[Unit 4a] Vocabulary Decisions Flashcards
We need to _ _ (= взвесить) the pros and cons of this proposal before we go ahead.
We need to weigh up the pros and cons of this proposal before we go ahead.
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?
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?
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)
And she mentioned she’d just moved out here and that gave me this really uneasy feeling, like a sense of dread.
Due to some u_ circumstances (=непредвиденные), I will not be seeing any clients for the time being. (= пока что, некоторое время)
Due to some unforeseen circumstances (=непредвиденные), I will not be seeing any clients for the time being. (= пока что, некоторое время)
Well, that didn’t _ exactly a_ _ plan. (= это пошло несколько не по плану, мягко скажем)
Well, that didn’t go exactly according to plan.
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?
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?
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.
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.
Nothing ever _ _ _ plan. (= идёт по плану)
Nothing ever goes according to plan. (= идёт по плану)
It is too early to start n_ about grandkids. (= ныть, пилить)
It is too early to start nagging about grandkids. (= ныть, пилить)
And then she starts n_ me and saying I don’t listen to her or something like that. (= пилить, ныть)
And then she starts nagging me and saying I don’t listen to her or something like that. (= пилить, ныть)
I think you need to w_ _ (= carefully consider) all your options and let your conscience decide, Ken.
I think you need to weigh up all your options and let your conscience decide, Ken.
This is someone who pays more than you, Mr. Larousse.
30 pieces of silver, is it?
More or less, a_ _ inflation. (= принимая во внимание)
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)
Sometimes I _ _ feeling like she’s cheating on me. (= у меня такое чувство, что…)
Sometimes I get the feeling like she’s cheating on me.
However, just _ _ it doesn’t w_ o_.. (=на случай, если не получится, не выгорит)
However, just in case it doesn’t work out.
I think it’s important to c_ (= weight up) the advantages and disadvantages before you take action.
I think it’s important to consider the advantages and disadvantages before you take action.
‘I don’t know what to do!’
‘Go with your g_ _. (= чутьё)
‘I don’t know what to do!’
Go with your gut feeling.
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)
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)
I’d always figured it’d give me something to fall _ _ if that career in nuclear physics didn’t exactly w_ _. (= не удастся)
I’d always figured it’d give me something to fall back on if that career in nuclear physics didn’t exactly work out.
I bought this car _ a whim. (= I hadn’t planned it and I didn’t actually need it)
I bought this car on a whim.
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)
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.
Look, we’re not gonna evacuate the city _ your hunch.
Look, we’re not gonna evacuate the city on your hunch.