Pt. six (set one)

Question 1

אבן דרך

Answer 1

milestone (an action or event marking a significant change or stage in development)

Question 2

אבן רחיים על צווארו

Answer 2

~a heavy and burdensome responsibility whose weight he can’t get off his shoulders

Question 3

אבק אדם

Answer 3

riffraff, rabble (disreputable or undesirable people)

Question 4

אדרת

Answer 4

robe, cloak

Question 5

אוד

Answer 5

firebrand, partly burned wood

Question 6

אורך רוח

Answer 6

patience, restraint, tolerance

Question 7

אחוד תזזית

Answer 7

frantic, frenetic

Question 8

אין ידו משגת

Answer 8

to be unable to afford, not to have the wherewithal

Question 9

איש קצוות

Answer 9

radical person, extremist

Question 10

אליה וקוץ בה

Answer 10

mixed blessing, there’s a catch to it, a fly in the ointment

Question 11

אמבר

Answer 11

granary (storehouse)

Question 12

אימץ את ידיו

Answer 12

to encourage, to urge, to spur

Question 13

ארכאי

Answer 13

archaic (very old or old-fashioned)

Question 14

ארכיפלג

Answer 14

archipelago (a group of islands)

Question 15

אשנב

Answer 15

a small window, a hatch

Question 16

אשפרה

Answer 16

finishing off textile (type of cloth or woven fabric) materials

Question 17

בא בדברים

Answer 17

to discuss, to negotiate

Question 18

בא כוח

Answer 18

agent, representative

Question 19

בוסתן

Answer 19

garden, orchard

Question 20

בחרות

Answer 20

adolescence

Question 21

בין הערבים

Answer 21

between sundown and when the stars are visible

Question 22

בין השמשות

Answer 22

twilight, dusk

Question 23

בית מטבחים

Answer 23

abattoir, slaughterhouse

Question 24

בית נתיבות

Answer 24

terminal (airport, bus)

Question 25

בית תמחוי

Answer 25

soup kitchen

Question 26

במחי יד

Answer 26

all at once, with a single blow

Question 27

בן - לויה

Answer 27

escort, companion; chaperon

Question 28

בעלי שררה

Answer 28

someone in authority

Question 29

בערוב ימיו

Answer 29

in his twilight days, in his old age

Question 30

ברא

Answer 30

to deforest, to cut down trees

Question 31

גבר

Answer 31

cock, rooster

Question 32

גוזמה

Answer 32

exaggeration, hyperbole, embellishment

Question 33

גושפנקה

Answer 33

approval, authorization

Question 34

גושפנקה

Answer 34

seal, cachet