Пушкин (misc.) Flashcards
легковерный
gullible
трепетать
1) tremble, quiver, quake
2) thrill, tremble
3) fear, tremble (at)
[трепещу, трепещешь]
просвещение
enlightenment, education
изобретатель
inventor
[изобретать/изобрести]
тешиться
to amuse oneself, have fun
клевать/клюнуть
1) to peck, pick (for birds)
2) to bite (in terms of biting a baited hook or other lure)
[клюю, клюёшь, клюют][клюну, клюнешь]
роща
grove, small forest
чиж
small bird (siskin)
зерно
1) grain, cereal
2) seed
стогна
city square, wide street [площадь]
(dated, poetic)
град
1) hail
2) valley, shower
3) город (dated or poetic)
налегать/налечь
1) to lean on
2) apply oneself to
3) to wield energetically
(на + acc.)
влачиться
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.)
бдение
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
угрызение
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
подавлять/подавить
1) to suppress, repress, quell, stifle
2) to depress, overwhelm
свиток
scroll, roll (old parchment, etc.)
проклинать
to curse, damn
syn. [клясть/про]
[кляну, клянёшь]
отвращение
aversion, disgust, repugnance
смывать/смыть
1) to wash off, flush
2) to wash away, wash down
3) to wash away, redeem, atone (lofty)
[смывать грехи молитвой]
воспоминание
1) memory, remembrance, recollection, flashback
2) (pl.) memoirs, reminiscences, memorials
сулить/по
1) to promise (literary or dated)
2) to foreshadow, portend, bode (imp.)
3) to predict, prophesy (imp.)
упиваться/упиться
to get drunk
горесть
sorrow, grief
[горе]
треволнение
extreme anxiety, disquiet, agitation
ведать
1) to know (be certain about something) (poetic)
2) to govern, manage, control (literary)
заточение
incarceration, captivity
наставать/настать
to come, to begin (of time)
syn. [наступать]
пробуждение
1) awakening, waking
2) arousal (the act of arousing)
[пробуждать/пробудить] - to waken, rouse, wake up
упоение
rapture, ecstasy, thrill
порыв
1) gust (of wind)
2) fit (sudden outburst of emotion)
суета
1) bustle, fuss, razzle-dazzle
2) vanity [суета сует]
обмолвиваться/обмолиться
1) to make a slip in speaking
2) to utter casually
3) to mention, let it slip
[обмолвясь] – uncommon дееп.
кровля
1) roofing, roof covering, rooftop (outer surface of a roof)
2) roof
обветшалый
worn out, dilapidated, shabby
[ветшать/об] – to decay, dilapidate, become decrepit
ветхий
1) ancient, old
[ветхий завет] – old testament
2) old, dilapidated, shabby, decrepit, etc.
лачуга
hovel, shack, hut, shanty
утомлённый
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
веретено
1) spindle (e.g., at a spinning wheel)
2) anchor shank
синица
titmouse, tomtit (a small bird
also [зинзивер]
[лучше синица в руках, чем журавль в небе]