Lesson 19 Y words Flashcards
cardboard
noun [ U ]
UK /ˈkɑːd.bɔːd/ US /ˈkɑːrd.bɔːrd/
картон
material like very thick, stiff paper, usually pale brown in colour, used especially for making boxes:
- a cardboard box
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enclosed
adjective
UK /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ US /ɪnˈkloʊzd/
enclosed adjective (SURROUNDED) surrounded by walls, objects, or structures: - He doesn't like enclosed spaces. - It’s the largest fully-enclosed shopping center in the world.
enclosed adjective (SENT)
sent to someone in an envelope with a letter:
- The enclosed card is for Julia.
- (formal) Please find enclosed a cheque in settlement of your invoice.
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translucent
adjective often approving
UK /trænzˈluː.sənt/ US /trænˈsluː.sənt/
полупрозрачный, просвечивающий
If an object or a substance is translucent, it is almost transparent, allowing some light through it in an attractive way:
- translucent plastic/glass
- This china is so fine and delicate that it’s translucent.
- Laura’s skin has a translucent quality.
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chasm
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈkæz.əm/ US /ˈkæz.əm/
пропасть, бездна, разрыв, глубокая/просто расселина
a very deep, narrow opening in rock, ice, or the ground:
- They leaned over the rails and peered down into the dizzying chasm below.
formal
a very large difference between two opinions or groups of people:
- There is still a vast economic chasm between developed and developing countries.
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filter
verb
UK /ˈfɪl.tər/ US /ˈfɪl.t̬ɚ/
filter verb (APPEAR GRADUALLY)
C2 [ I + adv/prep ]
to appear or happen gradually or to a limited degree:
- News filtered down to us during the day.
- Reports about an accident began to filter in.
- Sunlight filtered through the branches.
filter verb (REMOVE)
C2 [ T ]
to remove solids from liquids or gases, or to remove particular types of light, using special equipment:
- The water is filtered to remove any impurities.
- Devices in the two chimneys would filter (out) (= remove) radioactive dust.
[ T ]
to select or remove a particular type of information from something:
- This command filters the search results by location.
- The software is well suited to small mobile phone screens because it filters out unnecessary information.
- Most email apps use spam filtering tools.
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acidic
adjective
UK /əˈsɪd.ɪk/ US /əˈsɪd.ɪk/
кислый
containing acid:
- acidic soil
very sour:
- a slightly acidic taste
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pick sth up
— phrasal verb with pick verb
UK /pɪk/ US /pɪk/
(LEARN)
B2
to learn a new skill or language by practising it rather than being taught it:
- Don’t bother with the computer manual - you’ll pick it up as you go along.
- When you live in a country you soon pick up the language.
to learn interesting or useful information from someone or something:
- The nurse had picked up the information from a conversation she overheard.
(BUY)
to buy something cheaply:
- She picked up some real bargains in the sale.
(WIN)
to win or get a prize or something that gives you an advantage, such as votes or support:
- The People’s Front expect to pick up a lot more votes in this year’s elections.
(SIGNAL)
(of a piece of electrical equipment) to receive a signal:
- Can you pick up (= receive broadcasts from) Moscow on your radio?
(NOTICE)
to notice and react to something:
- Police dogs picked up the scent of the two men from clothes they had left behind.
(ILLNESS)
to catch an illness from someone or something, caused by bacteria or a virus:
- He picked up malaria when he was visiting the country on business.
to start something again after an interruption:
- The author picks the same theme up again on page ten.
- Let’s pick up where we left off yesterday.
pick sth up | BUSINESS ENGLISH
pick up the bill/tab (US pick up the check)
informal
to pay for what has been bought, especially a meal in a restaurant:
- The airline picked up the bill for the night spent at the hotel.
and so on
also and so forth
in addition to other things of the same kind:
- Economic growth makes us all richer, provides jobs, and so on.
- I realize they’re not doing a good job and so forth, but I don’t really like having to fire anyone.
squeeze
verb
UK /skwiːz/ US /skwiːz/
squeeze verb (PRESS)
B2 [ T ]
to press something firmly, especially from all sides in order to change its shape, reduce its size, or remove liquid from it:
- Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice into the bowl.
- As she waited to go into the exam, he squeezed her hand (= pressed it affectionately with his hand) and wished her good luck.
- Once he had finished cleaning the floor, he squeezed the cloth out.
- (figurative) The studio is using all sorts of marketing tricks to squeeze as much profit from the movie as they can.
[ T ]
to give someone a quick, tight hug (= an act of holding someone close to your body with your arms):
- She squeezed him tight and kissed him on both cheeks.
C1 [ I + adv/prep ]
to get in, through, under, etc. with difficulty:
- She squeezed through the crowd and found a seat at the front.
- They managed to squeeze under the fence and get into the festival without paying.
squeeze verb (BADLY AFFECT)
[ T ]
If you are squeezed by financial demands, they cause you financial problems:
- Small businesses are being squeezed by heavy taxation.
squeeze verb (FORCE INTO)
[ always + adv/prep ]
to force someone or something into a small space or a short period of time:
- [ I ] I’m just not able to squeeze into last year’s swimsuit.
- [ T ] She’s asking me to squeeze a shopping trip into my day off.
- [ M ] You can squeeze in six people at the table.
squeeze | BUSINESS ENGLISH
to reduce the amount of money that a person, company, or government can spend or earn:
- Higher energy and utility bills are squeezing disposable incomes.
(squeeze profits/budgets/margins)
(squeeze taxpayers/consumers/borrowers)
- Rising food prices continue to squeeze consumers ever harder.
to reduce the number of things that are produced or sold:
(squeeze supplies/exports)
- European exports have been squeezed by the cheap dollar and equally cheap Chinese yuan.
