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главный, основной, первостепенный

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paramount

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пустой, несерьезный, пустяковый

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trifling
Choosing a university is no trifling matter for young people.

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захватывающий, extremely interesting

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riveting

This is a riveting but by no means an esay book to read

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extremely boring; скучный, занудный

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dull

My English teacher is so dull, I can’t stay awake in his class.

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выдающийся; smth is so good, that it stands out, it’s noticeable

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outstanding

I think you make an outstanding point

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sth is really bad; ужасный, отвратительный, страшный

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dreadful

I think it’s dreadful how people treat animals sometimes.

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different in a pretty way; причудливый, необычный, привлекательный своей оригинальностью

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quaint

I live in a quaint village in the south-west of the country

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ugly; отвратительный, омерзительный

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hideous

My neighbourhood is hideous but the people are nice.

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difficult to understand, confusing; озадачивающий

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baffling

It’s baffling that some people believe the Earth is flat.

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simple and easy

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straightforward

The solution to the problem is straightforward in my opinion.

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порядочного размера, немалый; but not really big, quite big

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sizeable

The company invested a sizeable amount of money in the project.

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печаль

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sorrow

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темный, неясный

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obscure

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Упорно добиваться, стойко, упорно продолжать

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to persevere

We will persevere in this struggle for peace.

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doing something quickly, with no pause [phrase]

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to do something in two shakes of a lamb’s tail

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шарлатан, знахарь, врач без лицензии

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unlicensed quack

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замещать, заменять, вытеснять

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to supersede

Most of the old road has been superseded by the great interstate highways.

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промежуток времени, промежуточный, временное мероприятие

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interim

The new secretary starts in June, but in the interim we’re having to type our own letters.

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Сфера охвата чего-либо простирается от… до…

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smth’s scope ranges from… to…

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20
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неизбежная связь

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inevitable connection

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сравнительно современный

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comparatively modern

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22
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агитировать; возбуждать, волновать

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to agitate

I didn’t want to agitate her by telling her.

As a young man, he had agitated against the Vietnam war.

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23
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to represent something falsely or to hide something

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to belie

Her calm face belied the terror she was feeling.

His gruff manner belied a gentle personality.

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being or relating to a sign that something exists, is true, or is likely to happen; указывающий, показывающий

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indicative [of]

Resumption of the talks is indicative of an improving relationship between the countries.

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25
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неослабевающий; tireless, persistent

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unflagging

He thanked Tony for his unflagging energy and support.

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26
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прямо, лицом к лицу

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squarely

We have to face these issues squarely and honestly.

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развязность, чванливая и развязная манера держаться

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swagger

Underneath all his swagger he’s actually pretty nervous.

He walked out of the room with a self-confident swagger.

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28
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одинокий, отшельнический

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solitary

In the distance was a solitary building.

He was a solitary child, he enjoyed being alone.

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29
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возрождение, возобновление

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revival

Under new management, the firm has undergone something of a revival.

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30
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слияние, соединение

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confluence

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присутствие, посещение, аудитория

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attendance

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32
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неубежденный

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unconvinced

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33
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оглушительный

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defeaning

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34
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место проведения

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venue

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35
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раздражаться, кипеть от злости; дым, испарения

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fume

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36
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негодовать, возмущаться

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to resent

He resented his boss for making him work late.

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37
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презрение, неуважение

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contempt

my undying contempt for people who abuse animals

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38
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маршрут, путь

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itinerary

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39
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разговорчивый

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loquacious

sometimes the loquacious talk show host barely lets her guests get a word in

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40
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убедительный

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convincing

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41
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незначительный, несущественный

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minor

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42
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приятный, привлекательный, милый

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likeable

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43
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отвратительный, мерзкий, противный

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detestable

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44
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пытливый, любознательный

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inquisitive

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45
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характерный, своеобразный

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specific

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46
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происходить, вести род; спускаться, сходить

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to descend

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47
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переносить, перемещать, перевозить, переправлять

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transfer

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to cause (something) to pass from one to another

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to convey

intends to personally convey the message to the governor

They conveyed the goods by ship.

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49
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носить, переносить; нести на себе, иметь (знаки, титул, признаки)

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to bear

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50
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превращенный, новообразованный

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converted

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51
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убежденный

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persuaded

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52
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соблазненный

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tempted

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53
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восприятие, ощущение

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perception

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54
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приблизительно подсчитывать, оценивать, производить оценку

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to estimate

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55
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вычисление, подсчет, расчет

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calculation

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56
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облегчать, содействовать, способствовать

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to facilitate

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57
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быть аналогичным; соответствовать, совпадать

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to correspond

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58
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лента, веревка, шнурок, связь, узы

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tie

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59
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прилаживание, подгонка

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fit

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60
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совокупность, множество, дополнение, добавление

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complement

after several more minutes of waiting, the full complement of runners was sent off by the starter’s pistol.

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цикл, последовательность, очередность

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sequence

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62
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собственнический, частный

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proprietary

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63
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право собственности

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proprietary rights

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64
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умственно отсталый, замедленный, отстающий

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retarded

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65
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to (cause something to) end or stop

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to terminate

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66
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единогласный, единодушный

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unanimous

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67
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to steal things of small value

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to pilfer

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68
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to return something or someone to an earlier good condition or position

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to restore

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69
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радужный, переливающийся;
showing many bright colours that change with movement

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iridescent

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70
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a nation that is considered very dangerous to other nations;
государство, не признающее международных норм

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rogue state

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71
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брат по оружию

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brother in arms

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72
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люди одной профессии; братство

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brotherhood

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73
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папоротник

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fern

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74
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to make a short sound or series of short sounds, especially with the horn of a car as a warning

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to toot

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75
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a small bird that lives in trees and sings

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warbler

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76
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движимое (личное) имущество;
результат, следствие

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effect

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77
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an embarrassing defeat or failure

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pratfall

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78
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something that must exist or happen before something else can exist or happen;
необходимый как условие, предпосылка

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prerequisite

The introductory course is a prerequisite for the advanced-level courses.

Having good credit is a prerequisite to applying for a loan.

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79
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неотделимый, неразрывный

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inseverable

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80
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ссориться

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to quarrel

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81
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считать, думать, полагать

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reckon

//I reckon you must be new to these parts

// tried to reckon the size of the crowd at the stadium

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82
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ликование

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glee

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83
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очаровательный, обаятельный

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enchanting

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84
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околдовывающий

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bewitching

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85
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грубый

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coarse

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86
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гравий, галька

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gravel

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87
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тыква

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gourd

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88
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обжора, чревоугодник

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gourmand

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89
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совать нос в чужие дела

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to poke (one’s nose) into other people’s business

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90
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живой, свежий, проворный

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brisk

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91
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стрельнуть сигарету

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bum a cigarette of smb

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92
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благоприятный

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auspicious

told him she couldn’t dance with him just then, but her auspicious smile encouraged him to ask again later

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93
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стадо

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herd

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94
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отсюда, с этих пор, следовательно

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hence

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95
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родинка, крот

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mole

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96
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биение, пульсация

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throb

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97
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элегантно, изысканно

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daintily

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98
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раздражительный, сварливый, несдержанный

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grumpy

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99
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щедро, расточительно, чрезмерно

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lavishly

Nature lavishly endowed this small country.
Природа щедро одарила эту маленькую страну.

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100
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тоскующий, задумчивый (о взгляде, улыбке)

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wistful

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101
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особенность, сенсационный материал, статья, очерк

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feature

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102
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намек

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inkling

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103
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мозговой штурм

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brainstorm

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104
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импровизированный, неподготовленный

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extempore

//speaking extempore

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105
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писать наспех

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to scrawl

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106
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омолаживаться

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rejuvenate

the shower rejuvenated me after a long day of cleaning out the garage

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107
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ответствененность

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accountability

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108
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изобилие, достаток

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abundance

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109
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благодарность, признательность

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gratitude

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110
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тесная связь, близость; хорошее знание какого-либо предмета

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intimacy

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111
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уязвимость, ранимость

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vulnerability

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112
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удовольствие, вознаграждение; подачка, взятка

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gratification

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113
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слабый свет

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gleam

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114
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скручивать, сплетать; корчиться, мучиться

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writhe

tends to writhe his fingers together when he’s nervous or upset

writhing in pain from his injuries

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115
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кличка, прозвище

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sobriquet

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116
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отодвигать, отказываться

to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)

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withdraw

the army was forced to withdraw from the line of battle

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117
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колыбель

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cradle

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118
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приоткрытый; в разладе, в ссоре

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ajar

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119
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соединять, объединять

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conflate

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болезненный, мнительный

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valetudinarian

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121
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супница

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tureen

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122
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хныкать, скулить

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to pule

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123
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безжалостный

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ruthless

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124
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to make jerky or restless movements

to move slowly with the body close to the ground

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to wriggle

a toddler wriggling in his seat all throughout the church service

a worm slowly wriggled across the sidewalk

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125
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to move from side to side or up and down with quick jerky motions

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to wag

the cat’s tail wagged back and forth in annoyance

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126
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дроссель; гортань

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throttle

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127
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душить, дышать с трудом

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to throttle

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128
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валиться, опрокидываться

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topple

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129
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болото, топкое, вязкое место

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slough

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пронзительный, резкий, визгливый

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shrill

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кора, кожура, шелуха

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rind

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132
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катушка, бобина

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spool

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133
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подкачивать данные (в буферную память), наматывать на катушку

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to spool

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134
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мольберт, пюпитр

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easel

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135
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печатка, штамп

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signet

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136
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напиток (особенно алкогольный)

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tipple

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137
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мешанина; всякая всячина; сборная солянка

a musical, literary, or artistic composition made up of selections from different works

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pastiche

The research paper was essentially a pastiche made up of passages from different sources.

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138
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сбегать, скрываться (обычно с чужим имуществом)

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abscond

You cannot abscond from your responsibilities.

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139
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заливать, покрывать (светом, цветом, румянцем)

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to suffuse

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140
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заплата; плохо сделанная работа

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botch

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141
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детали; мелочи

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minutiae
[maɪ’n(j)uːʃɪiː]

He was bewildered by the contract’s minutiae.

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142
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заупокойная месса

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dirge

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143
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пугало; проблема

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bugbear

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144
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постыдный, порочный

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seamy

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145
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обратная сторона

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seamy side

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неряха, грязнуля, проститутка

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trollop

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147
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отдельный

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disjunctive

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148
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болтать (ногами), свободно свисать

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to dangle

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149
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неприкрытый, очевидный, явный

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overt

Gender affects everyone in complex, subtle and overt ways.
Гендерная проблематика затрагивает всех - в сложных, скрытых и явных формах.

