Secrets from the Vinyl Cafe 07

Question 1

GOGGLE

Answer 1

1. изумленный, испуганный взгляд
2. защитные очки (плавательные, мотоциклетные)

Goggle-eyed tourists stared at the famous painting.

Question 2

SLATHER

Answer 2

масса, множество
to spread something thickly on something else:
She slathered lotion on/all over her body.
She slathered her toast with butter.

Question 3

SAP

Answer 3

жизненные соки; жизнеспособность
сушить, иссушать

Constant criticism saps you of your confidence.
Looking after her dying mother had sapped all her energy.

Question 4

HIGHBALL

Answer 4

виски с содовой и льдом

Question 5

TWITCHY

Answer 5

nervous and worried, sometimes showing this through sudden movements or movements that do not appear smooth or relaxed:
On camera he appears twitchy and ill at ease.
The president is getting twitchy about the fall in his popularity.

Question 6

GRIT

Answer 6

песок; гравий

The road had been covered with grit.

Question 7

GRIME

Answer 7

глубоко въевшаяся грязь, сажа

The walls were covered in grime.

Question 8

GRAZE

Answer 8

оцарапать

He fell down and grazed his knee.
He was lucky, the bullet just grazed his leg.

Question 9

WASP

Answer 9

ОСА

There’s a wasps’ nest in that old tree.
a wasp sting

Question 10

BOREAL [‘bɔːrɪəl]

Answer 10

нордовый, северный, арктический

aurora boreal=northern lights