Other Flashcards
1
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cumbersome
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Громоздкий, обременительный, сложный, трудоемкий:
- Working with object-oriented software and a relational database can be cumbersome and time consuming in today’s enterprise environments.
- They remained essentially long, cumbersome and overly bureaucratic.
2
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mourn
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Траур, скорбить:
- Beirut explosion latest: official three day period of mourning.
- All Taelons joined me in mourning the pass of your beloved Companion.
3
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syllabus
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Программа, учебный план:
- The new syllabus will include human rights and anti-corruption training.
- Please inform the Committee about the steps taken to include human rights as an integral part of the school syllabus.
4
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despair
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Отчаяние, безысходность:
- Now I think his despair runs deeper than mine.
- This contradiction certainly plunged me into despair.
Отчаиваться:
- I believe therefore that we must be patient and not despair.
- You mustn’t despair, Edith.
5
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let down
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Подводить, разочаровывать:
- I don’t have to think about the people that I’ve let down.
- We must not now let down the people of Liberia.
6
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subsequent
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Последующий, следующий, дальнейший:
- This speeds up name resolution for subsequent Firewall client connections to the same sites.
- Thereafter, they receive one dose for every subsequent pregnancy.
7
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lad
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Парень, мальчик, юноша:
- I do hope the poor lad does not blame himself.
- We’ll send the lad to fetch Valentin, if you wish.
- I think congratulations might be in order, lad.
8
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in moderation
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В меру, понемногу:
- Look, honey, I know these glasses are a radical new technology and should be worn in moderation.
- He never smoked and drank alcohol in moderation.
- Well, some studies show that, in moderation, it actually has health benefits.
9
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on account of
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В следствие, из-за:
- They are targeted on account of their political opinions and/or activities, including the expression of women’s rights.
- The picnic was held in the gym on account of the rain.
- They were allowed to leave the airport on account of his and his daughter’s deteriorating health.
10
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no strings attached
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Без обязательств, без условий:
- Tons of fun, lots of heat and no strings attached.
- It’s just a little naughty fun on the side, no strings attached.
- Feels like no strings attached might be just the game I’m looking for.
11
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engross
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Завладевать:
- I’ve been known to get disturbingly engrossed in first-person shooters.
- The thought of money engrosses you.
- I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, greed, engrosses you.
12
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disturbingly
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Тревожно, угрожающе:
- I’ve been known to get disturbingly engrossed in first-person shooters.
- Overall social and economic indicators for the country still remain disturbingly low.
- Their technology keeps advancing at a disturbingly rapid pace.
13
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strain
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Напряженность, давление, напряжение, нагрузка:
- The geographic spread of pirate activities has put increased strain on scarce naval resources.
- Meanwhile, meat consumption was expanding rapidly putting a further strain on production.
Штамм:
- This particular strain was developed to help people instead of killing them.
- Unless it’s a drug-resistant strain.
- That is, provided that Abby and Carol can identify the specific strain of pneumonia from those cultures.
14
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defy
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Бросать вызов, пренебрегать, перечить:
- That a righteous few can defy a great evil.
- A party so elevated, it’ll defy gravity.
15
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foster
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Способствовать, содействовать, укреплять, поощрять:
- They had access to European funds to promote intercultural dialogue and foster integration.
- Financial institutions can help foster business development and technological innovation.
- Volunteer centres or platforms foster and develop volunteering.
Приемный:
- My foster father didn’t intend to change my life.
- My name is Warren R. Schmidt and I am your new foster father.
16
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ubiquitous
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Повсеместный, вездесущий:
- But we think this virus is pretty ubiquitous.
- In a world of ubiquitous advertising, there is no natural limit to the hunger for goods and services.
17
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exempt
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Освобождать:
- In a separate move, Brown promised to close any legal loopholes that enable hedge fund managers to exempt themselves from paying taxes.
- The competent authority may exempt seagoing vessels from these requirements.
