Expanse Flashcards
(189 cards)
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profound
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сильный, глубокий
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rouse
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будить, поднимать
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torrent
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barrage (bəˈrɑːʒ), volley of smth (ˈvɑːli), torrent of smth (ˈtɔːrənt), deluge (ˈdeljuːdʒ) стремительный поток
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strand
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берег, посадить на мель
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obnoxious
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неприятный
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abate
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уменьшать, ослаблять
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groggy
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unsteady, слабо стоящий на ногах
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copious
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ample, abundant
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expend
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тратить
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sheer
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абсолютный, чистый, отвесный
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astound
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изумлять
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drill
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тренировка, подготовка, зубрежка
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valve
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клапан
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funnel
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дымоход
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wince
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вздрагивать, морщиться от боли
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dizzy
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вызывать головокружение
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stumble
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спотыкаться, ковылять
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intact
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неповрежденный
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crest
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достигать вершины
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limp
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shuffle (ˈʃʌfl), hobble (ˈhɑːbl), shamble (ˈʃæmbl), drag feet
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fumble my way
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нащупать дорогу
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thrust
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удар, укол, резкое выступление против кого-то
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forage
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еда, грабить, добывать продовольствие
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discard
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избавляться от чего-то, abandon
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desiccated
сушеный, высохший
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manure
навоз, удобрять
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endeavor
попытка, стремление
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crop
урожай
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shovel
лопата
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moisten
увлажнять
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velocity
скорость
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abide
покорно жадть, вытерпеть
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vulnerable
уязвимый ранимый
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match
спичка
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cower
сжиматься, съеживаться
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shiver with
quiver with (ˈkwɪvər) tremble with (ˈtrembl), shudder with/at (ˈʃʌdər), flinch at (flɪntʃ), throb (θrɑːb), shake smth slightly, agitate smth (ˈædʒɪteɪt), wobble smth/with (ˈwɑːbl), flicker (ˈʃɪvər)
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vent
отдушина, входное отверстие
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debris
обломки, осколки
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canvas
холст, парусина
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hale
тащить, тянуть, заставлять идти
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inhale
вдыхать
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to give smth it a whirl
give it a try (wɜːrl)
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adversity
disasters, неприятности
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marble
мрамор
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mumble
бормотать, mutter
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peruse
внимательно рассматривать, прочитывать
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dispatch
sending, отправка
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mutter
mumble, бормотать
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ludicrous
курьезный, нелепый
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dredge up
выудить из памяти, копаться в памяти
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evenly
невозмутимо, спокойно
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obsession with
одержимость
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glare
сердито, пристально смотреть
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domain
наследственная собственность, сфера (интересов), поле, область
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pace
прохаживаться, бродить
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salvage
спасение имущества
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cuff link
запонка
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adjust
настраивать, приводить в порядок
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rogue thread
непослушная нитка
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rogue
непослушный, неконтролируемый, негодяй
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immaculate
безукоризненно чистый
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misuse of public position
злоупотребление
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stance
pose
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chuckle
тихий смех, giggle
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utter
pronounce, absolute
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grumpy
сварливый, раздражительный
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groan
стонать (utter a groan)
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grumble
ворчать, complain
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the expense was clincher that persuaded
решающий довод
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retort
резко возражать
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sob
рыдать, всхлипывать
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he sick student was sniffling in the back row
| Benny tries his best not to sniffle, but he can’t hide the tears
snivel, snuffle, сопеть, хлюпать носом;
| cry or whine with snuffling (ˈsnɪfl)
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The receptionist scowled at me
frown at (fraʊn), сердито смотреть, хмуриться (skaʊl)
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What are you frowning at me for?