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150
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an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding

путаница, недоразумение

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imbroglio
[ɪm’brəulɪəu]

survived the political imbroglio

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151
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кляп; человек, не склонный менять своё место работы; старый моряк

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barnacle

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152
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a very small amount of money
жалкие гроши

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pittance

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153
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a person who behaves badly, but who you still like
негодник

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rascal

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154
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знания, профессиональные знания

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lore

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155
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one of the two metal parts that support your feet when you are riding a horse
стремя

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stirrup

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156
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шумоподавление

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squelch

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157
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very small and weak
тщедушный, хилый

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puny

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158
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to not happen in the correct way
идти наперекосяк

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to go awry

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159
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Протухший, прогорклый

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rancid

//The cake was said to be rancid.

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160
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to encourage someone to do something they do not want to do

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to chivvy into

//I had to chivvy him into writing the report.

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161
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a person who obeys the rules of correct behaviour and considers himself or herself to be morally better than other people; ханжа, педант

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prig

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162
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a piece of writing, a drawing, etc. that criticizes a famous person or a public organization in a humorous way, allowing their or its bad qualities to be seen and making them or it seem stupid; памфлет, злая сатира

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lampoon

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163
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a person’s appearance, especially the typical expression on their face; вид, выражение лица, мина

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mien

//His aristocratic mien and expensive clothes singled him out.

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164
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involving duplicity; двуличный, двойственный

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duplicitous

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165
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thin in an attractive way
стройный

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svelte

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166
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careful and using a lot of effort; усердный, прилежный

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sedulous

//It was agreed that the few students sedulous enough to read the book deserved top marks for diligence.

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167
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халтура, халтурщик

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potboiler

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168
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треуголка

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tricorn

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169
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полнота, дородность

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embonpoint

clothes for women who may be inclined to embonpoint but who still want to look stylish

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170
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летняя спячка

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estivation

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171
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обезвреживать, искоренять

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deracinate

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172
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1) a sudden, violent, cold wind blowing down from mountain passes toward the coast in far northern or southern latitudes, as on the Alaskan coast and Aleutians, and in the Strait of Magellan;
2) a state of extreme confusion

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williwaw

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173
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a person who begins, or continues, to study or learn late in life

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opsimath

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174
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высыхать, сморщиваться

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to shrivel

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175
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to bend down or move back because you are frightened
съеживаться (от страха)

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to cower

//However, if she hears fireworks, she cowers under the table and is terrified.

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176
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to say that you think that something is very good
превозносить

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to extol

//He always extols the virtues of (= praises) French cooking.

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177
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a large and especially badly organized number of things; сумбур

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welter

a bewildering welter of data

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178
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a piece of a broken glass, cup, container, or similar object; осколок

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shard

//Shards of glass have been cemented into the top of the wall to stop people climbing over.

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179
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to hit someone several times with a heavy object
бить

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to bludgeon

// [ often passive ] She was bludgeoned to death with a hammer.

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180
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a young tree
побег, молодое деревце

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sapling

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181
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smelling strongly of something or having qualities (especially smells) that make you think of something else; благоухающий, ароматный, напоминающий

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redolent

//The album is a heartfelt cry, redolent of a time before radio and television.
//The mountain air was redolent with the scent of pine needles.

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182
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a dirty untidy child in torn clothes; оборванец

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ragamuffin

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183
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quick and usually funny answers and remarks in conversation

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repartee

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184
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to hit someone forcefully or to have a sudden powerful or damaging effect on someone

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to smite

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185
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a person who is believed to have the ability to know and tell what will happen in the future

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soothsayer, forecaster, predictor

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186
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an idea for solving a problem, especially one that is not very good; панацея

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nostrum

//He refused to embrace any of the fashionable nostrums then current in development economics.

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187
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to confuse someone and make them unable to think clearly; одурманивать

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to fuddle

//The heat had fuddled my brain.

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188
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to behave badly because you are unhappy or upset , often in ways that you are not aware of

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act out

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189
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трудный, трудоемкий, крепкий

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robust

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190
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гасить, тушить, утолять (жажду)

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to quench

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191
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лиственный, листопадный, сбрасываемый

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deciduous

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192
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суровые меры

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austerity measures

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193
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легкая форма экономического кризиса

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recession

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194
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убежавшие из Вьетнама на плотах и маленьких кораблях

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boat people

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добродетель, достоинство

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virtue

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196
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образец, модель совершенства

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paragon

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197
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наставник, учитель

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preceptor

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198
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Водоворот

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swirl

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199
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физический труд

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manual labour

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плавающий по морю, дальнего плавания

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seagoing

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201
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хладнокровие, спокойствие, уравновешенность

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composure

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202
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аборигенный, местный, туземный

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indigenous

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203
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коренное население

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indigenous population

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204
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финик

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date

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205
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шум, суматоха, беспорядок

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turmoil

avoided the turmoil of the mall during the holiday season

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206
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Бесстрастное выражение лица

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Impassive mien

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207
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Сокращать, уменьшать, ослаблять

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To abate

waiting for the storm to abate

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Отказаться, отрекаться, воздерживаться

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To abjure

She abjured her old beliefs.

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209
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Успокаивать, утешать, усмирять

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To assuage

This was all so you could assuage your own guilt over abandoning her.
Это все было для того, чтобы ты смог успокоить свое чувство вины за то, что оставил ее.

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Разочаровать, расстроить, развенчать

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To disabuse

let me disabuse you of your foolish notions

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to avoid giving a definite answer or position (verb)

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To equivocate

the candidate equivocated as long as he could on controversial issues

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Надрезать

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To incise

incised the tree with a sharp ax to get the sap flowing

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Ставить под угрозу

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To jeopardise

a decision that could jeopardize her career

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Преувеличивать

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To prevaricate

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отрекаться; отказываться от своего мнения, веры (особенно публично)

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To recant

the Inquisition forced Galileo to recant his support of the Copernican observation that the earth revolves around the sun

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to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false (verb)

Опровергать

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To refute

while he was publicly refuting rumors of a merger

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Постыдный, низкий, простонародный

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ignoble

Their conduct is ignoble and dishonorable.

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Изгнать

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To banish

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219
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Отречься

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To disavow

They were quick to disavow the rumour.

She tried to disavow her past.

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Раскопать

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To unearth

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Отобразить

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To depict

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222
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Распарывать, распустить

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To unpick

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Зарождаться

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To originate

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224
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Вырывать

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To pluck

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225
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Накапливать

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To amass

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226
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Укомплектовать

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To stuff

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227
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Сокращаться

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To shrink

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228
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Лепить

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To mold

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Придумывать

Devise, plan (verb)

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To contrive

The prisoners contrived a way to escape.

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Завлекать

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To entice

Nothing will entice the children from television. — Ничто не оторвёт детей от телевизора.
Young boys are easily enticed into a life of crime. — Подростков легко втянуть в преступную жизнь.

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Пронизывать

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To pervade

the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house

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Преобладать

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To prevail

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233
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Выкупить

A

To redeem

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234
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to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of

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To wrack

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235
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Зацеплять, сцепляться с чем-либо

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To mesh

There’s something wrong with this machine; the wheels aren’t meshing properly with each other.

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Оказывать услугу, отдавать, платить

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To render

The villagers were expected to render part of their crops to the lord.

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Сдать в аренду

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To lease

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Оговаривать, ставить условие

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To stipulate

Did they stipulate how the job was to be done? — Они оговорили условия выполнения работы?

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Постановить

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To decree

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Вспоминать, предаваться воспоминаниям

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To reminisce

The old men gathered regularly in the park to reminisce about the good old days.

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Редеть, разрежаться

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To rarefy

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Почитать

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To venerate

a proper setting in which to venerate God

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Вылупляться

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To hatch

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Получить в наследство

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To inherit

to inherit a fortune from an uncle

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Начертить, обрисовать, наметить

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To outline

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Произносить, изрекать, проговаривать

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To utter

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Издеваться, обижать

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To vituperate

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248
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to show uncertainty about the right course of action

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side

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To waver

he’s still wavering about whether to take the job

the steel tower wavered for a moment before falling over

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Выдержать, устоять, терпеть

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To withstand

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250
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Соединить

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To coax

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уговорами, лестью заставить кого-л. сделать что-л.

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to coax smb. into doing smth.

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уговорами добиваться чего-л. от кого-л.; вытягивать что-л. из кого-л.

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to coax smth. out of smb.

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Сговориться

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To conspire

conspired to replace the leader with someone more easily influenced

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Приложить

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To append

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Влечь за собой

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To entail

My absence will entail inconvenience upon you.

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Отсутствие, отлучка

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absence

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257
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Бессистемность

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Absence of pattern

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258
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за недостатком (за неимением) чего-л.

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In the absence of smth.

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259
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Роптать

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

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To repine

there is no use repining over a love that’s been long lost

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260
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Прибегать, обращаться к чему-либо

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To resort

Poets sometimes resort to strange uses of the language.

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Превзойти

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To surpass

Jane is not the best student in ordinary school subjects, but she surpasses all the others in music.

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Считать

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To deem

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263
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Пророчествовать

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To prophesy

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Раскрыть

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To unveil

/a good time to unveil their plans

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to do away with as completely as if by pulling up by the roots

to destroy all traces of

Искоренить

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To eradicate

programs to eradicate illiteracy

the successful effort to eradicate smallpox around the globe

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Распространять

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To propagate

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267
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поглощать (время, внимание и т. п.); завладевать (разговором

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To engross

The writer was so engrossed in her work that she did not hear the visitor enter the room.

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Проглотить

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To ingest

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269
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Очернить

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To malign

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Граничить, примыкать, соседствовать

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To adjoin

the bedroom of their apartment adjoins their neighbor’s living room

after the dictionary writer’s talk, the principal adjoined a few remarks about her own love of words

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Углубиться

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To delve

the book delves into the latest research

delved into the past

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272
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Клясться, ручаться, обещать

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To vow

she vowed to love him forever

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273
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Отчуждать, отдалять, заставлять отвернуться

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To alienate

She was alienated from her family.

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Возмещать

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To reimburse

reimburse him for his traveling expenses

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Рассеивать, расходиться

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To disperse

The fog dispersed toward morning.

Reform meetings were dispersed by charges of Dragoons.

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Упускать из виду

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To overlook

you’ve overlooked your chores again this week

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Показываться, обнаруживать, подглядывать

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To peer

She peered into the dark closet looking for her missing shoe.

a vast white cloud, through which the sun peered

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Предрасполагать, склонять, располагать

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To predispose

malnutrition predisposes one to disease

a good teacher predisposes children to learn

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279
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Вмешиваться

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To intervene

he acted outside his authority when he intervened in the dispute

intervene to stop a fight

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280
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Резонировать

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To resonate

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281
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Противоречить, возражать, опровергнуть

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To contradict

contradict a rumor

Your actions contradict your words.

