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Lounge [laʊndʒ]
1. an airport lounge
2. All the family were sitting in the lounge watching television.

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  1. a room in a hotel, airport, theatre, etc. where people can relax or wait: вестибюль, зал
  2. the room in a house or apartment that is used for relaxing and entertaining guests in: гостиная
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speak ill of something
1. Dobby almost spoke ill of his family, sir.
2. I don’t like speaking ill of my colleagues, but there are a lot of incompetent people working here.

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  1. to say unkind things about someone: говорить плохо о чем-то
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Plot
1. There is a plot. A plot to make most terrible things happen
2. Who’s plotting them?

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Сюжет, заговор, замышлять, организовывать заговор

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Punchline
1. You just ruined the punchline of my Japanese golfer joke.

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the last part of a story or a joke that explains the meaning of what has happened previously or makes it funny: самое смешное (в анекдоте, шутке), кульминация

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Trunk
1. Get your trunk

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  1. a large box with a lid that you store things in
    сундук
  2. Багажник, Ствол(дерева)
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Pigeon
1. You and that bloody pigeon aren’t going anywhere!

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голубь

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Here we are, Harry. (Here we are)

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Вот и мы, Гарри. (Мы здесь)

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Tuck
1. Should I tuck my shirt into my trousers?
2. Tuck your shirt in.
3. I found an old letter tucked in the back of the book.

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  1. to push a loose end of a piece of clothing or material into a particular place or position, especially to make it tidy or comfortable: заправлять, припрятывать
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Tuck someone in
1. Daddy, if I go to bed now will you tuck me in?

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to make someone comfortable in bed, especially a child, by arranging the covers around them:

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tuck in/tuck into something
1. There’s plenty of food, so please tuck in
2. Here we are, Harry. Now tuck in. That’s it. There we go.

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to start eating something eagerly: налетать на еду

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Dad works in the Ministry of Magic, in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office.

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Misuse - Злоупотреблять
1. He misused his position to obtain money dishonestly.

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Skulk
1. Skulking around Knockturn Alley?
2. I thought I saw someone skulking in the bushes - maybe we should call the police.

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to hide or move around as if trying not to be seen, usually with bad intentions: красться

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Dodgy
1. a dodgy deal
2. His friend’s a bit dodgy.

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bad, or not able to be trusted: нечестный, сомнительный

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I was looking for flesh-eating slug repellent. They’re ruining all the school cabbages.

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Я искал средство от плотоядных слизней. Они портят всю школьную капусту.

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We’d hoped you’d only gone one grate too far.

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Мы надеялись, что вы зашли слишком далеко всего на одну решетку(камин).

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The Daily Prophet

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Ежедневный пророк

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Rate
1. the birth rate / the rate of unemployment
2. the interest/exchange rate
3. How do you rate her as a singer?
4. The incident didn’t even rate a mention (= was not written about) in the local newspaper.
5. a first-rate hotel
6. Nice big smile, Harry. Together, you and I rate the front page.

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  1. показатель, размер, уровень
  2. ставка, курс, расценка
  3. оценивать
  4. заслуживать
  5. первоклассный/второразрядный/третьеразрядный
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Vacant (adj)
1. Let me see. Red hair, vacant expressions…
2. a vacant building
3. The hospital has no vacant beds.
4. She had a vacant look/expression on her face.
5. The position fell (= became) vacant when Rodman was promoted.
6. We have three vacant apartments in our building.

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незанятый, свободный, вакантный, отсутствующий, бессмысленный

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Tatty
1. Tatty secondhand book
2. tatty old jeans

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untidy and in bad condition: потрепанный

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What’s the use..

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Какая польза…

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Disgrace
1. You have disgraced us all with your behaviour.
2. They were sent home in disgrace.
3. It’s a disgrace that money is being wasted like this.
4. You are a disgrace to your profession.
5. What’s the use in being a disgrace to the name of wizard if they don’t even pay you well for it?

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позорить, бесчестить, позор, бесчестье
4.5. навлекать позор на кого-либо/что-либо

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Sink-sank-sunk
1. The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg.
2. My feet keep sinking into the sand.
3. The sun sank below the horizon.
4. And I thought your family could sink no lower

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Раковина, тонуть(корабли, лодки), опускаться, утопать, погружаться

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Seal
1. Clean the seal on/around the fridge door regularly so that it remains airtight
2. She quickly sealed up the bottle.
3. to seal an envelope
4. The lawyer stamped the certificate with her seal.
5. The gateway has sealed itself for some reason.

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тюлень, пломба, печать, опечатывать, плотно закрывать, запечатывать, изоляция

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The invisibility booster must be faulty.

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Booster - Усилитель
This whole idea is just a profit booster for drug companies.

Faulty - неисправный
faulty brakes/wiring

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Hold on
1. Hold on! I’ll just check my diary.
2. Hold on tight!

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wait or just hold: ждать, держаться, ухватиться

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Lads
1. Well, take a good look, lads
2. He’s having a night out with the lads

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Ребята, парни, lad - парень

take a good look - хорошо присмотритесь

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Inflict
1. These new bullets are capable of inflicting massive injuries.
2. The suffering inflicted on these children was unimaginable.
3. Not to mention the damage you inflicted on a whomping willow that’s been on these grounds since before you were born

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to make someone suffer by doing something unpleasant to them
наносить, причинять

whomping willow - гремучая ива

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Flout
1. Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.
2. The show flouted traditions of respect for authority.

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to intentionally not obey a rule, law, or custom: попирать, пренебрегать

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Decree
1. After the earthquake, the government decreed that all new buildings must be built according to the new standards.
2. a presidential/royal decree

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Указа, издавать указ

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These boys have flouted the decree for the restriction of underage wizardry

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Эти мальчики нарушили указ об ограничении колдовства несовершеннолетними

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bylaw
1. A bylaw passed in the region said those caught smoking in public places would be fined.
2. She fought to change the organization’s by-laws, which allowed only men.

