Делая карточки, опирайтесь на способы, которые мы разбирали в предыдущие дни.

Делая карточки, опирайтесь на способы, которые мы разбирали в предыдущие дни.

to scrub

to season

Drain the rice, stir in the salmon and //to improve the flavour of savoury food by adding salt, herbs, or spices when cooking or preparing it// to taste (= so that it has the taste you like)

to shell

Army bases were //to attack or to destroy a place by firing shells// overnight by rebel forces.

to sieve

to make the batter, //просеивать// the flour and salt into a bowl.

memory/mind like a sieve

I have a //forget things easily//, I tend to forget a lot of things

to sizzle

to soak

to sprinkle

The first course was smoked salmon with fresh dill //to drop a few pieces or drops of something over a surface// on top.

sob stuff

They heard //2 words, spoken or written stories that are intended to cause very sad feelings// from one man about his deprived childhood in an institution.

Thick and fast

Distress calls were pouring in, //3 words, quickly and in large numbers//, from all over the area.

to go as white as a sheet

Her face //to become very pale because of illness, shock, fear//, when she heard the news

to be yellow

I knew you were quiet, but I didn’t know you were //not brave//.

to be at odds with

My mother and father //4 words, disagree with someone// each other about my future university

to have green fingers

My grandmother’s is marvelous! She //3 words, good at growing plants//

to get the boot

He was useless, and soon //3 words, to be told to leave your job or your school//

at the drop of a hat

I hate to speak in public, but she’ll get up on stage //6 words, easily, with little encouragement//.

to be shortlisted

His latest novel has been //a list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job or prize, made from a longer list of people originally considered, and from which one person will be chosen// for the Man Booker prize.

to think on your feet

I'd never heard about the company before, so I had to //4 words, to make a quick decision or give an answer quickly//.

light-hearted

It was a fairly //happy, not serious// discussion.

bloodcurdling

This remark earned me the sensation of my head splitting in two as a //causing a feeling of extreme fear// shriek tore through the air

Be a recipe for disaster, trouble, success, etc

All those children unsupervised sounds to me like a //3 words, to be very likely to become a disaster, success, etc.//