vocab

Question 1

to impede

Answer 1

to make it difficult or impossible for someone or something to move or make progress
затруднять, мешать

Question 2

Buckle yourself in

Answer 2

Buckle down (more common) - приниматься за дело
buckle up - to prepare yourself (for bad news etc.)

Question 3

squirm

The kids start squirming at the dinner table. You can’t saty still.

Answer 3

to twist your body because you are embarrassed, nervous, etc
дергаться, поеживаться

Question 4

to beam

to glow

Answer 4

лучиться

Question 5

noble

Answer 5

благородный, великодушный

Question 6

mercy

Answer 6

kindness,
kindness that makes you forgive someone, usually someone that you have authority over

Question 7

to pull

Answer 7

If a vehicle pulls in or pulls into somewhere, it moves in that direction and stops there

Question 8

to inch

Answer 8

to move very slowly or in a lot of short stages

Question 9

purview

Answer 9

the limit of someone’s responsibility, interest, or activity:
This case falls outside the purview of this particular court.
Some of the bank’s lending operations come under/within the purview of the deputy manager, and some are handled directly by the manager.

Question 10

to perch on

Answer 10

to be in a high position or in a position near the edge of something, or to put something in this position:
The village is perched on top of a high hill.
A bird is perched on a tree.

Question 11

ripple effect

Answer 11

a situation in which one event produces effects which spread and produce further effects

a waterfall effect

Question 12

implicate

Answer 12

вовлекать, вмешивать

Question 13

to perpetuate
prolong
(in some situations to maintain)

Answer 13

увековечивать
to continue, to make it last
udržovat, zachovávat

Question 14

seemingly

Answer 14

по-видимому

Question 15

revelatory

Answer 15

making something known or showing something that was previously secret:

impactful
My dance weekend was revelatory.

Question 16

a vat of shame

Answer 16

a vat is a very large conteiner

Question 17

to peck

Answer 17

клевать,
give sb a peck on the cheek
to give someone a quick, gentle kiss on the face

Question 18

cohesive

Answer 18

united and working together effectively

Question 19

granular

Answer 19

made of, or seeming like, granules

Question 20

resign

Answer 20

увольняться
resign yourself to sth - смиряться

Question 21

trickle
very little, drops

Answer 21

струиться, струйка

Question 22

tweak

Answer 22

to make smth slightly better
Let’s tweak your book a little bit.

Question 23

revelation

Answer 23

some sort of knowledge

Question 24

undermine

Answer 24

A boss can be undermined by an employee if the second one tells the first one what to do in fron of all the people from a company.

Question 25

self-berating

Answer 25

to berate - ругать

Question 26

lever

Answer 26

рычаг

Question 27

evaporate

Answer 27

испаряться

Question 28

drown

Answer 28

тонуть, топить

Question 29

the mundane

Answer 29

скучный, однообразный

Question 30

I’m not walking my talk

Question 31

chuckle

Answer 31

хихикать

Question 32

perplexing

Answer 32

озадачивающий, ставящий в тупик

Question 33

to be merged with it

Answer 33

to merge - сливаться, соединяться

Question 34

disdain

Answer 34

презрение

Question 35

straddling

Answer 35

сидеть верхом, оседлать He straddled the chair. to be on both sides of a place находиться по обе стороны чего-либо Niagara Falls straddles the Canadian border.

Question 36

to craft

Answer 36

искусно создавать

Question 37

to conflate

Answer 37

to combine two or more separate things, especially pieces of text, to form a whole:

Question 38

mushy room

Answer 38

too emotional, soft and having no firm shape: Cook the lentils until they are mushy.

Question 39

to bust

Answer 39

informal to break something

Question 40

to be weighing in on

Answer 40

If a problem or responsibility weighs on you, it makes you worried or unhappy

Question 41

caterpillar

Question 42

a sib

Answer 42

a sibling

Question 43

faint

Answer 43

not strong or clear; slight not have the faintest idea (informal) used to emphasize that you do not know something: "Is she going to stay?" "I haven't the faintest idea."

Question 44

zhuzhed up, zhoozh, zhoosh

Answer 44

to make something more interesting or attractive by changing it slightly or adding something to it

Question 45

to emanate from

Answer 45

исходить, раздаваться

Question 46

palpable

Answer 46

ощутимый, явный