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луч света

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a shaft of light

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любезный

pleasant and friendly

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amiable

/ˈeɪmiəbl/

an amiable young man

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темница

a dark, underground prison, used in the past

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dungeon

/ˈdʌndʒən/

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not expected or planned

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adventitious

/ˌæd.vənˈtɪʃ.əs/

an adventitious event/situation

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искусный

very skilful and quick in the way you think or move

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adroit

/əˈdrɔɪt/

  • an adroit reaction/answer/movement of the hand
  • She became adroit at dealing with difficult questions.
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завуалированный

said so that the true meaning or purpose is not clear

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veiled

/veɪld/

veiled criticism

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неумолимый, беспощадный

never stopping or getting any less extreme

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relentless

/rɪˈlentləs/

relentless criticism

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a person who behaves in an extremely stupid way

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imbecile

/ˈɪm.bə.siːl/

What an imbecile that boy is!

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босой

not wearing any shoes or socks

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barefoot

/beəˈfʊt/

They ran barefoot along the wet beach.

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выщелачивать, вымывать

When a chemical substance leaches or is leached from a material, especially soil, it is removed by the action of water passing through the material

When soil, etc. has been leached, it has had chemical substances removed from it

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leach

/liːtʃ/

  • The calcium, potassium, and magnesium ions are leached or washed out of the top soil into lower inaccessible subsoil.*
  • The soil has been so heavily leached through intensive farming that it is no longer fertile.*
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увечить, уродовать
to damage someone’s body violently and severely, often by cutting off a part of it

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mutilate

/ˈmjuːtɪleɪt/

a mutilated body/corpse

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сложный, замысловатый

complicated, detailed, or made carefully from many parts

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elaborate

/ɪˈlæbərət/

  • an elaborate system/scheme*
  • an elaborate design*
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предотвратить

to prevent something from happening by acting first

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forestall

/fɔːˈstɔːl/

The company executives forestalled criticism by inviting union leaders to meet

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безрассудство

stupid behaviour that will have bad results

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lunacy

/ˈluːnəsi/

It was lunacy spending all that money.

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отказываться от чего-либо

to decide not to have or do something you want

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forego

/fɔːˈɡəʊ/

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гонг

a metal disc that makes a loud sound when you hit it with a stick

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gong

/ɡɒŋ/

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вечный

continuing forever, or seeming to continue forever

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eternal

/ɪˈtɜːnəl/

eternal youth

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мягкий, теплый (о погоде)

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mild

/maɪld/

a mild winter

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наемник

someone who has been persuaded by an offer of money to do an unpleasant or unpopular job

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hireling

/ˈhaɪə.lɪŋ/

He’s not the boss, he’s just a hireling employed to do the dirty work.

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месть, возмездие

the act of doing something bad to someone who has done something bad to you, or the feeling of wanting to do this

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vengeance

/ˈvendʒəns/

an act of vengeance

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лживость

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промах

a serious and often stupid mistake

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blunder

/ˈblʌndər/

a series of financial blunders

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общаться, разговаривать

to have a conversation with someone

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converse

/ˈkɒn.vɜːs/

She’s so shy that conversing with her can be pretty hard.

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гибкий

able to bend or move easily

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supple

\/ˈsʌpl/

a supple body

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обнимать, сжимать to hold something or someone tightly
clasp /klɑːsp/ *He clasped his daughter in his arms.*
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крытая аркада a covered stone passage around the edges of a garden in a church or religious building
cloister /ˈklɔɪstər/
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метель a storm with strong winds and snow
blizzard /ˈblɪzəd/
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мрачный, зловещий worrying and bad
grim /ɡrɪm/ * grim news* * The future looks grim.*
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цепляться, держаться, прилипать to hold someone or something tightly, especially because you are frightened to stick to something
cling /klɪŋ/ * She was found clinging to the ledge* * I clung on to his hand in the dark* * His damp hair clung to his forehead*
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беспрерывный continuous
ceaseless /ˈsiːsləs/ *the ceaseless movement of the sea*
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грызть, покусывать to eat something by taking very small bites or to bite something gently
nibble /ˈnɪbl/ * He was nibbling a biscuit.* * She **nibbled** playfully **at** his ear.*
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очаг the floor around a fireplace
hearth /hɑːθ/
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наносить ущерб to cause a lot of damage or harm
wreak /riːk/ *Floods have wreaked havoc in central Europe.*
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самозванство the act of pretending to be someone else in order to deceive others
imposture /ɪmˈpɒs.tjər/
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превращать, преобразовывать to change something completely, especially into something different and _better_
transmute /trænzˈmjuːt/ * A few centuries ago alchemists thought they could transmute lead _into_ gold.* * Plutonium transmutes _into/to_ uranium when it is processed in a nuclear reactor.*
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уплетать, проглатывать, жрать to eat food very quickly
gobble /ˈɡɒbl/
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обманчивый, лживый seeming to be right or true, but really wrong or false
specious /ˈspiː.ʃəs/ * *a specious argument/claim* * *specious allegations/promises*
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высокое положение
eminence /ˈemɪnəns/
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неумелый, неспособный unable to do something well
inept /ɪˈnept/ * *socially inept* * *She was totally inept at telling jokes.*
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чуждый, инопланетный strange and not familiar relating to creatures from another planet
alien /ˈeɪliən/ * *The custom was totally alien to her.* * *an alien spacecraft*
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кружка (пивная) a large drinking cup, usually made of metal, with sloping sides, a handle, and sometimes a lid, mainly used for drinking beer
tankard /ˈtæŋ.kəd/
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усиливать to make a sound louder using electronic equipment to make a feeling or opinion stronger or clearer
amplify /ˈæmplɪfaɪ/
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изворотливость, хитрость the quality of being dishonest or tricking people, but often also being clever and successful
deviousness /ˈdiː.vi.əs.nəs/ * *This is a movie that explores the deviousness of human nature.* * *Lucy's deviousness hurt Lem deeply.* * *She's demonstrated deviousness and a total lack of willingness to accept responsibility for her own mistakes.* * *He reluctantly admired their deviousness.* * *He shook his head at the sheer extent of human deviousness.*
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придворный a companion of a queen, king, or other ruler in their official home, especially in the past
courtier /ˈkɔː.ti.ər/ *Many of the courtiers were strongly wedded to traditional ways of doing things*
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порхать (перепархивать) to fly or move quickly from one place to another
flit (flit about/around/in and out) /flɪt/ *Birds were flitting from tree to tree.*
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неисчислимый too big to measure
incalculable /ɪnˈkælkjələbl/ *The cost in human terms is incalculable.*
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румяный
ruddy /ˈrʌdi/ *ruddy cheeks*
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ресницы the small hairs on the edges of your eye
lashes /ˈlæʃɪz/
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мрачный, унылый, темный sad and serious dark and without bright colours
sombre (US somber) /ˈsɒmbər/ * *a sombre expression/mood* * *a sombre colour*
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мягкость, скучность the quality of not having a strong taste or character or not showing any interest or energy
blandness /ˈblænd.nəs/ * *He made a joke about the blandness of the food.* * *The characters are familiar to the point of blandness.* * *The office is a model of blandness.* * *Hospital food, once mocked for its blandness, has gone upscale.* * *My usual enthusiasm for life was replaced by blandness.*

English Vocabulary (9 decks)

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