Chapter 2+Chapter 3. Active Vocabulary. Chapter 2. Chapter 3

Chapter 2+Chapter 3

1. Active Vocabulary

Find the Russian equivalents for the following words and word combinations and be ready to reproduce the situations from the chapter making use of them:

Chapter 2

· to do smth. with gusto=to do smth. with enthusiasm

· to be versed in smth. опытным

· to be wary (of smth./doing smth.) осторожным

· a shortlist/to shortlist smb.выделить

· to nurse a grievance затаить обиду

· loathsome=repulsive

· hideously (pretentious)/hideous (adj.)=extremely unpleasant or ugly

· a rite of passage=обряд посвящения; ритуал

· to abandon smth./smb.

· fraught (relations)=full of problems, anxiety or worries

· to contemplate smth./smb.= to look attentively at smb. or smth. for a long time vs.

to contemplate doing smth./smth.=to think about smth. you might do in the future

(syn.=consider) vs. to contemplate smth.=to think seriously about smth. for a long time

· to pinpoint smth. засекать

· to strive towards/for smth. стремиться

· makeshift (adj.)=временный; самодельный

· (a) benevolent (man)/benevolence (noun)благосклонный

Chapter 3

· half-hearted=done without much effort and interest in the result

· (to be) elated=extremely happy and excited

· to be engrossed in smth.

· to be beyond comprehension/belief

· (to be) dismal=bad, unsuccessful (a dismal candidate)

· an interloper=незваный гость; человек, посягающий на чью-либо монополию

· to brag=to boast

· blatant=вульгарный; наглый

· (a) debilitating (attack of flue)=истощающий, изнуряющий

· to be a strain on smb.

· to be renowned for smth.

· to project an image

· (to be) impeccably (dressed)/impeccable (adj.)

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