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282
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Дистиллировать, смягчать, рассеивать

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To distil

able to distill humor from personal loss

the basement walls distill water every time it rains heavily

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283
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Побаловать, потакать, потворствовать

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To indulge

the grandparents indulged the child’s wishes to an extent that they never did with their own children

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Нюхать, принюхиваться, сопеть

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To sniff

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285
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Отклонение, помрачение ума

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Aberration

A childless woman was regarded as an aberration, almost a social outcast.
In a moment of aberration, she agreed to go with him.

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286
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Готовность, рвение, прыть

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Alacrity

It was an interesting challenge and I responded with alacrity.

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287
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Безобидный

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Inoffensive, harmless

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Жадность, алчность

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Avarice

Avarice makes rich people want to become even richer.
Her business empire brought her wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.

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Откровенность, прямота

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Candor

You ought to treat this matter with candor.

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самодовольство, беспечность, отсутствие бдительности

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Complacency

What annoys me about these girls is their complacency — they seem to have no desire to expand their horizons.

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задушевный друг, доверенная фигура

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Confidant

He is a trusted confidant of the president.

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Деспот, тиран

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Despot

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293
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участливость, способность сопереживать, эмпатия

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Empathy

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вражда, ненависть

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Enmity, animosity

//enmity had existed between the two families for generations
// to arouse / stir up animosity

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обжорство, ненасытность.

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Gluttony

Dieting is good insofar as it prevents gluttony.
They treat Christmas as just another excuse for gluttony.

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лицемерие

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Hypocrisy

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позор, бесславие

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Infamy

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298
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Положительный, утвердительный

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Affirmative

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похоронный звон; предзнаменование конца

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Knell

The arrival of large supermarkets sounded the death knell of many small local shops.

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идущий против течения, индивидуалист

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Maverick

He’s always been a bit of a maverick.

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изречение, афоризм

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Maxim/ˈmæk·sɪm/

Treating others how I want to be treated is a variation of a maxim I learned as a child.

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Хобот слона, сопло, нос корабля, выступающая часть

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Snout

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Чуточка, толика

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Modicum /ˈmɒd.ɪ.kəm/

There’s not even a modicum of truth in her statement.

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Бесчисленное множество

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Myriad /ˈmɪr.i.əd/

They face a myriad of problems bringing up children.

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крайний упадок, максимальное снижение

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Nadir/ˈneɪ.dɪər/

Company losses reached their nadir in 1992.

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Начинающий, новичок

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Novice /ˈnɒv.ɪs/

I’m a complete novice at skiing.

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Полковник

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Colonel

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308
Q

Брусок

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Bar, ingot

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309
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изменяться, колебаться (о погоде, о ветре);
менять направление, курс

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Chop about/around

When the storm arose, the wind chopped about and the little boat nearly sank.

We were walking along the street together when suddenly he chopped round and ran the other way.

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Постоянные изменения, колебания

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Chops and changes

She was full of chops and changes like fortune.

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Начало суток

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Commencement of day

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английская булавка

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clasp-pin, safety-pin

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Бешеные усилия

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Frenzied efforts

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Рыцарский

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Chivalrous

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Рыцарское поведение

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Chivalrous conduct

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Отважный, смелый, храбрый

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Bold

our youngest brother was the boldest one in the family, instantly taking to everything from skiing to skateboarding

you’re a bold little brat for trying to steal my stuff while I’m right here

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Призвание

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Vocation, calling, mission

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Бесстрашный, мужественный

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Daring

daring acrobats who risk life and limb every day for the entertainment of the crowds at the circus

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Неустрашимый

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Intrepid

an intrepid explorer who probed parts of the rain forest never previously attempted

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Отважный

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Audacious

audacious adventurers risking everything they had for a shot at glory

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Опрометчивый маневр

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Audacious manoeuvre

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Доблестный, галантный

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Gallant

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Героический, храбрый

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Valiant

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Не склонный, не желающий; противный, отталкивающий

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Loath

She was loath to admit her mistakes.

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325
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Получать удовольствие, наслаждаться

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To relish

visit again real soon, for I relish your company

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freedom from activity or labor (noun, adjective)

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Leisure

upon retiring, the elderly couple looked forward to a life of well-deserved leisure

Leisure time

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Невзгоды, тяготы жизни

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Hardships

//He had suffered through considerable hardship.
//The city has been experiencing a period of financial hardship.
//They had to endure the hardships of life on the frontier.

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Напряжение, спешка

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Rush

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329
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Препятствие, трудность

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Hassle

//flight delays and other hassles of holiday travel
//too much of a hassle to bother with

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Помеха, преграда

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Obstacle

Mosquitoes were a great obstacle to the building of the Panama Canal.

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Вместимость, способность (что-либо делать)

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Capacity

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Барьер, помеха

a person or thing that interferes with or slows the progress of someone or something

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Hindrance

a hindrance to learning

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Быть помехой, препятствовать, мешать

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To handicap

the baseball player’s small size did not handicap him in the least

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Общительный, стадный, стайный

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Gregarious

a gregarious child who ran up to every person on the playground and wanted to be their friend

gregarious animal

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Стадное чувство

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Gregarious feeling

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Наслаждаться, смаковать

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to savour

// savouring the moment

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Задушевный, теплый

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Cordial

a cordial welcome

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неподобающий, непристойный

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indecent

//paintings of nude figures are artistic, not indecent

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Ханжеский, набожный

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Pious

//a pious woman who decided to become a nun

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Враждебный, вражеский

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Hostile

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Многосторонний, переменный

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Versatile

//a versatile baseball player can play any position
//this tool is versatile enough to serve as a wrench or pliers

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Вызывающий, дерзкий

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Defiant

// defiant rebels

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Ненавидеть, питать отвращение

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Detest

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Видный, выдающийся, выступающий

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Eminent

// many eminent surgeons are on the hospital’s staff

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надвигающийся, неотвратимый

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imminent

//a storm is imminent, so you should seek shelter now

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346
Q

Подчиняться, слушаться

A

Obey

// He always obeys his parents.

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347
Q

Отражать, отбивать, вызывать отвращение

A

Repulse

//I was repulsed by the movie’s violence.
//The moldy bread repulsed him.
//He repulsed all attempts to help him.

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348
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Подчиняться закону / правилам

A

To obey the law / rules

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349
Q

Враждебное отношение

A

Hostile attitude

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350
Q

Знаменитый, прославленный

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Illustrious

//an illustrious physicist who is a sure bet for a Nobel Prize

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351
Q

Небольшой бой, стычка, схватка

A

Skirmish

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352
Q

Игнорировать закон

A

Defy the law

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353
Q

Игнорировать общественное мнение

A

To defy public opinion

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354
Q

Пленять, увлекать

A

Captivate

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355
Q

Слабая дисциплина

A

Slack discipline

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356
Q

проживать, жить; пребывать, находиться

A

To reside

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357
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изобретательный, находчивый, искусный

A

Ingenious

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358
Q

взаимный, обоюдный

A

mutual

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359
Q

пользоваться уважением

A

To be held in respect

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360
Q

Взаимное уважение

A

Mutual respect

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361
Q

вынести, вытерпеть; выдержать

A

to endure

// The wise man will endure pain and discomfort, such as undergoing surgery or engaging in strenuous physical exercise, if it’s healthy for his body and, more important, if it’s healthy for his character.

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362
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угрызения совести; раскаяние; сожаление

A

Remorse

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363
Q

испытывать угрызения совести

A

To feel remorse

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364
Q

Уборная, дамская комната

A

Powder room

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365
Q

attack with bombs containing napalm
ослепить

A

To napalm

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366
Q

нападать из засады

A

to ambush

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367
Q

смягчаться, становиться мягким

A

to mellow

I’ve actually mellowed a bit.

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368
Q

битьё, побои, порка

A

whipping

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369
Q

1) угол (комнаты)
2) укромный уголок, закоулок; глухое, удалённое место
3) бухточка

A

nook

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370
Q

подкладное судно

A

bedpan

I come in to find he’d shat everywhere but in the bedpan.

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371
Q

нескромный; преувеличивающий свои возможности, самонадеянный, хвастливый

A

immodest

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372
Q

взгляд в прошлое, ретроспективный взгляд; оценка прошедших событий

A

hindsight

In hindsight I could have guessed.

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373
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походка; поступь

A

gait

He was walking with an unsteady gait.

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374
Q

мужеложец

A

bugger

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375
Q

болтовня, трёп, пустые разговоры
легкий флирт

A

dalliance

Blackie and I have had our dalliances.

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376
Q

размолвка, ссора, пререкания, перебранка

A

spat

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377
Q

разрыв (отношений)

A

rupture

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378
Q

беспричинный, ничем не вызванный (об оскорблении, жестокости)

A

wanton

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379
Q

предательское, неспровоцированное нападение

A

wanton attack

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380
Q

посягательство, вторжение

A

encroachment

but James’s only encroachment on the subject was to say, “Your shirt has seen better days.

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381
Q

Острый выступ, гвоздь

A

Spike

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382
Q

Аэростат

A

Blimp

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383
Q

to relax (idiom)

A

Take things easy

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384
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To keep somebody unaware of something (idiom)

A

Keep somebody in the dark

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385
Q

To be not as good as people say (idiom)

A

Something isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

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386
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To stop dreaming and start thinking practically (idiom)

A

Come down to earth with a bump

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387
Q

Isolated and quiet (idiom)

A

Off the beaten track

The camping was completely off the beaten track - no phones or traffic or anything like that.

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388
Q

Within one’s range of interests/knowledge (idiom)

A

Right up [my] street

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389
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Depressed (idiom)

A

down in the dumps

390
Q

Very happy/suited to a situation (idiom)

A

In [his] element

391
Q

To get somebody’s attention (idiom)

A

To catch someone’s eye

392
Q

Very early in the morning (idiom)

A

At the crack of dawn

393
Q

Выбрасывать за борт
Свалка

A

Dump

394
Q

Трудность, тяжесть, суровость

A

Severity

395
Q

Убеждать, уговаривать

A

Persuade

396
Q

Форель

A

Trout

397
Q

Свинец

A

Lead

398
Q

злодейский, дьявольский, жестокий

A

fiendish

399
Q

пенистый, пенящийся, пенный; похожий на пену

A

yeasty

400
Q

пенящиеся волны

A

yeasty waves

401
Q

молодость

A

yeasty years

402
Q

небо, вкус, склонность к чему-либо

A

palate

He has no palate for playing tricks on people.

403
Q

треска

A

cod

404
Q

палтус (рыба)

A

halibut

405
Q

первый, главный, самый ранний

A

premier

a space shuttle on its premier voyage — космический шаттл во время своего первого полёта (в космос)
the premier authority on butterflies — первый эксперт по бабочкам

406
Q

излучать, испускать, выделять, выбрасывать

A

emit

The kettle emitted a shrill whistle.
Чайник издал пронзительный свист.