- Ignorance of the law does not exempt a person from this responsibility (art. 42).
Исключить:
- It did not seek to exempt armed forces from the application of international law.
18
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revise
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Пересмотреть, пересматривать, переработать:
- Then perhaps you better revise your definition.
- It is necessary to radically revise the procedure for the formation of the judiciary.
Повторять:
- In the light of what you told us, I think we should revise our plan.
- It also gave them the opportunity to develop and/or revise their own action plans.
19
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flatter
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Льстить, радовать:
- But I shouldn’t flatter you so much.
- I think my necklace would flatter your eyes.
- Have you seen how he flatter you with your suit.
20
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mitigate
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Смягчить, уменьшить, ослабить, облегчить:
- The former is where cooperation and international solidarity can help mitigate the consequences.
- Counter-cyclical macroeconomic policy measures have clearly worked to mitigate the impacts of the crisis.
- Peacekeeping operations were already doing much to mitigate harm to civilians.
21
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multitude
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Множество:
- Governments should note that a multitude of guidelines already exist.
- There are also a multitude of cultural cooperation agreements in the cultural affairs area.
- Our programme countries face a multitude of challenges.
22
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ridge
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Горный хребет, гребень:
- The trolls I sold them to are just beyond the next ridge.
- We will take you over the ridge.
- At first, he described that he could see the whole ridge and the summit.
23
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summit
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Саммит, встреча на высшем уровне:
- The September summit will provide a unique opportunity to create momentum in that direction.
- Last week’s summit provided important new guidelines in many critical areas requiring collective action.
Вершина:
- At first, he described that he could see the whole ridge and the summit.
- The summit of this volcanic mountain rises above the surface of the sea.
24
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gorge
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Ущелье:
- An old, rickety footbridge is the only way to get to the other side of the gorge.
- Lewis, we’re trapped in this gorge.
Объедаться:
- I suppose you let them gorge themselves at the party.
- Now, come on - we got to go worship the Lord and then gorge ourselves.
25
**scrutiny**
**Наблюдение, анализ, изучение, исследование, контроль:**
* They may face valuable scrutiny of their performance by media and civil society.
* Only after verification are they presented in the results review for further scrutiny by senior management.
26
**not unlike**
**Вроде, прямо как, не отличающийся:**
* Amber streams from Sol
Are not unlike the waves
Of the sea, nor the endless horizon of ice.
* Not unlike those lies they try to sell you on Broadway.
27
**forego, forgo**
Forego meaning "**to go before**" and forgo meaning "**to do without**". It is not uncommon to find forego in place of forgo. Most standard dictionaries find such use acceptable: "will forego dessert" or "will forgo it," with the only caveat that you will have to explain why you would do such a thing. If, however, you mean that dessert will come before dinner (on a special occasion, of course), then you might write on the invite "dessert will forego dinner," but not "dessert will forgo dinner."
**The lesson here is that forego implies something comes before something else as well as doing without something; however, forgo only means "to do without."**
* This is especially so on social media, where many youngsters largely forego the use of punctuation, except for a liberal use of exclamation marks.
* The rest of the students decided to forego the wearing of religious signs.
* Sometimes the time crunch makes it tempting to forego breakfast.
* I could easily forgo the pleasure of giving you to the Daleks.
* He had to forgo all the farm activities.
28
**emphatic**
**Выразительный, выделенный:**
* She added full stops are being used after every word in a sentence. She gave the example: "Just. Look. How. Emphatic. This. Is."
* Dialogue must be anchored in emphatic listening and mutual communication without prejudice.
29
**come across (as)**
**Сталкиваться, встречать:**
* See if anyone we come across drives a silver Accord.
* Just wondering if you've ever come across this woman.
**Казаться:**
* As a result, using a period in messaging...can come across as if you're quite cross or annoyed.
* Nandini, honest people always come across as difficult.