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a law made by local government that only relates to its particular region: постановление

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Today, we’re going to re-pot mandrakes

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Сегодня мы будем пересаживать мандрагоры

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Petrify
1. I think you petrified poor Frazer - he never said a word the whole time you were here.
2. Mandrake is used to return those who have been petrified to their original state

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Окаменеть, остолбенеть

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seedling
1. Raise the seedlings in the greenhouse.
2. Now, as our mandrakes are still only seedlings, their cries won’t kill you yet but they could knock you out for several hours

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a very young plant that has grown from a seed: саженец, рассада

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Earmuffs
1. a pair of earmuffs for auditory protection

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a pair of small pieces of material like fur worn over the ears with a strap that goes over the head to keep them on

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Auditory
1. It’s an artificial device that stimulates the auditory areas of the brain.

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слуховой

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Flap
1. a pocket flap
2. a tent flap
3. A small flap of skin can be seen above the wound.
4. Flaps tight down, and watch me closely
5. She’s in a flap because her parents are coming to visit.

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  1. a piece of cloth or other material fixed along one edge, especially used for covering or closing something: откидная дверца (палатки), клапан (кармана), отворот
  2. a state of nervous excitement:: переполох, паника
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Dunk
1. She dunked a biscuit in her coffee.
2. Dunk the sponge in water every once in a while to stop it from drying out.
3. Now, you dunk it down into the other pot and pour a little sprinkling of soil to keep him warm

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Макать, окунать

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  • Sprinkling
    1. a sprinkling of pepper/snow
  • Sprinkle
    1. Sprinkle the cake with sugar before serving.
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  1. небольшое количество, щепотка, горстка
  2. обрызгивать, посыпать
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Neglect
1. She’s been neglecting her studies this semester
2. He rather neglected his children in favour of his career.
3. Over the years the church has fallen into a state of neglect.
4. Longbottom’s been neglecting his earmuffs

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  1. to not give enough care or attention to something or someone: не заботиться, пренебрегать
  2. a failure to give enough care or attention to something or someone: отсутствие заботы, заброшенность
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Faint
1. a faint sound/noise/smell
2. Seeing all the blood made me feel faint.
3. He faints at the sight of blood.
4. She took one look at the hypodermic needle and fainted away

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  1. слабый, неясный, неотчетливый
  2. быть близким к обмороку
  3. падать в обморок
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Doomed
1. Their marriage was doomed from the start.

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certain to fail, die, or have problems: обреченный

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Menace
1. Drunk drivers are a menace to everyone.
2. His eyes were cold and filled with menace.
3. Hurricane Bonnie continued to menace the east coast.

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угроза, опасность, наносить вред, угрожать

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Weasley’s got himself a howler

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У Уизли есть ревун

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Inquiry
1. The company has received a lot of inquiries about its new Internet service.
2. There will be an official inquiry into the train crash.
3. Citizens have demanded a full inquiry into the government’s handling of the epidemic.
4. Your father’s now facing an inquiry at work

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(the process of asking) a question: вопрос, запрос, расследование, расспрашивание, выяснение

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Foul
1. Those toilets smell foul!
2. I’ve had a foul day at work.
3. It is my job to arm you against the foulest creatures known to wizardkind
4. The beaches had been fouled by dogs.

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  1. extremely unpleasant: грязный, вонючий, мерзкий, отвратительный
  2. пачкать, загрязнять, нарушать правило (в спорте)
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Befall-befell-befallen
1. Should any harm befall me on my journey, you may open this letter.
2. Know only that no harm can befall you whilst I am here

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If something bad befalls you, it happens to you: случаться, приключаться

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Provoke
1. Test results provoked worries that the reactor could overheat.
2. I was provoked into the argument.
3. He claimed he was provoked by the victim.

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Провоцировать

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blighter
1. but pixies can be devilishly tricky little blighters

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Губитель/злодей

но пикси могут быть чертовски хитрыми маленькими злодеями

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Round something/someone up
1. The cowboys rounded the cattle up.
2. I’ll just go and round up Andrew and Patrick for the meeting.
3. a police round-up

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  1. to find and bring together a group of animals or people:
  2. облава, загон, сбор
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I’ll ask you three to just nip the rest of them back into their cage

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Я попрошу вас троих просто загнать остальных обратно в клетку.

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Nip
1. His parrot nipped him on the nose.
2. Shall we nip in to the café for a bite to eat?

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  1. тяпнуть, ущипнуть
  2. to go somewhere quickly or be somewhere for only a short time: сбегать куда-либо по-быстрому
  3. пресечь, захват, зажать
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Hereby
1. I hereby declare you the winner.
2. I hereby pronounce you man and wife.
3. I do hereby give the Slytherin team permission to practice today

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with these words or with this action: настоящим, таким образом

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Filth
1. His clothes were covered in filth and mud.
2. The floor was covered in filth.
3. Many parents are shocked by the amount of filth on television.

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thick and unpleasant dirt: грязь, непристойность

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Filthy
1. Wash your hands, they’re filthy!
2. I’ve never smoked - it’s a filthy habit.
3. filthy language/jokes

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  1. extremely dirty: грязный
  2. непристойный, отвратительный
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Mudblood’s a really foul name for someone who is muggle-born

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Грязнокровка — действительно грязное/отвратительное/ужасное/мерзкое имя для магглорожденного.

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Boot
1. They booted him in the head.
2. And it’s codswallop, to boot.
3. He’s kind, handsome, and wealthy to boot.

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  1. Сапог, багажник
  2. to kick someone or something hard with the foot: пинать
  3. IDIOM: in addition: В придачу
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More to the point, they’ve yet to think of a spell that out Hermione can’t do

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Более того, им еще предстоит придумать заклинание, которое Гермиона не сможет сделать.

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Don’t you think on it for one minute

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Не думай об этом ни на минуту

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Drowsy [draʊzi]
1. The room is so warm it’s making me feel drowsy.
2. I think you’re getting a bit.. Drowsy

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being in a state between sleeping and being awake: сонливый

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Rip
1. She ripped her dress getting off her bike.
2. His new trousers ripped when he bent down.
3. I wish the old fireplaces hadn’t been ripped out.
4. We ripped up the carpets and laid a new wooden floor.
5. Your sleeve has a rip in it.