407
Q

выдыхать, выделять, испаряться, исчезать как дым, растаять в воздухе

A

exhale

Breathe deeply and then exhale.
Глубоко вдохните, а затем выдохните.

408
Q

объединять, объединяться, соединяться

A

incorporate

to incorporate in the record — внести в протокол

409
Q

переваривать, усваивать

A

digest

410
Q

снос, разрушение, разборка, уничтожение

A

demolition

411
Q

отряд, отделение, отрешенность, отслойка

A

detachment

412
Q

кончина, смерть, отречение от престола, сдавать в аренду

A

demise

demise of the dinosaurs

413
Q

владелец, собственник, хозяин

A

proprietor

414
Q

осадок, отложение, отстой

A

sediment

415
Q

старость, дряхлость

A

senility

416
Q

истинно, поистине

A

verily

417
Q

мужественность, мужество, возмужалость, половая зрелость

A

virility

418
Q

слабый, немощный, хилый, ничтожный

A

feeble

419
Q

хрупкий, слабый

A

frail

420
Q

вредный, убыточный, приносящий убыток

A

detrimental

There were serious concerns that the factory’s waste was detrimental to the local environment.

421
Q

равнодушный, безразличный

A

indifferent

422
Q

вмешиваться, незаконно охотиться, браконьерствовать

A

poach

People are poaching elephants for their ivory.

423
Q

выдавать чужие идеи за свои

A

to poach ideas

424
Q

слоновая кость, цвет слоновой кости

A

ivory

425
Q

предательский, коварный, вероломный

A

treacherous

426
Q

человек или вещь, приносящие несчастье

A

jinx

427
Q

подстрекать, провоцировать

A

Incite to

428
Q

последовательное соединение

A

direct coupling

429
Q

переполох
беспокойство в голубятне

A

a flutter in the dovecot

430
Q

Спуск, скат, склон

A

descent

431
Q

Пологий склон

A

a gradual descent

432
Q

Крутой склон

A

a steep descent

433
Q

Защита, укрытие

A

Lee

434
Q

Подветренный

A

Lee side

435
Q

Защищенный скалой

A

under / in the lee of a rock

436
Q

успокаивать, утешать; умиротворять; унимать

A

to soothe

437
Q

заряженный энергией

A

amped-up

438
Q

Изумленный, ошеломленный

A

flabbergasted

439
Q

осуждающий; обвинительный

A

condemnatory

440
Q

присущий, свойственный

A

intrinsic

441
Q

существенная часть плана

A

intrinsic part of the plan

442
Q

внешний, поступающий извне; чуждый, посторонний

A

extrinsic

443
Q

информация, не имеющая отношение к данной проблеме

A

information that is extrinsic to the problem

444
Q

переплетать, сплетать, закручивать

A

to intertwine

445
Q

сильный, неистовый, строгий

A

stark

446
Q

Беспрецедентный кризис

A

unprecedented crisis

447
Q

Прожилка, пятно, крапинка

A

fleck

448
Q

Рассыпаться

A

Fleck across

449
Q

группа; кучка; скопление; куча, нагромождение

A

huddle

450
Q

кучка детей

A

huddle of children

451
Q

обозревать, пристально разглядывать

A

to contemplate

452
Q

стремление; сильное желание (к достижению чего-л.)

A

aspiration

453
Q

высокие порывы, возвышенные стремления

A

lofty / noble aspirations

454
Q

Стремление - это в чистом виде желание совершенства.

A

Aspiration is a pure upward desire for excellence.

455
Q

бунт, мятеж

A

insurrection

456
Q

поднять, начать восстание

A

to uprise / foment / stir up an insurrection

457
Q

невообразимый, немыслимый, непостижимый

A

inconceivable

458
Q

разум, ум

A

wits

459
Q

лютик

A

buttercup

460
Q

бородавочник

A

warthog

461
Q

шут

A

buffoon

462
Q

отчаяние, безысходность

A

despair

463
Q

to talk to someone for a very long period of time (phrase)

A

to talk someone’s ear off

464
Q

Препятствие, помеха

A

Obstacle

465
Q

наследник

A

heir

466
Q

наследница

A

heiress

467
Q

осада

A

siege

468
Q

Отступник, изменник

A

Apostate

469
Q

Портьера, занавес, шторы

A

Drape

470
Q

Бежевый

A

Beige

471
Q

абсолютный, полнейший, сущий, явный

A

sheer

472
Q

Это была чистая случайность.

A

It was a sheer accident.

473
Q

чистое безумие

A

sheer folly

474
Q

ситечко в кофейнике

A

Percolator

475
Q

махинация, проделка

A

shenanigan

476
Q

иметь роман
быть вместе, встречаться

A

to be an item

They used to be an item I think.

477
Q

без труда не вытащишь и рыбку из пруда

A

no pain, no gain

478
Q

Еще одна ошибка и тебе конец.

A

Another mistake and you are history.

479
Q

to be dead, destroyed, or in deep trouble after something negatibe happens.

A

be history

I just got bad news from the auto repair shop — my car is history.

480
Q

Предварительно

A

Tentatively

481
Q

Рыгать, срыгивать

хлынуть, политься в обратном направлении

A

to regurgitate

482
Q

дело

A

affair

483
Q

Любовная связь, амуры

A

to have an affair with someone

484
Q

Подчинять, покорять, заставлять

A

Compel

485
Q

Разрушительный, опустошительный

A

Disruptive

486
Q

Настойчивый, упорный

A

Persistent

487
Q

Токарный станок

A

Lathe

488
Q

Близорукость

A

Nearsightedness
Myopia

489
Q

Дальнозоркость

A

Farsightedness
Hyperopia

490
Q

Ласты

A

Flippers

491
Q

Трубка (для плавания)

A

Snorkel

492
Q

Акваланг

A

Aqualung, scuba

493
Q

шкив

A

pulley

494
Q

муфта, сцепление

A

clutch

495
Q

загнуть страницу книги уголком

A

to dog ear the page

496
Q

Средство, мера (против чего-либо)

A

Remedy

497
Q

Источник, трубопровод

A

Conduit

498
Q

Преклонять колена

A

to genuflect

499
Q

Ностальгировать

A

to wax nostalgic

500
Q

Блестка

A

Spangle

501
Q

Оглушительный

A

Deafening

502
Q

Вклад, ценные достижения, вложение

A

Contribution

503
Q

Уединенный, укромный

A

Secluded

504
Q

Просторный, обширный

A

Spacious

505
Q

Живописный (о ландшафте)

A

Picturesque

506
Q

(of food) having a very good appearance or smell that makes you want to eat

A

Mouthwatering

507
Q

Смягчающий, облегчающий

A

Mitigating

508
Q

Суровый (о климате, о погоде)

A

Inclement

509
Q

Смягчающие обстоятельства

A

Mitigating circumstances

510
Q

Темно-рыжий, золотисто-каштановый (только о волосах)

A

Auburn

511
Q

(Находясь) в бреду, безумно, бессвязно

A

Deliriously

512
Q

Быть вне себя от счастья

A

To be deliriously happy

513
Q

Откладывать, прерывать

A

To adjourn

514
Q

Ходить туда-сюда

A

To walk to and fro

515
Q

Заметный, сильный акцент

A

A broad accent

516
Q

Ясный, прозрачный намек

A

A broad hint

517
Q

Скоблить, скрести, чистить

A

To scrape

518
Q

С трудом зарабатывать на жизнь

A

To scrape a living

519
Q

Решаться на что-то

A

To venture

520
Q

Позволить себе сделать замечание

A

To venture upon a remark

521
Q

Ни к чему не обязывающий

A

Non-committal

522
Q

Заявлять, заявлять о факте

A

Allege

523
Q

Ссылаться на болезнь

A

To allege illness

524
Q

Вторгаться, входить без разрешения

A

To intrude

525
Q

Хватит заливать!
Ну, рассказывай тоже!

A

Tell that to the marines!

526
Q

Размышлять над проблемой

A

To wonder about/at a problem

527
Q

Демонстрировать чудеса

A

To work/perform wonders

528
Q

Сомневаюсь!

A

I wonder.

529
Q

Яркий, живой, пылкий

A

Vivid

530
Q

Живой интерес

A

Vivid interest

531
Q

Вивисекция, подробное изучение, исследование

A

Vivisection

532
Q

Ковчег, баржа

A

Ark

533
Q

Видный, заметный, бросающийся в глаза

A

Conspicuous

534
Q

Умеренный, избегающий крайностей

A

Moderate

535
Q

Человек средних способностей

A

Man of moderate abilities

536
Q

Умеренно пьющий

A

Moderate in drinking

537
Q

Умеренный курильщик

A

Moderate smoker

538
Q

Средний ход

A

Moderate speed

539
Q

Несдержанный, раздражительный

A

Irritable

540
Q

Ужас, благоговейный страх

A

Dread

541
Q

Тормоз

A

Brake

542
Q

Прокладка, внутренняя обивка

A

Lining

543
Q

Полагать, считать

A

Deem

544
Q

Непокорный, непослушный, раздражительный

A

Rambunctious

545
Q

Вводящий в заблуждение, ложный

A

Fallacious

546
Q

Ошибочное доказательство

A

Fallacious proof

547
Q

Быть может

A

Perchance

548
Q

Впредь, с этого времени

A

Henceforth

549
Q

Обман, ложь, жульничество

A

Deception

550
Q

to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side
(verb)

A

to teeter

551
Q

to carry through (as a process) to completion
(verb)

A

to perpetrate

552
Q

the act or fact of having a romantic or sexual relationship with someone other than one’s husband, wife, or partner
(noun)

A

infidelity

553
Q

a British lawyer who advises clients, represents them in the lower courts, and prepares cases for barristers to try in higher courts
(noun)

A

solicitor

554
Q

to say in reply
(verb)

A

to retort

555
Q

to associate on close terms with members of a hostile group especially when contrary to military orders
(verb)

A

to fraternize

556
Q

bitterly severe
(adjective)

A

scathing

557
Q

strongly critical or condemnatory
(adjective)
строгий, суровый, требовательный

A

severe

558
Q

not easily governed, managed, or directed
(adjective)

A

intractable

559
Q

: the point of the ecliptic or degree of the zodiac that rises above the eastern horizon at any moment
: a state or position of dominant power or importance (adjective)

A

ascendant

560
Q

close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) (noun)

A

surveillance

561
Q

to give or dispense freely (phrasal verb)

A

to dish out (gifts, advice, punishment, etc.)

562
Q

to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line

A

to sound

563
Q

to cast oneself head first into deep water

A

to sound

564
Q

a very bad or difficult situation —usually singular (noun)

A

plight

I have become deeply moved by the plight of the Tibetan people.

