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I'm not interested in bull-fighters. That's an abnormal life.



Word

Definition

Context

1) abnormal

unusual

"I'm not interested in bull-fighters. That's an abnormal life.

2) Parcel

package

We unwrapped the little parcels of lunch.

3) buoyant

floating or cheerful

(бурливая)

The water was buoyant and cold.

4) sinister

giving the impression that something harmful

"The Purple Land" is a very sinister book if read too late in life.

 

5) overmatch

be superior to(превосходить)

Spider promptly overmatched him and got

6) trout

especially type of fish

Bill sat down, opened up his bag, laid a big trout on the grass.

7) to peel

remove skin or rind(корка)

Bill laid down the egg he was peeling.

8) to rejoice

make happy

Let us rejoice and believe and give thanks.

9) to float

stay on th surface of water

Then in the quiet water I turned and floated.

10) to prep

prepare

At the military school where he prepped for Princeton

11) distaste

Dislike

This increased Cohn's distaste for boxing

12) motion

The action or process of moving

"Put it in there, Henry," the count motioned.

13) tribute

admiration

As a tribute to the Great Commoner.

14) hencoop

House of chickens

the holy mysteries of the hencoop with simian fingers.

15) simian

monkey

the holy mysteries of the hencoop with simian fingers

16) hense

Then or away (отсюда)

and hence any different from anybody else

17) suspicion

mistrust

I always had a suspicion that

18) to commence

begin

The review commenced publication in Carmel

19) purely

cleanly

who had been regarded purely as an angel

20) editorial

editing

name had appeared on the editorial page

21) afterward

later

We had dined at l'Avenue's and afterward went

22) to get sore

anger

Don't get sore

23) to recount

To report

It recounts splendid imaginary amorous adventures

24) exalted

Grand or majestic

None of your exalted connections

25) Callousness

rudeness

He remembered with what callousness

26) to make reparation

repair

It was not too late to make reparation for that.

27) Hideous

frightening

idea of my soul being hideous

28) to make a joke

fun

wine and Georgette made a joke

29) grace

favor

had all their easy social graces

30) proprietor

owner

and the proprietor himself

31) composure

calm

to shatter that superior, simpering composure

32) dance big-hippily

Shake

the tall blond youth, who danced big-hippily

33) resemblance

Being alike

Their physical resemblance must be a source

34) savor

taste

Everything after savors of anticlimax

35) dominance

Influence over others

Eyes had established dominance

36) priceless

Invaluable (бесценный)

"Oh, priceless," I said. Brett laughed.

37) sober

Not drunk or calm

"You're wonderfully sober," I said.

38) to possess

To control or hold

"What possessed you to bring her?"

39) envelope

Paper in which letters are sealed and sent

asked them for an envelope

40) to slam

clap

and slammed the door.

41) miserable

unhappy

I've been so miserable

42) to jolt

mental shock

we jolted close together

43) merriment

fun

a subject of merriment while remaining

44) to shove off

Get out

"I must shove off. Seen Cohn?"

45) luncheon

A formal lunch

A good deal at luncheon

46) pale

shade

His pale hair as

47) imply

Give someone to understand

Implying that a dozen chefs

48) clench

press

With his fists clenched in his laps

49) brisk

Active or energetic

A brisk red bug to meet all trains

50) credulity

trust

As our credulity switched back

51) odour

smell

the rich odour of roses

52) innuendo

suggestion

Given to violent innuendo

53) corpulent

fat

Corpulent person in his middle years

54) grievance

Offence (обида)

The old grievance.

55) to uptake

To understand

"I say, you are slow on the up-take,"

56) to Tempt



Attract (соблазнять)

Dozen bottles of Mumms. Tempt you?"

57) bang

beat

I banged on the glass.

58) sliced

cut

He shoved the sliced cucumbers away

59) moron

idiot

"That moron," said Harvey.

60) Conceit

Vanity (тщеславие)

The sort of healthy conceit that

61) inconsequentially

Without importance

trying to talk inconsequentially

62) alimony

aliment

I could have had alimony

63) pretty

rather

"Feel pretty happy?"

64) dismay

To make someone feel worried

Dismayed at its indifference

65) drowsiness

tired

His fancies until drowsiness

66) consent

agree

Robert has kindly consentedto speak to you

67) splendid

Very impressive

I agreed that it was splendid

68) senile

Old

With her senile aunt

69) to scrutinize

to look over

We scrutinized the twelve lemon

70) muddy

dirty

Muddy swamps

71) asunder

Into pieces

Were rent asunder by dissension

72) to engross

To preoccupy

They were so engrossed in each other

73) mistress

A woman having a sexual relationship with a married man

What do you suppose he said to his mistresses when he wouldn't marry them?