30
**bang**
**Взрыв, хлопок, удар:**
* I banged my head on the ceiling and nearly knocked myself out.
* She heard a bang as the plane came down.
* Rose, it hit the middle of London with a loud bang.
31
**faint**
**Слабый, тусклый:**
* But her rubber glove showed a faint trace.
* Even a very faint noise like this is taboo abroad.
**Обморок:**
* I as so crowded and hot and stuffy that I actually fainted out on the train.
* When he is near, my heart races so rapidly I fear I will faint.
32
**whack**
**Ударить, грохнуть:**
* I whacked my head on the ceiling and nearly knocked myself out.
* I could always whack them with my umbrella.
* Things seem bad because it's dark and rainy and Fiona's father hired a sleazy hitman to whack you.
33
**gash**
**Рана, глубокая рана, порез:**
* I fell onto a nail and ended up with a huge gash on my arm.
* Woodhull had a gash on his neck.
* There's no sign of concussion, but it left a nasty gash.
34
**scald**
**Ошпарить, обжечь, ожог:**
* I somehow managed to pour boiling water all over my hand and scalded myself really badly.
* Believe me, there was no master plan to scald myself and break Felicity's fingers.
35
**snap**
**Щелчок, треск:**
* I heard the bone snap. It was horrible.
* Sne closed her purse with a snap.
**Ломать:**
* He was just snapped... the way a pretty girl would snap a stalk of celery.
* I'd snap your neck like a twig.
36
**intimidate**
**Пугать, запугивать:**
* A report from Binghamton University in New York shows the humble full stop is "intimidating" to young people because they view it as a sign of anger.
* I understand your impulse to try to physically intimidate me.
37
**fulfill**
**Выполнять, осуществлять, реализовать, удовлетворить:**
* It's clear when you've finished your thought, so what function does the period fulfill?
* He wouldn't be able to fulfill his ambition to visit Naples.
* Our priority is to fulfill the needs of our customers.
38
**cross**
**Крест, пересечение:**
* A battlefield cross for soldiers who die in combat.
* The gameplay is described as a cross between RoboRally and Chess.
**Противный, злой, сердитый:**
* As a result, using a period in messaging...can come across as if you're quite cross or annoyed.
39
**caveat**
**Предостережение, оговорка:**
* Most standard dictionaries find such use acceptable: "will forego dessert" or "will forgo it," with the only caveat that you will have to explain why you would do such a thing.
* Another caveat is that partnerships often exact large costs in time and energy, otherwise known as high transaction costs.
40
**drawback**
**Недостаток, изъян:**
* Brilliant people have one major drawback - they don't know how to lose.
* The only drawback is beating kids up keeps getting me kicked out of school.
41
**eviction**
**Выселение, изгнание:**
* We're on the verge of being evicted.
* In March, an eviction of families in the Hodan district of Mogadishu resulted in protests.
* Laws and directives similarly protect citizens from arbitrary eviction.
42
**assess**
**Оценивать, анализировать, изучать:**
* Give yourself a mark for each of the following and explain why: assessing and taking risks.
* These statistics are needed to be able to adequately assess problems and promote solutions.
* They assess losses and recommend compensation in reports to the Governing Council.
43
**upturn**
**Рост, оживление, подъем:**
* We're seen a definite upturn in sales over the recent months.
* The upturn in production observed since 2001 seems to have continued in 2002.
* The economy of Guyana only began to experience an upturn in 2006.
44
**decline**
**Сокращение, снижение, ослабление, упадок:**
* We're seen a definite decline in sales over the recent months.
* This translated into a decline in employment income in 2012.
* This decline is more marked among older and younger persons.
**Отклонять, отказываться:**
* But according to our experience we have to decline some projects because resources of our team are limited.
* In addition, the IAEA might decline to provide material in certain circumstances.
