Пушкин (misc.) Flashcards

1
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легковерный

A

gullible

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2
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трепетать

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1) tremble, quiver, quake
2) thrill, tremble
3) fear, tremble (at)
[трепещу, трепещешь]

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3
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просвещение

A

enlightenment, education

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4
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изобретатель

A

inventor
[изобретать/изобрести]

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5
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тешиться

A

to amuse oneself, have fun

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6
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клевать/клюнуть

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1) to peck, pick (for birds)
2) to bite (in terms of biting a baited hook or other lure)
[клюю, клюёшь, клюют][клюну, клюнешь]

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7
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роща

A

grove, small forest

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8
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чиж

A

small bird (siskin)

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9
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зерно

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1) grain, cereal
2) seed

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10
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стогна

A

city square, wide street [площадь]
(dated, poetic)

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11
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град

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1) hail
2) valley, shower
3) город (dated or poetic)

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12
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налегать/налечь

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1) to lean on
2) apply oneself to
3) to wield energetically
(на + acc.)

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13
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влачиться

A

1) move behind someone or something without breaking away from the surface (about shadows, the trail of a long dress, etc., trailing behind someone)
2) move slowly, with difficulty
3) stretch out, last a long time (for life, time, etc.)

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14
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бдение

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vigil, wakefulness
[бдеть/про] - 1) to keep awake, not sleep
2) to keep watch, keep vigil (literary, dated)
[бдишь, бдят] (no first person form)
[бдительный] - vigilant, watchful

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15
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угрызение

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from [угрызать(ся)]
1) be in a state of chewing, gnawing [грызть]
2) to torture, torment (or torment, torture, be dissatisfied with yourself, for reflexive)
[угрызения совести] - pangs of conscience, remorse

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16
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подавлять/подавить

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1) to suppress, repress, quell, stifle
2) to depress, overwhelm

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17
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свиток

A

scroll, roll (old parchment, etc.)

18
Q

проклинать

A

to curse, damn
syn. [клясть/про]
[кляну, клянёшь]

19
Q

отвращение

A

aversion, disgust, repugnance

20
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смывать/смыть

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1) to wash off, flush
2) to wash away, wash down
3) to wash away, redeem, atone (lofty)
[смывать грехи молитвой]

21
Q

воспоминание

A

1) memory, remembrance, recollection, flashback
2) (pl.) memoirs, reminiscences, memorials

22
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сулить/по

A

1) to promise (literary or dated)
2) to foreshadow, portend, bode (imp.)
3) to predict, prophesy (imp.)

23
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упиваться/упиться

A

to get drunk

24
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горесть

A

sorrow, grief
[горе]

25
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треволнение

A

extreme anxiety, disquiet, agitation

26
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ведать

A

1) to know (be certain about something) (poetic)
2) to govern, manage, control (literary)

27
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заточение

A

incarceration, captivity

28
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наставать/настать

A

to come, to begin (of time)
syn. [наступать]

29
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пробуждение

A

1) awakening, waking
2) arousal (the act of arousing)
[пробуждать/пробудить] - to waken, rouse, wake up

30
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упоение

A

rapture, ecstasy, thrill

31
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порыв

A

1) gust (of wind)
2) fit (sudden outburst of emotion)

32
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суета

A

1) bustle, fuss, razzle-dazzle
2) vanity [суета сует]

33
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обмолвиваться/обмолиться

A

1) to make a slip in speaking
2) to utter casually
3) to mention, let it slip
[обмолвясь] – uncommon дееп.

34
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кровля

A

1) roofing, roof covering, rooftop (outer surface of a roof)
2) roof

35
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обветшалый

A

worn out, dilapidated, shabby
[ветшать/об] – to decay, dilapidate, become decrepit

36
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ветхий

A

1) ancient, old
[ветхий завет] – old testament
2) old, dilapidated, shabby, decrepit, etc.

37
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лачуга

A

hovel, shack, hut, shanty

38
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утомлённый

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1) tired (of a person, of nerves)
[утомлён, утомлена, утомлено]
2) tired (of a look, face, tone, etc.)
[утомлён, утомлённа]
[утомлять/утомить] - to weary, to fatigue
[утомление] - fatigue

39
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веретено

A

1) spindle (e.g., at a spinning wheel)
2) anchor shank

40
Q

синица

A

titmouse, tomtit (a small bird
also [зинзивер]
[лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе]