![Patterns] without v-ing

Question 1

… How I can get straight ‘A’s in school ... tr....
(= без усилий, не стараясь)

Answer 1

… How I can get straight ‘A’s in school without trying.

Question 2

How do you feel when you leave the house _ w_ _ _? (=не накрасившись)

Answer 2

How do you feel when you leave the house without wearing any makeup?)

Question 3

Как долго вы можете продержаться ни с кем не разговаривая?
(until you start feeling uncomfortable)

Answer 3

How long can you go without talking to anyone (until you start feeling uncomfortable)?

Question 4

Я начал плакать, не зная почему.
(beg…)

Answer 4

I began to cry without knowing why.

Question 5

Now, without _ _ technical d_, the redder the circle, the more fragile that city is.

= не углубляясь в технические детали..

Answer 5

Now, without going into technical detail, the redder the circle, the more fragile that city is.

NOTE: ‘detail’ is singular here!

Question 6

It gave me an opportunity to express myself in this way, without _ _ say _ w_. (= I didn’t have to say anything to do that)

= не произнося ни слова

Answer 6

It gave me an opportunity to express myself in this way, without having to say a word.