WORD LIST

	Word (with the transcription)	Definition	Russian equivalent	Example
1.	Offhand	not friendly, and showing little interest in other people in a way that seems slightly rude	бесцеремонный	He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him.
2.	Conch	a large spiral shell, or the tropical snail-like sea creature that lives in it	ракушка	His ordinary voice sounded like a whisper after the harsh note of the conch.
3.	cordon	a line or circle, as of soldiers or ships, stationed around an area to guard it.	Оцепление/облава	There he would sit, and the search would pass him by, and the cordon waver on, ululating along the island, and he would be free.
4.	Gnaw	to bite or chew something repeatedly, usually gradually destroying it	грызть	Beneath the dark canopy of leaves and smoke the fire laid hold on the forest and began to gnaw.
5.	Pall	a thick, dark cloud of smoke	Дымная туча/пелена	A pall stretched for miles away from the island
6.	Hurl	to throw something with a lot of force	метнуть	He swung back his right arm and hurled the spear with all his strength.
7.	SinewyBody	thinbutstrongbody	Крепкое/жилистое тело	Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled them.
8.	DazzlePaint	(=war paint) the disguising of troops, ships, guns, etc. to conceal them from the enemy, as by the use of paint, nets, or leaves in patterns merging with the background.	маскировка	You know dazzle paint. Like things trying to look like something else like moths on a tree trunk
9.	Pull someone’s leg	to tell someone something that is not true as a way of joking with the person	Дурачить кого-либо	Piggy was a bore but there was always a little pleasure to be got out of pulling his leg, even if one did it by accident.
10.	Incantation	words that are believed to have a magical effect when spoken or sung	Магическое заклинание	Percival Wemys Madison was living through circumstances in which the incantation of his address was powerless to help him.
11.	To Be Off One’s Rocker	To behave in a very strange or silly way	не все дома	There may be a ship out there. Are you all off your rockers?
12.	Mutinously	in a way that shows you refuse or are not willing to do what you are told to do	непокорно	Mutinously, the boys fell silent or muttering.
13.	Get A Kick Out Of	To get a sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement from something	получать удовольствие от кого-либо/ чего-либо	The hunters sat, stuffing themselves with this easy meal, trying to convince themselves that they got sufficient kick out of bananas
14.	ScurfySkin	having a condition in which the skin sheds little, dry scales.	Шелушащаяся кожа	Not one of them was an obvious subject for a shower, and yet hair, much too long, skin of the body, scurfy with brine
15.	Impassable	cannot be travelled through/on	непроходимый	After that the rocks seemed to be growing impassable so they sat for a time
16.	TakeAtLowWater	To catch someone in a situation of difficulty or point of least success, excellence, etc	Выбить почву из под-ног	It took Ralph at low water when his nerve was relaxed for the return to the shelter and the still, friendly waters of the lagoon.
17.	Prefect	an older student who is given some authority and helps to control the younger students	староста	He'd never have got us meat. He isn't a prefect and we don't know anything about him.
18.	Sow	an adult female pig	свиноматка	A little apart from the rest, sunk in deep maternal bliss, lay the largest sow of the lot.
19.	Vexed	=troubled	раздосадованный	He was vexed to find how little he thought like a grownup and sighed again.
20.	Retire	to stop being involved in a situation	отступить	He laughed at Piggys expecting him to retire meekly as usual and in pained silence.
21.	demented	crazy	обезумевший	Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, found themselves eager to take a place in this demented but partlysecuresociety.
22.	creepers	any plants whose stems put out tendrils or rootlets by which the plants can creep along a surface as they grow	лианы	Here the roots and stems of creepers were in such tangles that the boys had to thread through them like pliant needles.
23.	Woebegone	lookingverysad	горестный	His twitchings exhausted him till he lay, breathless and woebegone, waiting for the next spasm.
24.	myopia	a condition in which someone cannot clearly see things that are far away	близорукость	Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia.
25.	againstallodds	despite success being very unlikely	Через все невзгоды	Piggy sought in his mind for words to convey his passionate willingness to carry the conch against all odds.
26.	setoffinformation	to start out in a special line	отправиться в боевом порядке	They set off along the beach in formation.
27.	squareup	to prepare to fight, compete, or argue with someone	изготовиться	Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance.
28.	keep a wary eye on someone	To be cautious about someone	настороженно следить за кем-то/не сводить взгляда с	Ralph moved, bent down, kept a wary eye on Jack.
29.	Cessationofsmth	Endingofsmth	Прекращение	Piggy, reassured by the cessation of violence, stood up carefully.
30.	ululation	a long, high cry with the mouth, tongue and hand	улюлюканье	Eric raised his head and achieved a faint ululation by beating on his open mouth.
31.	put all one’s eggs in one basket	to depend success on a single plan of action or person	поставить всё на карту	There were many things he could do. He could climb a tree; but that was putting all his eggs in one basket.

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