Sex and the City 1.6

Question 1

I had m__ which were somewhat mollified when they told me I could keep the dress.
(= feeling of doubt or concern about an outcome, сомнения, опасения)

Answer 1

I had misgivings which were somewhat mollified when they told me I could keep the dress.

Question 2

In l__ of any actual social life of their own, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte had all stopped by to live vicariously through my first official date.
(= instead of)

Answer 2

In lieu of any actual social life of their own, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte had all stopped by to live vicariously through my first official date.

lieu /luː/

Question 3

In lieu of any actual social life of their own, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte had all stopped by to live __through my first official date.
(= by watching or reading about somebody else doing something, rather than by doing it yourself; опосредовано)

Answer 3

In lieu of any actual social life of their own, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte had all stopped by to live vicariously through my first official date.

🇬🇧 /vɪˈkeəriəsli/
🇺🇸 /vaɪˈkeriəsli/

He lives vicariously through television and comics.

Some parents seem to live vicariously through their children.

Question 4

The women who wrote that book wrote it because they couldn’t get __.
(= have sex)

Answer 4

The women who wrote that book wrote it because they couldn’t get laid.

Question 5

Well, at the risk of sounding t__… I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you.
(= boring, not original,
рискуя звучать скучно, банально)

Answer 5

Well, at the risk of sounding trite.

trite (of a remark, an opinion, etc.) boring because it has been expressed so many times before; not original

Question 6

Let me __ this straight. Your picture is going to be on a bus?

Answer 6

Let me get it straight.

Question 7

You have me in a __, certain events, certain restaurants, certain people, like I’m only…
(= a comfortable or suitable role, job, way of life, etc.)

Answer 7

You have me in a niche, certain events, certain restaurants, certain people, like I’m only…

/niːʃ/, /nɪtʃ/

He eventually found his niche in sports journalism.
He **found his own little niche in life__.

Question 8

The dress led me on, had a life of its own.
(= **to make somebody believe something that is not true, especially that you love them or find them attractive

Answer 8

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