Пушкин (misc.) Flashcards
легковерный
gullible
трепетать
1) tremble, quiver, quake
2) thrill, tremble
3) fear, tremble (at)
[трепещу, трепещешь]
просвещение
enlightenment, education
изобретатель
inventor
[изобретать/изобрести]
тешиться
to amuse oneself, have fun
клевать/клюнуть
1) to peck, pick (for birds)
2) to bite (in terms of biting a baited hook or other lure)
[клюю, клюёшь, клюют][клюну, клюнешь]
роща
grove, small forest
чиж
small bird (siskin)
зерно
1) grain, cereal
2) seed
стогна
city square, wide street [площадь]
(dated, poetic)
град
1) hail
2) valley, shower
3) город (dated or poetic)
налегать/налечь
1) to lean on
2) apply oneself to
3) to wield energetically
(на + acc.)
влачиться
1) move behind someone or something without breaking away from the surface (about shadows, the trail of a long dress, etc., trailing behind someone)
2) move slowly, with difficulty
3) stretch out, last a long time (for life, time, etc.)
бдение
vigil, wakefulness
[бдеть/про] - 1) to keep awake, not sleep
2) to keep watch, keep vigil (literary, dated)
[бдишь, бдят] (no first person form)
[бдительный] - vigilant, watchful
угрызение
from [угрызать(ся)]
1) be in a state of chewing, gnawing [грызть]
2) to torture, torment (or torment, torture, be dissatisfied with yourself, for reflexive)
[угрызения совести] - pangs of conscience, remorse
подавлять/подавить
1) to suppress, repress, quell, stifle
2) to depress, overwhelm
свиток
scroll, roll (old parchment, etc.)
проклинать
to curse, damn
syn. [клясть/про]
[кляну, клянёшь]
отвращение
aversion, disgust, repugnance
смывать/смыть
1) to wash off, flush
2) to wash away, wash down
3) to wash away, redeem, atone (lofty)
[смывать грехи молитвой]
воспоминание
1) memory, remembrance, recollection, flashback
2) (pl.) memoirs, reminiscences, memorials
сулить/по
1) to promise (literary or dated)
2) to foreshadow, portend, bode (imp.)
3) to predict, prophesy (imp.)
упиваться/упиться
to get drunk
горесть
sorrow, grief
[горе]