Lesson 14.04.22

Question 1

Politically correct :

• I remember + ing;
• I regret + ing;

Answer 1

to regret — to feel sorry or unhappy about something you did or were unable to do.
Both provide the effect of a past action.
I regret visiting such a boring museum.
I regret eating so much.
I regret being so self-conscious about my physic.

Question 2

A magnum of champagne

Answer 2

Велика пляшка шампанського

Question 3

to press charge

Answer 3

висунути звинувачення

Question 4

to wheel around

Answer 4

Розвернутися

She wheeled around with an angry look on her face when I said her name.

Question 5

to punch

Answer 5

вдарити

Question 6

Assailant

[əˈseɪ.lənt]

Answer 6

Нападник, супротивник

Can you describe your assailant?

Question 7

Outbreak

Answer 7

Спалах (хвороби, бунту)

Question 8

to bribe

[braɪb]

Answer 8

Давати хабара (як у прямому, так і у переносному значенні)

Question 9

Spin doctor

[ˈspɪn ˌdɒk.tər]

Answer 9

Політтехнолог

Question 10

to resign

Answer 10

подавати у відставку

Question 11

Ageism

[ˈeɪ.dʒɪ.zəm]

Answer 11

unfair treatment of people because of their age

Question 12

Elitism

[iˈliː.tɪ.zəm]

Answer 12

Discrimination due to social class

Question 13

A lot of fuss about nothing

Answer 13

Купа шуму без причини

Question 14

It is fair ground for dismissal

Answer 14

Цього достатньо для звільнення

Question 15

to ask for clarification

Answer 15

Уточнювати

Question 16

Receptionist

[rɪˈsep.ʃən.ɪst]

Answer 16

Секретар

Question 17

to blush

Answer 17

Червоніти, румʼяніти

to become pink in the face, usually from embarrassment

Question 18

Humiliating

[hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪtɪn]

Answer 18

Принизливий

Question 19

Disastrously

[dɪˈzɑː.strəs.li]

Answer 19

Катастрофічно

His joke went disastrously wrong.

Question 20

to amuse

[əˈmjuːz]

Answer 20

to entertain someone

Question 21

Farmhand

[ˈfɑːm.hænd]

Answer 21

a person who is paid to work on a farm

Question 22

Asking for clarification expressions (some expressions from the lesson)

Answer 22

— But what are you suggesting?
— What are you saying?
— I don’t follow.
— Basically you’re saying that…

Question 23

Explaining what you mean (some expressions from the lesson)

Answer 23

— That is not what i’m saying…
— I mean…
— What I meant to say was that…
— My point is that…

Question 24

I understand that this may come as a bit of a shock …

Answer 24

…

Question 25

What you need to understand is …

Answer 25

…

Question 26

I’m afraid it’s out of my hands

Answer 26

I cannot control this

Question 27

I’d like to put my side of the argument, if that’s all right.

Answer 27

…

Question 28

This is outrageous!

Answer 28

Це обурливо!

Question 29

You’ll be hearing from my lawyer …

Answer 29

Почуєш від мого адвоката …