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30 Cards in this Set
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Hub
(hʌb) |
[N] ступица втулка центр внимания центр интереса центр деятельности муженек
-A hub is the center of a wheel or the center of some kind of activity. If all of an airline's flights go through Atlanta, you'd say the southern city is their hub. -the playground is the hub of parental supervision -The island's social hub is the Café Sport. |
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Plethora
(´pleɵərə) |
[N] полнокровие изобилие большой избыток
-He had always been annoyed by this the plethora of conspiracy theories that circulated in modern pop culture -Plethora means an abundance or excess of something. If you have 15 different people who want to take you on a date, you have a plethora of romantic possibilities. -A plethora of books have been written on the subject. |
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Defile
(dı´faıl) |
[N] дефиле теснина ущелье дефилирование прохождение узкой колонной
[V] пачкать загрязнять осквернять развращать растлевать профанировать дефилировать проходить узкой колонной -Defiling their temples and gods -When you defile something, you make it dirty or make it lose its purity. Think of fresh new snow covered in cigarette butts. The butts defile the winter wonderland. -defile a river with sewage -He felt his father's memory had been defiled by the article. |
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Thrash
(ɵræʃ) |
[N] крутильные колебания
[V] пороть бить взгреть отлупить победить победить в борьбе потрепать намолотить молотить -The child was soundly thrashed. пороть -The wounded animal thrashed about/around on the ground. метаться -Our team was thrashed eighteen-nil. разбить (наголову) -He needs a good thrashing! порка -The alligator thrashed its tail |
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Tatter
(´tætər) |
[N] тряпка старьевщик
[V] рвать в клочья превращать в лохмотья рваться в клочья превращаться в лохмотья -tear to tatters -The other socket was tattered and empty. -Now, his plans in tatters, Mr. Alp can only watch and wait. |
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Sentry
(´sentrı) |
[N] часовой дежурный караульный караул
[A] часовой -The entrance was guarded by two sentries. часовой; дежурный -The car skidded to a stop outside a reinforced sentry booth -The sentry runs the passport through an electronic authentication device -The sentry arched his eyebrows -A sentry is someone who stands guard or watches against some intrusion or unwelcome activity. Your dog stands sentry over your house, but he would be more effective if he barked at strangers instead of licking their hands. |
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Secular
(´sekjələr) |
[N] принадлежащий к белому духовенству мирянин
[A] происходящий раз в сто лет вечный вековой светский мирской живущий в миру -secular art/music. светский -Secular things are not religious. Anything not affiliated with a church or faith can be called secular. -secular and religious education |
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Somersault
(´sʌmər ̗sɔ:lt) |
[N] кувырканье прыжок кувырком
[V] кувыркнуться кувыркаться -The athletes are average sized human women who just happen to do double back somersaults with ease. -One waved and did a somersault in midair |
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Spellbound
(´spel ̗baʋnd) |
[V] очаровывать
[A] очарованный завороженный ошеломленный -he was spellbound by depth of her watery gaze -he held the children spellbound with magic tricks and other fascinations -To be spellbound is to have your attention captured by something, captured so strongly it feels like witchcraft. |
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Disconcert
( ̗dıskən´sɜ:rt) |
[V] приводить в замешательство смущать конфузить сконфузить расстраивать
-He was disconcerted by the amount he had to pay. приводить в замешательство -To disconcert is to unsettle someone, make them feel confused and out of sorts. It's a mixture of to embarrass and to creep out. -the abrupt change of subject disconcerted her -My lack of response clearly disconcerted him. |
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Trepidation
( ̗trepə´deıʃən) |
[N] тревога беспокойство дрожь дрожание трепет
-Despite the welcome blast of warm air on his face, he stepped through the door with trepidation -When plain old "fear" isn't enough to get across a deep feeling of dread about something on the horizon, use the more formal word trepidation. -It was with some trepidation that I viewed the prospect. |
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Unfathomable
(ʌn´fæðəməbəl) |
[A] бездонный неизмеримый непостижимый необъяснимый
-Janus wielded unfathomable power -Unfathomable means impossible to ever understand. For most people, the field of quantum mechanics is unfathomable. -unfathomable theories -Her eyes were black, unfathomable pools. -How unfathomable and odd is life! |
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Fraternity
(frə´tɜ:rnətı) |
[N] братство община содружество студенческая мужская организация
-One of the most covert and feared fraternities ever to walk the earth and called on him for service -A fraternity is a group of people who work in the same industry or have similar careers. Your dad's fraternity of firefighters holds lots of charity events and get-togethers. -the medical fraternity -He joined a college fraternity. |
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Anguish
(´æŋgwıʃ) |
[N] м`ука страдание тоска боль мучение
[V] испытывать острую тоску - The woman suffered terrible anguish when her child died. мучение -A trip to the dentist might cause a cavity-prone person a lot of anguish. -A trip to the dentist might cause a cavity-prone person a lot of anguish. |
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Herald
(´herəld) |
[N] герольд вестник глашатай предвестник
[V] возвещать возвестить предвещать объявлять объвить -The king sent out heralds to announce the new law. герольд verb -A sharp wind often heralds a storm. возвещать -A herald is a sign of things to come. A chilly day in October is a herald of the coming winter. |
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Lax
(læks) |
[A] слабый вялый небрежный неряшливый расхлябанный распущенный ненапряженный неплотный рыхлый неточный неопределенный склонный к поносу
