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English B2
Guessing and explaining meaning
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a number of clues you can use; give smn a clue; look for a clue | a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem, question, or mystery |
| gladioulus (gladioli plural) | a garden plant that has a long stem and many brightly coloured flowers |
| supestitious nonsense; superstitious about | based on or believing in beliefs based on old ideas about luck and magic rather than science or reason |
| come gingerly down the stairs | in a way that is careful or cautious |
| many words in English that resemble words in your own language; you resemble your mother. | to look like or be like smn or smth |
| It’s probably something (a bit) like (a chair) … | a bit/chair |
| It’s got to be something you use for... | (painting pictures / cleaning the kitchen floor) ... |
| It’s a kind of | (bird / musical instrument / building) … |
| I think it must / could mean … | something bright and very beautiful what usually women buy for the night evening dinner |
| a shelled reptile; brazil nuts have very hard shells | reptile has the hard outer covering of smth, especially nuts, eggs. |
| shelled reptile famed for | famous for, known about by many people |
| famed for longevity | living for a long time |
| tortoise may attain over 1.5 metres | to reach or succeed in getting smth |
| have a lifespan of more than 150 years | the length of time for which a person, animal, or thing exists |
| they need to be tended carefully; carefully tend sunflower plants | to care for smth or smn |
| the turtle hibernates in a shallow burrow for six months of the year | (of some animals) to spend the winter sleeping |
| a buzzard | a large European bird of prey (=a bird that kills and eats small birds and animals) that is a type of hawk (яструба); конюк |
| a water vole | a small animal similar to a mouse with a thick body, short tail, and small ears (польова миша) |
| a large chisel | a tool with a long metal blade that has a sharp edge for cutting wood, stone etc. (різець) |
| a large tureen | a large bowl, usually with a lid, from which soup or vegetables are served |
| clamber over | to climb up, across, or into smwhr with difficulty, using the hands the feet |
| people get really ratty | feeling annoyed |
| drink is sugar-free | drink doesn`t contain sugar |
| find smn warm-hearted person | kind and loving |
| be up to smn eyes in work (smth) | to be very busy doing smth |
| walk down a tree-lined street (road) | road has trees on both sides of it |
| be fascinated by the cement mixer | a machine with a large container that turns round and round, in which cement, water, and small stones are mixed to make concrete |
| special store card | a small plastic card that can be used as a method of mayment at a particular shop, with the money being taken from you at a later date |
| to redirect a letter | to send it to a different address |
| uncontrollable anger | be not ablle to control anger |
| pre-dinner drinks | drins before dinner |
| bi-monthly report | a report that comes out either twice every month or every two months |
| anti-tourist fellings | feelings that are hostile to tourists |
| to disconnect the telephone | to break the telephone connection (e.g. by unplugging it from the wall or by doing something at the telephone exchange so that calls can no longer be made, possibly because a bill has not been paid) |
| undelievered letters | letters which weren`t given to their owners |
Created by:
Anastasia Kudriashova
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