Consumer electronics and privacy

Word	Context	Translation	Example
hordes	hordes will converge on a vast conference centre	толпы	There are always hordes of tourists here in the summer.
converge	hordes will converge on a vast conference centre	собираться	Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally.
shindig (informal)	annual shindig	вечеринка	Shindig is a big noisy party.
gizmo (informal)	latest and greatest gizmos	девайс	Gizmo is a general word for a small piece of equipment, often one that does sth in a new and clever way
to deduce (formal)	to deduce someone’s emotional state	сделать заключение	We can deduce a lot from what people choose to buy.
capture	voice captured by microphone	уловить, поймать, захватить	The article captured the mood of the nation.
pitch	pitch of the speech	высота (голоса)	A basic sense of rhythm and pitch is essential in a music teacher.
vehicle	a vehicle that senses a driver is in a heightened emotional state	средство передвижения	Are you the driver of this vehicle?
snag	There are a couple of snags with all this.	Трудность, проблема	There is just one small snag—where is the money coming from? Ç Let me know if you run into any snags.
to be repelled by	to be repelled by the prospect of companies and devices tracking their emotions.	to make sb feel horror or disgust ужасать, отвращать	I was repelled by the smell.
the downside	compensate for the downside	минусы	Downside is the disadvantage or a less positive aspect of sth
to alert	alerted people whenever someone they were following on Twitter used a phrase such as “hate myself	оповещать	Neighbours quickly alerted the emergency services.
fragile	to be in a fragile emotional state	хрупкий	The economy remains extremely fragile.
crook (informal)	the app could also be used by crooks and others to prey on vulnerable people.	Мошенник	That salesman is a real crook.
to prey on		охотиться на	To prey on means to hunt and kill another animal for food.
rival	Beyond Verbal and its rivals	конкурент	The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals.
exploit	could also be exploited for nefarious ends.	использовать (to use sth well in order to gain as much from it as possible)	She fully exploits the humour of her role in the play.
nefarious ends (formal)	could also be exploited for nefarious ends.	преступные, безнравственные цели
keep a close eye on smth/smb		следить	Over the next few months we will keep a close eye on sales.