Set 7

Question 1

нотариус

an official who has the legal authority to say that documents are correctly signed or true or to make an oath (= promise) official:

Answer 1

notary

/ˈnəʊ.tər.i/

This agreement was drawn up and verified by a notary.

Question 2

отвратительный, отталкивающий

extremely unpleasant, especially to look at

Answer 2

repulsive

/rɪˈpʌlsɪv/

a repulsive man with long, greasy hair

Question 3

Раз в сто лет (идиома)

Очень редко

Answer 3

Once in a blue moon

I talk to my mother once in a blue moon on the telephone.

Question 4

Уж простите за мой французский (идиома)

Answer 4

if you’ll pardon my French

Question 5

льет как из ведра (идиома)

Answer 5

I said, it’s raining cats and dogs.

Question 6

отвечать за свои поступки, деражть ответ (идиома)

Answer 6

to face the music

And it’s time to face the music.

Question 7

толкать, пихать

навязывать, заманивать

Answer 7

hustle

/ˈhʌsl/

• The security men hustled him out of the back door.*
• to hustle for business/customers*

Question 8

Большая шишка

Answer 8

Big cheese

You’ve got a big cheese here.

Question 9

намекать

to refer to someone or something but not directly

Answer 9

allude to sb/sth

/əˈluːd/

Question 10

бешенство (болезнь)

Answer 10

rabies

/ˈreɪbiːz/

Question 11

Закрывать глаза на что-либо

(идиома)

Answer 11

Turn a blind eye

Tell Sweden to turn a blind eye and convince England to join.

Question 12

выставлять чувства на показ, душа на распашку (идиома)

Answer 12

wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve

Jeremy was not going to wear his heart on his sleeve when he went to that last meeting.

Question 13

смешивать(ся)

to mix, or be mixed

Answer 13

mingle

/ˈmɪŋɡl/

the smell of fresh coffee mingled with cigarette smoke

Question 14

ситуация кардинально поменялась/ всё перевернулось с ног на голову

Answer 14

shoe (boot) is on the other foot

The shoe is on the other foot now that my sister is the only money earner in the family after her husband’s death.

Question 15

признать абсолютно здоровым (идиома)

Answer 15

to give/recieve a clean bill of health

Jacob hoped that his doctor would give him a clean bill of health during the recent checkup.

Question 16

собачий холод (идиома)

Answer 16

freeze the balls off the brass monkey

cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey

Question 17

бесплатный сыр только в мышеловке

(идиома)

Answer 17

there is no such thing as a free lunch

I have to work hard to succeed because I know there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Question 18

латунь

Answer 18

brass

/brɑːs/

Question 19

стошнить

to vomit

Answer 19

throw up

Question 20

шевели мозгами (идиома)

Answer 20

Use your loaf

Use your loaf the next time you light a garden fire on a windy day!

Question 21

дьявольский

extremely bad

Answer 21

diabolical

/ˌdaɪəˈbɒlɪkəl/

Question 22

изобретальность

skill at inventing things or finding new ways to solve problems

Answer 22

ingenuity

/ˌɪndʒɪˈnjuːəti/

Question 23

пачка (бумаги)

500 sheets of paper

Answer 23

ream

/riːm/

Question 24

таз (в анатомии)

Answer 24

pelvis

/ˈpelvɪs/

Question 25

начинать с чистого листа

Answer 25

to start from scratch

We can start from scratch.