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  1. to pull apart; to tear or be torn violently and quickly: рвать(ся), разрывать(ся)
  2. to remove something by pulling it away quickly
  3. разрыв, прореха
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Heir [eə] | Heiress [ˈeə.res]
1. the heiress to the throne
2. The guest of honour was the Romanov heir to the throne of all Russia.
3. He is the heir to a huge fortune.
4. The chamber of Secrets has been opened, enemies of the heir… beware

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Наследние | наследница

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Recall
1. The old man recalled the city as it had been before the war.
2. I, for one, don’t recall seeing Potter at dinner
3. The ambassador was recalled when war broke out.
4. The manufacturer has recalled the computers because of faulty wiring.

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  1. to bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember: припоминать
  2. CALL BACK: отзывать (посла, депутата)
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Guilt
1. He suffered such feelings of guilt over leaving his children.
2. Both suspects admitted their guilt to the police.
3. I feel so guilty about not going to see them
4. Innocent until proven guilty, Severus.

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вина, сознание вины, виновность

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Cure [kjʊər]
1. They are trying to find a cure for cancer.
2. Getting a better chair completely cured my back problems.
3. She was cured of her migraine headaches when she changed her diet.

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N: лекарство, лечение, средство
V: вылечивать, исцелять

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Mature
1. He’s very mature for his age.
2. mature oak trees
3. The cheese is left to mature for two years.
4. Girls mature sooner than boys.

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Adj: зрелый, взрослый
V: созревать, взрослеть

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Revive
1. My plants revived as soon as I gave them some water.
2. A hot shower and a cup of tea will revive you.
3. A police officer tried unsuccessfully to revive her.

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to come or bring something back to life, health, existence, or use: возрождать, пробуждать, приходить/приводить в сознание, восстанавливать силы

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Meantime
1. Your computer won’t arrive till Thursday. In the meantime, you can use Jude’s.

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in the time between two things happening, or while something else is happening: тем временем

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Caution
1. Travellers have been advised to exercise great caution when passing through the region.
2. I would treat anything he says with extreme caution
3. Just a word of caution - the cheaper models probably aren’t worth buying.

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осторожность, осмотрительность, предостережение, предупреждение
1. exercise caution - проявлять осторожность

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Goblet

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кубок, бакал

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Now, three of the founders coexisted quite harmoniously

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Теперь трое основателей вполне гармонично сосуществовали

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Sway
1. The trees were swaying in the wind.
2. Recent developments have swayed the balance of power in the region.
3. Her speech failed to sway her colleagues into supporting the plan.
4. In the 1980s, the organization came under the sway of (= became strongly influenced by) Christian fundamentalism.
5. Her parents no longer seem to have much sway over her.

A
  1. to move slowly from side to side: качаться, колебаться
  2. to persuade someone to believe or do one thing rather than another: склонять, иметь влияние,
  3. N: control or influence: власть, влияние
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unleash
1. Rachel’s arrival on the scene had unleashed passions in him that he could scarcely control.
2. At worst, nuclear war could be unleashed.
3. The vice president unleashed a furious attack on leading Democratic representatives in Congress.

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  1. to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled: дать волю, развязать
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Purge
1. She wanted to purge herself of guilt.
2. Party leaders have undertaken to purge the party of extremists.
3. Because they have not been purging the list of old names and addresses, there may be thousands of duplicate names.

A
  1. to get rid of bad feelings that you do not want: избавляться
  2. to get rid of people from an organization because you do not agree with them: проводить чистку (в партии и т. д.)
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The heir alone would be able to open the chamber and unleash the horror within, and by so doing, purge the school of all those who, in Slytherin’s view were unworthy to study magic.

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Только наследник сможет открыть комнату и высвободить ужас внутри, и тем самым очистить школу от всех тех, кто, по мнению Слизерина, недостоин изучать магию.

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76
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Polyjuice potion

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Оборотное зелье

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Rogue [Adjective]
1. Harry’s got himself a rogue bludger
2. a rogue state
3. rogue cells

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behaving in ways that are not expected or not normal, often in a way that causes damage: отклоняющийся от нормы

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Tamper
1. I could see immediately that the lock had been tampered with.
2. The files had been tampered with and there were some documents missing.

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to touch or make changes to something that you should not, usually without enough knowledge of how it works or when you are trying to damage it: (тайно) подделывать, изменять что-либо, вмешиваться

79
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Fuss
1. She made such a fuss when Richard spilled a drop of wine on her blouse!
2. What’s all the fuss about?
3. She doesn’t see her grandchildren very often so she makes a real fuss of them when she does.
4. Please don’t fuss, Mum. Everything’s under control.

A
  1. a situation in which people become excited, annoyed, or anxious about something, especially about something unimportant: суета, суматоха
  2. make a fuss of someone: to give someone a lot of attention and treat them well: носиться с кем-либо
  3. to worry too much or get too excited, especially about unimportant things: волноваться, суетиться
80
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Mend [Verb]
1. Could you mend this hole in my shirt?
2. The country’s president is seeking to mend relations with the United States.
3. I can mend bones in a heartbeat, but growing them back?
4. We need to get the TV mended.

A

to repair something that is broken or damaged: чинить, латать

81
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in a heartbeat

A

в мгновение ока

82
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Clear someone off something
1. The police used dogs to clear the campers off the village green.
2. Just clear off and leave me alone!

A
  1. to make someone go away from somewhere:
  2. used to tell someone to go away immediately: убираться, уходить
83
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Strangle
1. She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods.
2. For years, the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy.

A

to kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope, wire, etc: задушить, душить

84
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You’d better clear off before my bones come back, Dobby, or I might strangle you

A

Тебе лучше уйти, пока мои кости не вернулись, Добби, иначе я могу тебя задушить.