45
**solid**
**Твердый, прочный, прочный, цельный (firm and stable in shape, not liquid or fluid,not hollow or containing spaces or gaps):**
* This version applies only to coal and solid minerals.
* Inshell pistachio nuts must be presented in bags or solid containers.
**Надежный** (**dependable, reliable**):
* No usable prints, but a solid eyewitness.
* The office should impress and convince that the boss is solid, imposing, respectable man.
46
**inundate**
**Затоплять, наводнять (flood****):**
* Thousands of villages were inundated or destroyed and several million villagers driven from their homes and made refugees.
* On 25 October, the German pressure on the Belgians was so great, that a decision was taken to inundate the entire Belgian front line.
**Заваливать (overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with****):**
* We've been inundated with orders.
* Well, I didn't want to inundate you with information.
47
**flood**
**Наводнение, потоп, паводок (an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land****):**
* Three persons are missing with the flood.
* It organized two seminars/workshops on water-related disasters and flood forecasting in 1997.
**An outpouring of tears or emotion:**
* Rose burst into such a flood of tears and sobs as I had never seen.
**Наполнить:**
* I had to flood your mind with random emotion.
* The whole room seemed flooded with scarlet.
48
**lay off**
**Увольнять:**
* We had to lay off about 30 people.
* In the next few weeks I have to lay off a couple of people.
**Отстать:**
* First off, lay off Alicia.
* You make sure you lay off of Holden for the time being.
49
**cutback**
**Сокращение:**
* If things don't get better soon, we're going to make serious cutbacks.
* Their cutbacks there shouldn't affect our ability to put out an excellent product.
50
**accountancy**
**Бухгалтерский учет, счетоводство, отчетность:**
* Usually, the price for accountancy services is competitive and determined through negotiations.
* The company specializes in the services of accountancy and legal consultations.
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**consolidate**
**Make (something) physically stronger or more solid:**
* The first phase of the project is to consolidate the outside walls.
* This will consolidate the small enterprises for successful competition in the market.
**Combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent whole:**
* All manufacturing activities have been consolidated in new premises.
52
**downturn**
**Спад, уменьшение (a decline in economic, business, or other activity****):**
* A downturn in the housing market.
* There is a risk that a sharp downturn in the global economy could lead to a freeze in trade finance.
**Turn (something) downward:**
* His downturned mouth.
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**pitch**
**The degree of highness or lowness of a tone:**
* A car engine seems to change pitch downward as the vehicle passes you.
**The steepness of a slope, especially of a roof:**
* The roof was pitched at an angle of 75 degrees.
**The level of intensity of something:**
* He brought the machine to a high pitch of development.
**Подача, бросок (a legal delivery of the ball by the pitcher).**
**A form of words used when trying to persuade someone to buy or accept something.**
**Make a bid to obtain a contract or other business:**
* They were pitching for an account.
* We're in the middle of pitching for a big contract in Russia.
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**eradicate**
**Искоренить, истребить, устранить:**
* Military strikes cannot by themselves eradicate terrorism.
* None of us, acting alone, can eradicate this scourge.
* Their elimination was supposed to cure the family and eradicate domestic violence.
55
**cherish**
**Лелеять, хранить, заботливо выращивать:**
* He will protect you and cherish you for the prize that you are.
* And that's why we must cherish this house, always, for her.
* With the ultimate power to destroy all that we cherish most.
56
**resuscitate**
**Воскрешать, оживлять, приводить в сознание (revive (someone) from unconsciousness or apparent death****):**
* It can resuscitate the disarmament agenda - especially nuclear disarmament, which has been lying moribund for decades.
* I tried to resuscitate her myself, but she... she didn't make it.
* She was rushed to the hospital, but the doctors were not able to resuscitate.
57
**dire**
**Ужасный, страшеный, зловещий, тяжелый ((of a situation or event) extremely serious or urgent):**
* Pretty dire, to be honest. It just seems to be sinking further and further into recession.
