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42 Cards in this Set
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Abstain
(æb´steın) |
[V] Воздерживаться не принимать участия
-He abstained from alcohol. воздерживаться (от) -When you abstain from sex, you're practicing celibacy. -If you abstain from something, you restrain yourself from consuming it. -During the war, newspapers largely abstained from writing about desertions |
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Animosity
( ̗ænə´mɒsətı) |
[N] враждебность злоба вражда
-The rivals regarded one another with animosity. враждебность -Animosity is hatred. -malignity There's a long history of animosity between the two nations. |
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Befitting
(bı´fıtıŋ) |
[A] Подходящий
-Befitting a person of noble origin -behavior befitting a father -They offered him a post befitting his seniority and experience. -A sad but beautiful, timeless piece of music befitting the occasion. |
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Brusque
(brʌsk) |
[V] обходиться бесцеремонно (грубо)
[A] грубый резкий отрывистый бесцеремонный - a brusque reply.бесцеремонный -A brusque manner of speaking is unfriendly, rude, and very brief. -try to cultivate a less brusque manner -The doctors are brusque and busy. |
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Clarion
(´klærıən) |
[N] рожок горн звук рожка или горна чистый звук громкий звук призывной звук призыв
[A] громкий чистый -Clarion means loud and clear, and a clarion call is a call to something that is hard to ignore. |
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Yob
(jɒb) |
[N] хулиган
-Violent and dangerous yobs deserve to be locked up. |
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Wrangle
(´ræŋgəl) |
[N] пререкания спор
[V] пререкаться поспорить спорить повздорить пасти табун лошадей пасти стадо -He was involved in a legal wrangle with the Health Secretary. -The two parties are still wrangling over the timing of the election. -The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" -wrangle horses -A long, hard, intense argument, especially over an issue with lots of details, is a wrangle. Politicians and lawyers frequently engage in wrangles |
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Wistful
(´wıstfəl) |
[A] тоскующий тоскливый задумчивый
-The dog looked into the butcher's window with a wistful expression on his face. тоскливый -Her eyes seemed suddenly wistful -There was a wistful look in his eyes when he spoke of his childhood. |
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Demoralize
(dı´mɔ:rə ̗laız) |
[V] деморализовать разлагать подрывать дисциплину вносить дезорганизацию
demoralise (diˈmorəlaiz) verb -The army was demoralized by its defeat. деморализовать T-he bad state of her child's health demoralizes her -the boss's behavior demoralized everyone in the office |
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Connubial
(kə´nu:bıəl) |
[A] супружеский брачный
-Use the adjective connubial to describe something that relates to marriage or to the relationship between husband and wife, such as connubial bliss or a connubial argument about who will take out the trash. |
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Declaim
(dı´kleım) |
[V] произносить с пафосом ораторствовать разглагольствовать краснобайствовать декламировать продекламировать читать осуждать выступать против
-She declaimed against immorality. говорить с пафосом -Use the verb declaim when someone is speaking very passionately against something, like when you declaim having to be home at an early hour. -He declaimed against the injustice of his treatment. |
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Deviate
(´dı:vı ̗eıt) |
[V] отклоняться уклоняться отступать менять направление
-She will not deviate from her routine. отклоняться -He didn't deviate from his schedule. -Anything that varies from the accepted norm or standard is called a deviation. It is common in math and science, but it can refer to anything that differs from the expected. |
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Devoid
(dı´vɔıd) |
[A] лишенный свободный
-That is devoid of any meaning. лишённый чего-л. -devoid of intelligence -My wallet is devoid of cash. My teacher is devoid of pity. My cookie jar is devoid of cookies. |
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Concave
(kɒn´keıv) |
[N] впадина небесный свод свод
[V] делать вогнутым [A] вогнутый впалый - Spoons are concave. вогнутый -Concave shape whose concavity faces downward -Concave describes an inward curve; -Remove the flesh from the concave part of the shell. |
