the empty child

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ish

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вроде того

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wander off

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блуждать, скитаться

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air raid

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воздушный налет; бомбардировка

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carving

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разрезать / резать по дереву - a shape or pattern cut into wood or stone or the skill of doing this: wooden/stone carvings

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fair point

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справедливое замечание

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dull

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скучный

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copper

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медь; медный (сделанный из меди) или имеющий медный отлив; медный котёл (котелок); паровой (медный) котёл; паяльник; медная монета.

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frenzy

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безумие - In a frenzy of rage she hit him. the media frenzy over the celebrity wedding The audience worked/whipped themselves into a frenzy as they waited for her to come on stage. There was a frenzy of activity in the financial marketsyesterday. In a moment of jealous frenzy, she cut the sleeves off all his shirts.

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fence

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ограда

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footloose

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независимый - free to do what you like and go where you like because you have no responsibilities: My sister’s married but I’m still footloose and fancy-free.

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rope

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веревка

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empower

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давать возможность /власть + allow/permit - to give someone official authority or the freedom to do something: [ + to infinitive ] This amendment empowers the presidentto declare an emergency for a wide range of reasons. The first step in empowering the poorest sections of society is making sure they vote.

Question 13

armed to the teeth

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• carrying many weapons: The gunman was reported as being armed to the teeth and equipped with both a rifle and a pistol.

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blast

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сильный порыв (напр ветра) - to explode or destroy something or someone with explosives, or to breakthrough or hit something with a similar, very strong force: A tunnel was to be blasted through the mountains. They heard the guns blasting away all night. figurative Their latest album blasted (its way) up the charts (= moved very quickly because of its popularity).

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cavity

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полость

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stroll

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прогуливаться

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vortex

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водоворот

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con

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мошенничать

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fuse

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соединение a small safety part in an electrical deviceor piece of machinery that causes it to stop working if the electric current is too high, and so prevents fires or other dangers: My hairdryer’s stopped working - I think the fuse has blown (= broken). Have you tried changing the fuse?

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junk

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хлам

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nick

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slang: prison; a stated condition, especiallyof health: He’s in pretty good nick for a man of his age. The car really is in excellent nick.

Question 22

ghetto blaster

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also boom box informal a large, long radio or music player that can be carried around by hand

Question 23

vaporize

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испаряться to turn, or cause something to turn, from a solid or liquid state into gas

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grove

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роща

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digital

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цифровой

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a hint of disapproval

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намек на одобрение

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barbed

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колючий

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torch

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факел

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torch

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approving used as a symbol of a political movement or idea that has an important positive influence: She promised that the party would carry the torch ofprogressivism into the next decade.

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insult

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an offensive remark or action: She made several insults about my appearance.

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alter

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перерабатывать (CHANGE) to change something, usually slightly, or to cause the characteristicsof something to change: We’ve had to alter some of our plans.

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rewind

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перематывать to make a recording go back towards the beginning: Will you rewind that scene so we can watch it again?

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enfold

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обнимать to closely hold or completely coversomeone or something: He enfolded her in his arms.

Question 34

gratitude

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благодарность

Question 35

by the sweat of your brow

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if you earn the money that you use to live on by the sweat of your brow, you earn it yourself, by doing hard, often physical work A decent, hard-working man, he supported his family by the sweat of his brow.

Question 36

by the sweat of one’s brow

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Fig. by one’s efforts; by one’s hard work. Tom raised these vegetables by the sweat of his brow. Sally polished the car by the sweat of her brow.

Question 37

so lame

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такой отстой

Question 38

pinch

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ущипнуть to press something, especiallysomeone’s skin, strongly between two hard things such as a finger and a thumb, usually causing pain: Ouch! Stop pinching (me)! These shoes are too tight, they pinch (my feet).

Question 39

pinch yourself

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You say that you have to pinch yourself if you cannot really believe something that has happenedbecause it is so good or so strange: I can’t believe that he’s back from Canada and he’s mine - I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming.

Question 40

pinch

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informal to steal something: Right, who’s pinched my chair?