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squeeze
noun
UK /skwiːz/ US /skwiːz/
squeeze noun (PRESS)
[ C ]
the act of pressing something firmly:
- She gave the present a quick squeeze and tried to guess what was inside.
[ C ]
a short, tight hug (= an act of holding someone close to your body with your arms):
- She hugged him in a gentle squeeze.
- He gave his daughter one last squeeze and jumped onto the train.
squeeze noun (SPACE)
[ S ]
a situation in which people or things are pushed or forced into a small space:
- I can give you a lift, but it’ll be a tight squeeze as I’m taking four other people as well.
squeeze noun (GIRLFRIEND/BOYFRIEND)
[ C usually singular ] informal
someone’s girlfriend or boyfriend:
- She turned up arm in arm with her latest squeeze.
- She was never his squeeze, only his business partner.
squeeze | BUSINESS ENGLISH
a large reduction in the amount of money that a person, company, or government can spend or earn:
(a budget/spending/cash squeeze)
- Hard choices have to be made during a budget squeeze.
- The government has imposed a sharp credit squeeze in an attempt to hold down inflation.
- an economic/financial/monetary squeeze
(a squeeze on sth - a reduction or limit)
- A squeeze on earnings is expected to be highlighted in official labour market figures this week.
- The squeeze on profits in the oil industry has led to thousands of redundancies.
- The squeeze on local spending means that many services will have to be cut.
(a squeeze in margins/markets/profits)
- A squeeze in the global credit market has forced the company to scrap plans to sell its US drinks division.
(put a/the squeeze on sb/sth)
- Competition from discount operations is putting the squeeze on mid-market chains.
(feel/face a squeeze)
- A series of reports last week suggests that financial institutions will feel the squeeze on their balance sheets well into next year.
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fabulous
adjective
UK /ˈfæb.jə.ləs/ US /ˈfæb.jə.ləs/
поразительный, потрясающий fabulous adjective (GOOD)
very good; excellent:
- She looked absolutely fabulous in her dress.
- They’ve got a fabulous apartment in the centre of Paris.
- We had a fabulous time at the party.
неправдоподобный, мифический fabulous adjective (NOT REAL) literary imaginary, not existing in real life: - The unicorn is a fabulous creature.
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pit
noun [ C ]
UK /pɪt/ US /pɪt/
яма
pit noun [C] (PLACE/AREA)
C2
a large hole in the ground, or a slightly low area in any surface:
- They’d dug a shallow pit and left the bodies in it.
- These pits in my skin are from when I had chickenpox.
карьер
a coal mine or an area of land from which a natural substance is taken by digging:
- The coal-mining industry wants new pits to be opened.
- a gravel/chalk pit
slang
a very untidy or dirty place:
- I’m afraid my room is a complete pit!
the pit [ S ]
in a theatre, the seats at the lowest level, or the orchestra pit
the pits [ plural ]
informal
something that is of extremely low quality:
- The hotel we stayed in was the pits!
(in motor racing) the area next to the track where the cars are given fuel or repaired during a race
mainly US
(UK usually stone)
a large, hard seed inside some types of fruit:
- Peaches, plums, and olives all contain pits.
The pit of your stomach is the center of your body, where you feel esp. fear and anxiety:
- I got a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach before the performance.
explore
verb [ I or T ]
UK /ɪkˈsplɔːr/ US /ɪkˈsplɔːr/
B1
to search and discover (about something):
- to explore space
- The best way to explore the countryside is on foot.
- The children have gone exploring in the woods.
explore verb (TRAVEL)
[ I/T ]
to travel over (new territory) for adventure or discovery:
- [ T ] They set out to explore the city.
explore verb (DISCOVER)
[ T ]
to try to discover; learn about:
- We have to explore new ways to market our products.
- Many scholars have explored this issue.
- Let’s explore this issue/idea more fully.
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scoop
noun
UK /skuːp/ US /skuːp/
совок, ковш, черпак [ C ] a tool with a deep bowl-shaped end that is used to dig out and move a soft substance or powder: - a measuring scoop - an ice-cream scoop
[ C ]
the amount held by a scoop:
- Just one scoop of mashed potato for me, please.
сенсационная новость
scoop noun (NEWS)
[ C ]
a story or piece of news discovered and published by one newspaper before all the others:
- The paper managed to secure a major scoop and broke the scandal to the world.
[ S ] informal
the latest information about something:
- Talk to his friends to get the scoop on his love life.
- Ask the salesperson for the scoop on the brand you’re buying.
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scoop
verb [ T ]
UK /skuːp/ US /skuːp/
scoop verb [T] (TOOL)
to move something with a scoop or with something used as a scoop:
- He scooped the sand into a bucket with his hands.
scoop verb [T] (WIN)
to get a large number of votes or prizes:
- The party is expected to scoop up the majority of the working-class vote.
scoop verb [T] (NEWS)
to be the first newspaper to discover and print an important news story:
- Just as we were about to publish the story, we were scooped by a rival paper.
scoop sth out
— phrasal verb with scoop verb [ T ]
UK /skuːp/ US /skuːp/
to remove something that is inside something else with a spoon:
- Cut the tomato in half and scoop out the seeds.
scoop sth/sb up
— phrasal verb with scoop verb [ T ]
UK /skuːp/ US /skuːp/
to lift something or someone with your hands or arms in a quick movement:
- She scooped the children up and ran with them to safety.
- I scooped up my belongings into my handbag.
scoop up
(informal) to take or buy (something) in a quick and eager way
- Regional airlines are particularly impacted by the shortage as the mainline airlines scoop up their pilots
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