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Lesson 04.02.22 (2) Flashcards

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Courage

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[ˈkɝː.ɪdʒ]
Мужність, хоробрість
People should have the courage to stand up for their beliefs.

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Disobedience

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[ˌdɪs.əˈbiː.di.əns]
Непослушність, непокірність…
She struggled to control her anger at her son’s disobedience.

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Rebellion

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[rɪˈbel.i.ən]
повстання, заколот
The government has brutally crushed the rebellion.

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Abolition

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[ˌæb.əˈlɪʃ.ən]

Скасування, усунення, ліквідація

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Slavery

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[ˈsleɪ.vər.i]

Рабство

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to culminate in/with sth

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Кульмінувати у, з, чимось….

My arguments with the boss got worse and worse, and finally culminated in my resignation.

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to mark sth

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відзначити щось

This year marks Pushkin’s 200th anniversary.

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to back sb/sth

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підтримати когось/щось

I can’t back this plan.

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to grant sth to sb

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надати щось комусь

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to overturn politician/president/law/regime

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скинути політика, президента, закон, режим

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to stand up for

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відстоювати щось

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to segregate

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[ˈseɡ.rə.ɡeɪt]
Відокремлювати(ся)
The systems will have to be able to segregate clients’ money from the firm’s own cash.
Blacks were segregated from whites in schools.

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to spark sth

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[spɑːrk]
to cause the start of something, especially an argument or fighting
Her arrest sparked a mass boycott in the city centre.

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Boycott

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[ˈbɔɪ.kɑːt]

Бойкот

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to fine smb

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штрафувати когось

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to curate
[ ˈkjʊr.eɪt] - us
[kjʊəˈreɪt] - uk

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to be in charge of selecting and caring for objects to be shown in a museum or to form part of a collection of art, an exhibit, etc.
She curated a recent exhibit of Indian artwork

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Plague

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Чума

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A rattling good story

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нечувано чудова історія

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Doomed

[duːmd]

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приречений

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Heist

[haɪst]

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a crime in which valuable things are taken illegally and often violently from a place or person:
a $2 million jewelry heist

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to enlighten (smb)
[ɪnˈlaɪ.t̬ən]

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просвітити (інформацією)
Should the function of children’s television be to entertain or to enlighten?
I don’t understand this. Could you enlighten me?

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Remoteness

[rɪˈmoʊt.nəs]

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віддаленість

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Grandeur

[ˈɡræn.dʒɚ]

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велич
the silent grandeur of the desert
the grandeur of Wagner’s music

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Enveloped

[ɪnˈvel.əp]

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огорнутий

Enveloped in robes of black silk

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Silk

[sɪlk]

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шовк

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Rarefied

[ˈrer.ə.faɪd]

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Витончений

You get a very rarefied view of things living on a college campus.

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Habitat

[ˈhæb.ə.tæt]

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the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives (середовище проживання):
With so many areas of forest being cut down, a lot of wildlife is losing its natural habitat.

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28
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Splendid

[ˈsplen.dɪd]

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excellent, or beautiful and impressive:
We had splendid food/a splendid holiday/splendid weather.
You look splendid in that outfit.

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29
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Upbringing

[ˈʌpˌbrɪŋ.ɪŋ]

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виховання

Is it right to say all the crimes he committed were simply the result of his upbringing?

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Duke

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герцог

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Martial credentials

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Військові повноваження

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to proclaim

[proʊˈkleɪm]

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проголошувати

It was the famous speech in which he proclaimed that socialism was dead.

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Superbly incised

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досконало вирізаний/прикрашений

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Superb

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відміний, досконалий

He is a superb dancer.

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to incise

[ɪnˈsaɪz]

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вирізати, прикрашати

The design is incised into a metal plate.

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to gild

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позолочувати

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Plumed helmet

[pluːmd]

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Шолом, прикрашений пірʼям

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Van Dyck flatters his subject, but not too much

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Ван Дайк лестить своєму субʼєкту (тут — зображеного на портреті), але не надто.

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Pale pink complexion

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блідо-рожевий колір обличчя

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Pale

[peɪl]

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блідий

You’re looking pale - are you feeling well?

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Complexion

[kəmˈplek.ʃən]

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колір обличчя (можливо його стан)

a healthy/clear/spotty complexion

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Plump

[plʌmp]

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пухлий

a child with plump rosy cheeks

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Embroidery

[ɪmˈbrɔɪ.dɚ.i]

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Вишивка
Let me show you Pat’s embroideries.
It was a beautiful piece of embroidery.

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Intricately

[ˈɪn.trə.kət.li]

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Запутано, до дрібниць

The hijacking operation was intricately planned.

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Lace collar

[leɪs] [ˈkɑː.lɚ]

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Мереживний комір

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Cuffs

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манжети

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to draw the eye

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if something draws your eye, it makes you notice it:

My eye was drawn to a painting on the wall.

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to delineate

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окреслювати, зображувати

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to turn up

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появится
It’s a high time for the visitors to turn up.
This job turned up just when I needed it.

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Tousle-haired

[ ˈtau̇-zəl ]

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скуйовджений (про волосся…)

A tousle-haired youth.

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Cloak

[kloʊk]

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плащ

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Leaning casually against a pillar

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Невимушено спираючись на стовп

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Dishevelment

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Скуйовдженість

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Astonishing

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Вражаючий

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Vapid immobility

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Пуста/скучна/банальна небомільність

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Vapid

[ˈvæp.ɪd]

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нудний, беззмістовний
a vapid reality TV show
He’s attractive, but vapid

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Presumably

[prɪˈzuː.mə.bli]

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імовірно

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to resemble

[rɪˈzem.bəl]

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to look like or be like someone or something:

You resemble your mother very closely.

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Mourning

[ˈmɔːr.nɪŋ]

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траур

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to commission

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замовляти

I guess it falls on me to commission a painting of him.

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Intimate likeness

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інтимна схожість

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Sharp as a tack

[tæk]

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Резкий как гвоздь, в ясном уме

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to hung with

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to stay close to (someone) : to keep up with (someone)

He hung with the leaders for the first half of the race, but then he began to fall behind.

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to intercede for

[ˌɪntərˈsiːd]

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Заступитися за

Knut wants me to intercede for him.

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Hermit

[ˈhɜːmɪt]

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відлюдник

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Conveniently

[kənˈviːniəntli]

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Зручно (???нафіга???)

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Intercessor

[ɪntəˈsɛsə]

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посередник (переважно духовний: між Бобом та віруючими)

ou have no intercessor between you and your Creator.

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Prayer

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молитва

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Deliverance

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Избавление, освобождение

And we have one person to thank for my deliverance…

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Robe

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Халат

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to depict

[dɪˈpɪkt]

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зображати

Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century.

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to trail

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Тягти, слідувати…
Katherine, your skirt’s trailing in the mud!
As the boat moved along, he trailed his hand in the water.

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to revolt

[rɪˈvoʊlt]

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викликати (відчувати) відразу (огиду)

Was revolted by the gory movie.

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Stanch

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сморід

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Corpse-strewn

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Усипаний трупами

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Coffee spots on the carpet

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Кавові плями на коврі

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No redeeming features at all

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Немає жодних плюсів (компенсуючих фіч)

78
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Redemption

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компенсація, погашення

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a load of rubbish

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Купа лайна

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Unveiling

[ʌnˈveɪlin]

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відкриття (статуї, мосту …. )

81
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to unveil

[ʌnˈveɪl]

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урочисто відкрити

82
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Uptight

[ˌʌpˈtaɪt]

A

Стурбований, схвильований:

Don’t get uptight about the exam - just do your best.

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