Indian Jones and The Riders of the Lost Arc Flashcards
Backbone
1. Show a little backbone, will ya?
Spine - позвоночник
1. courage and strength of character: (bravery) / покажи немного характера
Site
1. Let’s get back to this site: Turkdean Barrow, near Hazelton
2. The company’s head office is sited in Rome.
- a place where something is, was, or will be (учаток, место, располать)
- to exist or be built in a particular place:
Barrow - курган
Contains a central passage and three chambers, or cists
passage - a long, narrow space that connects one place to another (Проход, проток, коридор)
chamber - a room used for an official or special purpose (палата, зал, камеры)
cist - tomb - гробница
cyst - киста
We mean the removal of the contents of the barrow
Мы имеем в виду вынос содержимого кургана
Life and limb
something that is very dangerous (жизнь и здоровье)
limb - конечность
Coffin
There was a golden coffin buried at the site
На этом месте был похоронен золотой гроб.
Account for
1. This accounts for the holes dug all over the barrow
2. She was asked to account for the missing money
3. Oil accounts for 40% of Norway’s exports.
- to be part of a total number of something: составлять
- to be the reason for something, or to explain the reason for something: объяснять
- Этим объясняются ямы, вырытые по всему кургану.
Grave goods
погребальный инвентарь
Conform
1. At our school, you were required to conform, and there was no place for originality.
2. I’m sure everything you do for the museum conforms to the International Treaty for the Protection of Antiquities
- to behave according to the usual standards of behaviour that are expected by a group or society:
- to do things in a traditional way
- соответствовать, подчиняться, прис
Army Intelligence
Армейская разведка
The occult
the study of magic or mysterious powers
You have no idea of his present whereabouts
Вы понятия не имеете о его нынешнем местонахождении.
Falling out
1. I’m afraid we had a bit of a falling out
2. Rachel and Fi had a falling-out and now they’re not speaking to each other.
an argument
Intercept a German communique
перехватить немецкое официальное сообщение
Hitler’s a nut on the subject
Гитлер не в теме, не соображает
Acquired headpiece, Staff of Ra
Найден наконечник Посоха Ра
covenant
1. The contract contained a restrictive covenant against building on the land.
a formal agreement or promise between two or more people:
завет
Hebrew
1. The chest the Hebrews used to carry around the Ten Commandments
Еврей
1. Сундук, который евреи использовали для хранения Десяти заповедей
Carry around
Носить
Actual
1. We had estimated about 300 visitors, but the actual number was much higher
existing in fact:
действительный, фактический
When they settled in Canaan, they put the Ark in a place called the Temple of Solomon
Когда они поселились в Ханаане, они поставили Ковчег в месте, называемом Храм Соломона.
Well of Souls
Колодец душ
Wiped clean by the wrath of God
Очищенный гневом Божьим
Prominent
1. The government should be playing a more prominent role in promoting human rights.
2. New books are displayed in a prominent position on tables at the front of the store.
Famous, noticeable