RW14

Question 1

fluff (up) pillows

Answer 1

взбивать

beat, fluff, shake up, whip up, beat up, hammer

Question 2

to gleam (glim)

Answer 2

светиться
shine, glow, light up, gleam, phosphoresce, glory
мерцать
flicker, glimmer, twinkle, shimmer, blink, gleam

Question 3

We are going to have a ball this weekend.

Answer 3

Мы собираемся оторваться в эти выходные / и с пошёл на прогулку.

Question 4

humming

Answer 4

гудящий

Question 5

I don’t cheat on my wife or fall in love at the drop of a hat.

Answer 5

Я не изменяю своей жене и не влюбляюсь в два счета.

Question 6

And you hit me at the drop of a hat!

Answer 6

Чуть что не так - в драку!/ в мгновение ока.

Question 7

hitch

Answer 7

препятствие
let, obstacle, obstruction, barrier, hurdle, hitch
задержка
delay, setback, retention, lag, retardation, hitch

Question 8

avalanche (EVELENCH)

Answer 8

обвал
collapse, landslide, avalanche, failure, landfall, landslip
поток
flow, stream, flux, current, flood, avalanche
масса
mass, array, weight, lot, bulk, avalanche

Question 9

to instigate

Answer 9

подстрекать
instigate, incite, encourage, abet, goad, spur
провоцировать
provoke, instigate, engineer

Question 10

soberly

Answer 10

трезво

Question 11

gun-shy

Answer 11

пугающийся

Question 12

You think I’m gun-shy?

Answer 12

Ты думаешь я испугался? Я через чур пуглива

Question 13

erratic (i/ratik)

Answer 13

неустойчивый
unstable, erratic, unsteady, labile, tippy, instable
беспорядочный
messy, disorderly, random, erratic, indiscriminate, irregular

Question 14

dismal

Answer 14

мрачный
gloomy, dark, grim, bleak, dismal, somber
печальный
sad, sorrowful, mournful, deplorable, dismal, tragic
унылый
sad, dull, bleak, dismal, despondent, gloomy

Question 15

sheepish

Answer 15

прил.
робкий
timid, shy, fearful, sheepish, gingerly, bashful
застенчивый
shy, timid, diffident, bashful, blushing, sheepish
глуповатый
silly, sheepish, dull, simple, bat-minded

Question 16

to hound (haund)

Answer 16

травить
veer, slack off, hunt, hound, pay, pay out
натравливать
play off, hound, sick, set on, set upon
подвергать преследованиям
hound

Question 17

to delude

Answer 17

обманывать
deceive, cheat, kid, fool, spoof, delude
вводить в заблуждение
mislead, deceive, delude, misguide, misinform, mystify
сбивать с толку
confuse, bewilder, baffle, mislead, perplex, delude

Question 18

to perish

Answer 18

губить

destroy, ruin, kill, perish, undo, bring to ruin

Question 19

to shuffle

Answer 19

волочить ноги

shuffle, shamble, drag one’s feet

Question 20

That’s him, right on cue.

Answer 20

Вот он, как по заказу.

Question 21

subtly

Answer 21

тонко

Question 22

gauzy

Answer 22

тонкий
thin, fine, subtle, small, slim, gauzy
просвечивающий
translucent, transparent, diaphanous, transpicuous, gauzy

Question 23

to tempt

Answer 23

искушать
tempt, lure, bait
соблазнять
tempt, seduce, lure, entice, allure, court

Question 24

affectionate

Answer 24

любящий
loving, fond, affectionate, tender, amatory
привязчивый
affectionate, obtrusive, captious
нежный
tender, gentle, delicate, affectionate, soft, sweet

Question 25

quick wit

Answer 25

находчивость

Question 26

to conjure (kandze)

Answer 26

заклинать

Question 27

fortuitous (for/tuitous)

Answer 27

случайный

Question 28

pointedly

Answer 28

многозначительно
pointedly, meaningly, emphatically, with meaning
остро
acutely, keenly, pointedly, poignantly
по существу
substantially, essentially, in essence, basically, in substance, pointedly

Question 29

to linger (linge)

Answer 29

задерживаться
linger, stay, lag, overstay, repose, stay on
медлить
delay, linger, tarry, stay, pause, temporize