85
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Triumph [ˈtraɪ.əmf]
1. I believe that sooner or later good must triumph over evil.
2. The Democrats once again triumphed in recent elections.
3. The signing of the agreement was a personal triumph for the prime minister.

A

V: to have a very great success or victory: одерживать победу
N: победа, триумф

86
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Vermin
1. We house-elves were treated like vermin, sir

A

паразиты, вредители

87
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Enslavement
1. At an early date, the Spanish government passed laws prohibiting enslavement of Indians.
2. It’s a mark of the house-elf’s enslavement

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the act of making a slave of someone: Порабощение

88
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Enlighten
1. I don’t understand this. Could you enlighten me?
2. Should the function of children’s television be to entertain or to enlighten?

A

просвещать, осведомлять

89
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in broad daylight
1. Thieves had broken into the house in broad daylight.
2. Why are we brewing this potion in broad daylight in the middle of a girls’ lavatory?

A

в разгаре дня, средь бела дня

90
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Moan [məʊn]
1. He moaned with pain before losing consciousness.
2. “Let me die,” he moaned.
3. She’s always moaning about something.
4. First she moans she’s too hot, and then that she’s too cold.

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  1. to make a long, low sound of pain, suffering, or another strong emotion: стонать
  2. to make a complaint in an unhappy voice, usually about something that does not seem important to other people: жаловаться, ныть
91
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Miserable
1. She’s miserable living on her own.
2. miserable weather
3. What a miserable existence! How could anyone live in such awful conditions?
4. She offered me a miserable $20 for my old phone.

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  1. very unhappy: несчастный
  2. unpleasant and causing unhappiness: убогий, жалкий
  3. A miserable amount is too small to be acceptable: жалкий, ничтожный
92
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Mope
1. There’s no point in sitting at home and moping - get out there and find yourself another job!

A

to be unhappy and unwilling to think or act in a positive way, especially because of a disappointment:Ж хандрить, киснуть

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sportingly
1. He has sportingly agreed to help me with a short demonstration
2. The opposing fans sportingly joined in with the applause as the injured player left the pitch.

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in a way that shows fairness and respect towards others, especially an opposing team or player: спортивно

94
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be through (to something)
1. She’s through to the next round of interviews.
2. They got through to the finals.
3. You’ll still have your potions master when I’m through with him

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to achieve success in an exam, competition, etc. and progress to the next stage or a higher level: покончить с

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prudent
1. It’s always prudent to read a contract carefully before signing it.
2. I think it would be prudent to leave now before it starts raining.

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careful and avoiding risks: благоразумный

96
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Matchbox
1. We’ll be sending Potter to the hospital wing in a matchbox

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a small box containing matches: коробок спичек

97
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Disarm
1. With one movement, she disarmed the man and pinned him against the wall.
2. Many politicians argued that this was no time to disarm (= give up the country’s weapons and army).

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to take weapons away from someone, or to give up weapons or armies: разоружать(ся), обезоруживать

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Egg someone on
1. Don’t egg him on! He gets himself into enough trouble without your encouragement.
2. You were egging the snake on
3. Two girls were fighting outside the club, egged on by a group of friends.

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to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea: подстрекать

99
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Serpent
1. There’s a reason the symbol of Slytherin house is a serpent

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a snake

100
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a Parselmouth

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змееуст

101
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have a bee in your bonnet
1. She never stops talking about healthy eating - she’s got a real bee in her bonnet about it.

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to keep talking about something again and again because you think it is very important:

102
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Burst-Burst-Burst
1. I hate it when balloons burst.
2. A water pipe burst and flooded the cellar.
3. I knew they were bursting with curiosity but I said nothing.
4. I was bursting to tell him about the party.
5. Three masked men burst into the bank.
6. a burst in the water pipe

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  1. If a container bursts, or if you burst it, it breaks suddenly, so that what is inside it comes out: лопаться, прорываться
  2. to feel a strong emotion, or strong wish to do something: сгорать от нетерпения сделать что-либо
  3. вспышка, взрыв, разрыв
  4. to move somewhere suddenly and forcefully: врываться
103
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burst into flames
1. Smoke started pouring out from underneath, then the truck burst into flames.

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to suddenly burn strongly, producing a lot of flames: вспыхивать

104
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Ashes
1. Her ashes were scattered at sea.
2. Hundreds of homes were reduced to ashes in last summer’s wildfires.
3. My mother has gone to collect the ashes of her brother, who died last month.
4. The entire contents of the archive was turned into ashes.

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  1. what is left of something after it has been destroyed by fire, especially what is left of a human body after it has been burned: прах
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immensely [ɪˈmens.li]
1. They can carry immensely heavy loads, and their tears have healing powers
2. She’s an immensely talented young athlete.

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extremely:чрезвычайно

106
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Off you go

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Generally “off you go” is said in a friendly way to send someone on their way to another destination

107
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We also need to make sure that the real Crabbe and Goyle can’t burst in on us while we’re interrogating Malfoy.

A

Нам также нужно убедиться, что настоящие Крэбб и Гойл не смогут ворваться к нам, пока мы допрашиваем Малфоя.

108
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interrogate
1. Police have arrested and interrogated the two suspects.
2. Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or imprisoned in recent weeks.

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to ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats or violence: допрашивать

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Draught
1. I filled these with a simple sleeping draught
2. There’s a terrible draught coming from under the door.

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  1. Отвар
  2. a current of cold air in a room: сквозняк
  3. a drink that comes from a large container and not from a can or bottle: пиво из бочки
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Cheers
1. Cheers! Your good health.
2. “I’ve saved you a seat.” “Cheers, mate.”
3. “Bye.” “Cheers, see you next week.”
4. Everyone raises their glass and says, “Cheers!”
5. Cheers for helping us out.

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  1. a friendly expression said just before you drink an alcoholic drink: будем здоровы!
  2. used to mean “thank you”:
111
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Pig out
1. We pigged out on all the delicious cakes and pastries.
2. Pigging out in the great hall all this time?

