UNIT 8 Flashcards
quick
rapid
a truck
a dumper
an extraordinary large, monstrous building
a behemoth
to go around
to skirt
to put or receive into a building
to house
volume, size, scale
capacity
a countryperson
a rural dweller
an ethalon
a benchmark
to reach
to attain
never happening before
unprecedented
population, residents
inhabitants
to thrive, to prosper
to flourish
to provide with
to deliver
grim
dystopic
rare, lacking
scarce
stretching
sprawling
to destroy, to ransack
to ravage
a certain bridge
a flyover
poor
impoverished
very bad and dirty
squalid
a severe traffic congestion
a gridlock
sharp, sudden, problematic
acute
to clean water or sewage
to treat
no doubt, most likely
arguably
to come in big numbers
to swarm
to have a share in
to have a stake
a colleague, an associate, a partner/atitikmuo
a counterpart
cleanliness
sanitation
to pose, to cause
to present
more than enough
abundant
to confuse, to bemuse
to bewilder
a stand in a market
a stall
considered valuable, important
highly priced
obvious
stark
spacious
cavernous
city-related
urban
a living place
a dwelling
a city person
a city dweller
to overlook
to dwell upon
to address, to deal with sth
to tackle
to outdo, go over
to exceed
dabartinis, happening now
current
to make up
to account for
to navigate city streets
to negotiate
to live
to reside
a mess
a squalor
skylėtomis, sušaudytomis sienomis
pock-marked
a deprived area in the city outskirts
a shanty town
massive
meteoric
iššokti
to spring
sudurti galą su galu
to eke out a living
skubus
urgent
vešlus
lush
rich, excess wealth
affluent
stubborn
relentless/unrelenting
a long, narrow area of land
a strip
krituliai
percipitation, rainfall
elevation, height
altitude
breathtaking, impressive
dramatic
a garden of fruit trees
an orchard
wetness, dampness
moisture
platybė
an expanse
idiom for being direct, straight forward, taking action
to take the bull by the horns
to put sth somewhere, to be put somewhere
to perch, to be perched
very dry
arid
tinklelis
mesh
delicate
fine
worthy of money
cost-effective
drėkinimas
irrigation
not natural
artificial
just, barely
merely
idiom for unnecessary fuss
a storm in a teacup
to cover
to shield
idiom to be furious
to be up in arms
a dark, isolated street
an alleyway
idiom for having more power than others
to have the upper hand
very simple
a no-brainer
additional, over-abundant
excess
an arrangement, a model
a pattern
nightly
nocturnal
a young bird or animal from an egg
a hatchling
an illuminated environment
a lightscape
emotional
affective
to think, to consider, to ponder
to reckon
disturbing
disruptive
to endanger
to pose sth
to give up, to obey
to yield
to redecorate, to renovate
to do up
niekingas, poor
paltry
lonely, unhappy
forlorn
to strap
to fasten
teisuoliškumas
self-righteousness
to condemn
to denounce
seasoned, hardened, absolute
unmitigated
dailidė
a carpenter
to be friends with
to befriend
to work
to labour
panaikinimas
abolition
to express one’s view
to voice one’s opinion
patraukti teisinėn atsakomybėn
to bring to justice
liudyti
to testify
people to blame
perpetrators
to state
to assert
bravely
boldly
priesaika or a swear
an oath
to try
to endeavour
to surge
to tower
šventvagiškas, disrespectful
blasphemous
destroyed by seperation
unraveled
the furthest point from the centre
an extremity
powerful
formidable
to start, to begin
to commence
to cause, to give, esp. pain or injuries
to inflict
to throw
to cast
veltui
in vain
swears, oaths
imprecations
a tiny part
a particle
aching, painful
sore
to stop, to cease, to halt
to desist
to have the right
to seize
paguodžiamasis
consolatory
socialinės blogybės
societal wrongs
to cause to happen
to stir up
fatal, deadly
mortal
to flag
to whip
to defeat, to overpower
to subdue
wrong
inaccurate
to describe
to recount
to tag
to label
plakimas
a whipping
įspėjamasis, warning
admonitory
severe punishment
castigation
beatodairiškas
reckless
frightening, scary
intimidating
old and in bad condition
delapidated
idiom to do a tough task
to fight an uphill battle
proper, suitable
appropriate
skirti baudą
to fine, to impose a fine
to get progressively worse
to deteriorate
strong
robust
small
marginal
on purpose
deliberately
labai labai
infinitely
obvious, stipriai jaučiamas
palpable
ramus
serene
vilkti
to haul
to stretch
to string
valtis, kuri velka kitas valtis
a tugboat
platuma (geo)
latitude
to travel regularly
to ply
išsklaidyti
to scatter
to implement, to use
to deploy
to refill
to replenish
to limit
to curtail
salpa
a floodplain
main, most important
prime
to have doubts
to have reservations
sumaištis, sukilimas, an uprising
an upheaval
pakinkyti, įdarbinti, naudotis
to harness
prisukti
to wind up
galimas
viable
intakas
a tributary
gyvenvietė
a settlement
to make sth less severe
to alleviate
completely disordered
chaotic
a highway, magistralė
a thoroughfare
užsikimšęs
congested
idiom for making a mistake while being deceived
to fall into the trap
illegal
illicit
vaistas nuo visko
panacea
most important, prime
principal
idiom to criticize sth
to throw cold water on sth
a solution, a cure
a remedy
a difficult situation
a plight
to find an acceptable solution
to resolve
a hidden danger
a pitfall
large building, divided into small flats in a poor area of the city
a slum tenement
to praise
to fete
to stop
to thwart
sausra
drought
on the verge
on the brink
torn
tattered
plušėti
to plug away
ašmenys
blades
unusual, donkichotiškas
quixotic
entertainment, joy
mirth
užsirepečioti
to scramble up
sužibti
to flicker
a wonderkid
a whizz-kid
sumeistrauti
to cobble together
gręžinys
a borehole
drinkable
potable
tough
hardbitten
to be applauded
a standing ovation
steady
unwavering
to be frightened
to be cowed
unusual
offbeat
to eliminate
to eradicate
silly, weird, unusual
wacky
idiom to not believe completely
to take sth with a pinch of salt
remarkably big
prodigious
astonishing, shocking
staggering
very strange, odd, excentric
bizarre
excessively high
exorbitant
sensible, clever
savvy
opposite of what one would expect
counter-intuitive
nuopelnas
a merit
