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mocking bird
vocabulary
| word | translate |
|---|---|
| to assuage /əˈsweɪdʒ/ smbd's fears were assuaged His reply did little to assuage my suspicions. to assuage your guilt/fears | to make an unpleasant feeling less severe успокоить/развеять/смягчить/ослабить |
| punt /pʌnt/, pass and kick | разыгрывать, пасовать и бить (мяч) |
| thumb /θʌm/ | большой палец |
| thigh /θaɪ/ | бедро |
| to paddle | грести (лодка) |
| ancestors /ˈænsestərs/ | предки |
| fur-trapping | отлов пушнины |
| apothecary /əˈpɒθəkəri/ | аптекарь уст. |
| piety /ˈpaɪəti/ | благочестие/ набожность |
| to exceed | превосходить |
| stinginess /ˈstɪndʒinəs/ | жадность/скупость YN greed |
| persecution /ˌpɜːsɪˈkjuːʃn/ | преследование/гонение/травля |
| brethren /ˈbreðrən/ | братство |
| thence /ðens/ | оттуда в/оттуда к/затем в |
| pursuit | погоня/преследование/стремление |
| costly apparel /əˈpærəl/ | дорогие одежды |
| dictum /ˈdɪktəm/ | a statement that expresses something that people believe is always true or should be followed изречение/афоризм/высказывание/суждение |
| possession | владение, обладание |
| chattel /ˈtʃætl/ | движимое имущество |
| to remain | оставаться |
| homestead | поместье |
| self-sufficient | самодостаточный |
| to sustain | поддерживать, сохранять |
| impotent fury | бессильная ярость |
| to regard | рассматривать/считать |
| disturbance | нарушение/бепорядок |
| descendants /dɪˈsendənt/ | потомки |
| were stripped of | были лишены |
| taciturn /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/ | молчаливый/неразговорчивый/немногословный |
| to admit He can't admit his mistakes. | признавать |
| to urge I urge you to believe. | настаивать/призывать |
| to plead | просить/умолять/признавать себя |
| to dispatch | отправить/направить |
| alleged /əˈledʒd/ | предполагаемый |
| detention | задержание |
| imprudent | неосторожный/неблагоразумный |
| defense | защита/оправдание |
| distaste Could at least make an attempt to mask your distaste. | отвращение/неприязнь/нелюбовь |
| to derive /dɪˈraɪv/ They don't derive pleasure from it. | получать |
| to amble | прогуливаться |
| vague /veɪɡ/ She had a vague feeling of guilt. | расплывчатый/смутный/неопределенный |
| courteous /ˈkɜːrtiəs/ treated us with courteous detachment. | вежливый/учтивый |
| nearsighted | близорукий |
| fussing Your child is crying and fussing more than normal. | суета/возня |
| teemed In past centuries, the forests of India literally teemed with elephants. | кишел/изобиловал |
| quaint /kweɪnt/ | причудливый/странный/необычный/чудной |
| malevolent /məˈlevələnt/ | злобный/злонамеренный/злой/недоброжелательный |
| mutilated | изуродованный/увечный |
| culprit The culprit cannot be a professional criminal. | виновник/обвиняемый |
| predilection When predilection for alcohol and tea need increases | пристрастие/склонность/предрасположенность |
| promptly Replied promptly to all my messages. | быстро незамедлительно |
| gang | банда/группировка |
| assault and battery | нападении и избиении |
| disorderly conduct | нарушение общественного порядка/хулиганство |
| abusive and profane language | оскорбительные и непристойные выражения |
| cuss Every time you cuss, put a dollar in the jar. | ругаться/материться |
| decent shelter to provide them with food and decent shelter | достойное жилье |
| high-strung I'm a very high-strung little lap dog. | нервный/чувствительная/темпераментная/легко возбудимый |
| nebulous My memories of that night are nebulous. | туманный/расплывчатый/смутный |
| mold | плесень |
| bounty Conserving Earth's bounty and beauty for present and future generations. | щедрость/награда/вознаграждение/милость |
| posture Poor posture can cause many problems. | осанка |
| to creep (past - crept) I crept over in the night... and I stole their child. | прокрался/закрались/пробрался |
| gravel | гравий/щебень |
| jagged /ˈdʒæɡɪd/ We were surrounded by dangerous sharp jagged rocks. | зубчатый/неровный/зазубренный/изрезанный |
| to drool The dog was drooling at the mouth. Babies drool a lot when they are teething. | пускать слюни |
| to reckon /ˈrekən/ He has to reckon with my condition. | считать/считаться/полагать/рассчитывать |
| folks The summer heat makes folks crazy. | люди, ребята |
| wriggling You've got a lot of fish wriggling in that net. | извивающийся |
| recess I'd like to request a five-minute recess | перерыв/перемена |
| crimson crimson jackets | малиновый/алый |
| haze | дымка/туман |
| apprehensively The class looked at me apprehensively. | настороженно/с опаской |
| immune were immune to imaginative literature. | невосприимчивый/иммунитет/неуязвимый |
| penmanship | почерк |
| grudge Nobody holds a grudge that long. resentments It doesn't matter how mature we are or what resentments we carry. | обида/зуб/недовольство |
| nickels and dimes | пятаки и гривенники |
| vexations | помрачений/волнений |
| to entail | повлечь за собой |
| to mortgage | заложить |
| onslaught Many peoples did not survive the Mongol onslaught. | натиск/нападение/наступление/атака |
| speculation He examined him with an air of speculation | спекуляция/предположение/слухи/размышление/догадка/гипотеза |
| irk /ɜːk/ This irked me then and irked me now. | to annoy somebody вызвало раздражение |
| cordially | дружелюбно/сердечно |
| Reckon /ˈrekən/ Reckon you know why I'm here. | полагать/считать |
| boastful | хвастливый |
