Sex and the City - 1.4

Question 1

We __ __ Cher on the studio lot, and she invited us out for coffee.
(= met someone by chance)

Answer 1

We bumped into Cher on the studio lot, and she invited us out for coffee.

he asked me out to dinner tonight.

Question 2

I’ve been looking a__ o__ for you.
(= everywhere)
informal

Answer 2

I’ve been looking all over for you.

Question 3

I thought I said I’d try to __ __ for an hour.

Answer 3

I thought I said I’d try to make it for an hour.

Question 4

He is way too h__ to be seen someplace borderline tired.
(= trendy and fashionable, модный)
informal

Answer 4

He is way too happening to be seen someplace borderline tired.

She is wearing a happening new dress.

Question 5

The club is the most __ spot in town.
(= place lively and full of activity,
модный, оживленный, тусовочный)

Answer 5

The club is the most happening spot in town.

Question 6

As I searched for my morning Marlboro light, Samantha proceeded to give me a __ of her night with John.
(= an explanation or a description of something, краткое изложение)

Answer 6

As I searched for my morning Marlboro light, Samantha proceeded to give me a rundown of her night with John.

Question 7

I need a complete __ of the situation.
(= an explanation or a description of something)

Answer 7

I need a complete rundown of the situation.

I can give you a brief rundown on each of the applicants.

Question 8

As Samantha w__ __ __ her sexual escapades, I glanced down at my arm.
(= talked about something for a long time, often in an annoying way)

Answer 8

As Samantha went on about her sexual escapades, I glanced down at my arm.

be/go/keep on about something

He’s always going on about money.

Question 9

a designer drug

Answer 9

psychoactive drug synthesized to avoid drug laws

Designer drugs are a challenge for law enforcement.

Question 10

I couldn’t __ __ wonder, no matter how far you travel or how much you run from it, can you ever really escape your past?
(= unable to avoid or resist, не могла не)

Answer 10

I couldn’t help but wonder, no matter how far you travel or how much you run from it, can you ever really escape your past?

Question 11

door/cabinet h__

Answer 11

door/cabinet hinges

Question 12

Every __ in my thirty-something __ was screaming, get out, you’re too old for this.

Answer 12

Every fiber in my thirty-something being was screaming, get out, you’re too old for this.

I hate this with every fiber in my being.
She loved him with every fibre of her being.

Question 13

Oh, it’s a __ table.
(= шаткий, not properly fixed in place so that it moves from side to side)

Answer 13

Oh, it’s a wobbly table.

a chair with a wobbly leg
a wobbly tooth

Question 14

She gave up twenty-somethings r__ __ and __.
(= прямо здесь и сейчас)

Answer 14

She gave up twenty-somethings right then and there.

give up = to stop having a relationship with sb
Why don’t you give him up?

Question 15

Don’t be so __!
(= осуждающией)

Answer 15

Don’t be so judgemental!

Question 16

I’m way __ __ my column anyway.
(= я сильно запаздываю с)

Answer 16

I’m way behind on my column anyway.

I’m way behind on my laundry / deadlines.

Question 17

I don’t know any mom in this neighborhood who doesn’t need a little something to take the __ __.
(= снять напражение)

Answer 17

I don’t know any mom in this neighborhood who doesn’t need a little something to take the edge off.

I just needed something to take the edge off.

Question 18

Tell me exactly how he __ it.
(= сформулировал)

Answer 18

Tell me exactly how he worded it.

Question 19

Sweetie, listen, you need all the girl support you can get, and I’m late __ drinks with Big.

Answer 19

Sweetie, listen, you need all the girl support you can get, and I’m late for drinks with Big.

She’s late for work every day.
I’m late for a meeting with my editor.

Question 20

Even in her state of a__ blackness, Charlotte was a dating optimist.
(= terrible and without hope)
formal

Answer 20

Even in her state of abject blackness, Charlotte was a dating optimist.

/ˈæbdʒekt/

abject poverty крайняя нищета
abject misery крайнее отчаяние
abject failure полный провал

an abject apology покорная просьба о прощении

Question 21

I didn’t want to tell her I canceled lunch with my editor to go to Banana Republic and help twenty-something Sam __ __ a shirt.
(= choose somebody/something carefully from a group of people or things, select)

Answer 21

I didn’t want to tell her I canceled lunch with my editor to go to Banana Republic and help twenty-something Sam pick out a shirt.

Question 22

Because they remind me __ my mom.

Answer 22

Because they remind me of my mom.