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to eat a lot or too much: обжираться

112
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hush something up
1. There was some financial scandal involving one of the ministers but it was all hushed up.
2. The mayor tried to hush up the fact that he had been in prison.
3. The whole affair was hushed up by the management.
4. I suppose Dumbeldore is trying to hush it all up

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to try to prevent people from discovering particular facts: замять, скрыть что-либо

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Pluck
1. Caged birds sometimes pluck out their breast feathers.
2. He plucked the letter out of my hand, and ran off with it.
3. Do you pluck your eyebrows?
4. The last passengers were plucked from the ship just seconds before it sank.
5. It was cat hair I plucked off Millicent Bullstrode’s robes

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to pull something, especially with a sudden movement, in order to remove it: вытянуть, выдернуть, вытащить что-либо/кого-либо

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Yuck
1. Yuck, what a horrible smell!
2. “Do you want to hold the snake?” “Yuck, no thanks.”

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an expression of disgust (= disapproval and dislike): фу! гадость!

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Mind
1. Her mind was full of what had happened the night before, and she just wasn’t concentrating.
2. Mind that you don’t bang your head on the shelf when you stand up.
3. She asked me if I’d mind the children for an hour while she went shopping.
Could you mind my bag for a moment while I go to the toilet?
4. Here I am, minding my own business

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  1. ум
  2. to be careful of, or give attention to something: остерегаться, быть осторожным
  3. LOOK AFTER: to take care of someone or something: присматривать (за кем-либо/чем-либо) :
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Make up your mind
1. I haven’t made up my mind where to go yet.
2. “Which one do you like best?” “I don’t know – I can’t make up my mind.”
3. She made up her mind to call him again.

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to make a decision: решить(ся)

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Turn someone in
1. The hit-and-run driver turned himself in to the police the day after the accident.
2. I’m going to have to turn you in, Hagrid.
3. She threatened to turn him in to the police.
4. I usually turn in at about midnight.

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  1. to take a criminal to the police, or to go to them yourself to admit a crime: сдавать
  2. to go to bed:
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Turn something in
1. Don’t forget to turn in your papers after class.
2. Please turn your old parking permits in at the end of the week.
3. Both companies turn in pretax profits of over 5.5 million annually.

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  1. to return something to an organization or a person in authority: сдавать, возвращать
  2. to produce good results or achieve something:
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Slaughter [Noun]
1. Hardly anyone in the town escaped the slaughter when the rebels were defeated.
2. We must find ways of reducing the slaughter which takes place on our roads (= death of many people in car accidents) every year.
3. Saturday’s game was an absolute slaughter.

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  1. the killing of a lot of people or animals in a cruel way
    забой (скота), резня
  2. an occasion when one team is very easily defeated by the other: разбивать в пух и прах
120
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Slaughter [Verb]
1. Thousands of people were slaughtered in the civil war.
2. The animals are slaughtered in spring.
3. England slaughtered Germany 5–1 at football.

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  1. to kill a lot of people in a very cruel way: совершать массовое убийство, устраивать резню
  2. to defeat someone very easily: разбивать в пух и прах
121
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Snitch [Verb]
1. She thought I’d snitched on her.
2. He snitched to my boss that I’d been making long-distance calls at work!
3. “Where did you get that money?” “I snitched it from my dad when he wasn’t looking

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  1. to secretly tell someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble: доносить
  2. to steal something: украсть, стащить
122
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Snitch [Noun]
1. You little snitch!
2. People who cooperate with the police are viewed by their neighbours as snitches.
3. He sounds like a dirty, rotten snitch to me

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someone who secretly tells someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble: стукач, доносчик

123
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Hairy [ˈheəri]
1. a hairy chest
2. hairy legs
3. I like going on the back of Pedro’s motorbike, though it can get a bit hairy.

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  1. having a lot of hair, especially on parts of the body other than the head:
  2. frightening or dangerous, especially in a way that is exciting: опасный
124
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let/set something loose
1. She let her horse loose in the field.
2. Tell us, have you been setting anything mad and hairy loose in the castle lately?

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to allow an animal to run around freely after it has been tied up:

125
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Chop something up
1. Chop up the onions and carrots roughly.
2. My favourite thing to do with strawberries is to chop them up and stir them into cream cheese.
3. I spent all day chopping up the tree to make logs for the fire.
4. I chop up my working day into 40-minute periods.

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  1. to cut something into pieces with a knife or other sharp instrument:
  2. to divide something into smaller parts:
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Stew
1. beef/lamb stew
2. It tastes good if you boil it, fry it in oil, and then stew it with chilies.

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  1. a dish made of vegetables and meat cooked together slowly in liquid: тушеное мясо с овощами
  2. to cook food slowly in liquid: тушить
127
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But once their acne’s cleared up, we’ll be able to chop them up and stew them

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Но как только прыщи пройдут, мы сможем их порезать и потушить.

128
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Acne [ˈæk.ni]
1. Acne is the curse of adolescence.

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a skin disease common in young people, in which small, red spots appear on the face and neck: угревая сыпь

adolescence - юность

129
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Listen up
1. Okay everyone—listen up! I have an announcement to make.
2. All right, listen up.

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something you say to make people listen to you: послушай(те)!

130
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Escort [ɪˈskɔːt] - Verb
1. Several little boats escorted the sailing ship into the harbour.
2. The police escorted her to the airport, and made sure that she left the country.
3. People on the tour will be escorted by an expert on archaeology.
4. He offered to escort me home.
5. All students will be escorted to each lesson by a teacher

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  1. to go with a person or vehicle, especially to make certain that he, she, or it leaves or arrives safely: провожать, сопровождать
  2. to go with someone and show them a place:
131
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Escort [ˈeskɔːt] - Noun
1. “But I can’t go to the dance without an escort,” she protested.
2. The members of the jury left the court with a police escort.
3. The prisoners were transported under military escort.
4. He hired an escort to go to the dinner with him.