| squinted down | смотреть искоса |
| humiliation I won't bear humiliation anymore. | унижение/оскорбление/издевательство |
| shriek 'Their cries sounded like the shriek of witches.' | крик |
| sheer But it was a question of sheer necessity. | чистый/явный |
| to revive This letter seeks to revive that tradition. | возродить/оживить |
| fret I've got the money - don't you fret. | беспокоиться/волноваться |
| filthiest Ladies and gentlemen, I'm about to show you the world's filthiest word. | самые грязные |
| contemptuous snort He gave a short contemptuous snort | презрительно фыркать |
| recital /rɪˈsaɪtl/ | сольный концерт |
| diminutive /dɪˈmɪnjətɪv/ It's a diminutive copy of the main church. Teddy is a diminutive form of Theodore. | миниатюрный/уменьшительный/маленький/крошечный |
| weary /ˈwɪəri/ Place to rest my weary bones. | усталый/утомленный |
| dogged /ˈdɒɡɪd/ I’ll be dogged But troubles dogged him at every step. | упорный/упрямый преследовать Несчастья преследовали его на каждом шагу. |
| rigid I have a rigid schedule. | жесткий/твердый/строгий/негибкий/суровый/непреклонный |
| auspicious In this building an unusually auspicious aura. | благоприятный/знаменательный/удачный |
| Indeed | действительно/ведь/фактически/более того/поистине used to emphasize a positive statement or answer |
| sluggishly | вяло |
| unrelieved | невыносимый/несменяемый/монотонный/беспросветной (of an unpleasant situation) continuing without changing |
| boredom | скука/тоска |
| bumpy | ухабистый |
| tinfoil | фольга |
| hastily | поспешно |
| gargle Try a salt water gargle for throat pain | полоскать горло/полоскать |
| unanimous | единодушный/единогласный |
| bewilderment Bad actors can only smile and bewilderment. | недоумение/замешательство |
| lattice All windows and doors decorative metal lattice. | решетка/образовывать решетку |
| squeak The door opens slowly with a squeak. | скрип/скрипеть |
| pilgrimage | паломничество |
| to flunk I'll flunk the exam, and you can go to university all by yourself | завалить/провалить |
| to shudder The mysteries of this world make me shudder. | содрогаться/вздрагивать |
| perpetual It symbolizes the perpetual love of the spouses. | вечный |
| embalming They invented embalming and toilet paper. | бальзамирование |
| to walk on eggs (egg shells) I have to walk on eggs when I'm around her. Like I have to walk on egg shell in my own apartment | ходить на цыпочках/по тонкому льду |
| verge Deforestation has led us to the verge of destruction. | грань/рубеж/край |
| unfathomable But the mystery of man also remained just as unfathomable. | непостижимый |
| prophets In that moment he seemed like a prophet. | пророк/проповедник |
| solely /ˈsəʊlli/ All audio material is presented solely for information. | исключительно/только/единственно |
| to confine Yet we cannot confine ourselves to only that. | ограничиться/ограничиваться |
| merely /ˈmɪəli/ /ˈmɪrli/ The teacher merely laughed at him | просто/только/лишь |
| to accost You come in here, you accost my wife, you cause trouble on | приставать к to go up to somebody and speak to them, especially in a way that is rude or frightening |
| to perpetrate /ˈpɜːrpətreɪt/ What sort of person could perpetrate such an act? | to commit a crime or do something wrong or evil совершать |
| to disguise But one thing he can't disguise. | замаскировать |
| apron /ˈeɪprən/ She always had the apron on. | фартук |
| caricatures /ˈkærɪkətʃʊə(r)/ | a funny drawing or picture of somebody that exaggerates some of their features |
| hedge-clippers | садовые ножницы |
| groggy | сонная |
| to pester sharks are usually not aggressive and attacks humans only if it for a long time pester. | донимать/докучать |
| extinguishers requires at least two extinguishers. | огнетушитель |
| adjacent The tunnels lead to several adjacent buildings. | прилегающий/соседний/смежный |
| bewildered She might be bewildered by all of this. | озадаченный/смущенный/сбитый с толку/изумленный |
| perplexity His tired face expresses perplexity and despair. | недоумение/растерянность/замешательство |
| in a jiffy He fixed the problem in a jiffy. | в один миг/в одно мгновение |
| That’s about right | что примерно так |
| inordinately inordinately expensive/rich/difficult | чрезмерно/непомерно |
| induce These chemicals induce a feeling of euphoria. | вызвать/склонить/убедить |
| to estimate Just a rough estimate would be helpful. | оценивать/считать/определить |
| splinter I've got a splinter stuck in my finger. | заноза |
| innate Human immunity is classified as innate and adaptive. | врожденный/внутренний/природный |
| nagging /ˈnæɡɪŋ/ a nagging pain nagging wife. | ноющий/ворчливая |
| attire This is perfectly acceptable attire for the boxing gym. | одежда/наряд |
| mishaps But not without some serious mishaps along the way. | несчастных случаев/происшествий |
| remorseful I am remorseful for what I have done. | раскаивается |
| on tenterhooks /ˈtentərhʊks/ He's on tenterhooks while they read it. | как на иголках/в напряжении |
| evasion This is an evasion of the central question. | уклонение, уловка |
| feeble an untrained mind and a feeble intellect. These are pathetic, feeble excuses. | слабый, немощный |
| tribal curse | родовое проклятие |
| bout | приступ, бой |
| cowardice /ˈkaʊədɪs/ I hate myself for my cowardice. | трусость/малодушие |
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