565
Q

черника

A

huckleberry

566
Q

an expression of good wishes at parting

A

Godspeed

567
Q

to tell secrets about what someone else has done (verb)

A

to tattle

those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences

568
Q

of the very best kind (adjective)

A

swell

what a swell time we had at the country club dance

569
Q

different from the usual or normal (adjective)

A

peculiar

A matter of peculiar interest

570
Q

to form an opinion from little or no evidence
(verb)

A

to surmise

we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter

571
Q

less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable (adjective)
скудный

A

scanty

the camera’s scanty instructions left me somewhat confused

572
Q

to take or keep under one’s control by authority of law (verb)

A

to nab

the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape

573
Q

being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way (adjective)

A

boisterous

the fans at the baseball game became particularly boisterous after the home run

574
Q

athletic supporter (noun)
бандаж

A

jockstrap

575
Q

being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm (adjective)

подверженный, склонный

A

liable

because of his frail constitution, he’s liable to diseases

576
Q

to develop a hole, crack, or tear often in a sudden and forceful or violent way (verb)

A

to rupture

The pipeline ruptured, leaking thousands of gallons of oil.

//The fault could rupture during the next major earthquake.

577
Q

to praise or express pride in one’s own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
(verb)

хвастаться, похваляться

A

to brag

she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state

578
Q

койка, койко-место

A

cot

579
Q

a saline fluid secreted by the sweat glands (noun)

A

persperation

She wiped the perspiration from her forehead.

580
Q

напряжение, нагрузка, переутомление

A

strain

581
Q

a criminal who is associated with, usually exerts control over, and lives off the earnings of one or more prostitutes

A

pimp

the sting operation nabbed 15 prostitutes and two pimps

582
Q

causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer (adjective)

болезненный, нездоровый

A

morbid

a pessimist who is given to morbid introspection and thoughts of death

583
Q

an amusement park ride with seats often in the form of animals (such as horses) revolving about a fixed center (noun)

A

merry-go-round

weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city

584
Q

балка, стропило

A

rafter

585
Q

beside one another in line (adverb pr adjective)

на одной линии, на траверзе, борт о борт

A

abreast

columns of men five abreast

586
Q

to have a good, friendly, etc. relationship with someone (idiom)

A

be on good, friendly, etc. terms (with someone)

My ex-wife and I are still on friendly terms.

587
Q

having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure

given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint

(adjective)

A

rigid

a rigid man who cannot seem to relax

rigid steel bars that should be able to hold the weight

588
Q

violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition (adjective)

A

ferocious

the animal is known as a ferocious predator

589
Q

сидеть на жопе (сленг)

A

to sit on your fanny

590
Q

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things (noun)

A

sacrilege

spitting on the temple floor would be a great sacrilege

591
Q

confined (as by illness) to bed (adjective)

A

bedridden

developed lung cancer in his fifties, which left him bedridden for a year

592
Q

the act of giving or leaving something by will

A

bequest

He refused the bequest.

593
Q

faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do

смутенный

A

perplexed

as I stood there perplexed, with that piece of paper in my hand

594
Q

ввиду того, что

A

inasmuch as

you should not use that source, inasmuch as it is badly out-of-date

595
Q

опасность

A

peril

fire put the city in peril

596
Q

средство от болезни, лекарство

A

remedy

preferred to treat colds with a homemade remedy made from garlic

597
Q

given to or marked by long, quiet thinking

погруженный в размышления, созерцающий

A

contemplative

//a contemplative person who likes to go on solitary walks
//the contemplative life of the monks at the abbey

598
Q

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things

дерзость, непочтение

A

impiety

//the unspeakable impiety of spitting in a church

599
Q

related by blood : descended from a common ancestor or prototype
: essentially similar, related, or compatible (adjective)

A

akin

//The dog and fox are closely akin.
//His interests are akin to mine.

600
Q

something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning

исходное условие, предположение

A

premise

//your conclusion is all wrong because you started out with a false premise

601
Q

evenness of mind especially under stress

невозмутимость, хладнокровие

A

equanimity

//nothing could disturb his equanimity
//an Olympic diver who always displays remarkable equanimity on the platform

602
Q

the characteristic of being regular, smooth, or homogeneous (noun)

равномерность

A

evenness

//Part of what’s beautiful about snow when it first falls is its undisturbed evenness.

603
Q

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind) (verb)

побуждать, склонять

A

to induce

//finally induced the eyewitness to the gangland slaying to cooperate with the police
//No one knows what induced him to leave.
//Her illness was induced by overwork.

604
Q

a follower of a leader, party, or profession (noun)
последователь

A

adherent

//Freud’s adherents
//adherents of socialism

605
Q

the act or an instance of bringing something back to life, public attention, or vigorous activity

A

resurgence

//a resurgence of interest

606
Q

serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition (adjective)
лечебный, коррективный

A

remedial

//took a remedial math course over the summer so he’d be ready for algebra the following school year
//a remedial approach to mental health issues

607
Q

a small, noticeable part of a problem, the total size of which is really much greater (idiom)

A

the tip of the iceberg

//These small local protests are just the tip of the iceberg.

608
Q

completely developed or trained (adjective)

A

fully-fledged

//What started as a small business is now a fully fledged company.
//After years of study, Tim is now a fully fledged architect.

609
Q

to be very noticeable, interesting, exciting, etc. (idiom)

A

jump/leap off the page

The characters are so real that they jump/leap off the page.

610
Q

consisting of many things of different sorts (adjective)

A

heterogeneous

//an ethnically heterogeneous population

611
Q

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

недостатка, нехватка

A

scarcity

// due to the scarcity of the available data

612
Q

to give serious and careful thought to

обдумывать, созерцать, рассматривать

A

to contemplate

He contemplated resigning. — Он подумывал, не уйти ли ему в отставку.

The Stoic philosophy he follows has taught him to practice contemplating his own mortality calmly and rationally.

613
Q

председательствовать

A

to preside

Marcus was once again moved to tears in public while presiding over a legal case.

614
Q

принцип, заповедь

A

precept

// he increasingly turned to the ancient precepts of Stoicism

615
Q

спешить, торопиться

A

to hasten

//the contractors hastened to complete the project before the deadline

//His death was hastened by alcoholism.

//hastened her to the door

616
Q

вон тот, вон там

A

yonder

Yonder company are fools. — В той компании такие дураки.
// follow yonder man
//look yonder and you’ll see the skyline of the city

617
Q

дышать с присвистом, хрипеть

A

to wheeze

618
Q

хотя (и)

A

albeit

// He was considered as a tough albeit fair boss.

619
Q

ready to fall asleep (adjective)

A

drowsy

//the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class

620
Q

to strive for superiority (verb)

A

to vie

// the pain and discomfort of his fever vie for his attention

621
Q

превосходство, старшинство

A

superiority

//the superiority of the nation in military might

622
Q

лишать, отнимать, отбирать

A

to bereave

// Marcus has been bereaved so many times, has practiced his response to it so often, that he no longer weeps uncontrollably.

623
Q

временное пребывание

A

sojourn

a sojourn in a foreign land

624
Q

to decrease in size, extent, or degree (verb)

A

to wane

// He has appointed the best teachers available for him, but their influence is waning.

625
Q

соблазн, приманка

A

lure

// the lure of Rome is too great

626
Q

поспешно, второпях (adverb)

A

hastily

// But you don’t have to judge so hastily of this.

627
Q

подрывать, расшатывать, размывать берег

A

to undermine

//She tried to undermine my authority by complaining about me to my boss.
//The events of the past year have undermined people’s confidence in the government.

628
Q

firm in belief, determination, or adherence, firmly fixed in place

устойчивый

A

steadfast

//her followers have remained steadfast

629
Q

простой народ, массы

A

populace

630
Q

благожелательный, благотворительный

A

benevolent

//a benevolent businessman who has donated money and time to helping inner-city youths

631
Q

своенравный, непредсказуемый

A

wayward

//had always been the most wayward of their three children

632
Q

взятка, подкуп

A

bribe

//police officers accused of taking bribes

633
Q

последующий, являющийся результатом

A

subsequent

// I’ll do the first problem as an example, but all subsequent efforts must be done on your own.

634
Q

not producing the desired result

слабый, бесполезный, тщетный

A

feckless

// she can’t rely on her feckless son

635
Q

манить, подзывать кивком/знаком

A

to beckon

// she beckoned me to follow
// for walkers, these hills beckon

636
Q

испытывать острую тоску, мучиться

A

to anguish

//she was anguished by the fear that her sons would die in the war

637
Q

умеренный, воздержанный

A

moderate

// a moderate drinker

638
Q

a state of noisy, confused activity

A

hubbub

//imagine all the hubbub at the zoo when the lion escaped

639
Q

эрудит

A

polymath

640
Q

оленина

A

venison

641
Q

добрососедство

A

neighbourliness

642
Q

выходить в свет (idiom)

A

to get out and about

643
Q

смена обстановки

A

change of scenery

644
Q

схватить быка за рога

A

grasp the nettle

// You’ve been putting off making that phone call for days - I think it’s about time you grasped the nettle!

645
Q

сарафанное радио

A

hear (something) through/on the grapevine

// I heard through the grapevine that he was leaving - is it true?

646
Q

unaware of information about a particular matter

A

out of the loop

he complained of being kept out of the loop and threatened to resign

647
Q

brought to a state of ruin or destruction

опустошенный, истощенный

A

devastated

//we were devastated by the awful news of his death

648
Q

строгость, суровость

A

rigor (rigour)

//after being coddled by his former coach, the swimmer was shocked by the rigor of the new training program

649
Q

неженка, баловень

A

coddle

// she was no coddle

650
Q

sympathy with another in sorrow

соболезнование, сочувствие

A

condolence

//The governor issued a statement of condolence to the victims’ families.
//a letter of condolence

651
Q

разногласие, несходство взглядов

A

dissent

//considerable dissent within the party’s rank and file

652
Q

плодородный, урожайный, имеющийся в изобилии

A

prolific

// This has been a prolific year for apples.
//a famously prolific author who could produce several works of fiction and nonfiction a year

653
Q

скорбный, горестный

A

woeful

//never saw a more woeful-looking bunch than those campers sitting there in the drenching rain
//the woeful expressions of the players after the humiliating loss

654
Q

размышлять, советоваться, совместно рассматривать

A

to deliberate

// The jury retired to deliberate the verdict.
// to deliberate on whether or not to accept a new job

655
Q

овощ (неформальное, о человеке)

A

heady cabbage

// This poor bastard, he seems to be a heady cabbage.

656
Q

арестовывать, задерживать

A

to apprehend

// The killer will eventually be apprehended.

657
Q

a small object or gadget, especially one whose precise name the speaker cannot recall

штуковина

A

doohickey

// a garage filled with electronic parts and other valuable doohickeys

658
Q

to determine the significance, worth, or condition of usually by careful appraisal and study (verb)

A

to evaluate

// It allows us to evaluate our thoughts, feelings, and urges and to decide if they’re good or bad, healthy or unhealthy.

