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Question 1

perform a ceremony or show how smth happened

Answer 1

act out
Syn.: enact
разыграть

The children started to act out the whole incident.

To act out the part of smo

Question 2

[us. passive] to kill large numbers of animals, plants or people in a particular area;

[inf.] to severely damage smth or make smth weaker

Answer 2

decimate smth.
Syn.: destroy
уничтожить

The rabbit population was decimated by the disease

Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.

Question 3

add information to complete an official form or document

Answer 3

[AmE] fill out
[BrE] fill in
заполнить формуляр

Simply fill out / fill in the application form and return it to your local branch.

Question 4

оправдывать что-то перед кем-то

Answer 4

justify smth to smo

We often justify our habits to ourselves.

Question 5

maintain, or support oneself, especially at a minimal level

Answer 5

subsist on
Syn.: survive, exist

существовать

He subsisted on welfare and casual labor.

Question 6

throw smth somewhere lightly or casually;

throw a coin into the air in order to make a decisin between two alternatives, based on which side of the coin faces uppermost when in lands

Answer 6

toss
бросать

Suzy tossed her bag on to the sofa.

He tossed up between courgettes and tomatoes and courgettes won

Question 7

отбросить что-то

Answer 7

toss smth aside

When things get tough, we feel we can toss the whole project aside because we’ve given it our best try, although we haven’t.

Question 8

drain smo of (strength or power)

Answer 8

sap smo of smth
иссушать

Her illness had sapped her of energy and life.

Noun. Sap - the fluid which circulates in the vascular system of a plant, consisting chiefly of water with dissolved sugars and mineral salts; vigor or energy

Question 9

fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force:

Answer 9

succumb to smth
сдаться, поддаться

we cannot merely give up and succumb to despair

Question 10

make a physical attack;

bombard with something undesirable or unpleasant

Answer 10

assault smo
нападать на

He pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer.

She was sexually assaulted as a child.

Thunder assaulted the ears.

Question 11

шумиха

Answer 11

hype

I hate all this hype around my personality.

Question 12

externally vs. Inwardly

Answer 12

In the beginning of every undertaking we are excited and nervous. So we often seek to comfort ourselves externally instead of inwardly.

Question 13

предпринимать попытку

Answer 13

undertake an endeavor

If fact, every endeavor we undertake is painfully difficult.

Question 14

having the same bad effect as something else

Answer 14

tantamount /ˈtæntəmaʊnt/ to smth

If he resigned it would be tantamount to admitting that he was guilty.

Tantamount to death

быть равносильным чему-либо

Question 15

spreading gradually or without being noticed, but causing serious harm

Answer 15

insidious
коварный

the insidious effects of polluted water supplies

Question 16

with or involving the front of a vehicle

With or involving direct confrontation

Answer 16

head-on

a head-on collision
The hit a bus head-on.

She’s a serious writer who frequently tackles social issues head-on.

To face smth head-on

Question 17

a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty

Answer 17

turmoil
смятение

the country was in turmoil
he endured years of inner turmoil

Question 18

Запирать, закрывать

Answer 18

Lock smo/smth away

I don’t want to mess up, so I decided to lock myself away for a couple of days and study the topic thoroughly.

Question 19

Испортить, запороть

Answer 19

Mess up, mess smth up

If you mess smth up or if you mess up, you cause smth to fail or be spoiled.

You messed up my whole life.

You messed the project up.