- Pupils have been rather lax about some of the school rules recently. небрежный; распущенный -Her full lips were lax, her shoulders down, and her eyes soft and assenting. -exercises to improve lax muscles -One of the problems is lax security for airport personnel. |
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Hence
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[ADV] отсюда пор`а: с этих пор следовательно
- Hence, I shall have to stay. следовательно -a year hence. спустя, через -Hence means "for this reason," or "therefore" - the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory -a year hence it will be forgotten” |
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Rectify
(´rektə ̗faı) |
[V] исправлять поправлять улучшать улучшить очищать ректифицировать выпрямлять (ток) детектировать
-We shall rectify the error as soon as possible. исправлять -to rectify a chronometer - выверять хронометр -Admit our mistake and we are trying to rectify it -rectify the calculation -Only an act of Congress could rectify the situation. |
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Subterranean
( ̗sʌbtə´reınıən) |
[A] подземный грунтовый секретный тайный
скрытый подпольный -subterranean passages. подземный -“Dr. Vetra‘s lab is subterranean,” Kohler said -Subterranean is an adjective that describes something just below what can be seen, like the subterranean jealousy you hide under a smile and kind words for the actor who got the part you wanted. -subterranean motives for murder -subterranean passages |
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Awestruck
(´ɔ:strʌk) |
[A] охваченный благоговейным страхом охваченный благоговением
-wonder-struck I was awestruck that anyone could be so beautiful. -She had imagined her father calling CERN’s top scientists to his lab, showing them his discovery, watching their awestruck faces. -To be awestruck is to be full of complete wonder, amazement, or dread for something. Swimming with a humpback whale or being near a tornado would leave most people awestruck. When you're awestruck, you're amazed. |
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Terra firma
(´terə) |
[N] земля
-When the elevator thumped to a stop, Langdon was relieved to feel terra firma beneath his feet. Terra firma is a Latin phrase, literally meaning "firm land." - Nervous flyers are generally overjoyed to put their feet back on terra firma after a rough airplane flight. |
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Rigorous
(´rıgərəs) |
[A] строгий неумолимый неукоснительный суровый точный тщательный скрупулезный
-Wythe guided Jefferson through an extraordinarily rigorous five-year course of study -Although the guard had undergone rigorous training preparing him for tense situations, he still sensed his pulse rising. -If you are rigorous when you do something, you do it strictly by the book and leave nothing to chance. A rigorous inspection of your tax records has revealed the government owes you money. |
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Purse one's mouth
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[V] поджимать губы
-He turned off his walkie-talkie and pursed his lips. |
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Depravity
(dı´prævətı) |
[N] порочность развращенность испорченность греховность
-Blending in was part of the plan… part of the depravity of the plot -Depravity goes beyond mere bad behavior — it is a total lack of morals, values, and even regard for other living things, like the depravity of a serial killer. -the absolute depravity that can exist in times of war |
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Defunct
(dı´fʌŋkt) |
[N] покойник
[A] усопший покойный умерший несуществующий исчезнувший вымерший -Most scholars agree that Illuminati have been defunct for many years -“The Illuminati are defunct, Mr. Kohler. -Defunct describes something that used to exist, but is now gone. A magazine that no longer publishes, like Sassy, the girl-power mag from the '90s, is defunct, for example. -a defunct law -a defunct organization -a defunct Indian tribe |
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Swelter
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[N] зной духота
[V] изнемогать от зноя п`ариться -I'm sweltering in this heat! изнемогать от жары -Despite the sweltering heat on the deck of the dive boat, the words had chilled her to the bone, Kohler’s emotionless tone hurting as much as the news. -To swelter is to be hot — very, very hot, like on a humid, ninety-degree day. To swelter is to feel like you're in an oven. -We were sweltering at the beach |
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Asylum
(ə´saıləm) |
[N] убежище психиатрическая больница прибежище приют
- He was granted political asylum. убежище -He spent the rest of his life in a mental asylum. -He applied for asylum after fleeing his home country. -You may have heard asylum used to describe an institution where insane people are housed, but did you know that an asylum can also be somewhere you’d happily and willingly go? An asylum offers shelter and protection, like the awning of a building in a downpour. Or a country that takes in refugees in danger of persecution — otherwise known as "political asylum." |
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Antithesis
(æn´tıɵısıs) |
[N] антитезис антитеза полная противоположность контраст
-His theory is the antithesis of mine -Although she eventually came to respect his potent intellect, his icy demeanor always seemed inhuman, the exact antithesis of her father’s warmth. -It's often used today when describing two ideas or terms that are placed in strong contrast to each other. |
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Smolder
(´sməʋldər) |
[N] тлеющий огонь
[V] гореть медленно теплиться тлеть таиться -he said - You have to trust me - It was clear, from Vittoria’s smoldering gaze, that she did not. -He squinted into the smoldering chamber -When a fire is barely burning, it's smoldering. Fires can smolder for days without anyone's knowing |
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Unruffled
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[A] гладкий спокойный невзволнованный
-“Where to begin…” she said, her accent unruffled. -with contented mind and unruffled spirit"- Anthony Trollope” -Unruffled water -Police officers lean against their vehicles and look on, unruffled. |
