn, hurt
- feel upset and annoyed, feel indignant
(smɑːrt)
Knots of dark filament
glass/metal filaments
fibre, thread, thin strand
нить, волокно
(ˈfɪləmənt)
She rang the bell till it broke with a twang
he had not even heard the twang of the bow.
a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
twæŋ
And you’re really going to put a slug in his brain just like that?”
avoid a hail of slugs
bullet
Swabbed his armpits with a damp cloth.
how many times the Navy boys swabbed the decks.
- to clean or remove liquid from a wound using a swab
- clean or wash a floor, surface, etc. using water and a cloth; daub, mop, scrub
(swɑːb)
abrasive kitchen cleaners
be married to someone as abrasive and hard as Chrisjen Avasarala?
- (of a substance or material) harsh, coarse, grinding, rubbing, capable of polishing or cleaning a hard surface by rubbing or grinding
- (of a person or their manner) callous (ˈkæləs), harsh, stern, curt (kɜːrt), brusque (brʌsk)
Opposite: kind, gentle
(əˈbreɪsɪv)
politicians gave monetary policymakers wide leeway
the amount of freedom, latitude (ˈlætɪtuːd)
Opposite: constraint, restriction
(ˈliːweɪ)
twanging his harp in a threatening sort of way.
heart twanging like a giant elastic band.
cause to sound with a twang, pluck (strings of an instrument) (twæŋ)
His voice had taken on the twang of an inner level resident.
Now say it with a Southern twang.
акцент, гнусавость, nounnasal sound (twæŋ)
very great deal of latitude in finding out
the amount of freedom, leeway (ˈliːweɪ)
Opposite: constraint, restriction
(ˈlætɪtuːd)
I slugged him in the face.
smack (smæk), swat (swɑːt), whack (wæk), batter (ˈbætər), clobber (ˈklɑːbə), clout (klaʊt), wallop (wɑːləp)
