Vocabulary Flashcards
(To use or follow as a model)
Your brother …. you because he admires you
Imitates
(To be the same or very similar)
The newspaper story does not ….. what really happened.
Correspond to
(To make a situation or activity continue in the same way)
Britain wants to …. its position as a world power
How can we …. control of spending?
Maintain, preserve
(To state firmly that something is true)
French cuisine, she …. , is the best in the world.
He …. that nuclear power was a safe and non-polluting energy source.
Assert, claim
(To move something to a higher level or height)
High stress levels … blood pressure
Try to keep your leg ….
Elevate
(Used to say that you have read or been told something although you are not certain it is true)
…. it is going to rain today
Apparently
(Appearing to be something without really being that thing)
We now have a ….. endless choice of TV channels
Seemingly
(Not injured or harmed by something)
The markets and all the residential areas of the city are equally….. modern trends
Unscathed
(Used to say that something seems to be true, although it is not certain)
Nelson …. committed suicide
Apparently
(If something….you It is so strange or confusing that you cannot understand or explain it)
Her disappearance has …….
her friends and neighbours
Mystify, baffle
(Thin in an attractive way)
Gabriel was a tall ….. young man with a light brown moustache
Slender, slim
(To build or put up a structure)
The police ….. barriers across the road
Erect, put up
(To make an exciting opinion or idea stronger)
This ….. the stereotype that blondes have no brains
Reinforces
Judith lay on the settle, ……… her …..
Be absorbed in something
(Very beautiful or powerful in a way that people admire)
This lovely village is surrounded by …… mountains
Majestic
(To move slowly from one side to the other)
The trees ….. gently in the wind
Swayed
(An understanding of something)
He has an excellent ……. English
Grasp of, understanding
(To make something stronger)
A security door …… steel bars
Reinforced by
Фарфор
The year was 1710, and Meissen …. is still being made to this day.
Porcelain
(В приделах чьей-то достигаемости)
And agreement to end the war seemed …..
Within their grasp
Within somebody’s grasp
(To control something by limiting it)
Poor soil has ….. the level of crop production
Constrained, restrict
(To suddenly surprise or frighten someone)
The noise ….. him and he dropped his glass on the floor
Startled
(To persuade someone to change their opinion or decision)
I think I was …… what James said
Swayed by
(Something that limits what you can do)
…… spending have forced the company to rethink its plans
Constraint on
Хватка
Luke took her arm in a firm …. and led her through the gate
Grasp, grip
(To correct something that is wrong)
Any defects found have to be ….. without delay.
Rectify=fix=correct=regulate
(To read or hear a large amount of new information and understand it)
Her capacity to …. information is amazing
Absorb
(Possible to do)
We agreed on a …. plan and within a week we implemented it
Feasible, possible, realistic
(The tired feeling you get when you have just travelled a long distance on an aircraft)
The symptoms of …… result from a temporary disruption of these rhythms
Jet lag
(A situation in which something is prevented from continuing in its usual way)
The symptoms of …. result from a temporary …… of these rhythms
Disruption, interruption
(To provide what is wanted or needed by a particular group of people)
The club ……. children between the ages of 4 and 12.
Caters for
Cater for sb/sth
(За приделами чьей-то досягаемости)
Many families are finding suitable housing …..
Beyond their grasp
Beyond somebody’s grasp
(Fashionable and attractive)
A ….., black suit
Stylish
(If two or more things …. they are suitable for each other)
Her ideas …. well ….. our plans for the future.
Mesh with
(To eagerly and quickly use an opportunity to do something)
She is ready to …. any ….. to expand the business
Grasp an opportunity
(a specially designed system of paths, often in a park or public garden, which is difficult to find your way through)
We got completely lost in the ….
Maze
(a large number of rules, instructions etc which are complicated and difficult to understand)
a …. of new ….
maze of rules/regulations etc
(A conventional method, product, practice etc has been used for a long time and is considered the usual type)
The hospital provides both ….. and alternative medical treatments.
Conventional=usual=traditional
(To move about searching for things you need, especially food)
Chimpanzees spend most of the day …. fruit, leaves and insects
Foraging for
(To understand something)
I find these mathematical problems difficult to …..
Grasp, understand
(Safe to eat and not harmful)
There are many ….. fruits growing wild in the coastal forest
Edible
(To get rid of something)
….. any old cleaning materials
Discard, dispose of
(To keep someone or something within limits of a particular activity or subject)
The police cadet’s duties were …… taking statements from the crowd
Confined to, restricted to
(The conditions that affect a situation, action, event etc)
The Soviet Union had been forced by …… to sign a pact with Nazi Germany.
Circumstances=occasions=occurrences=situations
(Certain to happen and impossible to avoid)
Nina could never escape the ….. comparisons that people made between her and her twin
Inevitable
(Схватить)
I ….. his arm firmly and led him away
Grasped, griped
(To punish someone or treat them unfairly)
Two students were ….. very differently for the same offence.
Punished, penalised
Punishment, penalising
(To deliberately not include something)
The judges decided to …. evidence which had been unfairly obtained
Exclude
(A promise to yourself to do something)
My New Year’s …. is to do more exercise
Resolution
(To become part of something larger)
California ….. many of the legal immigrants to the US
The drug is quickly …. the bloodstream
Absorbs
Absorbed into
(The solution to a problem)
A successful ……. the crisis
Resolution to
(Веревка)
Rope
(A group or class of people, things etc that have similar qualities or features)
What ….. shampoo do you use?
Category of=kind of=sort of=type of
(Искра, искриться)
Electric …. from a broken wire
Spark
(To interest someone so much that they do not pay attention to other things)
The movement and noise of the machines …. him completely
Absorbed
(Illegal activities in general)
Police officers are being given new powers to help combat …..
Crime=offence=violation=misdeed=lawlessness=misdemeanour
(To be because of something, especially trouble or violence)
The shootings have ….. a national debate over gun control
Sparked
……. thousands of slaves built the pyramid
The conventional picture is that
(To look at or read something in order to find what interests you)
While ….. a book on the monuments of Egypt, she noticed hieroglyph
Perusing [pəˈruːz]
(Not large in size or amount, or not expensive)
Their house is quite ….. in size
Modest
(To make bad situation worse)
All your problems ……. when you are ill
Magnified
(Strange and impossible to explain)
He has an ….. ability to guess what you are thinking
Uncanny
(To look like or be like someone or something)
It’s amazing how closely Brian and Steve ….. each other
Resemble
(To prevent someone or something from continuing)
The government has failed to …. economic decline
Halt
(To talk about something with another person or a group in order to exchange ideas or decide something)
The report will be …. at next week’s meeting.
Discuss=argue=debate
