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Winter 2022(3) Flashcards

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Compliant
[kəmˈplaɪ.ənt]

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willing to do what other people want you to do:
a compliant child

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Chore
[tʃɔːr]

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a job or piece of work that is often boring or unpleasant but needs to be done regularly:
I’ll go shopping when I’ve done my chores (= done the jobs in or around the house).

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Drastic
[ˈdræs.tɪk]

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(especially of actions) severe and sudden or having very noticeable effects:
drastic impact
Many employees have had to take drastic cuts in pay.

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Emit
[iˈmɪt]

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Видавати, випромінювати
The alarm emits infrared rays which are used to detect any intruder.
The machine emits a high-pitched sound when you press the button.

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Discharge
[dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ]

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Вивільняти, випускати:
Patients were discharged from the hospital because the beds were needed by other people.
Large amounts of dangerous waste are discharged daily by the factory.
The oil that discharged into the sea seriously harmed a lot of birds and animals.

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Booth
[buːð]

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Будка
a phone booth
a polling booth

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Courtyard
[ˈkɔːt.jɑːd]

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внутрішній двір
Entrance to the apartment building is through a central courtyard.

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Burrow
[ˈbʌr.əʊ]

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нора

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Pipe
[paɪp]

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Труба

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Wheel
[wiːl]

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колесо, шестірня

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to steer
[stɪər]

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керувати, направляти
She carefully steered the car around the potholes.
This car is very easy to steer.

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Pothole
[ˈpɒt.həʊl]

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вибоїна
The car’s suspension is so good that when you hit a pothole you hardly notice it.

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Steering wheel

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кермо

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Coil

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Котушка
A coil of rope lay on the beach.

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(Ventilation) grill

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Вентеляційна решітка

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to wind (mechanism)
[waɪnd]

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Намотувати/заряджати механізм

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Figure (math)

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the symbol for a number or an amount expressed in numbers:
Can you read this figure? Is it a three or an eight?
Write the amount in both words and figures.
I looked quickly down the column of figures.
He earns a six-figure salary (= an amount of money with six figures).

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Adhesive tape
[ədˈhiː.sɪv]

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скотч

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Sticky tape

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клейка стрічка

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Conducive
[kənˈdʒuː.sɪv]

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сприятливий
Such a noisy environment was not conducive to a good night’s sleep.
A quiet room is a more conducive atmosphere for studying.

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Loquacious
[ləˈkweɪ.ʃəs]

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Talkative, tending to talk a great deal
At the party, I was stuck talking to the loquacious woman everyone else was trying to avoid.

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Eventful
[ɪˈvent.fəl]

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full of interesting or important events (as opposed to uneventful):
Her time at college was the most eventful period of her life.
We had quite an eventful journey.

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to sizzle
[ˈsɪz.əl]

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to make a sound like food cooking in hot fat:
The sausages are sizzling in the pan.

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Pan (not pen)
[pæn]

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Сковорода, каструля, металевий контейнер для приготування їжі у печі:
Then you fry eggs on a stainless steel pan.
Heat the milk in a small pan.
Put both cake pans in the oven for half an hour.

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Traitor
[ˈtreɪ.tər]

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зрадник
The leaders of the rebellion were hanged as traitors.

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to preach
[priːtʃ]

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Проповідувати
His view is that the conflict is a battle against “a government that preaches fascism”.

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to refrain
[rɪˈfreɪn]

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стримуватися
We refrained from talking until we knew that it was safe.

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Attendant
[əˈten.dənt]

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Обслуговуюча персона
a cloakroom/museum attendant
A lift attendant.

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Fluffy
[ˈflʌf.i]

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Пухнастий, пушистий
fluffy toys;
Beat the eggs and sugar together until they are fluffy;
It’s a fluffy romantic comedy.

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to flock

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Йти великою групою, пертися всім разом
Hundreds of people flocked to the football match.

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Flock

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a group of sheep, goats, or birds
a flock of sheep/goats/geese

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To blare

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Ревіти, репетувати
The loudspeakers blared across the square.
The radio was blaring (out) martial music.

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Jarring
[ˈdʒɑː.rɪŋ]

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Різкий, дратівливий
a jarring cry/chord
The only jarring note was the cheap modern furniture.

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to herald
[ˈher.əld]

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Оповіщати, повідомляти, бути знаком чогось
The president’s speech heralds a new era in foreign policy.
This drug has been heralded as a major breakthrough in the fight against breast cancer.