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Conjugal
(´kɒndʒəgəl) |
[A] супружеский брачный
-The adjective conjugal describes all husband-and-wife matters -A woman's refusal to allow her husband his conjugal rights was once grounds for divorce. |
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Divest
(dı´vest) |
[V] раздеть раздевать снимать одежду разоблачать лишать
-The company decided to divest” -he was divested of his rights and his title -She divested herself of her outdoor clothes -It could be your wine portfolio, your stake in a mining company, or even the extra coats that are taking up space in your closet. Whatever it is, when you divest something, you get rid of it. |
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Descale
(dı´skeıl) |
[V] снимать окалину (снимать накипь)
-Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier. |
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Drab
(dræb) |
[N] тускло-коричневый цвет плотная шерстяная ткань тускло-коричневого цвета серость однообразие неряшливая женщина проститутка
[A] желтовато-серый тускло-коричневый бесцветный однообразный скучный -drab clothes. серый -her drab personality"; "life was drab compared with the more exciting life style overseas"; |
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Downfall
(´daʋnfɔ:l) |
[N] падение ливень гибель разорение ниспровержение осадки сильный снегопад
-His lack of experience led to his downfall |
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Dwelling
(´dwelıŋ) |
[N] проживание жилище жилье жилплощадь дом
-A dwelling is a home — where someone lives. Houses, apartments, and condos are all dwellings. -he built a modest dwelling near the pond -Three thousand new dwellings are planned. |
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Discourage
(dıs´kʌrıdʒ) |
[V] обескураживать озадачивать расхолаживать отбивать охоту отговаривать отсоветовать
-His lack of success discouraged him. обескураживать -She discouraged all his attempts to get to know her. отбивать охоту -rain discouraged him from going camping. отговаривать; отбивать охоту -a campaign to discourage children from smoking |
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Embellish
(ım´belıʃ) |
[V] украшать приукрашивать приукрашать
-The soldier embellished the story of his escape. приукрашивать -uniform embellished with gold braid. украшать -Embellish often has the positive meaning of adding something to make it more handsome or beautifully decorated -The boat was embellished with red and blue carvings. |
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Endow
(ın´daʋ) |
[V] обеспечивать доходом делать вклад завещать постоянный доход наделять одарять
-She was endowed with great beauty. наделять -He was endowed with wealth, health and a good intellect. -endowed the family pet with human intelligence. |
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Disburse
(dıs´bɜ:rs) |
[V] платить уплатить оплачивать расплачиваться проплачивать тратить потратить расходовать
-If someone wants to disburse funds to you, stick around — it means they're going to give you money! -The aid will not be disbursed until next year. -lawyers disburse funds from a will. -The government disburses money for grants and federal projects |
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Ghastly
(´gæstlı) |
[A] страшный ужасный призрачный мертвенно-бледный неприятный
[ADV] страшно ужасно черезвычайно [разг.] чрезвычайно -a ghastly mistake. ужасный - a ghastly murder; a ghastly experience. ужасный - I felt ghastly when I had flu. ужасный -How was your day? - Ghastly -ghastly wounds, ghastly pale -ghastly shrieks, they felt ghastly after the party |
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Ghoul
(gu:l) |
[N] вурдалак упырь вампир кладбищенский вор
-A ghoul is an evil demon, ghost, or fiend. -He is clown, cartoon character and ghoul rolled into one |
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Forsake
(fɔ:r´seık) |
[V] оставлять покидать отказываться
-He was forsaken by his friends.покидать -Ditch can also be a verb meaning to toss something or forsake it. -To forsake another person is to leave them entirely, usually in a moment of need. -leave in the lurch I still love him and would never forsake him. -He has no plans to forsake the hills. |
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Ford
(fɔ:rd) |
[N] форд брод поток река
[V] переходить вброд переправляться вброд [ADV] вброд -They forded the river. переходить вброд -When you’re out hiking in the wilderness, you may have to ford a river if there’s no bridge. |
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Frieze
(frı:z) |
[N] бобрик грубая ворсистая шерстяная ткань фриз ордюр