| She frowned with concentration
хмуриться, scowl at (skaʊl) (fraʊn)
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trudge
идти с трудом
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fidget
беспокойно двигаться, ерзать
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aversion
отвращение
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stow into/with
cram somebody/something into/onto, укладывать (into), набивать чем-то (with), (stoʊ)
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scrub out
оттирать
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scrub out/round the meeting
откладывать или отменять мероприятие
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to sulk
дуться, пребывать в плохом настроении
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ominous
грозный, зловещий
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abuse
оскорблять, мучить, misuse
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lattice
grid, решетка
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loot
грабить, захватывать добычу
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harness
упряжь, ремни
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pilfer
воровать, совершать мелкую кражу
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ballpark
примерная, грубая оценка
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The cost was negligible
| negligible impact
insignificant, paltry (ˈpɔːltri), meagre (ˈmiːɡər), derisory (dɪˈraɪsəri), scant (skænt), mere (mɪr)
(ˈneɡlɪdʒəbl)
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rugged
пересеченный, труднопроходимый
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pile
куча, груда, сваливать в кучу
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a fracas between the supporters of the two teams
noisy argument or fight (ˈfreɪkəs)
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voluble
talkative, chatty (ˈtʃæti), loquacious (ləˈkweɪʃəs), garrulous (ˈɡærələs) (ˈvɑːljəbl)
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eschew
воздерживаться, avoid (ɪsˈtʃuː)
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discernible
apparent, видимый
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blond woman in hospital scrubs
protective garment worn by surgeons during operations (skrʌb)
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Medical bay
| yelled from across the bay
a compartment on a ship/aircraft between decks, section, partition, chamber (beɪ)
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Where she expected to see readouts
computer output/information in readable form (ˈriːd aʊt)
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a mop of curly red hair pulled into a bun
a mass of thick, often untidy/disordered hair, mane (mɑːp)
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She wore her hair in a bun
| mop of red hair pulled into a bun
пучок волос (bʌn)
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Knight’s tiny galley
| they’re serving in the galley
the kitchen on a ship or plane (ˈɡæli)
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one-third g of their current thrust
the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine, driving force, тяга (θrʌst)
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The outside of the house looked shabby
She wore shabby old jeans and a T-shirt
The old man was shabby and unkempt
worn out, scruffy (ˈskrʌfi), dilapidated (dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd), decrepit (dɪˈkrepɪt), ramshackle (ˈræmʃækl), threadbare (ˈθredber); dressed in old or worn clothes (ˈʃæbi)
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scratched his scruffy beard
He looked a little scruffy
scruffy pair of jeans
shabby (ˈʃæbi) and untidy, unkempt (ˌʌnˈkempt), shaggy (ˈʃæɡi), dishevelled (dɪˈʃevld), slovenly (ˈslʌvnli) (ˈskrʌfi)
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ramshackle building
shabby (ˈʃæbi), dilapidated (dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtɪd)
| decrepit (dɪˈkrepɪt) (ˈræmʃækl)
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greasy, unkempt hair
The children were unwashed and unkempt
a wild and unkempt garden
shabby (ˈʃæbi), shaggy (ˈʃæɡi), scruffy (ˈskrʌfi)
dishevelled (dɪˈʃevld), slovenly (ˈslʌvnli)
disordered (ˌʌnˈkempt)
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Stealing the last piece of food from a starving child goes way beyond mean. It's a despicable crime
I hate you! You're despicable
hateful, loathsome (ˈləʊðsəm), detestable (dɪˈtestəbl), abhorrent (əbˈhɔːrənt), abominable (əˈbɑːmɪnəbl)
shabby (ˈʃæbi) (dɪˈspɪkəbl) deserves to be despised
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shabby treatment
| It was a shabby way to treat visitors
(of behaviour) mean, nasty, contemptible, unfair, despicable (dɪˈspɪkəbl), dishonourable (ˈʃæbi)
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She plucked a pipe wrench
| Julie hefted her wrench
гаечный ключ (rentʃ)
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The two men hefted the box into the car.
| Anna took the old sword and hefted it in her hands.