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To incapacitate
[ˌɪn.kəˈpæs.ɪ.teɪt]

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to make someone unable to work or do things normally, or unable to do what they intended to do:
The accident left me incapacitated for seven months.
Rubber bullets are designed to incapacitate people rather than kill them.

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Avalanche
[ˈæv.əl.ɑːntʃ]

A

Лавина
Winter has brought a decent amount of snowfall to the region’s ski resorts, and with it an avalanche of false emergency calls.

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To debilitate
[dɪˈbɪl.ɪ.teɪt]

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Ослаблювати, виснажувати
Virtually all of them have been placed by Apple Watches or iPhone 14s under the mistaken impression that their owners have been debilitated in collisions.

38
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To inundate
[ˈɪn.ʌn.deɪt]

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Затоплювати (водою, роботою); to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all:
Lately, emergency call centers in some ski regions have been inundated with inadvertent, automated calls, dozens or more a week.

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Inadvertent
[ˌɪn.ədˈvɜː.tənt]

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Ненавмисний
Lately, emergency call centers in some ski regions have been inundated with inadvertent, automated calls, dozens or more a week.

39
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to take/pay heed

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to pay attention to something and be careful about it:
It is advisable to take heed of the following misconceptions.
Employers should pay heed: recent research shows that job losses cause other valued staff to walk out.

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Overzealous
[ˌəʊ.vəˈzel.əs]

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too enthusiastic and eager:
He had to be protected from overzealous fans.
They were a little overzealous in eliminating risk.

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Interim
[ˈɪn.tər.ɪm]

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проміжний, тимчасовий
an interim solution
An interim government was set up for the period before the country’s first free election.
I started writing two years ago, and other books on the subject have come out in the interim (= during this period).

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Onslaught
[ˈɒn.slɔːt]

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a very powerful attack:
It is unlikely that his forces could withstand an enemy onslaught for very long.
Scotland’s onslaught on Wales in the second half of the match earned them a 4–1 victory.

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to divert
[daɪˈvɜːt]

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to cause something or someone to change direction:
Traffic will be diverted through the side streets while the main road is resurfaced.
Our flight had to be diverted to Newark because of the storm.

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to ramp up
[ræmp]

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to increase the speed, power, or cost of something:
Announcement of the merger is expected to ramp up share prices over the next few days.
Mitsubishi has ramped up the speed of its new micro-controllers.

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to exhort
[ɪɡˈzɔːt]

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ЗакликАти
The governor exhorted the prisoners not to riot.

46
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to sense

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to feel or experience something without being able to explain exactly how:
Although she said nothing, I could sense her anger.
He sensed something was about to happen.
He sensed (that) his guests were bored, although they were listening politely.

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Lever
[ˈliː.vər]

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Важіль (примітивний механізм; перемикач)
He pushed the lever into the “on” position and started the machine.

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Duly
[ˈdjuː.li]

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Належним чином
He knew he had been wrong, and duly apologized.
She asked for his autograph and he duly obliged by signing her programme.

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to oblige
[əˈblaɪdʒ]

A

Зобовʼязувати, змушувати
The law obliges companies to pay decent wages to their employees.
The law does not obligate sellers to accept the highest offer.

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Aptly
[ˈæpt.li]

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Влучно, відповідним чином
“Perseverance” aptly describes his hard work to complete the project.

51
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Perseverance
[ˌpɜː.sɪˈvɪə.rəns]

A

наполегливість
It took a lot of patience and perseverance for all sides to reach an agreement.
Over and over, they have shown perseverance in the face of adversity.

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to summon
[ˈsʌm.ən]

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Викликати, кликати
General Rattigan summoned reinforcements to help resist the attack.
On 20 July, the town council was summoned to hear an emergency report on its finances.

53
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to jostle
[ˈdʒɒs.əl]

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Штовхатися
As we came into the arena, we were jostled by fans pushing their way towards the stage.
Photographers jostled and shoved to get a better view of the royal couple.

54
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to kill the buzz
[bʌz]

A

Вбивати кайф

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Rookie
[ˈrʊk.i]

A

Новобранець
These rookie cops don’t know anything yet.

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Glum
[ɡlʌm]

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Похмурий, насуплений
You look glum. What’s up?
He’s very glum about the company’s prospects.

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to blaze
[bleɪz]

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Палати
The sun was blazing down that afternoon.

58
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Somber
[ˈsɑːm.bɚ]

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Похмурий
a somber atmosphere/voice/face
The funeral was a somber occasion.

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Referee
[ˌref.əˈriː]

A

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