Unit 4. Consciousness

Question 1

I bought this car _ a whim. (= I hadn’t planned it and I didn’t actually need it)

Answer 1

I bought this car on a whim.

Question 2

You come to Sacramento on a w_ (= without planning to, по прихоти)

from Los Angeles and you don’t know where she lives or where she works or anything?

Answer 2

You come to Sacramento on a whim from Los Angeles and you don’t know where she lives or where she works or anything?

Question 3

We need to _ _ (= взвесить) the pros and cons of this proposal before we go ahead.

Answer 3

We need to weigh up the pros and cons of this proposal before we go ahead.

Question 4

‘I don’t know what to do!’
‘Go with your g_ _. (= чутьё)

Answer 4

‘I don’t know what to do!’
Go with your gut feeling.

Question 5

My _ feeling tells me Swan is the best suspect we have… so get his butt in here!

Answer 5

My gut feeling tells me Swan is the best suspect we have… so get his butt in here!

Question 6

l g_ a gut feeling a_ that woman. She’s trouble.

Answer 6

l got a gut feeling about that woman. She’s trouble.

also: I have a gut feeling, I’ve got a gut feeling

Question 7

Well, it’s more of a h_ (= gut feeling, a guess) based on some quick calculations.

Answer 7

Well, it’s more of a hunch based on some quick calculations.

Question 8

I had a h_ you’d be here. (= у меня было предчувствие, я так и знала)

Answer 8

I had a hunch you’d be here.

Question 9

Look, we’re not gonna evacuate the city _ your hunch.

Answer 9

Look, we’re not gonna evacuate the city on your hunch.

Question 10

I think you need to w_ _ (= carefully consider) all your options and let your conscience decide, Ken.

Answer 10

I think you need to weigh up all your options and let your conscience decide, Ken.

Question 11

Like a friend of mine said, I have an_ _. Like, I always want just a little bit more information. (= I keep analyzing things and I can’t decide what to do)

Answer 11

Like a friend of mine said, I have analysis paralysis. Like, I always want just a little bit more information.

Question 12

If you had a hunch that the dollar to euro exchange rate is gonna rise, would you _ on it, (= do something) or would you play safe and avoid doing anything rash?

Answer 12

If you had a hunch that the dollar to euro exchange rate is gonna rise, would you act on it, (= do something) or would you play safe and avoid doing anything rash?

Question 13

If you had a hunch that the dollar to euro exchange rate is gonna rise, would you act on it or would you p_ _ (= be careful) and avoid doing anything rash?

Answer 13

If you had a hunch that the dollar to euro exchange rate is gonna rise, would you act on it, or would you play safe and avoid doing anything rash?

Question 14

Did you _ _ your mind? (= decide what to do)

Answer 14

Did you make up your mind?

Question 15

Do you think that people in certain professions are more _ to (= подвержены) analysis paralysis?

Answer 15

Do you think that people in certain professions are more prone to analysis paralysis?

Question 16

Do you remember a time in the last couple of weeks when you decided _ _ whim to buy something, to go somewhere or to do something?

Answer 16

Do you remember a time in the last couple of weeks when you decided on a whim to buy something, to go somewhere or to do something?

Question 17

Do you think that people who occasionally _ things on a whim live happier lives, generally?

Answer 17

Do you think that people who occasionally do things on a whim live happier lives, generally?

Question 18

And he’ll just look around, tell us what he thinks, and then we can make an i_ decision. (= осознанное, взвешенное решение) ?

Answer 18

And he’ll just look around, tell us what he thinks, and thenwe can make an informed decision.

Question 19

Is it OK if you send me the contract when it’s been drawn up and then I can make a more i_ decision? (= осознанное, взвешенное решение) ?

Answer 19

Is it OK if you send me the contract when it’s been drawn up and then I can make a more informed decision?

Question 20

I’m a little worried having my life depend on a 65% functioning computer. Actually, it’s more like 45%, a_ _ backup processes and redundant parallel computing. (= принимая во внимание)

Answer 20

I’m a little worried having my life depend on a 65% functioning computer. Actually, it’s more like 45%, allowing for backup processes and redundant parallel computing.

Question 21

A lot of work to be done, my friend, but I _ the feeling you know where you’re going.

Answer 21

A lot of work to be done, my friend, but I get the feeling you know where you’re going.

Question 22

Also, Barbara and I have discovered that we’re both impatient and p_ _ r_ decisions. (= имеем склонность к необдуманным решениям).

Answer 22

Also, Barbara and I have discovered that we’re both impatient and prone to rash decisions. (= имеем склонность к необдуманным решениям).

Question 23

And she mentioned she’d just moved out here and that gave me this really u_ feeling, like a sense of dread. (= неприятное, тревожное чувство)

Answer 23

And she mentioned she’d just moved out here and that gave me this really uneasy feeling, like a sense of dread.

Question 24

And then she starts n_ me and saying I don’t listen to her or something like that. (= пилить, ныть)

Answer 24

And then she starts nagging me and saying I don’t listen to her or something like that. (= пилить, ныть)

Question 25

But you always have to have a f_ plan. (= a plan B)

Answer 25

But you always have to have a fallback plan.

Question 26

My private number, _ _ he _ _ _ (= на случай если он передумает).

Answer 26

My private number, in case he changes his mind (= на случай если он передумает).