659
Q

a natural ability of the mind or body

дар, способность

A

faculty

// Reason governs our decisions, in a sense—the Stoics call it our “ruling faculty.”
//the belief that if someone loses their sight, all of their other physical faculties are heightened

660
Q

to be greater, better, or stronger than (verb)

превосходить, отличаться

A

to excel

// he excelled his father
// Humans excel when they think clearly and reason well about their lives, which amounts to living wisely.

661
Q

to spend extravagantly or foolishly (verb)

A

to squander

// Those who squander their sudden wealth often end up more miserable than they could have imagined.

662
Q

зло, порок

A

vice

// valuing money more highly than justice is a vice

663
Q

по сути, по своему существу

A

inherently

// the Stoics also believed that human nature is inherently social

664
Q

отвращение, антипатия

A

aversion

665
Q

достоинство, гордость

A

dignity

666
Q

to have as part of a whole; to surround or cover closely
окружать, заключать (в прямом и переносном) (verb)

A

to encompass

// a term encompassing both desires and emotions
//a fog of mystery has long encompassed this fraternal organization, which is known for its secret rituals

667
Q

заикаться

A

to stammer

// He stammers when he’s nervous.

668
Q

отказываться, воздерживаться от чего-либо (verb)

A

to forgo

He’ll likewise forgo pleasures like eating junk food, indulging in drugs or alcohol, or oversleeping if they are unhealthy for his body or bad for his character.

669
Q

сдержанность, простота, скромность

A

humility

//displaying genuine humility, the peace activist accepted the Nobel Prize on behalf of all who have worked to end the violence

670
Q

искренний, подлинный, ненаигранный

A

genuine

// His apology seemed genuine.
// the signature is genuine
// a deep and genuine love

671
Q

красноречие, ораторское искусство

A

eloquence

//millions have been inspired by the eloquence of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech

672
Q

одобрение, шумное приветствие

A

acclaim

// He was well versed in the Skeptical philosophy of the Academy and won widespread acclaim for his rhetorical eloquence.
// She deserves acclaim for all her charitable works.

673
Q

писать стихи, выражать в стихах

A

to verse

674
Q

уступать, отступать

A

to buckle

// He buckled under pressure.

675
Q

сомнительный, неоднозначный

A

dubious

//any letter bearing the signature of Geronimo would be of dubious authenticity, to say the least
// I was dubious about the plan.

676
Q

выдающееся положение, известность

A

prominence

// The importance of this event comes into historical prominence.

677
Q

показной, внешний

A

ostentatious

//wears an ostentatious diamond ring on his little finger

//an ostentatious man who desperately wants to impress people with his newly acquired wealth

678
Q

одурачивать, вводить в заблуждение (verb)

A

to dupe

//we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien

679
Q

предположительно, вероятно

A

presumably

//presumably he’s going on the trip for business reasons, but we have our doubts

680
Q

делать предположение, делать вывод

A

to infer

// Although we don’t know what all of these aspects were, we can infer what some may have been.

//another survey … infers that two-thirds of all present computer installations are not paying for themselves

681
Q

чечевица

A

lentil

// Cynic philosophers often ate a very simple diet of cheap black bread and lentils.

682
Q

лишать мужества, приводить в смятение

A

to dismay

// Marcus was deeply dismayed that Hadrian had adopted him into the imperial household.

683
Q

герой поневоле

A

reluctant hero

684
Q

feeling or showing aversion, hesitation, or unwillingness (adjective)

A

reluctant

// He was reluctant to move from his mother’s villa to the emperor’s private home.

685
Q

приводить в смятение, тревожить

A

to perturb

//the caller’s strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night

686
Q

to quickly say a list or something that you have learned
отбарабанить (phrasal verb)

A

to rattle off

// Marcus rattled off a whole list of his concerns about life at court.

687
Q

слоновая кость

A

ivory

688
Q

слоновая кость

A

ivory

689
Q

поведение, манера вести себя

A

demeanour

// Antoninus was famous for his calm demeanor and for welcoming plain speaking at court and elsewhere.

690
Q

вселять, вдохновлять; пропитывать

A

to imbue

//her training at the school for the deaf imbued her with a sense of purpose that she had never known before

691
Q

язвить, делать колкие замечания

A

to quip

//she rolled her eyes at her brother’s bragging and quipped, “You’re a legend in your own mind, all right”

692
Q

смягчаться, ослабевать

A

to relent

//the fury of the storm relented, and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds
//the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks

693
Q

смешиваться

A

to mingle

//The story mingles fact with fiction.

694
Q

вращаться в обществе

A

to mingle in society

695
Q

искусство, мастерство, умение

A

prowess

//an extraordinary display of prowess on the battlefield

696
Q

стенать, плакать, сокрушаться

A

to lament

//she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words
//He lamented his decision not to go to college.

697
Q

затруднительное положение, затруднение

A

predicament

//if you had told the truth in the first place, we wouldn’t be in this predicament
// Here was a predicament, because I was in a desperate hurry.

698
Q

вежливый, обходительный, учтивый

A

courteous, polite

//their customer service department always gives courteous responses, even to rude people

699
Q

пасти (скот)

to feed on grass or herbs

A

to graze

//cows grazing in the meadow

700
Q

луг, луговина

A

meadow

//wildflowers blooming in the meadow

701
Q

coming before all others in importance, highest in rank or authority (adjective)

A

supreme

//in our house, watching baseball reigns supreme as the activity of choice on summer evenings
// the supreme commander of the multinational force

702
Q

приукрашивание, преувеличивание

A

embellishments

// Cutting through misleading language and value judgments and stripping away any embellishments or emotive language, the Stoics tried to articulate the facts more calmly and soberly.

703
Q

детские качели; метание из одной крайности в другую, непоследовательность

A

seesaw

704
Q

возмещение, компенсация

A

amends (pl.)

//trying to make amends for his bad behavior

705
Q

непостоянный, изменчивый; летучий

A

volatile

// The protests are increasing, creating a volatile situation in the capital.
// a volatile temper

706
Q

трактат, научный труд

A

treatise

//a treatise on capitalism that is standard reading in university economics classes

707
Q

тактичный

A

tactful

// Well, then a cheerful acceptance of that hindrance is required, along with a tactful shift to doing what circumstances allow.

708
Q

extreme risk which could prove fatal (collocation)

A

grave danger

// It is also a grave danger for our coastal communities, because if sustainability of the stocks collapses, our coastal communities will have no future.

709
Q

осаждать, блокировать, окружать

A

to besiege

//The army had besieged the castle.

//a family besieged by worries about the faltering economy

710
Q

крепость

A

fortress

//the boys built a snow fortress and then challenged the neighborhood kids to an in-your-face snowball fight

711
Q

one who spoils the pleasure of others

A

killjoy

// his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun

712
Q

висок

A

temple

713
Q

затылок

A

back of the head

714
Q

ресница

A

eyelash, cilia, eaves

715
Q

укроп

A

dill

716
Q

to stop something before it has an opportunity to develop (idiom)

A

to nip something in the bud

// The key is to stop bad habits early so that you can nip them in the bud.

717
Q

help that you receive that gives you an advantage over other people or makes it possible for you to do something difficult

A

a leg up

/la key endorsement that would give the struggling candidate a real leg up right
now

718
Q

проницательный, прозорливый

A

astute

//a police detective known to be an astute judge of character

//astute remarks

719
Q

фазан

A

pheasant

720
Q

свинья

A

pig, sow

721
Q

вымя

A

udder

722
Q

тесто, выпечка

A

pastry

723
Q

саморез

A

fastener, self-tapping screw

724
Q

фланец

A

flange

725
Q

вести переговоры, обсуждать условия, договариваться

A

to negotiate

// I’m not in the mood to negotiate.
// wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer

726
Q

принуждение, давление

A

duress

// Marcus thanks the gods that his body held out for such a long time under such physical duress.
// Confession under duress does not constitute the guilt.

727
Q

символический, знаковый

A

emblematic

//the dove is emblematic of the organization’s mission to bring some peace to a troubled world
// even as Maximus lay dying, with his last breath he whispered the word equanimity to his guard, which was emblematic both of his character and of his reign

728
Q

a collection of resources available or utilized for an undertaking or field of activity

A

armamentarium

729
Q

по сути, по существу

A

intrinsically

// It may seem natural to assume that pain is intrinsically bad.

730
Q

привести множество (шквал) аргументов

A

to employ a barrage of arguments

731
Q

кратко, сжато, лаконично

A

succinctly

// Epictetus stated this very succinctly.

732
Q

лаконичный ответ

A

succinct reply

733
Q

having control over a situation or extensive knowledge of a subject (idiom)

A

to have a firm grasp

// It’s important to have a firm grasp of a behavior’s negative consequences if we want to change it.

734
Q

обесценивать, принижать значение

A

to depreciate

// Our house has depreciated in value.

735
Q

«разделяй и властвуй»

A

divide and conquer

// However, the divide and conquer rule is not the only political strategy that can be applied to software development.

736
Q

конечность (как обратное к бесконечности)

A

finitude

// the universal finitude of our existence

737
Q

непостоянство

A

impermanence

738
Q

засада

A

ambush

739
Q

the power, right, or opportunity to choose

волевой акт, воля

A

volition

// Nothing is entirely under your control, except your own volition.

//left the church of her own volition, not because she was excommunicated

740
Q

зубчатые стены

A

battlements

// battlements of the castle

741
Q

крепостной вал, бастион

A

rampart

//The city’s ramparts crumbled long ago.

742
Q

обдумывать, размышлять

A

to mull over

// I need time to mull things over before I decide what to do.

743
Q

обращать внимание, учитывать

A

to heed

//if we had heeded the ranger’s advice, we might not have gotten lost

744
Q

to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization

обдумывать, намечать

A

to envisage

//envisages an entirely new system of education

745
Q

to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime

подвергать наказанию

A

to chasten

//chastened the child with five minutes of sitting in the corner

746
Q

рабский, холопский

A

servile

//had always maintained a servile attitude around people with money

747
Q

фальшивый, подставной

A

phony

//a phony watch with a designer logo

//she always has this phony smile just before she betrays you

748
Q

содержательный, полный смысла

A

pithy

//a fairly pithy criticism about a notably lengthy novel

749
Q

to waver in mind, will, or feeling

A

to vacillate

// Foolish people, by contrast, vacillate, driven by contradictory passions, which flutter from one thing to another like butterflies.

750
Q

хвалебная речь, панегирик

A

eulogy

// These questions are similar to the well-known therapy technique of imagining the eulogies at your own funeral and asking yourself what, ideally, you would want people to remember you for.

751
Q

растолковывать, проливать свет

A

to elucidate

// The most important aspect of this values clarification exercise for Stoics would be to elucidate our most fundamental goal.

