Random Walk Down Wall Street

Question 1

Craze

Answer 1

Frenzy, Fashion, vogue, мания, повальное увлечение

Question 2

succinct

Answer 2

concise, краткий

Question 3

hurl

Answer 3

throw smth violently

Question 4

obfuscating

Answer 4

obscure, make difficult to understand

Question 5

blunder

Answer 5

stupid or careless mistake

Question 6

fiendishly clever/complicated

Answer 6

very; extremely

Question 7

under the aegis of somebody/something

Answer 7

with the protection or support of a particular organization or person

Question 8

disciple

Answer 8

ученик, последователь

Question 9

toil (at) many weary hours in office

Answer 9

усиленно трудиться много утомительных часов

Question 10

stroll down the street

Answer 10

walk

Question 11

frenzy

Answer 11

craze, mania

Question 12

fickle crowd, weather

Answer 12

Changeable, volatile, capricious

Question 13

tumble down

Answer 13

to fall suddenly and in a dramatic way

Question 14

staid old England

Answer 14

boring, old-fashioned

Question 15

watch with chagrin

Answer 15

Disappointment, dismay, annoyance

Question 16

spree

Answer 16

binge, активность

Question 17

confer with his colleagues

Answer 17

discuss

Question 18

confer something (on/upon somebody)

Answer 18

give somebody an award or right

Question 19

She was indicted on charges of embezzlement

Answer 19

peculations, pilfer, fraud, растрата, хищение

Question 20

She was indicted for peculation

Answer 20

embezzlement, graft, pilfer, fraud, растрата, хищение

Question 21

Avaricious speculators

Answer 21

ravenous, greedy, rapacious, voracious

Question 22

What’s for lunch? I’m absolutely ravenous

Answer 22

starving, greedy, rapacious, voracious, avaricious

Question 23

Life is often likened to a journey

Answer 23

compare with

Question 24

Crimes allegedly committed during the war

Answer 24

purportedly, supposedly, будто бы, якобы

Question 25

veritable theatre of absurd

Answer 25

actual

Question 26

a call option confers on the holder the right to buy

Answer 26

give a right, provide, grant, bestow

Question 27

I have no apt answer

Babies are apt to put objects into their mouths

Answer 27

suitable or appropriate

prone, inclined

Question 28

Rational arguments no longer hold sway

Rebel forces still hold sway in the country

Answer 28

to have great influence;

control, dominate

Question 29

Financial system ushered in a sharp recession

The change of management ushered in fresh ideas

Answer 29

herald, greet, initiate

Question 30

She felt daunted by the task ahead

The prospect of going in a helicopter daunts me

Answer 30

intimidate, hector, terrify