Chapter Two

Question 1

consequence

noun
(consequences, consequently)

aftermath, effect, price, repercussion, result

Answer 1

последствие, следствие, результат

The consequences of something are the results or effects of it.

Her lawyer said she understood the consequence of her actions and was prepared to go to jail.

Question 2

step-father

Answer 2

Отчим — мужчина в семье, муж своей супруги в отношении к ее детям, оставшимся от предшествующего брака. По отношению к отчиму неродные дети именуются «пасынок» или «падчерица». Отчим — мужской синоним понятия «мачеха».

Someone’s step-father is the man who has married a child’s mother after the death or divorce of his
father.
Her step-father has been married to her mother for five years.

Question 3

enormous

adj
(enormously)

big, giant, huge, immense, jumbo, tremendous

Answer 3

Something that is enormous is extremely large in size or amount.

The main bedroom is enormous.

Question 4

rival

noun, verb (rivals, rivaling, rivaled) challenger, competitor, contender, adversary, enemy

Answer 4

1. соперник, противник
2. конкурент

Your rival is a person, business, or organization against whom you are competing or fighting in the
same area or for the same things.

He eliminated his rival in a brutal struggle for power.
Он устранил своего соперника в жестокой борьбе за власть.

Question 5

compete

verb

(competes, competing, competed, competition, competitive, competitively)
contend, contest, rival, vie, combat, fight, strive, oppose

Answer 5

конкурировать

When one firm or country competes with another, it tries to get people to buy its own goods in
preference to those of the other firms or countries. You can also say that two firms or countries
compete.
The banks have long competed with American Express’s charge cards and various store cards.
If you compete with someone for something, you try to get it for yourself and stop the other person
from getting it. You can also say that two people compete for something.
Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water.
Кенгуру конкурируют с овцами и крупным рогатым скотом за скудные запасы пищи и воды.

Question 6

preference

noun
(preferences, prefer, preferred, preferably)

choice, desire, favorite, option, selection

Answer 6

1. выбор
2. предпочтение

If you have a preference for something, you would like to have or do that thing rather than something
else.
Many people have a preference for one brand over another.

Question 7

in preference to

noun phrase

Answer 7

в предпочтении к

If you choose one thing in preference to another, you choose it instead because it is better.

Many people choose the train in preference to driving.

Question 8

engrave

verb

(engraves, engraving, engraved)

Answer 8

выгравированный, гравированный

If you engrave something with a design of words, or if you engrave a design or words on it, you cut the
design or words onto its surface.

Your wedding ring can be engraved with a personal inscription at no extra cost.

Ваше обручальное кольцо может быть выгравировано с личной надписью без каких-либо дополнительных затрат.

Question 9

inscription

noun

(inscriptions, inscribe)

carving, engraving, epitaph, etching

Answer 9

надпись, подпись

An inscription is writing carved into something made of stone or metal, for example a gravestone or
metal.

Above its doors was a Latin inscription.

Question 10

brutal

adj

(brutalize, brutality, brutally)

vicious, savage, cruel, fierce, harsh, inhuman, ruthless,
unmerciful, unforgiving

Answer 10

жестокий, зверский, бесчеловечный, брутальный, грубый, варварский, звериный, животный

If someone or something is brutal, it is said that he/she is cruel or that the act is violent.

He was the victim of a very brutal murder.