lesson 12/12 Flashcards

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confident, firm, demanding, decided

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assertive

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a large bag made of rough woven material for vegetables or coal

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a sack

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предупреждающий знак

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a warning signal

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formally put an end to smth, destroy, eliminate

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abolish

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a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase

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acronym

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intense feeling of excitiment and pleasure

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adrenaline buzz

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hostile, offensive, destructive, forceful, powerful, convincing, effective

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aggressive

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a chemical substance that stops or controls the effect of a poison; remedy, cure,

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antidote

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an antitoxin that counteracts a specific venom, esp snake venom

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antivenin

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belief that smb is more important than others

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arrogant

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enjoy telling people what to do; lordly, arrogant

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bossy

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courage, nerve, daring

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bravery

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demand that smth should happen

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call for

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a person who campaigns for social or political change.; demonstrator, activist

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campaigner

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delegation; people who make decisions for organization they represent

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committee

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касающееся

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concerning

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17
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face the things you frighten instead of running away

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confront your fear

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18
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barbecue, outdoors cooking, picnic

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cookout

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brave, daring, bold, fearless, heroic

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courageous

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behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress; brutality, severity, savagery

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cruelty

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to end or cause to end, esp to reach or bring to a final or climactic stage

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culminate

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resist, oppose, confront, face

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defy

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23
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deliberately not doing what someone in authority tells you to do

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disobedience

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a state of sorrow, suffering, pain, being in extreme danger and needing urgent help

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distress

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trying to control other people without any consideration for their feelings or opinions
domineering
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ранее этим вечером
earlier this evening
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not having any contact with the outside world; surrounded by a barrier
enclosed
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the same status, rights, and responsibilities for everyone
equality
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investigation, study, research, survey; expedition, tour, trip
explore
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spread out, reach, stretch, continue, stick out
extend
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the two long, sharp, upper teeth that some animals have
fang
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smb who is not afraid at all, and you admire them for this
fearless
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финансовая независимость
financial freedom
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not very strong or healthy; easily broken or damaged
frail
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свобода передвижения
freedom of movement
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свобода слова
freedom of speech
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обозлиться, разозлиться
get angry
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smb planned and arranged for you to do smth
get smb fixed up to do smth
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related to gladiators
gladiatorial
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allow to have or do smth
grant
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behaviour intended to trouble or annoy someone, repeated attacks
harassment
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скрывать свои чувства
hide your emotions
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to make a sound like a long 's'
hiss
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quickly, hastily, hurriedly, immediately
in a hurry
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freedom, liberty, autonomy, separation
independence
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between states, especially the states of the US
interstate
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зачастую можно услышать, что
it is often said that
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free, release, rescue, save
libеrate
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обозначить начало чего-либо
mark the beginning
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time, moment, point, stage opportunity, chance
occasion
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за последние годы
over the last years
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reverse, change, alter, cancel; upside down
overturn
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завершить курс, пройти обучение
pass the course
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a piece of land in a public area where children can play
playground
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политическая свобода
political freedom
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first in order of importance; main, leading, chief, prime
principal
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profit or return derived from a commercial transaction, investment
proceeds
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расовое разделение
racial separation
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make short sharp knocking sounds because it keeps hitting against something hard
rattle
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гремучая змея
rattlesnake
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talk very enthusiastically and positively about smth
rave
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encourage, comfort, hearten; relieve of anxieties; restore confidence
reassure
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organized action by a group of people trying to change their country's political system
rebellion
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recover, get back, retrieve, redeem; get back to, return to, reach again
regain
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in spite of everything, anyway, nevertheless, nonetheless
regardless
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свобода вероисповедания
religious freedom
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uncommunicative, cold, cool, retiring; smb who keeps their feelings hidden
reserved
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a feeling of great respect honour, worship, admiration
reverenсe
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entertainment event where cowboys show their skills, including riding wild horses
rodeo
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persude smb to join in with smth
rope in to do smth
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gather smb together; arrest or capture
round up
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governing, reigning, controlling; decision, finding, resolution, verdict
ruling
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when an employer tells a worker to leave their job; making sacks
sacking
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gain, win, achieve; points, result, total, outcome; composition, soundtrack,
score
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smb who is treated as they're less valuable as other people
second-class citizen
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forced separation of different people
segregation
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shows confidence in what say and do bc you're sure of your own abilities
self-assured
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long, flexible reptiles, including snakes, lizards, etc
serpent
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nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people
shy
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straightforwardness, ease, clarity, obviousness
simplicity
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system by which people are owned by other people
slavery
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заклинатель змей
snake-charmer
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быть чем-то что не оправдало ожиданий
something of a disapointment
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cause smth to happen in a dramatic or violent way
spark
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вызвать массовый бойкот
spark a mass boycott
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говорить на публике, выступать перед людьми
speak in public
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someone who watches a sporting event; onlooker, observer, viewer
spectator
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hold up, delay, stop dead, jam; stand, table, counter, booth
stall
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defend smth and make your feelings or opinions very clear
stand up for
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firm or does not bend easily; formal, reserved, forced
stiff
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a product, practice, system, etc that is designed to reduce stress
stressbusting
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проходить экзамен, тестирование
take an exam
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считать за само сабой разумеющееся
take for granted
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story, narrative, anecdote
tale
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главное место проведения мероприятия
the main venue for the event
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shy, nervous, and no courage or confidence in themselves
timid
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быть до определенной даты
to be due
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быть оштрафованной
to be fined
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быть ведомой, направляемой кем-либо
to be headed by smb
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принести много пользы
to do loads of good
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set off, trip, activate, set going
trigger
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hate, spite, bitterness; poison, toxin of a snake/spider
venom
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poisonous, toxic
venomous
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defeat overwhelmingly
walk all over smb
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the act of checking a competitor's weight, as in boxing, horse racing, etc
weigh-in
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regularly travel a long distance every day between your home and your place of work
commute
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weak, failing, exhausted; inadequate, pathetic, insufficient; unconvincing, poor, thin
feeble
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to cause smth to happen
bring about
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survive a dangerous experience and be able to tell people about it afterwards
live to tell the tale
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extremely bitter and hostile, vicious
virulent