Nabokov - on generalities Flashcards

1
Q

соблазни́тельный

A

seductive

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2
Q

вре́дный

A

harmful

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3
Q

обобще́ние

A

generalities

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4
Q

плени́ть

A

captivate/charm

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5
Q

ярлы́к

A

label

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6
Q

складывать

A

to place/fold

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7
Q

тща́тельный

A

thoroughly

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8
Q

завернутый

A

wrapped

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9
Q

превращать

A

convert/change

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10
Q

контора

A

office

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11
Q

папка

A

folder

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12
Q

минувший

A

past

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13
Q

огляну́ться

A

to look back

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14
Q

тече́ние

A

trend/flow

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15
Q

сочетаться

A

to coordinate/ fit together

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16
Q

задним числом

A

retrospectively

17
Q

тоска́

A

melancholy

18
Q

неумоли́мый

A

relentless

19
Q

обма́нщик

A

cheat/fraud

20
Q

коммивояжёр

A

salesman

21
Q

прейскура́нт

A

price list

22
Q

собла́зн

A

temptation

23
Q

овладе́ть +instr

A

to capture/sieze

24
Q

созерца́ть

A

to contemplate

25
Q

израсхо́довать

A

to spend/expend

26
Q

мышле́ни|е

A

thought

27
Q

крести́ть

A

to baptize/christen

28
Q

пови́нный

A

guilty

29
Q

простительно

A

forgivable

30
Q

беда́

A

tragedy / misfortune

31
Q

зате́йливый

A

intricate

32
Q

занятно

A

entertaining

33
Q

воображение

A

imagination

34
Q

его́ разбира́ет смех

A

hardly control laughter

35
Q

непременно

A

necessarily/certainly

36
Q

прескверный

A

perverse

37
Q

попытка

A

attempt (effort)

38
Q

разжигать

A

kindle/ light up / ignite

39
Q

грядущий

A

future