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  1. a person or vehicle that goes somewhere with someone to protect or guard them: охрана, сопровождение
  2. someone who is paid to go out to social events with another person, and sometimes to have sex:
132
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Culprit [ˈkʌl.prɪt]
1. Police hope the public will help them to find the culprits.
2. In many of these illnesses, stress is the main culprit.
3. If caught, the culprit could face up to five years in jail.

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  1. someone who has done something wrong: виновный
  2. a fact or situation that is the reason for something bad happening: виновник, источник бед
133
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Call someone up [Phrasal Verb]
1. My dad called me up to tell me the good news.
2. He was called up when the war began.
3. You can use the search facility to call up all the occurrences of a particular word in a document.
4. I simply called up the school and was told the headmaster was here.

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  1. to use the phone to talk to someone:
  2. to order someone to join a military organization or to ask someone to join an official, especially national, team:
  3. to find and show information on a computer screen:
134
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Call-up [Noun]
1. She was very upset when her boyfriend received his call-up
2. Le Tissier was delighted when he received his England call-up.

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  1. an order to join a military organization:
135
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governor
1. the governor of Texas
2. a prison/school governor

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someone who is officially responsible for controlling a region, city, or organization: губернатор, управляющий, комендант

136
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Suspension
1. There have been calls for the drug’s immediate suspension, following reports that it has dangerous side effects.
2. an immediate suspension of all imports and exports
3. The union is protesting about the suspension of a restaurant worker.
4. The player is likely to receive a three-game suspension following an incident in yesterday’s game.
5. This is an order of suspension

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  1. the act of stopping something happening, operating, etc. for a period of time: временное прекращение
  2. a punishment in which a person is temporarily not allowed to work, go to school, or take part in an activity: временное исключение, отстранение
  3. подвеска
  4. суспензия
137
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Admirable sentiments

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восхитительные чувства

138
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Hollow [ˈhɒləʊ] - Adjective
1. a hollow tube
2. Hollow blocks are used because they are lighter.
3. It was something of a hollow victory - she won the case but lost all her savings in legal fees
4. Even sex had become a hollow pleasure.
5. This tree trunk sounds hollow.

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  1. having a hole or empty space inside: полый, пустой
  2. (of situations, feelings, or words) without value, or not true or sincere: бессмысленный, неискренний
  3. (of sound) as if made by hitting an empty container:
139
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Hollow [ˈhɒləʊ] - Noun
1. The dog found a hollow in the ground to hide in from the wind.
2. Hagrid has never sent men into our hollow before

A

a hole or empty space in something, or a low area in a surface: полость, низина

140
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Midst
1. She caught sight of Johnny in their midst, laughing and talking.
2. I’m sorry but I’m too busy to help right now - I’m in the midst of writing a report.
3. Residents are protesting about a convicted murderer living in their midst.
4. But I cannot deny them fresh meat when it wanders so willingly into out midst

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  1. the middle of a group of people or things: среди кого-либо, в чьей-либо среде
  2. in the middle of something, usually an event or activity: в разгар чего-либо
141
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Jammed - adjective
1. This drawer is jammed.
2. The flying gear’s jammed

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unable to move: застрял

142
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Jam - Noun
1. strawberry/raspberry jam
2. We were stuck in a jam for hours.
3. I’m in a jam - could you lend me some money till next week?
4. It’s a real jam inside - it took me ten minutes to get to the bar.

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  1. варенье
  2. traffic jam: пробка, затор
  3. a difficult situation:
  4. a situation in which a lot of people are in a small space:
143
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Jam - Verb
1. The door jammed behind me and I couldn’t get out.
2. The machine keeps jamming.
3. He jammed the boxes into the back of the car.
4. The centre of town was jammed with cars moving at a very slow pace.
5. Foreign radio broadcasts were regularly jammed.

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  1. to be, or make something, unable to move: заедать, застревать
  2. to push something forcefully or with difficulty into something else:
  3. to fill a place completely: набивать битком
  4. to stop radio signals from reaching the people who want to receive them: создавать помехи
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Fearsome
1. a fearsome reputation
2. a fearsome display of violence
3. Sharks are fearsome creatures.

A

frightening: грозный, страшный

146
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Roam [rəʊm]
1. She roamed around America for a year, working in bars and restaurants.
2. After the bars close, gangs of youths roam the city streets.
3. She enjoys his company, but occasionally he lets his hands roam where they shouldn’t
4. Her eyes boldly roamed the room.
5. She put up with a roaming husband in order to protect her child.

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  1. to move about or travel, especially without a clear idea of what you are going to do: бродить, скитаться
  2. If someone’s hands or eyes roam, they touch or look in many different places, especially in a sexual way or when they should not do this:
  3. to have sexual relationships or experiences outside of your marriage or usual relationship:
147
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Flee-fled
1. She fled from the room in tears.
2. In order to escape capture, he fled to the mountains.
3. It is likely that the suspects have fled the country by now.

A

to escape by running away, especially because of danger or fear: спасаться бегством

148
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Blast [blɑːst] - Noun
1. Three people were injured in the blast.
2. A blast of cold air hit him as he opened the window.
3. The coach blew three blasts on a whistle
4. You should have come with us last night - we had a real blast!

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  1. an explosion: взрыв
  2. a sudden strong blow of air: порыв, поток
  3. a sudden loud noise: резкий звук
  4. an exciting or enjoyable experience or event, often a party: класс! блеск!
149
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Blast - Verb
1. An explosion blasted through the wall.
2. They blasted tunnels into the side of the mountain.
3. He saw what he thought was a grizzly bear and blasted it with his rifle.
4. We could hear music blasting out from his car.
5. Rock music blasted from the speakers
6. The administration was blasted for failing to create jobs.

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  1. to explode or destroy something or someone with explosives, or to break through or hit something with a similar, very strong force: пробивать, ударять, подрывать, взрывать
  2. to make a very loud and unpleasant noise, or to make something do this: орать
  3. to criticize someone or something severely:
150
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Doze off
1. The office was so hot I nearly dozed off at my desk.
2. He dozed off during the film.

