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last50 & rehersal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to emboss /ɪmˈbɑːs/ v | украшать рельефом выбивать выпуклый рисунок тиснить |
| legible /ˈlɛʤəbəl/ adj | разборчивый clear enough to be read |
| poignant /ˈpoɪnjənt/ adj | трогательный |
| cusp /ˈkʌsp/ n | острие |
| on the cusp | на грани |
| to impugn /ɪmˈpjuːn/ v | оспаривать ставить под сомнение опровергать refute contradict rebut confound |
| oath /ˈoʊθ/ n 2 | 1 клятва присяга 2 ругательства |
| preponderance /prɪˈpɑːndərəns/ n | преобладание predominance prevalence превосходство dominance засилье |
| heads–up /ˈhɛdzˈʌp/ n | a message that tells or warns someone about something that is going to happen |
| shambolic /ʃæmˈbɑːlɪk/ adj | хаотичный chaotic беспорядочный indiscriminate |
| compunction /kəmˈpʌŋkʃən/ n | раскаяние repentance remorse contrition regret сожаление угрызения совести |
| corrugated /ˈkorəˌgeɪtəd/ adj | гофрированный волнистый waved billowy сморщенный wrinkled |
| to the manor born | born into a wealthy family that has a high social status |
| onslaught /ˈɑːnˌslɑːt/ n | бешеная атака |
| glut /ˈglʌt/ n | перенасыщение избыток plethora excess перепроизводство |
| to home in on | to find and move directly toward (someone or something) |
| to ensue /ɪnˈsuː/ | to come at a later time : to happen as a result cледовать происходить |
| decoy /ˈdiːˌkoɪ/ n | приманка bait lure |
| to beef up | to add weight, strength, or power to (something) |
| complimentary /ˌkɑːmpləˈmɛntəri/ adj 2 | 1 бесплатно 2 хвалебный поздравительный |
| to loiter /ˈloɪtɚ/ v | слоняться валандаться to remain in an area when you do not have a particular reason to be there, mooch around, |
| to kick up a notch | поднять планку |
| dead–on /ˈdɛdˈɑːn/ adj | точно в цель exactly correct or accurate |
| to tout /ˈtaʊt/ | to buy tickets for an event and resell them at a much higher price, to try to persuade people to buy your goods or services рекламировать расхваливать, |
| custody /ˈkʌstədi/ n 3 | 1 заключение арест 2 опека попечение 3 хранение |
| to shove /ˈʃʌv/ v | 1 пихать толкать всучивать всовывать |
| measly /ˈmiːzli/ adj | мизерный very small or too small in size or amount |
| slop /ˈslɑːp/ n 3 | 1 помои 2 жидкая еда 3 глупости ахинея |
| laughingstock /lɑːfɪŋˌstɒk/ | посмешище |
| to pull the rug out/from under | to very suddenly take something needed or expected from (someone or something) |
| boatload /ˈboʊtˌloʊd/ n | a very large number or amount |
| pervasive /pɚˈveɪsɪv/ adj | повсеместный проникающий |
| to pertain /pɚˈteɪn/ v | иметь отношение, принадлежать |
| to take up | to begin to do something |
| to shore (something) up | оказывать поддержку underpin to prop |
| preposterous /prɪˈpɑːstərəs/ adj | нелепый абсурдный very foolish or silly |
| to stampede /stæmˈpiːd/ | to run away in a large group from something especially because of fear паническое бегство escape flight getaway |
| fatuous /ˈfætʃuwəs/ adj | дурацкий глупый asinine бесполезный |
| itinerary /aɪˈtɪnərəri/ n | the places you go to or plan to go to on a journey маршрут route курс tack |
| incinerator /ɪnˈsɪnəˌreɪtɚ/ n | мусоросжигатель |
| nothing short than/of | “не что иное как” |
| camaraderie /kæməˈrɑːdəri/ n | товарищество a feeling of good friendship among the people in a group |
| jersey /ˈʤɚzi/ | фуфайка свитер кофта |
| deux /“дё” / “duh”/ | два |
| coy /ˈkoɪ/ adj | 1 застенчивый кокетливый 2 скромный |
| berth /ˈbɚθ/ n 2 | 1 причал 2 спальное место |
| undue /ˌʌnˈduː/ adj | more than is reasonable or necessary неуместный несвоевременный чрезмерный |
| tenacious /təˈneɪʃəs/ adj 2 | 1 упорный упрямый persistent stubborn 2 цепкий крепкий strong hard sturdy |
| moot /ˈmuːt/ adj 2 | 1 спорный not certain 2 not worth talking about |
| to phase out | to stop using, making, or doing (something) gradually over a period of time |
| to overreach /ˌoʊvɚˈriːtʃ/ v | превышать полномочия to try to do something that is beyond your ability to do |
| dossier /ˈdɑːsˌjeɪ/ n | досье дело file |
| to go along with 4 | 1 to continue or proceed 2 to go or travel with someone 3 to agree to do or accept what other people want 4 to be part of something |
| preordained /ˌpriːjoɚˈdeɪnd/ adj | предопределенный |
| to fend /ˈfɛnd/ v | позаботиться to do things without help |
| to be oxed (or getting oxed) | to be unceremoniously fired, laid off, or eliminated from a project |
| simply put | проще говоря |
| skiff /ˈskɪf/ n | шлюпка лодка |
| to revamp /riˈvæmp/ v | to make (something) better or like new again |
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