weigh (test the weight by lifting); lift or carry (smth heavy), heave (hiːv), haul (hɔːl) (heft)
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She was surprised by the sheer heft of the package
| I shifted the heft of the huge bag over to my left arm to open the door
the weight of somebody/something (heft)
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The engineer was peering into the service hatch
| compartment hatch
an opening or a door in a ship, aircraft or spacecraft, люк (hætʃ)
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he opened the floor hatch with a crowbar
лом (ˈkrəʊbɑːr)
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palm fronds
a long compound leaf of palms or ferns (frɑːnd)
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bright foliage
| dense green foliage
plant leaves collectively, greenery (ˈfəʊliɪdʒ)
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fern
папоротник (fɜːrn)
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He pulled as hard as he could on the oars
весло (ɔːr)
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tacit alliance
| By tacit agreement, the subject was never mentioned again
implicit , understood or implied without being stated (ˈtæsɪt)
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His terminal chirped
| Birds were chirping merrily in the trees
tweet, twitter; make a short, sharp, high-pitched sound (tʃɜːrp) (of a small bird or an insect)
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studded with warning lights
The sky was clear and studded with stars
an essay studded with quotations
“diamond- studded belt
Studded snow tires help you drive in winter
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dotted, scattered, decorated or covered with dots, studs (ˈstʌdɪd)
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I’m feeling cranky
| I was tired and cranky
easily annoyed, irritable, testy, grumpy, grouchy (ˈɡraʊtʃi)
| crotchety (ˈkrɑːtʃəti), peevish (ˈpiːvɪʃ) (ˈkræŋki)
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I’m feeling cranky
| I was tired and cranky
easily annoyed, irritable, testy, grumpy, grouchy (ˈɡraʊtʃi)
| crotchety (ˈkrɑːtʃəti), peevish (ˈpiːvɪʃ) (ˈkræŋki)
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His clothes were grimy and bloodstained
| You'll feel grimy after a day spent fixing the car engine
dirty, grubby (ˈɡrʌbi), sooty, sordid (ˈsɔːrdɪd), squalid (ˈskwɑːlɪd) (ˈɡraɪmi)
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gray coveralls hung with electrician’s tools
protective overalls, комбинезон (ˈəʊvərɔːl)
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greasy coveralls
an ugly man with very greasy hair
greasy hamburgers
contains or is covered with slippery oily fat (ˈɡriːzi)
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gravelly voice
| bleated in a gravelly voice
(of a voice) low-pitched, rough, husky (ˈhʌski), gruff (ɡrʌf), hoarse (hɔːrs), coarse (kɔːrs), raspy (ˈræspi) (ˈɡrævəli)
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I was too addled by my wine
| Being in love must have addled your brain
confuse, bewilder, daze, befuddle (ˈædl)
| make unable to think clearly, fuzzy/foggy in the head
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it is sacrilegious to enter with shoes on
profane (prəˈfeɪn), blasphemous (ˈblæsfəməs), irreverent (ˌsækrəˈlɪdʒəs)
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until his tendons hurt
sinew (ˈsɪnjuː), ligament (ˈlɪɡəmənt) (ˈtendən)
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Rinse the cooked pasta with boiling water
She rinsed the mud from her hands
Always rinse your hair thoroughly
wash something with clean water only; remove the soap with clean water (rɪns)
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a hulking figure crouching in the darkness
The cruise ship was a hulking great monstrosity
three hulking battleships
massive, hefty or clumsy; sturdy (ˈstɜːrdi), burly (ˈbɜːrli), brawny (ˈbrɔːni), bulky (ˈhʌlkɪŋ)
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He looked like a plucked chicken
strip of feathers (plʌk)
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The enlisted man clumped toward them
clump of heavy boots
The children clumped down the stairs
make thumping noise, stamp, stomp, clomp
| klʌmp
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welding mask
fuse, bond, bind, cварка
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melt anything behind us into slag
debris (dəˈbriː), lava, ashes (slæɡ)
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toward the aft of the ship
leading Prax aft toward the crew deck
stow the luggage aft
in or towards the back part of a boat (æft)
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at the stern of the ship
rear end of a ship or boat, back, tail;
| opp: bow (ˈstərn)
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wine racks
| took a hand towel from the rack
a frame/shelf/stand, often formed of bars, that is used to hold things (ræk)
