Неделя 6

Question 1

ручей

Answer 1

brook, stream, creek

Question 2

хребет

Answer 2

1) spine, spinal column, backbone
2) crest (of a wave or hill)
3) ridge, range (of mountains)

Question 3

заря

Answer 3

1) dawn, daybreak
2) dusk, nightfall
3) reveille (mil.)
5) outset, start
[заря - зори]

Question 4

голубизна

Answer 4

blueness, sky-blue color

Question 5

остриё

Answer 5

1) point, tip, spike
2) edge, cutting edge

Question 6

золочёный

Answer 6

gilded, gild

Question 7

родня

Answer 7

relatives, relations, kin, etc.

Question 8

удав

Answer 8

boa constrictor

Question 9

обезуметь

Answer 9

to become insane, go crazy
[обезумевший]

Question 10

застава

Answer 10

1) gate, turnpike (hist.)
2) outpost
3) picket, security detachment

Question 11

чешуя

Answer 11

scales (of fish, reptiles, etc.)

Question 12

корча

Answer 12

cramp, spasm

Question 13

шипеть

Answer 13

to hiss

Question 14

соловей

Answer 14

nightingale

Question 15

предстоять

Answer 15

1) to lie ahead, be at hand
2) to have to do something in the future

Question 16

житьё

Answer 16

life, existence (coll.)

Question 17

подмога

Answer 17

help, assistance (coll.)

Question 18

посильный

Answer 18

with one’s abilities, powers, abilities (of a job or task)

Question 19

сопротивление

Answer 19

1) resistance
2) resistance (physics)
3) resistor

Question 20

“можем повторить”

Answer 20

(i.e., добраться до Берлина)
(about Russian strength, the threat of war)

Question 21

осада

Answer 21

siege
verb: [осаждаться]

Question 22

топливо

Answer 22

fuel

Question 23

опилки

Answer 23

sawdust

Question 24

дворник

Answer 24

1) janitor
2) street cleaner

Question 25

пораз**и**ть

Answer 25

1) to hit, to affect, to strike, to defeat (infect or harm) 2) to amaze, startle, stagger, strike

Question 26

искуп**а**ть/искуп**и**ть

Answer 26

to atone, redeem, expiate [кровью искупить] [искупл**е**ние] - atonement, expiation

Question 27

ш**и**ло

Answer 27

awl (pointy, sharp tool)

Question 28

л**е**звие

Answer 28

1) blade 2) edge 3) razor blade

Question 29

догол**а**

Answer 29

(stark) naked

Question 30

второп**я**х

Answer 30

in a hurry, hastily

Question 31

ахт**и**

Answer 31

expression of strong concern or worry

Question 32

глух**а**рь

Answer 32

1) a grouse (other various things: a type of lizard, a type of mushroom, a deaf person, a type of large screw with a hexagonal head, a police case not likely to be solved)

Question 33

насв**а**й

Answer 33

a kind of central Asian chewing tobacco

Question 34

добров**о**лец

Answer 34

a volunteer (for service in the military)

Question 35

брон**я**

Answer 35

armor, armoring, shell (military) [бр**о**ня] - reservation (e.g. hotel)

Question 36

отбир**а**ть/отобр**а**ть

Answer 36

1) to choose, to select, to single out 2) to take away [от**о**бранный]

Question 37

умозаключ**е**ние

Answer 37

1) conclusion, deduction 2) inference, reasoning

Question 38

всел**я**ть/всел**и**ть

Answer 38

1) to settle in (somebody for a living), to take in (tenants) 2) to imbue (hope, horror, etc.), to inspire [вселить надежду]

Question 39

нагроможд**а**ть/нагромозд**и**ть

Answer 39

to pile up, to heap up

Question 40

внуш**а**ть/внуш**и**ть

Answer 40

1) to arouse (fear, etc.), to inspire/instill (respect, etc.) 2) to convince, to suggest [что кому]