* A man wonders how he would choose to go out, given such dire circumstances.
* Both among the most dire of crimes.
* I would best describe your current situation as dire.
58
**hectic**
**Беспокойный, напряженный, возбужденный, лихорадочный:**
* Oh, it’s been really hectic. I’m glad it’s the weekend tomorrow!
* We have three kids, and it gets a little hectic around here.
* Sorry for not calling you before, it's been kind of a hectic time.
* The guests and some staff left yesterday, but the last day's always hectic.
59
**relegate**
**Понижать, разжаловать, оставить:**
* Don’t ask! We’re actually on the brink of relegation!
* We must relegate that dark legacy to the past.
* But also we do not want to relegate to poverty in the rural areas.
60
**flee**
**To escape from a dangerous, difficult or embarrassing situation or place very quickly:**
* I was forced to flee the country after the military coup.
* Buildings were quickly evacuating and many people fleed from the area as fast as they could.
* Thousands of refugees had fled across the border to Albania.
61
**coup**
**An occasion when a group of people takes control of a country, usually by means of military force, an occasion when someone suddenly gains control in an organization:**
* There has been a series of military coups since the country gained independence.
* He was jailed for his part in the attempted coup.
**An impressive and surprising success:**
* This is a major publicity coup for the company.
* It’s a great coup to get Bjork to perform here.
62
**active service**
**A soldier, pilot etc who is on active service is ready to take part in a battle that is taking place, rather than simply preparing for one:**
* My grandfather saw active service during the second world war.
* He was there for about a year before he saw active service.
63
**broken home**
**A family where the parents are divorced or do not live together, and the children suffer as a result:**
* She works with children who come from broken homes.
* They grew up in a broken home, their mother having left when the twins were six years old.
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**sheltered upbringing**
**A life etc in which someone has been too protected by their parents from difficult or unpleasant experiences:**
* I had led a sheltered life and had never met prejudice before.
* What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.
65
**complement**
**Something that completes or makes perfect:**
* A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
**Either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart:**
* As you will learn, these frameworks are complementary and solve different problems, or, for some features, solve the same problems in different ways.
66
**distinct**
**Distinguished as not being the same; not identical; separate (sometimes followed by from):**
* His private and public lives are distinct.
**Different in nature or quality; dissimilar (sometimes followed by from):**
* Gold is distinct from iron.
**Clear to the senses or intellect; plain; unmistakable; clear to the senses or intellect; plain; unmistakable:**
* The MVC pattern emphasizes separation of concerns, where areas of functionality are defined independently, which was an effective entidote to the indistinct architectures that Web Pages led to.
* The ship appeared as a distinct silhouette.
67
**testify**
**To make a formal statement of what is true, especially in a court of law; written to show clearly that something is the case; American English to stand up and tell people about how God has helped you in your life:**
* Design patterns provoke strong reactions, as the emails I receive from readers will testify.
* The empty shops in the high street testify to the depth of the recession.
68
**zealot**
**Someone who has extremely strong beliefs, especially religious or political beliefs, and is too eager to make other people share them:**
* My advice is to use patterns freely, adapt them as necessary, and ignore zealots who confuse patterns with commandments.
* A few zealots strongly objected to the proposed sale of alcohol at the local store.
69
**commandment**
**A command or mandate (приказ); one of the ten rules given by God in the Bible that tell people how they must behave (заповеди):**
* My advice is to use patterns freely, adapt them as necessary, and ignore zealots who confuse patterns with commandments.
* But the tenth commandment is different from all the rest.
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**ethos**
**The set of ideas,** **aims** **and moral attitudes that are typical of a particular group, organisation:**
* Razor Pages takes the development ethos of Web Pages and implements it using the platform features originally developed for the MVC framework.
* Getting a bit of the American ethos into the business has been a good thing.
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**commitment**
**A promise to do something or to behave in a particular way:**
* Our company has a commitment to quality and customer service.