752
Q

свернутый спиралью, извилистый, запутанный

A

convoluted

// The family ties of Roman nobles could be convoluted.

753
Q

кровавая бойня, резня, побоище

A

carnage

//a multitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage

754
Q

заклинать, уговаривать

A

to exhort

//exhorting voters to do the right thing

755
Q

to give satisfaction to

A

to gladden

// Marcus also tells himself that when he wants to gladden his heart, he should meditate on the good qualities of those close to him, such as energy, modesty, or generosity.

756
Q

surplus or disused articles (such as furniture) that are stored away

хлам

A

lumber

757
Q

обольщение, соблазн, искушение

A

seduction

//the swift seduction of the home buyers into a bigger house than they could afford

758
Q

зарифить, обтягивать

A

to swift

759
Q

moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed (adjective)

A

swift

//the sleekest, swiftest boat ever to have sailed in the regatta

760
Q

отправка, депеша, донесение

A

dispatch

//a dispatch from headquarters regarding a change in battle plans

761
Q

to interest oneself in what is not one’s concern

A

to meddle

//please stop meddling in your sister’s marriage, even though you mean well

762
Q

благоприятный, в легкой форме (о болезни)

A

benign

//environmentally benign

//basking under a benign sun on a day in early spring

763
Q

мягкость, доброта (погода, характер)

A

clemency

//The judge ignored the prisoner’s pleas for clemency.

//The fair was a great success, owing to the clemency of the weather.

764
Q

наступать, давить, обходиться жестоко

A

to tread

// to be still a friend to one who has trodden friendship underfoot

765
Q

разбавлять, делать менее выразительным

A

to dilute

//diluting juice with water
//dilute the power of the mayoralty

766
Q

клеветать, порочить репутацию

A

to slander

//for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity

767
Q

reacting in a readily predictable way (adjective)

предсказуемый, спонтанный

A

knee-jerk

//knee-jerk decision

//The man was such a bleeding-heart knee-jerk liberal that you could predict the rest of the column after reading the first sentence.

768
Q

подверженный ошибкам, ошибочный

A

fallible

//She was a perfectionist who failed to realize that humans are inherently fallible.
// a fallible generalisation

769
Q

предупреждение, предостережение

A

caveat

770
Q

неясный, смутный, малопонятный

A

indistinct

// indistinct light in the distance
// indistinct chatter

771
Q

сырой, мокрый, влажный

A

moist

772
Q

взрывчатые вещества

A

demolitions

773
Q

уничтожение, разрушение, снос

A

demolition

// The black girl was a demolition expert.

774
Q

прием, трюк, уловка

A

gimmick

// …they would have worked in a gimmick where every show I would’ve told another joke.

775
Q

one who cheats (informal + offensive)

A

gyp

// What a gyp.

776
Q

the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment

фокусы, ловкость рук

A

legerdemain

//a remarkable piece of diplomatic legerdemain

//displays legerdemain with cards and coins

777
Q

только что начатый, зарождающийся

A

inchoate

// With one month left until the ceremony, the wedding plans were inchoate.

778
Q

loud sounds

A

cacophony

// Despite the cacophony, the student tried to study.

779
Q

страшный, грозный, вызывающий уважение

A

redoubtable

//his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced
//The director’s latest movie has a redoubtable cast.

780
Q

precise, marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details
педантичный, скрупулезный

A

punctilious

//old-money aristocrats with a punctilious sense of propriety
//she’s very punctilious about grammar

781
Q

lasting a very short time

A

ephemeral

// ephemeral pleasures
// an ephemeral fever

782
Q

сентиментальный, слащавый, тошнотворный, приторный

A

mawkish

//Rediscovering the diary she kept as a teen, she found some entries mawkish.
//a mawkish love story

783
Q

to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings

укорять, упрекать

A

to upbraid

//The boss upbraided her employees.

//his wife upbraided him for his irresponsible handling of the family finances

784
Q

lucky happenstance

интуитивная прозорливость

A

serendipity

//The first time she met her future husband was serendipity.

785
Q

marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger

вспыльчивый

A

irascible

//The team found out their new coach was irascible.

786
Q

придать живости чему-либо

A

to add zest to something

787
Q

пикантность, особенность

A

zest

//dumped in more spices to add some zest to the marinade

788
Q

сомнительный, неканонический

A

apocryphal

//He had heard many apocryphal stories about George Washington.

789
Q

an established preference for something

склонность, пристрастие

A

predilection

//She knew her son had a predilection for spicy food.

790
Q

излишек, неумеренность (особенно к еде)

A

surfeit

//She took a moment to review the surfeit of options.
//Fasting is only to avoid surfeit.

791
Q

прародитель, предок, предшественник

A

forebear

792
Q

краеугольный камень, основа

A

keystone

//Hard work is the keystone to success.

793
Q

напевать вполголоса

A

to croon

// the descendants of the two streams of emigrants still crooned to their children some at least of the same nursery songs

794
Q

собрание, скопление, сходка

A

congregation

// carried him at full speed through the midst of the outraged congregation

795
Q

середина

A

midst, middle, centre

796
Q

бесстрастный, индифферентный

A

nonchalant

// Especially admirable is the nonchalant manner in which it is recorded that…

797
Q

законодательное учреждение

A

legislature

798
Q

великолепие, роскошь

A

splendour

// A cable car will take you to dizzy heights, enabling you to appreciate the mountains in their full splendour.

799
Q

выложенный мозаикой

A

tessellated

800
Q

львиный

A

leonine

801
Q

пышное зрелище, показуха

A

pageantry

802
Q

дробь

A

fraction

803
Q

неаккуратный, неряшливый

A

slipshod

804
Q

внушать, прививать

A

to instil

// Parents try to instil in(to) their children the best of moral principles.
// We must try to instil some order into the organization

805
Q

сила, энергия; действительность, законность

A

vigour

// Does he have enough vigour to get everything done?

806
Q

презренный, жалкий; цинга

A

scurvy

// a scurvy trick

807
Q

обуздывать, сдерживать

A

to curb

// to curb pur natural appetites

808
Q

разделение, отчужженность

A

detachment

// This is perhaps one reason why a man can speak of his childhood and early youth with a sense of detachment.

809
Q

прошлая жизнь, прошлое, былое

A

antecedents

// her antecedents - ее прошлое

810
Q

меткий стрелок, снайпер

A

marksman

811
Q

подходящий, подверженный

A

apt

// The choice of song was apt.
// She is apt to take offense easily.

812
Q

легковоспламеняющийся

A

apt to take fire

813
Q

person with hidden abilities [idiom]

A

a bit of a dark horse

814
Q

a difficult fact to accept [idiom]

A

a bitter pill to swallow

815
Q

a totally different situation from the one just mentioned [idiom]

A

a different kettle of fish

816
Q

a difficult, hard life [idiom]

A

a dog’s life

817
Q

somebody who feels uncomfortable [idiom]

A

a fish out of water

818
Q

a wild guess / a risk [idiom]

A

a long shot

// It’s a long shot, but you could try phoning him at home.

819
Q

a poor memory [idiom]

A

a memory like a sieve

820
Q

a person who enjoys staying up late (idiom)

A

a night owl

// Night owls have often been blamed in the past for unpunctuality or attitude problems.

821
Q

искусство, мастерство, доблесть

A

prowess

//an extraordinary display of prowess on the battlefield

822
Q

в безвыходном положении

A

at bay

// I twice killed lions which were at bay and just starting to charge, and I killed a heavy-maned male while it was in full charge.

823
Q

набрасываться, атаковать

A

to charge

// You should have seen me run when that goat charged at me!

824
Q

бушевать; реветь (о буре); завывать (о ветре)

A

to bluster

//the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left

//a cold, blustering wind

825
Q

at or toward which

A

whereat

// he turned to leave, whereat she began to weep

826
Q

чаща, заросли

A

thicket

827
Q

походка, поступь; темп (осуществления, протекания)

A

gait

// He was walking with an unsteady gait.
// The project went forward at a steady gait.

828
Q

causing announce (adjective)

A

exasperating

// those exasperating details that come with almost any job

829
Q

восприимчивый, послушный, покорный

A

docile

// docile and intelligent pupils
// docile wax
// docile wife

830
Q

шнуровать, шнурок

A

(to) lace

// to lace up one’s boots

831
Q

букмекер

A

bookie

832
Q

сбиться (с курса), блуждать, бродить, быть беспорядочно разбросанным

A

to straggle

// Her hair straggled untidily over the pillow.
// The road straggled onward into the mystery of the primeval forest.

833
Q

болван, тупица, олух

A

oaf

834
Q

the beginning of an event, the invention of something, or the arrival of a person

наступление (эпохи, события), прибытие, приход

A

advent

// the advent of the Internet
// his advent always caused a distinct flutter among the waiting Senators and Congressmen

835
Q

дезертирство, отказ от выполнения обязательств

A

desertion

//the soldiers were imprisoned for desertion of their posts

836
Q

энергичный, активный, рьяный

A

strenuous

// On this play he expended many strenuous months.

837
Q

благопристойность, приличие, вежливость

A

decency

// Have you no sense of decency? — У тебя совсем нет чувства приличия?
// He didn’t even have the decency to apologize. — Он даже не потрудился извиниться.

838
Q

запоздалый, поздний, медлительный

A

tardy

//the tardy pace at which she was obliged to walk
// a tardy arrival

839
Q

бескорыстный, безучастный

A

disinterested

// The English public is disinterested in its theatre.
// disinterested help — бескорыстная помощь

840
Q

обструкционизм, флибустьер

A

filibuster

//The filibuster delayed the voting on the bill for over a week.
// to engage in a filibuster

841
Q

Стой! Стоп! (команда)

A

Halt!

[hɔːlt]

842
Q

остановка, прекращение; привал

A

halt

// The bus came to a halt just in time to avoid hitting the wall. — Автобус остановился как раз вовремя, чтобы не врезаться в стену.
// Here let us make a halt.

843
Q

прицел

A

crosshairs

844
Q

when someone intends to catch, arrest, or stop you (idiom)

A

to be in someone’s crosshairs

// He’s in the law’s crosshairs now.

845
Q

твердость характера; основа, суть

A

backbone

//it takes backbone to stand up to the kind of suffering that some cancer patients must endure

846
Q

a demand for repetition or reappearance made by an audience

вызов на бис

A

encore

// Free for graduation, Herman? Perhaps you could give us an encore.

//He sang a folk song as an encore.

847
Q

плавательный бассейн (закрытый)

A

natatorium

// I paid for the whole damn natatorium.

848
Q

перемирие

A

truce

// Let’s have a truce for a second.

849
Q

почтение, почтительность

A

reverence

// deep / profound reverence

850
Q

мускулистый, сильный; выразительный (о стиле, языке)

A

sinewy

// sinewy style
// they delighted in criticising the men who really were doing the things which they said ought to be done, but which they lacked the sinewy power to do

851
Q

пережиток прошлого, предрассудок; тайный пароль

A

shibboleth

// One of their shibboleths was that the office should seek the man and not the man the office.