Question 41

вл**а**мываться/влом**и**ться

Answer 41

to break into, to forcibly enter [в что or к чему]

Question 42

миз**е**рный

Answer 42

1) measly, scanty 2) wretched, miserable

Question 43

как по маслу

Answer 43

without difficulty or hindrance [помеха] (used with verbs of motion)

Question 44

ср**о**чник

Answer 44

drafted conscript, a soldier serving a fixed period

Question 45

шпак

Answer 45

a civilian, non-serving person (to somebody in the military)

Question 46

анаш**а**

Answer 46

marijuana

Question 47

пероч**и**нный нож(ик)

Answer 47

penknife, pocket knife

Question 48

дедовщ**и**на

Answer 48

mobbing, hazing, bullying (in the army) sim. [неуставн**ы**е отношения]

Question 49

порт**я**нка

Answer 49

footwrap (worn around the feet instead of socks) [портн**о**й] - tailor, one who makes repairs or alters clothes as a profession [порт**ы**] - pants

Question 50

к**а**дровые военные

Answer 50

professional soldiers; officers who went to military school

Question 51

призивн**о**й пункт

Answer 51

recruiting office [призывной] - related to draft or conscription [приз**ы**в] - conscription, draft

Question 52

прис**я**га

Answer 52

soldier's creed (oath, oath of allegiance)

Question 53

обмунд**и**рование

Answer 53

soldier's gear, what a soldier carries/wears besides a uniform

Question 54

холостой патр**о**н

Answer 54

blank cartridge (when firing a gun)

Question 55

р**о**та

Answer 55

company (military)

Question 56

па**я**ть (провод**а**)

Answer 56

to soldier (wires)

Question 57

Воинские звания

Answer 57

Ranks (in the military) генерал - полковник - майор - капитан - лейтенант - пр**а**порщик - старшин**а** - рядовой

Question 58

Как сыр в масле кататься

Answer 58

to live comfortably, not want for anything

Question 59

д**е**мбель

Answer 59

демобилизация

Question 60

подкуп**а**ть/подкуп**и**ть

Answer 60

1) to bribe, suborn 2) to win, prepossess 3) to buy extra

Question 61

пог**о**н

Answer 61

shoulder strap, shoulder band (military insignia)

Question 62

суев**е**рие

Answer 62

superstition

Question 63

отправл**е**ние

Answer 63

departure (of a train, etc.) [приб**ы**тие] - arrival

Question 64

преп**я**тствие

Answer 64

obstacle, impediment

Question 65

до свадьбы заживёт

Answer 65

he'll be fine, he'll live (after an injury, etc.)

Question 66

л**и**вень

Answer 66

heavy rain

Question 67

хл**ы**нуть

Answer 67

1) gush out, spout, start to pour suddenly [хлынул ливень]

Question 68

замечт**а**ться

Answer 68

become absorbed in dreams, lost in thoughts

Question 69

кл**ю**шка

Answer 69

hockey stick, golf club [хоккейная клюшка, клюшка для гольфа]

Question 70

к**о**нница

Answer 70

cavalry

Question 71

повысить звание/разжаловать

Answer 71

to promote/demote

Question 72

самод**е**ятельность

Answer 72

amateur performance/activity

Question 73

отдать честь

Answer 73

salute (military)

Question 74

фур**а**жка

Answer 74

service cap, peaked cap (military)

Question 75

воздушный поцелуй

Answer 75

blow a kiss [делать/послать]

Question 76

пил**о**тка

Answer 76

military hap (side cap, canvas, fold in middle)

Question 77

постор**о**нний

Answer 77

1) strange, outside, foreign 2) unauthorized 3) accessory, secondary (can also be used to describe a strange or foreign person, as a noun) [посторонных убрать]

Question 78

дорог**а** ложка к обеду

Answer 78

после др**а**ки кулак**а**ми не м**а**шут (it's always better to do things on time/at the right time, etc.)