Teds

Question 1

Shame

Answer 1

• a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
  Example: It’s a shame what we had to do, but he forced us to do it, didn’t he?
  Стыд

Question 2

Procrastinate

Answer 2

• postpone doing what one should be doing
  Example: Don’t procrastinate until the day before a deadline.
  Откладывать

Question 3

Grief

Answer 3

• intense sorrow caused by loss (сильная печаль, вызванная потерей) of a loved one (especially by death)
  Example: She did not show her grief when her son died.
  Горе

Question 4

Embrace

Answer 4

• to put your arms around someone as a sign of love or friendship
  Example: They embraced and promised to keep in touch.
  Объятие

Question 5

Expert level performance

Answer 5

производительность на экспертном уровне

Question 6

Astounding

Answer 6

​- so surprising that it is difficult to believe
Example: They can perform astounding mathematical feats in seconds.
Поразительный

Question 7

Deconstruct

Answer 7

• deconstruct something (into something) to separate something into the parts from which it is made up and put them together again in a different way
  Example: We could deconstruct how that happened.
  Разбирать на части

Question 8

overcome initial frustration

Answer 8

преодолеть первоначальное разочарование

Question 9

new brain cells

Answer 9

новые клетки мозга

Question 10

Last a long time

Answer 10

Длиться долгое время

• You know, my makeup lasts a long time.
• Dams and generators last a long time. (Дамбы и генераторы имеют большой срок службы.)

Question 11

Underlying

Answer 11

• important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly
  Example: The underlying assumption is that the amount of money available is limited.
  Лежащий в основе

Question 12

Preserve

Answer 12

• preserve something to keep a particular quality, feature, etc.; to make sure that something is kept
  Example: Efforts to preserve the peace have failed.
  Сохранять

Question 13

Encounter

Answer 13

• encounter something to experience something, especially something unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do something else
  Example: The report details the problems encountered by families in this situation.
  Сталкиваться

Question 14

Inadvertent

Answer 14

• done or happening unintentionally
  Example: All authors need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people’s ideas.
  Непреднамеренный

Question 15

Gained 25 pounds

Answer 15

• to get something that is useful, that gives you an advantage, or that is in some way positive, especially over a period of time
  Example: What do you hope to gain from the course?
  Увеличивать

Question 16

Miserable

Answer 16

• being in a pitiable state of distress or unhappiness (as from want or shame)
  Example: The lads felt miserable after losing the game in a shoot-out.
  Несчастный / жалкий

Question 17

Mood boost

Answer 17

Увеличение настроения

Question 18

Underlying

Answer 18

Example: The bald statistics tell us nothing about the underlying trends

Лежащий в основе

Question 19

Conduct

Answer 19

• organize and carry out.
  Example: We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.

Проводить

Question 20

Overall

Answer 20

• considering everything or everyone
  Always before noun
  Example: the overall cost of the holiday
  Общий, полный

Example: How would you rate the school overall?
В общем и целом

Question 21

Undermine

Answer 21

• to make someone less confident, less powerful, or less likely to succeed, or to make something weaker, often gradually
  Example:
• A succession of scandals and revelations has undermined the government over the past year.
• He’s been trying to undermine her position by spreading rumours about her.
• Suddenly she just turned on (набросилась) me and accused me of undermining her.
  Подорвать

Question 22

Enforcement

Answer 22

• the process of making people obey a law or rule, or making a particular situation happen or be accepted
  Example:
• The court has no enforcement powers.
• Firms in member states where enforcement of regulations is weaker could have an unfair competitive advantage
• Voters support the enforcement (применение) of immigration laws.
  Принуждение

Question 23

Prosperity

Answer 23

-the state of being successful and having a lot of money
Example:
- A country’s future prosperity depends, to an extent, upon the quality of education of its people.
- The war was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity
- We need to drive growth and create jobs and prosperity.
Процветание

Question 24

Effortless

Answer 24

• seeming not to need any effort (Very easy)
  Example:
• When you watch her dance it looks so effortless.
• He was an actor of effortless charm. (легкое обаяние)

Question 25

Tedious

Answer 25

• Very boring
  Example:
• The problem is I find most forms of exercise so tedious
• Learning a new computer program can be a tedious process
• tedious work/tasks

Question 26

Apprehensive

Answer 26

• feeling worried about something that you are going to do or that is going to happen (Very nervous)
  Example:
• I’m very apprehensive about tomorrow’s meeting.
• I’ve invited a lot of people to the party, but I’m a little apprehensive that no one will come.
• They looked apprehensively around the room.

Question 27

Archaic/ obsolete

Answer 27

• Very old fashioned
  Example:
• He has archaic ideas about women.
• Gas lamps became obsolete when electric lighting was invented.
• Payment by cheque will soon be obsolete.

Question 28

Fragile

Answer 28

• easily broken or damaged
  Example: fragile items such as glass and china

Хрупкий

Question 29

Accuse (of)

Answer 29

• to charge with a fault or offense
  Example:
• He was accused of murder
• He accused her of being disloyal (неверность)
• It wasn’t my fault.” “Don’t worry, I’m not accusing you.

Обвинять

Question 30

Fancy

Answer 30

1) to want to have or do something
Example: Do you fancy a drink this evening?
2) to imagine or think that something is so (imagine)
Example: Who do you fancy to win the Cup this year?
3) expensive
Example: We stayed in a fancy hotel near the Champs-Élysées.
4) decorative or complicated
Example: I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.
5) an expression of surprise
Example:
- Fancy seeing you here!
- “They have eight children.” “Fancy that (= how surprising)!”

Question 31

Frustration

Answer 31

• the feeling of being annoyed or less confident because you cannot achieve what you want, or something that makes you feel like this
  Example:
• I could sense his frustration at not being able to help.
• The teacher confirmed widespread (широкое) frustration with the lack of up-to-date (современных) textbooks.
• You have to learn to cope (справляться) with these frustrations.

Question 32

Push upward / boost up

Answer 32

• to improve or increase something
  Example:
• The theatre managed to boost its audiences by cutting ticket prices.
• As he pushed upward, his vision narrowed and he feared consciousness would slip away. (в его глазах темнело все сильнее, и он опасался что вот-вот потеряет сознание.)

Question 33

Столкнувшийся с трудностями

Answer 33

Struggling

Question 34

Всесторонний

Answer 34

Comprehensive

Question 35

Насыщенный событиями

Answer 35

Eventful

Question 36

Облегчение

Answer 36

Relief

Question 37

встревоженный (worried or nervous and not able to relax)

Answer 37

uptight

Don’t get uptight about the exam - just do your best.

Question 38

любящий (showing feelings of liking or love)

Answer 38

affectionate

He’s an affectionate little boy.