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fingers laced behind his head
| these demands are laced with bigotry
entwine, entangle (leɪs)
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Plants don't have arms or tentacles, but they have tendrils
a thin, curly stem that grows from a climbing plant (ˈtendrəl)
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He had a premonition that his plane would crash, so he took the train
foreboding (fɔːrˈbəʊdɪŋ), hunch, inkling, misgiving, presage (ˈpresɪdʒ) (ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn)
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Miller plucked the coin off the ground
pick or pull a single item out of many (plʌk)
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he plucked the strings of his mandolin”
to play a musical instrument by pulling the strings with your fingers (plʌk)
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Security men stood in clumps
clump of sheep grazing in a field
find a clump of grass stuck to your shoe
bunch, cluster;
| lump, clod (klʌmp)
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dirt clods
a lump of earth or clay, clump, chunk (klɑːd)
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hitting him right below the sternum
| mountain rolled off his sternum
bone that's located in the middle of your chest (ˈstər-nəm)
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went through us from bow to stern
the front end of a ship
| opp: stern (ˈstərn) (baʊ)
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blue panties with white lace
| McGonagall pulled out a lace handkerchief
a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns, кружево (leɪs)
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Buddha shrine
temple, church, chapel, altar (ʃraɪn)
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She had a queer feeling that she was being watched
| I was beginning to feel very queer
strange, odd, peculiar, creepy (kwɪr)
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her smock flapping around her
| She pulled the smock up over her head
loose, protective garment like an apron with sleeves; сорочка (smɑːk)
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There were more holsters visible than usual
a sheath (ʃiːθ) (usually leather) for carrying a handgun (ˈhəʊlstər)
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silken sheen
metallic sheen to it
wiped the sheen of sweat from his face
shine, a soft lustre on a surface, gleam, patina (pəˈtiːnə), gloss, burnish (ˈbɜːrnɪʃ), radiance (ʃiːn) quality of things that are shiny
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black, lustrous hair
| lustrous in the sun
shiny, glossy, gleaming, burnished, radiant (ˈlʌstrəs)
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He swatted her down with the butt of the shotgun
| He was trying to swat a fly with a rolled-up newspaper
hit, slap, clobber (ˈklɑːbər), smack, whack (wæk), clout (klaʊt) (swɑːt) using your hand or a flat object
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the mottled skin of a snake
| Amos’ face was mottled red and white
dotted, spotted, flecked, dappled (ˈdæpld) (ˈmɑːtld)
| marked with spots of colour
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Lush grass
| the lush green countryside
(of vegetation, especially grass) flourishing, thriving, dense (lʌʃ)
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The medical bays were lush
| now had a lush lion’s mane
luxurious, deluxe, opulent (ˈɑːpjələnt), lavish, plush
| Opposite: austere (ɔːˈstɪr) (lʌʃ)
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was luxurious to the point of opulence
| almost opulent shuttle
lush, plush, luxurious, deluxe, lavish, expensive
| Opposite: austere (ɔːˈstɪr), cheap (ˈɑːpjələnt)
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I slathered on some sun cream
| You might slather your hamburger with ketchup, or slather shampoo on your damp head
spread thickly, apply abundantly (ˈslæðər)
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She lay on the bed, her arms and legs splayed out
| His long fingers splayed across her back
spread open/out (spleɪ)
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Would he really balk at using the protomolecule?
| Part of her balked at living in a home
eschew, refuse to, flinch from, shy from, quail at (bɔːk)
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Maggots
| maggots are keeping it under control,
small, short worm that is the young form of a fly, личинка (ˈmæɡət)
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boy was being placed on a stretcher
carrying bed, litter, носилки
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The logs had turned into blackened cinders
| a fireplace full of glowing red cinders
partially or mostly burnt material (wood)
| ˈsɪndər
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The cold air made her face tingle.
| She was still tingling with excitement.
