lesson 12/04

Question 1

someone who has a strong, irrational fear or hatred of smth

Answer 1

a phobic

Question 2

having the ability or qualities necessary for

Answer 2

to be capable of

Question 3

ability, power, strength, facility; size, room, range

Answer 3

capacity

Question 4

unevenness, bias, inequality, unfairness

Answer 4

imbalance

Question 5

careful, guarded, alert, wary

Answer 5

to be cautious

Question 6

give smth more importance than it deserves

Answer 6

overemphasize

Question 7

have a tendency to be affected by smth or to do it

Answer 7

to be prone to doing smth

Question 8

quickly, instantly, immediately

Answer 8

at a moment’s notice

Question 9

within a short period of time

Answer 9

at short notice

Question 10

испытывать сильные панические атаки

Answer 10

suffer from severe panic attacks

Question 11

приобретенный рефлекс

Answer 11

conditioned reflex

Question 12

change situation or problem, returning it to its original state or improving it

Answer 12

reverse the conditioning

Question 13

установить позитивные ассоциации

Answer 13

establish positive associations

Question 14

постепенно подвергать действию чего-либо

Answer 14

expose gradually to smth

Question 15

vulnerability, subjection, susceptibility

Answer 15

exposure

Question 16

быть связанным с чем-либо

Answer 16

to be linked to

Question 17

a number of different things of the same general kind

Answer 17

a range of

Question 18

вопрос меры/тяжести/серьезности

Answer 18

it is a question of degree

Question 19

extreme, great, severe, fierce

Answer 19

intense

Question 20

biased, irrational, illogical

Answer 20

unreasonable

Question 21

ограничивать нормальную жизнь

Answer 21

limit a person’s normal life

Question 22

characteristic or illness is passed on to a child from its parents before it is born

Answer 22

hereditary

Question 23

the sum of all the genes in an interbreeding population

Answer 23

gene pool

Question 24

приобретенное (поведение)

Answer 24

acquired/learnt

Question 25

think smth is greater in amount or importance than it really is

Answer 25

overestimate

Question 26

still alive or unharmed after being in danger

Answer 26

to be safe and sound

Question 27

do smth that you don’t want to do because you can’t find any other way of achieving it

Answer 27

resort to

Question 28

not showing or involving any serious or careful thought; superficial, empty

Answer 28

shallow

Question 29

второстепенной важности

Answer 29

of secondary importance

Question 30

think about smth that is different from the situation around; dreamy, lost, distant, abstracted

Answer 30

to be faraway

Question 31

peek, look, view, check; scan, browse

Answer 31

glance

Question 32

кинуть взгляд

Answer 32

dart/shoot a look

Question 33

look at smth very quickly

Answer 33

steal a look

Question 34

витрина

Answer 34

showcase/display

Question 35

судя по внешнему виду

Answer 35

by the look of smth