remarkable, honor, spokesman, retain, whereas, expansion, strip, tournament, fiction, innocent

Question 1

remarkable (adj)

Answer 1

unusual or surprising in a way that causes people to take notice (примечательный,уникальный)
- a remarkable achievement

Question 2

honor (noun)

Answer 2

1. great respect for somebody
   - the guest of honor
   - They stood in silence as a mark of honor to her.
2. smth that u re very pleased or proud to do bcs people are showing u great respect
   - It was a great honor to be invited here today.
3. a good reputation; respect from other people
   - upholding the honor of your country

Question 3

spokesman (noun)

Answer 3

a person who speaks for a group or an organization
- a police spokesman

Question 4

retain (verb)

Answer 4

1. to keep smth; to continue to have smth
   - to retain ur independence
2. to continue to hold or contain smth
   - This information is no longer retained within the computer’s main memory.

Question 5

whereas (conjunction)

Answer 5

used to compare or contrast 2 facts
- Some of the studies show positive results, whereas other do not.

Question 6

expansion (noun)

Answer 6

an act of increasing or making smth increase in size, amount or importance
- a period of rapid economic expansion

Question 7

strip (noun)

Answer 7

1. a long narrow piece of paper, metal, cloth, etc. (полоса)
   - a strip of material
2. a long narrow area of land, sea, etc.
   - a tiny strip of garden

Question 8

tournament (noun)

Answer 8

a sports competition involving a number of teams or players who take part in different games and must leave if they lose. The competition continues until there is only the winner left.

Question 9

fiction (noun)

Answer 9

1. a type of literature that describes imaginary people and events, not real ones
   - a work of popular fiction
2. a thing that is invented or imagined and is not true
   - Do not believe what she says - it is pure fiction !

Question 10

innocent (adj)

Answer 10

not guilty of a crime, etc; not having done smth wrong
- They have imprisoned an innocent man.