**The hard work and loyalty that someone gives to an organization, activity etc.:**
* But it takes time and commitment to become proficient in a new programming language, especially one that has fundamental differences from C#.
**Something that you have promised you will do or that you have to do:**
* Will the job fit in with your family commitments?
**An amount of money that you have to pay regularly:**
* I had a lot of financial commitments.
**The use of money, time, people etc for a particular purpose:**
* commitments of food and medical aid of over $4 billion.
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**idiosyncracy**
**An unusual habit or way of behaving that someone has; an unusual or unexpected feature that something has:**
* The rise of JavaScript client-side frameworks can be a barrier for C# developers, who must learn a different - and somewhat idiosyncratic - programming language.
* There were others who remarked that even saints should be permitted an idiosyncrasy or two!
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**dwell**
**To live or stay as a permanent resident; reside; to live or continue in a given condition or state:**
* He will dwell with them and they shall be His people.
* To dwell in happiness.
**To linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing (often followed by on or upon):**
* To dwell on a particular point in an argument.
* Despite the fact she’s earning twice as much as you are already! Yeah, well. I didn't dwell on that fact too much
74
**someone's bark is worse than their bite**
**Used for saying that someone is not as unpleasant or rude as they seem to be when they talk to you:**
* It turns out that his bark is much worse than his bite.
* You know, the Baron is quick-tempered. But his bark is worse than his bite.
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**peasant**
**Someone who work on another person's farm or on their own small farm. This word is used mainly about people in poor countries or people in history:**
* Like, for instance, he still eats like a peasant and belches after dinner and stuff, which – me being me – I kind of found quite endearing.
* The majority of the population are landless peasants.
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**belch**
**To let air from your stomach come out through your mouth in a noisy way:**
* Like, for instance, he still eats like a peasant and belches after dinner and stuff, which – me being me – I kind of found quite endearing.
* In some cultures, a resounding belch after a meal is considered a compliment to the chef.
**To produce a lot of smoke, steam, fire etc.:**
* The truck was belching black smoke.
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**endearing**
**Making people like you (милый):**
* Like, for instance, he still eats like a peasant and belches after dinner and stuff, which – me being me – I kind of found quite endearing.
* There was a time when you found my sense of humour endearing.
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**rough edges**
**Having a few imperfections:**
* I mean, he created his whole empire from scratch, you know. But what’s great about him is that he’s still quite rough round the edges.
* Despite his rough edges, we believe he's a player of great potential.
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**to come in terms with smth**
**To learn to accept and deal with an unpleasant situation or event, especially after being upset or angry about it for a long time:**
* Well, he’s still coming to terms with that obviously, trying to get his head round it all, but his eyes lit up when I told him how much I got for that portrait I sold last year.
* She needed to come to terms with her grief.
80
**siege**
**An attack in which an army surrounds a castle or city in order to prevent the people inside from receiving food and water:**
* Perhaps unsurprisingly, in sport we talk about attacking and defending. A team may even lay siege to the goal, while their opponents refuse to surrender their lead.
* The troops prepared to withstand a long siege.
**To lay a siege; break a siege (to cause a siege to end); lift/raise a siege (to end a siege); under siege (in a siege).**
81
**accuse**
**To say that someone had dome something wrong or committed a crime:**
* Anyway, within minutes I'd basically accused him of lying, and he quite understandably got angry with me and i retaliated - both of us were literally shouting at one another.
* Her employers accused her of theft.
* Are you accusing me of lying?
82
**retaliate**
**To do something harmful or unpleasant to someone because they have done something harmful or unpleasant to you (мстить, принимать ответные меры):**
* Anyway, within minutes I'd basically accused him of lying, and he quite understandably got angry with me and i retaliated - both of us were literally shouting at one another.
* Everyone assumed she would retaliate, but Jessica had a bigger plan.