74) to daunt

To upset

Never been daunted

75) Splendid

excellent

Splendid. Wish he wouldn't keep going off

76) Nix

caution

"Nix," I said

77) pestilential

harmful

"Have you been in this pestilential city long?"

78) armistice

To make friends

right after the armistice, and Madame Lecomte

79) to ladle

Spoon out (зачерпывать)

The girl ladled some onto a plate

80) undischarged

Unfulfilled(невыполненный)

Mr. Campbell is an undischarged bankrupt

81) outbursts

Flash

What are these outbursts of affection, Michael?

82) mourn

Regret for

As a mourning wreath

83) vista

A pleasing view

Hand along the front vista

84) reciprocal

Done in return

With polite reciprocal curiosity

85) itinerary

journey

I wrote out an itinerary so they could follow us

86) loveliest

beautiful

“We have got the loveliest hotel," Mike said.

87) nuisance

A person who is in need to help

You're sure we wouldn't just be a bloody nuisance?

88) mincing

affected

Mincing shout

89) peer

Be just visible

The man peered into the basket

90) coarse

rude

Spoke to her husband in coarse voice

91) cease

To stop

And then ceased together

92) antecedents

past

First wild rumors about his antecedents

93) to ingratiate

To Try to please

Trying to ingratiate myself

94) reverie

dream

For a while these reveries provided

95) flavor

To give a smell

That flavored conversation

96) melt

disappear

 

97) incense

Smell in the church

it smelt of incense

98) strident

harsh

Strident argument

99) side street

Tight and small street

walked back along sidestreets to the hotel

100) rowdy

noisy

My age and a rowdy little boy

101) lousy

Very poor or bad

It was lousy to enjoy it, but I felt lousy.

102) clench

press

With his fistsclenched in his lip

103) majestic

great

Signed Robert in a majestic hand

104) elusive

Difficult to find

An elusive rhythm

105) lurk

secrete

If the past were lurking here

106) dilatory

Slow

In a dilatory grudging way

107) greedy

Always wanting more food, money, power

We drink in long, greedy swallows

108) bystander

Viewer (a person who is present at an event but does not take part)

An awed hush fell upon the bystander

109) apparition

ghost

The apparition stood swaying for a moment

110) flicker

Feeling that continues for a very short time

That the constant flicker of men

111) divergence

a difference in opinions

A plane where any divergence from a code

112) incurably

Impossible to change

He is incurably dishonest

113) Gnawing

worrying

The Gnawing of his

114) receptacle

box

With innumerable receptacles to contain

115) wicker

To twist

sat down in one of the wicker chairs

116) lather

soap

he lathered his face

117) slur

To speak

he slurred that over--"or me?

118) sped

More quickly

We sped along toward

119) overripe

past its best

Very sensuous about it-overripe

120) bluff

Fall(oбрыв)

the bluff above the river

121) swell people

Wonderful

"These Basques are swell people,"

122) posada

motel

stopped in front of the posada

123) supplies

Stock(припасы)

Behind them were shelves stacked with supplies and goods

124) snobbishly

exclusive

As my father snobbishly suggested

125) solemn

formal

He wrote a series of very solemn letter

126) perpetual

Never ending and changing

Source of perpetual confusion

127) bizzare

Very strange

The bizzare are not a little man

128) scarcely

Only just

He scarcely knew at all

129) apron

Cloth worn to protect

who had been serving drinks came out wiping her hands on her apron

130) whitewashed

 

We went up the street, past the whitewashed stone houses,

131) disembody

Separate from its material form

I had no girl whose disembodied face

132) daylight

The natural light of day

The blinds we'd of seen daylight

133) succelent

appetizing

A succelent hush arrived

134) pitcher

A large container

In a few minutes a girl brought a stone pitcher

135) diligence

Hard working

Outside under the window were some carts and an old diligence

136) gulp

Drink (глоток)

He took a big gulp of coffee.

137) expatriated

emigrant

An expatriated newspaper man.

138) tricycle

Bicycle with three wheels

"I heard it was a tricycle."

139) joystick

Control lever

The joystick works the same way."

 

140) tadpoles

Frog(головастик)

In the flat pool beside the stream tadpoles spotted the sand

141) steep

Dangerous coast (крутой берег)

We went up a steep bank

142) enormous

huge

They're enormous trout there."

143) dope

drag

I come Thursday'. That gives you a lot of dope, doesn't it?"

144) discredit

damage

That story reflects great discredit on me."

145) burden

A short sudden effort

A moment of the burden of the banjo

146) vinous

Be Fond of wine

Went off into a deep vinous sleep

147) convivial

friendly

Convivial way, girls were swooning

148) ineplty

Having or showing no skill

She had decided,ineplty, that everything was very sad

149) hollow

Having a hole

with a clattering on the wood in the hollow box

150) awkwardly

Uncouthly(неуклюже)

The steer ran awkwardly

           

 

 


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