A

If you doze off, you start to sleep, especially during the day: задремать

151
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Doze
1. Grandma was dozing in front of the TV.
2. My cat likes dozing in front of the fire.

A

Дремать

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Snatch
1. He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.
2. The six-year-old girl was snatched from a playground and her body was found two days later.
3. Maybe you’ll be able to snatch a couple of hours’ sleep before dinner.

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  1. to take hold of something suddenly and roughly: хватать, вырывать
  2. to take something or someone away by force: схватить, украсть
  3. to do or get something quickly because you only have a short amount of time: урывать, сделать наспех
153
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All along
1. Do you think he’s been cheating us all along?
2. I said all along that it was a mistake.

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from the very beginning: с самого начала

154
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common sense
1. The children shouldn’t be in any danger as long as they use their common sense.
2. Windsurfing is perfectly safe as long as you have some common sense.

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the basic level of practical knowledge and judgment that we all need to help us live in a reasonable and safe way: здравый смысл

155
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Blab
1. Someone blabbed to the press

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to talk carelessly or too much, often telling others something you should keep secret: разболтать, проговориться

156
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Cubicle
1. a shower cubicle
2. I was getting undressed in one of the cubicles.

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a small space with walls or curtains around it, that is separate from the rest of a room and where you can be private when taking clothes off, etc.: кабинка

157
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Tease
1. I used to hate being teased about my red hair when I was at school.
2. I was just teasing - I didn’t mean to upset you.
3. The announcement teased a possible European tour the following year
4. He refused to give specifics but teased that “people are going to love it.”
5. They were teasing Dara about her new haircut.

A
  1. to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset that person: дразнить
  2. to give a small amount of information about a subject, product, etc. in order to make people interested in seeing or hearing more about it later:
158
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Distraught [dɪˈstrɔːt]
1. The missing child’s distraught parents made an emotional appeal for information on TV.

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extremely worried, nervous, or upset: лишенный душевного покоя, смятенный

159
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Heart of a lion

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a person of exceptional courage and bravery

160
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Fret
1. There’s no point in fretting about what you cannot change.
2. Don’t fret - I’m sure he’s OK.
3. As a new mother, I fretted over any delay in my daughter’s development.

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to be nervous or worried: волноваться, переживать

161
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Mangled - Adj
1. a mangled body
2. All that remains of yesterday’s car crash is a pile of mangled metal.

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badly crushed and damaged: покалеченный, раздавленный

162
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Mangle - verb
1. My sweater got mangled in the washing machine.
2. His arm was mangled in the machine.
3. As he read the poem out loud, he mangled the rhythm so badly that it hardly made any sense.

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  1. to destroy something by twisting it with force or tearing it into pieces so that its original form is completely changed: калечить
  2. If you mangle a speech or a piece of written work, you make so many mistakes that you completely spoil it:
163
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Backfire
1. Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend.
2. Lockhart’s memory charm backfired

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(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended: приводить к обратным результатам

164
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Dispose of someone/something
1. How did they dispose of the body?
2. It took only five minutes for the world champion to dispose of his opponent.
3. She tried to dispose of it on the girls’ bathroom

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to get rid of someone or something or deal with something so that the matter is finished: избавляться от чего-либо

165
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Oaf
1. You clumsy oaf! You broke it!
2. I decided to show you my capture of that brainless oaf, Hagrid, to gain your trust.

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a stupid, rude, or awkward person, especially a man: Болван

166
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Frame - Verb
1. And you framed him, didn’t you.
2. He claimed he’d been framed by the police.
3. I’m going to frame this and put it on the wall.
4. Her new hairstyle frames her face in a much more flattering way.

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  1. to make a person seem to be guilty of a crime when they are not, by producing facts or information that are not true: подтасовывать факты, фабриковать обвинение
  2. to put something such as a picture into a frame: вставлять в раму, в рамку
  3. to form an edge to something in an attractive way: обрамлять
167
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Frame - Noun
1. a picture frame / a window frame
2. a bicycle frame
3. My sister has a much bigger frame than me.

A
  1. рама, рамка
  2. каркас, корпус
  3. телосложение, фигура
168
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Noble
1. a noble gesture
2. His followers believe they are fighting for a noble cause.
3. She was born into an ancient, noble family.
4. a building with a noble façade

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  1. moral in an honest, brave, and kind way: благородный, великодушный
  2. belonging to a high social rank in a society, especially by birth: знатный
  3. causing admiration because of a particular appearance or quality:
169
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Fashion - Noun
1. Long hair is back in fashion for men.
2. Fur coats have gone out of fashion.
3. the fashion industry
4. The rebel army behaved in a brutal fashion.
5. I can cook, after a fashion.

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  1. a style that is popular at a particular time, especially in clothes, hair, make-up, etc.: мода
  2. the business of making and selling clothes: производство и продажа одежды
  3. a way of doing things: манера
  4. after a fashion: If you can do something after a fashion, you can do it, but not well:
170
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Fashion - Verb
1. He fashioned a hat for himself from newspaper.
2. She taught the children how to fashion puppets out of fabric and feathers.
Synonym
3. I fashioned myself a new name

A

to make something using your hands: выделывать, моделировать

171
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Sorcerer
1. When I became the greatest sorcerer in the world

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in stories, a man who has magical powers and who uses them to harm other people: волшебник, колдун, чародей

172
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Mere [/mɪə]
1. It cost a mere 20 dollars.
2. The mere thought of it makes me feel sick.
3. People became excited at the mere mention of his name.
4. Dumbledore’s been driven out of this castle by the mere memory of me

A
  1. used to emphasize that something is not large or important:
  2. used to emphasize how strongly someone feels about something or how extreme a situation is:
  3. всего лишь, один/одна/одно только
173
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Obey
1. If you refuse to obey the law, you’ll be arrested.
2. The soldiers refused to obey
3. Falling objects obey the law of gravity.
4. She was so tired her legs just wouldn’t obey her any longer.
5. He gave the command, and we obeyed.