[V] ворсить гравировать серебро вышивать золотом украшать фризом - The walls were decorated with a frieze of horses. фриз, бордюр -A frieze is a decorative band, usually, but not always, above a doorframe or on the wall near the ceiling. You |
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Genesis
(´dʒenısıs) |
[N] происхождение возникновение зарождение генезис
-When you talk about the genesis of something, you're talking about where it began. The genesis of hip-hop music was the party scene in New York City’s South Bronx in the 1970s. -The project had its genesis two years earlier. -When you describe something as a genesis, you're usually referring to the beginning of a movement or an idea. |
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Fleck (flek)
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[N] пятно крапинка веснушка частица
[V] покрывать пятнами (крапинками) -flecks of sunlight солнечные блики - a fleck of dust. крапинка; пылинка -A fleck is a small patch that is different from it rest, standing out from the background, like flecks of green in your blue eyes or flecks of light shining on the ground under a tree. -His hair is dark grey with flecks of ginger |
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Gaily
(´geılı) |
[ADV] весело радостно ярко
-Gaily painted window boxes -Calling back gaily to Pilar in French -gaily painted front doors |
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Impeccable
(ım´pekəbəl) |
[A] безупречный непогрешимый
-The man of impeccable manners and exquisite taste - impeccable record - безупречный -The adjective impeccable describes something or someone without any flaws -speaks impeccable French -She had impeccable taste in clothes. |
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Hard-headed
( ̗hɑ:rd´hedıd) |
[A] расчетливый практичный искушенный трезвый упрямый прожженный
-Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence a hardheaded appraisal of our position” |
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Incisive
(ın´saısıv) |
[A] режущий острый резкий колкий язвительный
-His incisive eyes -The adjective incisive describes something that is sharp, decisive, and direct. A comment that cuts right to the bone can be just as incisive as an actual knife. -incisive comments |
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Preside
(prı´zaıd) |
[V] председательствовать осуществлять руководство (контроль)
-The prime minister presided at/over the meeting. председательствовать -preside over companies and corporations -The question of who should preside over the next full commission was being debated. |
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Puissant
(´pju:ısənt) |
[A] могущественный влиятельный
-Puissant means powerful and in possession of authority, and is often used to describe the political power of someone, like a prince or president. -Thus Germany will create puissant allies for the “Second Punic War. |
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Contingent
(kən´tındʒənt) |
[N] вероятность пропорциональное количество случай личный состав контингент
[A] возможный случайный непредвиденный зависящий зависящий от обстоятельств условный -The adjective contingent can be used to describe when something can occur only when something else does first. Making money is contingent on finding a good-paying job. -Growth is contingent on improved incomes. -Every shareholder gets one contingent value right worth up to $1. |
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Regal
(´rı:gəl) |
[A] королевский царский царственный
-She has a regal appearance; regal robes. королевский, царский -The regal bearing (королевский выправка) -Even though he was homeless, Dan had a regal bearing. Regal is an adjective that describes things that appear to be royal. -Never has she looked so regal |
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Rile
(raıl) |
[V] сердить раздражить раздражать мутить воду
-To rile is to stir up, like water that becomes muddy when you rile, or to bother or disturb, especially with little annoyances. -Cancellations rarely riled him. |
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Sable
(´seıbəl) |
[N] соболь соболий мех черный цвет
[A] соболий черный траурный мрачный темный -Night enveloped me in its sable mantle. -his sable Majesty a sable coat. соболий мех -He rewarded her with security and sable |
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Rupture
(´rʌptʃər) |
[N] прорыв разрыв перелом пролом грыжа прободение пробой
[V] прорывать порывать вызывать грыжу -You may ruptured a disk -A rupture is a break or tear in something that pulls it apart. |