Teds Flashcards
Shame
- 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
Procrastinate
- postpone doing what one should be doing
Example: Don’t procrastinate until the day before a deadline.
Откладывать
Grief
- 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
Embrace
- to put your arms around someone as a sign of love or friendship
Example: They embraced and promised to keep in touch.
Объятие
Expert level performance
производительность на экспертном уровне
Astounding
- so surprising that it is difficult to believe
Example: They can perform astounding mathematical feats in seconds.
Поразительный
Deconstruct
- 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
overcome initial frustration
преодолеть первоначальное разочарование
new brain cells
новые клетки мозга
Last a long time
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.)
Underlying
- 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
Preserve
- 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
Encounter
- 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
Inadvertent
- done or happening unintentionally
Example: All authors need to be wary of inadvertent copying of other people’s ideas.
Непреднамеренный
Gained 25 pounds
- 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
Miserable
- 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
Mood boost
Увеличение настроения
Underlying
Example: The bald statistics tell us nothing about the underlying trends
Лежащий в основе
Conduct
- organize and carry out.
Example: We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.
Проводить
Overall
- 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
Undermine
- 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
Enforcement
- 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
Prosperity
-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
Effortless
- 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)
Tedious
- 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
Apprehensive
- 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.
Archaic/ obsolete
- 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.
Fragile
- easily broken or damaged
Example: fragile items such as glass and china
Хрупкий
Accuse (of)
- 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
Fancy
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)!”
Frustration
- 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.
Push upward / boost up
- 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.)
Столкнувшийся с трудностями
Struggling
Всесторонний
Comprehensive
Насыщенный событиями
Eventful
Облегчение
Relief
встревоженный (worried or nervous and not able to relax)
uptight
Don’t get uptight about the exam - just do your best.
любящий (showing feelings of liking or love)
affectionate
He’s an affectionate little boy.
