Success 1

Question 1

сгладить углы

reduce the intensity or effect of (smth unpleasant or severe)

Answer 1

take the edge off

The tablets will take the edge off the pain.

By telling her these consoling lies I just wanted to take the edge off her loss.

Question 2

self-assertive (самонадеянный) in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way

Answer 2

brash

He was brash, cocky, and arrogant.

Question 3

too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you

Answer 3

ostentatious

показной, нарочитый

They criticized the ostentatious lifestyle of their leaders.

Question 4

treating everyone fairly and in the same way

Syn: fair

Answer 4

equitable formal
/ˈek.wɪ.tə.bəl/

an equitable tax system

Question 5

to arrange for money or property to be given to somebody after your death

Answer 5

bequeath /bɪˈkwiːð/ formal

Her father bequeathed her the family fortune in his will.

Picasso bequeathed most of his paintings and sculptures to Spain and France.

Question 6

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impossible or extremely difficult to understand

Answer 6

incomprehensible

These accounts are utterly incomprehensible. Can you explain them to me?

It’s incomprehensible to me why he would want to kill himself.

Question 7

thinking now about something in the past

Answer 7

In retrospect

In retrospect, I think my marriage was doomed from the beginning.

I’m sure my university days seem happier in retrospect than they really were.

Question 8

a short period of doing a particular, usually enjoyable, activity much more than is usual

Answer 8

spree
spree

I went on a drinking/shopping/spending spree on Saturday.

20 people were shot dead in the city, making it the worst killing spree since the riots.

Question 9

skill in making correct decisions and judgments in a particular subject, such as business or politics

Answer 9

acumen /ˈæk.jə.mən/

Проницательность

She has considerable business/financial acumen.

Question 10

empty, simple, or obvious, especially without decoration or anything that is not necessary

Syn: severe (plain) often disapproving

Answer 10

stark

It was a stark room with a bed and chair as the only furniture.

The stark reality is that we are operating at a huge loss.

In the suburbs the spacious houses stand in stark (= extreme) contrast to the slums of the city’s poor.