Question 27

My wife.. She’s p_ _ panic attacks. (= подвержена)

Answer 27

My wife.. She’s prone to panic attacks. (= подвержена)

Question 28

Nothing ever _ _ _ plan. (= идёт по плану)

Answer 28

Nothing ever goes according to plan. (= идёт по плану)

Question 29

Sometimes I _ _ feeling like she’s cheating on me. (= у меня такое чувство, что…)

Answer 29

Sometimes I get the feeling like she’s cheating on me.

Question 30

I didn’t like the sound of it.

The name seemed innocent enough, but there was something that j_. (= что-то, что меня встревожило, что-то неладное),

It might be the “Harvey Humphries Humbolt” bit that was worrying me.

Answer 30

I didn’t like the sound of it.

The name seemed innocent enough, but there was something that jarred. (= что-то, что меня встревожило, что-то неладное),

It might be the “Harvey Humphries Humbolt” bit that was worrying me.

Question 31

There’s something about the guy that makes me u_. (= вызывает у меня беспокойство, тревожит меня).

Answer 31

There’s something about the guy that makes me uneasy. (= вызывает у меня беспокойство, тревожит меня).

Question 32

But there’s a n_ feeling that I’m missing something. (щемящее, ноющее чувство)

Answer 32

But there’s a nagging feeling that I’m missing something.

Question 33

This is someone who pays more than you, Mr. Larousse.

30 pieces of silver, is it?

More or less, a_ _ inflation. (= принимая во внимание)

Answer 33

This is someone who pays more than you, Mr. Larousse.

30 pieces of silver, is it?

More or less, allowing for inflation. (= принимая во внимание)

Question 34

I had an u_ situation. (= непредвиденная ситуация)

Answer 34

I had an unforeseen situation. (= непредвиденная ситуация)

Question 35

It’s good to have something to f_ _ _. (= to have a plan B).

Answer 35

It’s good to have something to fall back on.

Question 36

Well, that didn’t _ exactly a_ _ plan. (= это пошло несколько не по плану, мягко скажем)

Answer 36

Well, that didn’t go exactly according to plan.

Question 37

**A_ _ **wind target movement. (= сделай поправку на ветер)

Answer 37

Allow for wind target movement. (= сделай поправку на ветер)

Question 38

Well. Top dog is experiencing some u_ problems (= непредвиденные) and when it does, it’s important to have another plan to f_ _ _. (= a plan be)

Answer 38

Well. Top dog is experiencing some unforeseen problems (= непредвиденные) and when it does, it’s important to have another plan to fall back on. (= a plan be)

Question 39

Sometimes I _ _ f_ (=у меня такое ощущение) you don’t even want me to be happy.

Answer 39

Sometimes I get the feeling (=у меня такое ощущение) you don’t even want me to be happy.

Question 40

Do you have any evidence that this is anything more than a n_ hunch? (= навязчивое предчувствие)

Answer 40

Do you have any evidence that this is anything more than a nagging hunch? (= навязчивое предчувствие)

Question 41

Do you have a plan B?

No, I always had a theory that if you have a f_ plan, you’re gonna f_ _ _ it.

Answer 41

Do you have a plan B?

No, I always had a theory that if you have a fall-back plan, you’re gonna fall back on it.

Question 42

Due to some u_ circumstances (=непредвиденные), I will not be seeing any clients for the time being. (= пока что, некоторое время)

Answer 42

Due to some unforeseen circumstances (=непредвиденные), I will not be seeing any clients for the time being. (= пока что, некоторое время)

Question 43

However, just _ _ it doesn’t w_ o_.. (=на случай, если не получится, не выгорит)

Answer 43

However, just in case it doesn’t work out.

Question 44

I’d always figured it’d give me something to fall _ _ if that career in nuclear physics didn’t exactly w_ _. (= не удастся)

Answer 44

I’d always figured it’d give me something to fall back on if that career in nuclear physics didn’t exactly work out.

Question 45

I’m starting to _ _ feeling there’s something fishy going on here. (=у меня такое чувство…)

Answer 45

I’m starting to get the feeling there’s something fishy going on here.

Question 46

_ _ he _ _ I ought to be here. (= на случай, если он проснётся, очнётся)

Answer 46

In case he wakes up, I ought to be here.

Question 47

It is too early to start n_ about grandkids. (= ныть, пилить)

Answer 47

It is too early to start nagging about grandkids. (= ныть, пилить)

Question 48

There’s a piece of this puzzle missing and I have this n_ feeling that it’s starting me right in the face and it’s just driving me crazy. (= this feeling won’t go away)

Answer 48

There’s a piece of this puzzle missing and I have this nagging feeling that it’s starting me right in the face and it’s just driving me crazy.

Question 49

With my n_ guilt growing, I needed some time to think this whole thing over. (= гнетущее чувство вины)

Answer 49

With my nagging guilt growing, I needed some time to think this whole thing over. (= гнетущее чувство вины)

Question 50

There’s a part of me that always a_ _ the possibility that Pandora’s box was just a legend. (=допускала возможность, что)

Answer 50

There’s a part of me that always allowed for the possibility that Pandora’s box was just a legend.

Question 51

By the 1940s, we came to the welfare state, which took on the responsibility
for creating this s_ _ for citizens who were more vulnerable. (= подстраховку)

Answer 51

By the 1940s, we came to the welfare state, which took on the responsibility
for creating this safety net for citizens who were more vulnerable. (= подстраховку)

Question 52

So make a plan to save enough money in your bank that will cover your expenses for five months. So, that’s like your s_ _. (= подушка безопасности, подстраховка)

Answer 52

So make a plan to save enough money in your bank that will cover your expenses for five months. So, that’s like your safety net. (= подушка безопасности, подстраховка)