852
Q

to burn on the surface; to make dry

A

to scorch

// the picnickers kept scorching their marshmallows, deliberately sticking their skewers into the licking flames of the campfire

//weeks of drought had badly scorched the soil
// we worked under the scorching midsummer sun

853
Q

размашистый шаг, идти размашистым шагом

A

lope

//The horses loped easily across the fields.
//He went loping up the hill.

854
Q

пускать лошадь легким галопом

A

to canter

//The horses cantered across the grass.
//We cantered off toward the lake.

855
Q

тщательно, детально разработанный;
planned or carried out with great care

A

elaborate

// took elaborate precautions

856
Q

the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable;
конфуз, замешательство

A

discomfiture

//blushed and lowered her eyes in evident discomfiture
// to my discomfiture

857
Q

знаменатель (дроби)

A

denominator

858
Q

числитель (дроби)

A

numenator

859
Q

дробь (мат.)

A

fraction

860
Q

неодобрительно; наклонно, косо

A

askance

//They eyed the stranger askance.
//Many critics have looked askance at the proposal.

861
Q

неклейменный теленок; скиталец, бродяга

A

maverick

//there’s always one maverick who has to go his own way

862
Q

ножны

A

scabbard

863
Q

лука (седла)

A

pommel

864
Q

теленок

A

calf — calves

865
Q

петух

A

rooster, cock

866
Q

вставать с петухами

A

to rise at cock-crow

867
Q

правдивость, достоверность

A

veracity

868
Q

до настоящего времени, до сих пор

A

hitherto

// But Mr. Gorman, not hitherto known as a sensitive soul, expressed himself as so shocked..

869
Q

злоба, злой умысел

A

malice

870
Q

ожесточаться, становиться чёрствым, бесчувственным

A

to callous

// the hands calloused by hard manual labour
//the callous comment “It’s just a fish,” when the boy’s pet died, made him cry

871
Q

gross injustice

беззаконие, несправедливость

A

iniquity

//the use of illegal narcotics is not only a destroyer of personal health but also an iniquity that undermines our society
//a nation still struggling with the aftereffects of the iniquity of slavery

872
Q

формальность, значимость, серьезность

A

solemnity

873
Q

избирательное право

A

suffrage

874
Q

медду прочим, вводный, вставленный мимоходом

A

parenthetically

// Parenthetically, let me remark…

875
Q

изысканность, тонкость, деталь

A

refinement

// all the refinements of his artful policy — все тонкости его искусной политики

876
Q

взморье; море, видимое с берега до горизонта

A

offing

877
Q

странный, чудной

A

queer

// It’s queer that he hasn’t arrived yet.

878
Q

чудак

A

queer fellow / fish

879
Q

мученик, страдалец

A

martyr

to make a martyr of oneself — строить из себя мученика
He was a martyr to gout. — Он страдал подагрой.

880
Q

речь, горячее обращение

A

harangue

881
Q

объективный

A

objective, unbiassed, impartial

882
Q

lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence (adjective)

A

spasmodic

//spasmodic problems that we will have to deal with as they crop up

883
Q

Ломать не строить.

A

It is easier to pull down than to build.

884
Q

скромный, сдержанный

A

modest

885
Q

неуловимый, тонкий, едва различимый

A

subtle

886
Q

дань (уважения, восхищения)

A

tribute

// our subtle tribute to the Greek flag

887
Q

нездоровье

A

ailment

888
Q

смуглый, темный

A

swarthy

889
Q

походить, иметь сходство

A

to resemble

// This part of the country resembles England.

890
Q

колеблющийся, нерешительный, неуверенный

A

undecided

//an undecided question/issue

//voters still seem to be undecided about that candidate’s fitness for the office of president

891
Q

подъем, приращение, рост

A

augmentation

892
Q

помогать, оказывать помощь, поддержку

A

to aid

893
Q

e.g.

A

exempli gratia

894
Q

порождать, вызывать

A

to beget

// Violence only begets more violence.

895
Q

разводить / тянуть канитель

A

to drag out proceedings
to procrastinate

896
Q

пойти ко дну (о корабле)

A

to founder

897
Q

трафарет

A

stencil

898
Q

согласно (наречие)

A

in accord
in harmony

899
Q

согласно (чему-либо)

A

according to

900
Q

согласно (с чем-либо)

A

in accordance with

901
Q

высшая точка, вершина, верх

A

apex

902
Q

шмель

A

bumblebee

903
Q

подъем, приращение, увеличение

A

augmentation

904
Q

окоченелый, онемевший

A

numb

905
Q

вместе с

A

along with; in conjunction; coupled with

906
Q

курс, направление, тенденция

A

trend

907
Q

сквозной

A

through, transparent

908
Q

странный, необычный, чудной

A

queer

909
Q

подстерегать, устраивать засаду

A

To waylay

A maniac waylaid her in the street.

910
Q

образец, образчик, экземпляр

A

specimen

911
Q

Вот так тип!

A

What a specimen!

912
Q

Торговый, коммерческий

A

Mercantile

// mercantile marine

913
Q

Оценивать, производить оценку

A

To appraise

The house was appraised at seventy thousand dollars.

914
Q

Подход к берегу, посадка

A

Landfall

// to make a safe landfall

915
Q

Благоразумный, предусмотрительный

A

Prudent

916
Q

Роса

A

Dew

917
Q

много путешествующий человек

A

globetrotter

918
Q

Подсадная утка, приманка

A

Decoy

//He had a decoy distract the guard while he jumped over the fence.

919
Q

Главный исполнительный директор

A

Chief Executive Officer

920
Q

Бухточка

A

Cove

921
Q

измена, предательство

A

Treason

//reading a friend’s diary without permission would have to be regarded as the ultimate act of personal treason

922
Q

мигание, мерцание
миг

A

twinkle

923
Q

уйма, огромное количество

A

oodles

//the neighbors let us know that they bought oodles of candy for Halloween this year

924
Q

Соучастие (в правонарушении)

A

complicity

925
Q

болтовня, вздор

A

piffle

//pseudo-scientific piffle

926
Q

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

пустые слова, бессмыслица

A

balderdash

//a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all

927
Q

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

пустые слова, бессмыслица

A

balderdash

//a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all

928
Q

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

пустые слова, бессмыслица

A

balderdash

//a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all

929
Q

почтение, благоволение

A

Reverence

//Her poems are treated with reverence by other poets.
//Their religion has a deep reverence for nature.

930
Q

тусклый, неяркий

A

dim

//a dim, windowless room in the basement of the house

//the storm clouds dimmed our view of the city from the airplane

931
Q

Роскошный, выдающийся

A

Splendid

//a splendid mansion in the Georgian style

932
Q

Брачный договор

A

Prenup

// We have a clear prenup.

933
Q

Знающий, осведомленный

A

Cognis(z)ant

//cognizant of the potential dangers

934
Q

Пикирование, резкое падение вниз

A

Nosedive

//stock prices took a nosedive

//The plane went into a nosedive.

935
Q

Изобилие, избыток (силы, ресурсов)

A

Opulence

//in some parts of the city nearly unimaginable opulence can be found side by side with nearly unthinkable poverty

936
Q

Лжесвидетельство

A

Perjury

//He was found guilty of perjury.

937
Q

Письменное показание под присягой

A

Affidavit

938
Q

Тихий выходной, когда особо ничего не делал

A

A quiet weekend

How was your weekend? - I had a quiet one, actually. I did a bit of reading, made some nice food and watched a film. How about you?

939
Q

Ленивый выходной, когда не прилагал усилий

A

A lazy weekend

How was your weekend? - I had a really nice, lazy Saturday, reading and watching a film.

940
Q

Просыпаться позже, чем обычно

A

To have a lie-in

How was your weekend? - I was really tired, so I had a lie-in on Saturday.

941
Q

Выспаться, наверстать остаток сна

A

Catch up on some / your sleep

How was your weekend? - It was a very nice weekend, thanks. I finally caught up on some sleep.

942
Q

Возиться, делать что-то без спешки, в удовольствие

A

To potter

I had a very relaxing Sunday, just pottering around in the garden.

943
Q

Полный общения выходной, проведенный в компании других людей

A

A sociable weekend

944
Q

Пообщаться с кем-то, обсудить последние новости

A

To catch up with someone

945
Q

Оставаться на ночь

A

To stay over

946
Q

Беспокойный, суетливый выходной

A

A hectic weekend

947
Q

давать показания, свидетельствовать

A

To testify

//She refused to testify about who had given her the information.
//She testified before Congress today.
//He agreed to testify against his drug dealer.

948
Q

Реактивный снаряд, ракета

A

Missile

949
Q

серьезная, ужасная ошибка

A

grave error

History has shown that to have been a grave error.

This was a grave error on my part for which I sincerely apologize.

950
Q

идти быстро, спешить

A

to hotfoot

Sometimes it is wise to get to Master first with your problem as, without doubt, as soon as you state that you are not satisfied others will be hotfooting it to his cabin with their complaints.

951
Q

остаток, осадок

A

residue

// the hatch coamings have to be cleared of cargo residue

952
Q

последовательность, непрерывный ряд

A

succession

953
Q

жесткий, тугой, неэластичный

A

stiff

954
Q

идти быстро, спешить

A

to hotfoot

955
Q

остаток

A

residue

956
Q

шило

A

awl

957
Q

портить, ухудшать

A

to mar

nervousness marred the effect of his speech ― (его) нервозность испортила впечатление от его выступления (речи)
the noise marred the peace of the night ― шум нарушил ночной покой

958
Q

растить, воспитывать (потомство)

A

to rear

to rear a child ― растить ребенка
the hen rears her brood ― наседка водит свой выводок

959
Q

сочный, буйный, пышный

A

lush

lush meadows ― свежие зеленые луга

960
Q

берлога, логово, нора

A

den

961
Q

лачуга, хибара, хижина

A

shack

962
Q

латунь

A

brass

963
Q

свирепый, жестокий, ужасающий

A

atrocious

964
Q

старшина шлюпки

A

coxswain

965
Q

крутой

A

steep

966
Q

уключина

A

rowlock

967
Q

то же самое, та же сумма, точная копия

A

ditto

paid to Mr. Jones $10, ditto to Mr. Brown ― уплачено мистеру Джоунзу 10 долларов, мистеру Брауну столько же
he has been very foolish and you ditto ― он вел себя очень глупо, и ты тоже

He is the ditto of his father.

968
Q

клык

A

fang

969
Q

Обметка, подшивка через край, марка

A

Whipping

970
Q

Капать, падать каплями, стекать

A

to drip

971
Q

Капать, падать каплями, стекать

A

to drip

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