**Retaliate with:**
* Militant students hurled firebombs and riot police retaliated with tear gas.
**Retaliate by doing smth:**
* They say they will retaliate by halting British Imports.
**Retaliate agains someone for something:**
* They have threatened to retaliate against the US for the bombing raid.
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**irritated**
**To make someone feel annoyed or impatient (раздражать, злить):**
* The more intrusive advertisement become, the more they irritate Web users.
* Actually her attitude irretated me because she was just thinking of herself, as usual.
**To hurt a part of your body, making it painful, red, or swollen (вызывать раздражение):**
* The formaldehyde might irritate, but the ethanol should prevent me feeling its effect.
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**blatant**
**Done in an obvious way that shows you are not embarrassed or ashamed to be doing something bad or illegal:**
* It was a blatant attempt to influence the judges.
* He was just blatantly rude to people.
85
**glare**
**To look at someone or something in a very angry way:**
* **Glare at:** They glared at each other across the table.
* I didn't want to say something i'd regret, so i just sat there glaring for the rest of the meeting, refusing to participate.
**To shine with a very strong light that makes you feel uncomfortable:**
* The sun glared down, dazzling them.
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**stammer**
**To keep repeating a sound and have difficulty in saying certain words because of a speech problem, nervousness, excitement etc. (запинаться, заикаться):**
* Nina, blushing with embarrassment, began to stammer.
* You don't stammer when you swear.
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**to get wires crossed**
**If two people get their wires crossed, they become confused because they each think that the other one os talking about something else:**
* I think we’ve got our wires crossed. That wasn’t my intention at all.
* We got our wires crossed about what time we were supposed to meet.
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**clear the air**
**To discuss a problem or difficult situation with someone in order to make it better:**
* I’ve obviously done something to upset you, so I think we should clear the air.
* I think it's time we cleared the air, don't you?
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**grind**
**To break something into very small pieces or powder, by using a machine or by crushing it between two hard surfaces:**
* The mill was used for grinding corn until the 17th centurty.
**To press something down onto a surface using a lot of force:**
* She ground a half-smoked cigarette into the ashtray.
* Model binding is powerfull and customizable feature that eliminates the grind of dealing with HTTP requests directly and lets you work with C# objects rather than dealing with individual data values sent by the browser.
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**plague**
**Any serious desease that spreads quickly to a lot of people and usually ends in a death (чума):**
* A plague of cholera.
**To trouble, annoy, or torment in any manner:**
* ****The question of his future plagues him with doubt.
* Ants plagued the picnickers**.**
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**sieve**
**An object that you pour a liquid or mixture through to remove the solid or largest pieces. It consists of a net of very thin wires on a metal or plastic ring (сито, решето):**
* The molecular sieve removes water vapour from the compressed air.
**A person who cannot keep a secred, remember smth:**
* I've got a memory like a sieve.
* Don't worry about that, Mr Stowell, I've got a mind like a sieve.
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**chalk**
Мел:
* And they brought blackboards and chalk.
* They have taken the coloured chalk from the blackboard.
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**be like chalk and cheese**
**If two people are like chalk and cheese, they are completely different from each other:**
* My brother and I are like chalk and cheese.
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**peculiar**
**Strange, often in an unpleasant way:**
* Unsure how best to respond to this peculiar phenomenon, concerned civic authorities sought the advice of medical experts who ruled out supernatural or astological causes.
* Sir, I've just had the most peculiar phone call.
**Especially true or typical of a partcular person, thing, or situation:**
* Each person's handwriting has its own peculiar characteristics.
* Water holds a peculiar fascination for children.
* **Peculiar to:** We shared an excitement peculiar to bird watchers.
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**seek**
**To ask for something, or to try to get something:**
* Unsure how best to respond to this peculiar phenomenon, concerned civic authorities sought the advice of medical experts who ruled out supernatural or astological causes.
* Seek medical advice if symptoms last more than a week.
