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
Elaborate
1. He came out with such an elaborate excuse that I didn’t quite believe him.
2. The congresswoman said she was resigning, but refused to elaborate on her reasons for doing
- containing a lot of careful detail or many detailed parts: сложный, замысловатый
- to add more information to or explain something that you have said: вдаваться в подробности, уточнять
It’s capped with an elaborate headpiece
Это ограничено изысканым наконечником
Beam
1. We could just pick out the trail in the weak beam of the flashlight.
a line of light that shines from a bright object
Level
The Bible speaks of the Ark leveling mountains and laying waste to entire regions
Выравнивать
Lay waste to
1. The bomb laid the city centre to waste.
2. The bomb laid waste to the city centre.
to completely destroy something: Devastate (опустошать)
Invincible
1. Last year the company seemed/looked invincible but in recent weeks has begun to have problems.
impossible to defeat or prevent from doing what is intended:
in the first place
That thing represents everything we got into archeology for in the first place
in or at the beginning / в первую очередь / прежден всего
Эта штука представляет собой все, ради чего мы вообще пришли в археологию.
envious
1. I’m really rather envious
wishing you had what another person has
1. Я действительно завидую
Superstitious
1. Some people are superstitious about spilling salt on the table.
based on or believing in superstitions (= beliefs based on old ideas about luck and magic rather than science or reason): суеверный
cautious
1. He’s a cautious driver.
2. Besides, you know what a cautious fellow I am
A cautious action is careful, well considered, and sometimes slow or uncertain
Drag
1. Pick the chair up instead of dragging it behind you!
2. I really had to drag myself out of bed this morning.
- to move something by pulling it along a surface, usually the ground:
- to make someone go somewhere they do not want to go:
- тащить
bits of junk
куски мусора
Must’ve slipped my mind
должно быть, вылетел из головы
Nefarious
1. The company’s CEO seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.
morally bad: гнусный