Lesson 28.01.22 Flashcards

1
Q

to hamper
[ˈhæm.pɚ]

A

to prevent someone doing something easily:
Fierce storms have been hampering rescue efforts and there is now little chance of finding more survivors.

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2
Q

to write sb off for life

A

викреслювати з життя

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3
Q

to seal one’s fate

A

залишити відбиток на долі

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4
Q

Spurious connection

A

несправжній звʼязок

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5
Q

Spurious
[ˈspjʊr.i.əs]

A

false and not what it appears to be, or (of reasons and judgments) based on something that has not been correctly understood and therefore false (несправжній):
Some of the arguments in favor of shutting the factory are questionable and others downright spurious.

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6
Q

to necessitate
[nəˈses.ə.teɪt]

A

делать необходимым, требовать:
increase in population necessitates a greater food supply

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7
Q

DfE

A

Department for education

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8
Q

Drizzly weak

A

Дощовий тиждень

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9
Q

to catch up on sth

A

доганяти/надолужувати щось (знання)
I need to catch up on my office work.

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10
Q

to tarry with the same brush

A

Ставитися до когось однаково

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11
Q

to be wracked with guilt

A

Бути розчавленим почуттям провини

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12
Q

to jump on the bandwagon
[ˈbændˌwæɡ.ən]

A

Займати чиюсь сторону

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13
Q

ISP

A

internet service provider

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14
Q

Broadband
[ˈbrɑːd.bænd]

A

широкополосная сеть

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15
Q

T-1/2/3/4

A

лінії для передачі даних

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16
Q

DSL

A

Digital subscriber line

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17
Q

to infer

A

робити висновок

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18
Q

Dial-up

A

печерний (допотопний) телефон

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19
Q

Hotspot

A

точка доступу

20
Q

to retain customers

A

утримувати клієнтів

21
Q

Bundle

A

інтернет пакет

22
Q

Virtual pipe

A

Віртуальний канал

23
Q

To swear off sth

A

відмовитися від

24
Q

to become apparent

A

ставати очевидним

25
Q

DiY

A

do it yourself

26
Q

Cell tower

A

стільникова вишка

27
Q

to skive off sth
[skaɪv]

A

~to skip sth — сачкувати

28
Q

R U going to

A

are you going to …

29
Q

2

A

“to”

30
Q

to wriggle out of

A

ухилятися від

31
Q

Babe

A

Краля -_-

32
Q

to wolf down

A

зжерти

33
Q

Clear off!

A

Іди геть! Згинь! Зникни! Провалюй! Шуруй! Звіздуй! Пі….

34
Q

to shape up

A

взятися за розум
I’ve been told that if I don’t shape up, I’ll lose my job.

35
Q

to butt out

A

відвалити

36
Q

to conk out
[kɑːŋk]

A

перестати працювати (тіпа бумць і нема)
My car’s engine conked out this morning.

37
Q

to bang on

A

говорити одне й те саме, триндіти
My parents are always banging on about how much better life was 20 years ago.

38
Q

Landscape

A

ландшафт

39
Q

Patron
[ˈpeɪ.trən]

A

покровитель мистецтв, меценат

40
Q

Skull
[skʌl]

A

череп

41
Q

Mural
[ˈmjʊr.əl]

A

a large picture that has been painted on the wall of a room or building

42
Q

Still life

A

a type of painting or drawing of an arrangement of objects that do not move, such as flowers, fruit, bowls, etc.:
We went to an exhibition of 17th century Dutch still lifes.

43
Q

Maggot
[ˈmæɡ.ət]

A

a creature like a very small worm that is found in decaying meat and other foods and later develops into a fly

44
Q

to crawl
[krɑːl]

A

to move or progress slowly or with difficulty:
The truck crawled noisily up the hill.

45
Q

Mortuary
[ˈmɔːr.tʃu.er.i]

A

a place where a dead person is prepared to be buried or burned, and where relatives and friends can see the body