**To try to find something or someone that you need in your life:**
* To be eligible, you must show that you are actively seeking employement.
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**shrine**
**A religious place built to remember a particular holy person or event (or to hold religious relics such as the bones of a holy person):**
* It must be the holiest shrine in the world.
* Only after dancers started being taken to a special healing shrine did the epidemic finally come to a halt.
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**outbreak**
**The sudden start of a war, desease, violence etc.:**
* Only after dancers started being taken to a special healing shrine did the epidemic finally come to a halt.
* An outbreak of food poisoning led to the deaths of five people.
* The outbreak of war.
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**contemporary**
**Modern, or relating to the present time:**
* What contemporary theory was put forward to explain it?
* Contemporary art/music/literature/dance.
**Alive or existing at the same time as a particular event or person:**
* Contemporary sources offer a very different interpretation.
* **Contemporary with:** His work is contemporary with that of Thackeray.
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**orthodox**
**Accepted by most people as the correct or usual idea or practice:**
* In what way the attempt to tackle the problem was unorthodox?
* Orthodox cancer treatment.
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**plausible**
**Likely to be true (правдоподобный):**
* The most plausible explanation is that as the whole area was severely affected by desease of famine, this factors played a significant role in the explosion of some kind of mass histeria.
* A bomb was the only plausible explanation for the crash.
**Able to be considered seriously for a particular job or purpose (приемлемый):**
* There no longer seem to be any plausible left-wing candidates left.
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**famine**
**A serious lack of food that continues for a long time and causes many people in a country to become ill or die:**
* "The most plausible explanation is that, as the whole area was severely affected by desease of famine, this factors played a significant role in the explosion of some kind of mass histeria".
* Drought, famine and poor sanitation are other factors contributing to poor health conditions.
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**to come of age**
**To reach the age when you are legally an adult:**
* My parents came of age during the 1960s.
* Now you have come of age, you should seek a living for yourself.
**To become accepted and respected by most people:**
* Looking back, the Alliance of Small Island States has come of age.
**(Of a movement of activity) become fully established:**
* Code Collaboration Comes Of Age.
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**inception**
**The beginning of something:**
* Alcohol has been a component of human culture for thousands of years. From its prehistoric inception to its many uses in modern times, alcohol has had countless effects on our cultures, and our minds.
* I had been chairman of the club since its inception in 1904.
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**beverage**
**A drink. Any potable liquid, especially one other than water, as tea, coffee, beer, or milk:**
* Throughout the course of human history, alcoholic beverages haave taken on many forms and flavours around the world.
* The price of the meal includes a beverage.
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**barley**
**Ячмень:**
* And around the same time in the Middle East, the earliest beer was being made from barley.
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**fungus**
**A living thing that grows mainly in wet places or on decaying substances. There are many types of fungi, including mushrooms, mildews, yeasts, and moulds. Грибок:**
* Ethanol is produced through fermentation, a process in which microorganisms, usually bacteria or a fungus called yeast, cause organic material to decompose.
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**inhibition**
**A feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way:**
* This decreases anxiety, increases happiness and depresses the brain's inhibitory activities.
* She had no inhibitions about sleeping with other men.
* Her children expressed themselves without inhibition.
* Alcohol helped him to lose his inhibitions.
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**depress**
**If something depresses you, it makes you feel unhappy and disappointed, and makes you want to stop trying to achieve things:**
* ****Losing my job depressed me even further.
* It depresses me to see all that time being wasted.
**To make something such as a price or value go down:**
* This decreases anxiety, increases happiness and depresses the brain's inhibitory activities.
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**decease / disease**
**Decease - a person's death:**
* The deceased had died of old age.
* Fermented beverages in ancient China may have served as a way to communicate with gods and deceased ancestors at funerary ceremonies.
**Disease - illeness of the body, of the mind or of the plants:**
* He suffers from a disease of the nervous system.