prickle, sting, itch, experience slight prickling or stinging sensation (ˈtɪŋɡl)
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The soles of his feet hurt,
| soles of her muddy boots
bottom surface of the foot/shoe, подошва (səʊl)
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if there's a big storm brewing, you best be sure to berth your boat securely in its berth.
docking site, mooring (bɜːrθ)
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a cabin with three berths
bunk (bʌŋk), bed on a ship or train (bɜːrθ)
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long walls with five-stacks of bunks
| someone had killed Shed in his bunk.
a narrow shelflike bed, berth (bʌŋk)
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When I looked down from the top floor, I felt giddy.
dizzy, wobbly, reeling, woozy
Opposite: steady
(ˈɡɪdi)
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She was giddy with happiness.
| We were giddy kids.
elated, jubilant, exhilarated;
lacking seriousness, silly, frivolous (ˈfrɪvələs), skittish, whimsical
Opposite: sensible
(ˈɡɪdi)
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started up the engine and they trundled out of the yard.
| A train trundled across the bridge.
move/roll slowly/heavily/noisily, plod (plɑːd), shuffle, slog (slɑːɡ), trudge (trʌdʒ), waddle (ˈtrʌndl)
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“The President was whisked away in his limo”
| The waiter whisked away the plates before we had finished.
move somewhere quickly, dart, dash, scurry, scuttle, scamper, pelt, scoot
move quickly and nimbly
(wɪsk)
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Grab that whisk and whisk those eggs!
beat or stir (wɪsk)
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The bleary look was gone.
| Her eyes were bleary
(of the eyes) blurred, unfocused, fogged, dim, dull
Opposite: clear
(ˈblɪri)
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a wide assortment of gifts to choose from
| He was dressed in an odd assortment of clothes.
mixture, variety, motley collection
| əˈsɔːrtmənt
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trunk full of assorted spellbooks
| The jumper comes in assorted colours.
mixed, varied, diverse, motley
Opposite: similar
(əˈsɔːrtɪd)
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The wound was beginning to smart a little.
| He is still smarting over his humiliation in the election
1. throb, sting, burn, hurt
2. feel upset and annoyed, feel indignant
(smɑːrt)
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Knots of dark filament
| glass/metal filaments
fibre, thread, thin strand
нить, волокно
(ˈfɪləmənt)
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She rang the bell till it broke with a twang
| he had not even heard the twang of the bow.
a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
| twæŋ
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And you’re really going to put a slug in his brain just like that?”
avoid a hail of slugs
bullet
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Swabbed his armpits with a damp cloth.
| how many times the Navy boys swabbed the decks.
1. to clean or remove liquid from a wound using a swab
2. clean or wash a floor, surface, etc. using water and a cloth; daub, mop, scrub
(swɑːb)
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abrasive kitchen cleaners
| be married to someone as abrasive and hard as Chrisjen Avasarala?
1. (of a substance or material) harsh, coarse, grinding, rubbing, capable of polishing or cleaning a hard surface by rubbing or grinding
2. (of a person or their manner) callous (ˈkæləs), harsh, stern, curt (kɜːrt), brusque (brʌsk)
Opposite: kind, gentle
(əˈbreɪsɪv)
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politicians gave monetary policymakers wide leeway
the amount of freedom, latitude (ˈlætɪtuːd)
Opposite: constraint, restriction
(ˈliːweɪ)
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twanging his harp in a threatening sort of way.
| heart twanging like a giant elastic band.
cause to sound with a twang, pluck (strings of an instrument) (twæŋ)
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His voice had taken on the twang of an inner level resident.
| Now say it with a Southern twang.
акцент, гнусавость, nounnasal sound (twæŋ)
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very great deal of latitude in finding out
the amount of freedom, leeway (ˈliːweɪ)
Opposite: constraint, restriction
(ˈlætɪtuːd)
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I slugged him in the face.
smack (smæk), swat (swɑːt), whack (wæk), batter (ˈbætər), clobber (ˈklɑːbə), clout (klaʊt), wallop (wɑːləp)
