lesson4

Question 1

flimsy

Answer 1

very thin or easily broken

Japan’s tallest and seemingly flimsiest old buildings

Question 2

topple

Answer 2

to lose balance and fall down

toppled elevated highways

Question 3

devastate

Answer 3

to destroy a place or thing completely or cause a great damage

devastated the port area of Kobe

Question 4

scathe

Answer 4

to hurt or injure someone

families scathed by war

Question 5

slender

Answer 5

thin and delicate, often in a way that attractive

these tall, slender buildings are so stable though

Question 6

erect

Answer 6

to build a building, wall or other structure

building industry felt confident enough to erect

Question 7

wedge

Answer 7

pona (or something like that)

Question 8

peg

Answer 8

ilgich (kiyim)

Question 9

carpenter

Answer 9

duradgor

Question 10

settle

Answer 10

to arrange something

The details of the contract have not yet been settled.

Question 11

eave

Answer 11

the edge of a roof that sticks out over the top of a wall

Question 12

gush

Answer 12

to flow or send out quickly and in a large amount

This prevents rainwater gushing down the walls.

Question 13

overhang

Answer 13

to reach beyond the surface or edge of something

Question 14

porcelain

Answer 14

chinni

Question 15

earthenware

Answer 15

sopol

Question 16

resilience

Answer 16

ability of substance to return to its usual shape after being bent, stretched or pressed

great resilience of Japanese pagodas

Question 17

pine

Answer 17

qarag’ay

Question 18

pillar

Answer 18

ustun (building)

Question 19

startling

Answer 19

surprising and sometimes worrying

Question 20

pendulum

Answer 20

mayatnik

Question 21

grasp

Answer 21

to quickly take something in your hand and hold it firmly

Rosie suddenly grasped my hand

Question 22

consecutive

Answer 22

ketma-ket

Question 23

transmit

Answer 23

to broadcast something or to send out or carry signals or message using radio

The information is transmitted electronically to the central computer

Question 24

constrain

Answer 24

to control and limit something

The country’s progress was constrained by leader echo refused to look forward

Question 25

taper

Answer 25

to become gradually narrower at one end or to make something to do this The cave tapered to a narrow passageway

Question 26

counterpart

Answer 26

a person or thing that has the same purpose as another one in a different place or organizations

Question 27

elsewhere

Answer 27

at, in, from or to another place or other place They couldn't find what they wanted and decided to look elsewhere

Question 28

tightrope

Answer 28

dor

Question 29

pole

Answer 29

dorboz tayog'i

Question 30

jolt

Answer 30

a sudden violent movement building responds to even the most powerful jolt of an earthquake

Question 31

abrupt

Answer 31

sudden and unexpected and often unpleasant our conversation came to an abrupt end when George burst into the room