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to do what you are told to do by a person, rule, or instruction: повиноваться, слушаться, подчиняться

174
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Blind - adjective [blaɪnd]
1. She’s been blind since birth.
2. He started to go blind in his sixties.
3. He was blind with fury
4. She seems blind to his faults.

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  1. unable to see: слепой
  2. used to describe an extreme feeling that happens without thought or reason:
  3. to not be conscious of something or to refuse to notice something that is obvious to others:
175
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Blind - Verb [blaɪnd]
1. She was blinded in an accident at an early age.
2. As I turned the corner the sun blinded me, so I didn’t see the other car.
3. We shouldn’t let our prejudices blind us to the facts of the situation.

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  1. to make someone unable to see, permanently or for a short time: ослеплять
  2. to make someone unable to notice or understand something:
176
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Cease [siːs]
1. I will cease to be a memory
2. Whether the protests will cease remains to be seen.
3. The company has decided to cease all UK operations after this year.

A

to stop something: прекращать

177
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Venom [ˈvenəm]
1. Remarkable, isn’t it, how quickly venom of the basilisk penetrates the body?

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a poisonous liquid that some snakes, insects, etc. produce and can put into another animal’s body by biting or stinging: яд

178
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Penetrate [ˈpen.ɪ.treɪ]
1. Amazingly, the bullet did not penetrate his brain.
2. In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
3. No one in our industry has successfully penetrated the Asian market.
4. The organization had been penetrated by a spy.

A
  1. If something penetrates an object, it moves into that object: проникать внутрь
  2. If someone penetrates a place or a group, they succeed in moving into or joining it.: проникать, вклиниваться
179
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Dozen [ˈdʌz.ən]
1. This recipe makes three dozen cookies.
2. Could you get me half a dozen eggs when you go to the supermarket?
3. You both realize, of course, that in the past few hours, you have broken perhaps a dozen school rules.

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twelve:

180
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gamekeeper

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a person whose job is to take care of wild animals and birds that are kept especially for hunting: егерь

181
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Prize - Verb
1. You possess many of the qualities that Voldemort himself prizes
2. In parts of Asia this plant is prized for its medicinal qualities.
3. The ability to speak English is a skill prized by many employers.
4. I prize that intimacy above everything.

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to think that someone or something is very valuable or important: высоко ценить

182
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Summon
1. We were summoned to the headmaster’s office.
2. On 20 July, the town council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances.

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to officially order someone to come to a place: официально вызывать

183
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When the governors learned that Arthur Weasley’s daughter was taken into the chamber of secrets, they saw fit to summon me back

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Когда губернаторы узнали, что дочь Артура Уизли увезли в тайную комнату, они сочли целесообразным вызвать меня обратно.

184
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See fit
1. She saw fit to pull her son out of the school.
2. You can leave it here or take it home with you, whichever you see fit.

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If you see fit to do something, you think it is good or necessary to do it: счесть нужным

185
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Sole
1. My sole objective is to make the information more widely available
2. The sole survivor of the accident was found in the water after six hours.
3. She has sole responsibility for the project.

A
  1. Only: единственный
  2. not shared with anyone else: полный, исключительный
186
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Welfare
1. The police are very concerned for the welfare of the missing child.
2. These organizations have fought very hard for the rights and welfare of immigrants.
3. to be on welfare

A
  1. physical and mental health and happiness, especially of a person: благополучие, благосостояние
  2. Пособие
187
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By means of
1. Students are selected for scholarships by means of an open, national competition
2. She tried to explain by means of sign language.

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By means of is used to show the method used: посредством

188
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Slip
1. She slipped on the ice and broke her ankle
2. Her hat had slipped over one eye
3. The photo had slipped from the frame.
4. Just slip out of the room while nobody’s looking.
5. Productivity in the factory has slipped noticeably in the last year.
6. I don’t know what went wrong, I must be slipping.
7. The dollar slipped against the Japanese yen.

A
  1. to slide without intending to: поскользнутся
  2. to move out of the correct position: выскальзывать, соскальзывать
  3. to go somewhere or put something somewhere quickly, often so that you are not noticed:
  4. to go into a worse state, often because of lack of control or care:
  5. to go down in value:
189
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Slip sth into/through, etc
1. She slipped the letter into an envelope and sealed it.
2. I think you slipped the diary into Ginny Weasley’s cauldron
3. He slipped a piece of paper into my hand with his address on it.

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to put something somewhere quickly or secretly: засовывать/просовывать что-либо куда-либо

190
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Meddlesome
1. Your parents were meddlesome fools too

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often getting involved in situations where you are not wanted, especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way: назойливый

191
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Meddlesome
1. Your parents were meddlesome fools too

A

often getting involved in situations where you are not wanted, especially by criticizing in a damaging or annoying way: назойливый

192
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Sticky
1. sticky fingers
2. The floor’s still sticky where I spilled the juice.
3. a sticky August afternoon
4. a sticky moment/problem/situation, etc

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  1. made of or covered with a substance that stays attached to any surface it touches: липкий, клейкий
  2. If the weather is sticky, it is very hot and the air feels wet: жаркий и влажный
  3. a moment/problem/situation, etc that is difficult or embarrasses you: неприятный момент/неприятная проблема/ситуация и т. д.
193
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Administer - Verb
1. The economy has been badly administered by the present government.
2. This government will not content itself with administering and governing the people.
3. Tests will be administered to schoolchildren at seven and twelve years.
4. Doctors must use care when administering the vaccine to elderly patients.
5. She administers medicines to patients.
6. The British administered Hong Kong for 99 years.

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  1. to control the operation or arrangement of something: управлять, вести дела
  2. to govern a country, region, etc
  3. to cause someone to receive something:
  4. оказывать медицинскую помощь
194
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Ruddy
1. Her face was ruddy and healthy-looking.
2. Ruddy hell!
3. Some ruddy bird called Errol

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  1. Красноватый, румяный
  2. used to avoid saying bloody to express anger:

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