I grew up on the plains in Indiana.

lack	Недостаток, нехватка	Lack of oxygen
plain	равнина	I grew up on the plains in Indiana.
Tube ticket	Билет для проезда в метро	He kept his tube tickets in a wallet he got when he was twelve.
stir	Переполох, суета	He caused quite a stir here yesterday.
room	место	There was no room for error.
Errand ['erənd]	Поручение, командировка	I’m running some errands.
Harsh [hɑ:ʃ]	Жесткий, суровый	Ref, that’s a bit harsh.
Harness ['hɑ:nɪs]	Ремни (безопасности), снаряжение. Обвязка, беседка - в скалолазании	I see you’ve got a harness.
tr a nsp a rent	прозрачный	I bought this practically transparent pink T-shirt.
Lingerie ['lænʒ(ə)rɪ]	(франц.) дамское бельё	And I won’t even tell you about the lingerie.
Fiend [fi:nd]	Фанатик, одержимый	He is smoking like a fiend..
retail	Розничная продажа	I could do with some retail therapy myself.
Hiker	(Пеший) турист, путешественник	This is the only way station for hikers in the whole area.
console	утешать
Jilted	брошенный	Old friend moves in to console jilted boyfriend..
kidney	Почка (анатомич.)
Toe [təu]	Палец на ноге	It’s the meridian that controls the kidney.. or the big left toe..
Conquer ['kɔŋkə]	Завоевывать, покорять (вершину)	..she has conquered our Adam.
approach	Подход, способ	A game is a wrong approach.
Oblige [ə'blaɪʤ]	Быть обязанным	..I some how felt obliged to tell you about it.
Undo [ʌn'du:]	Расстегивать	..he undid my dress.
article	статья	So, you want to write an article about this?
nosy	Любопытный, пронырливый, вмешивающийся не в свои дела	Do you think that nosy wives have immunity from normal behavior? // I’m sorry for being nosy.
curiosity	любопытство	It was really just innocent curiosity.
shred	Обрывок, лоскуток	Practically everything I knew about him came from shreds of information dropped by other people.
Bruise [bru:z]	Синяк, кровоподтёк	.. I want to show the world my bruises.
Brutal	жестокий	The only way to end this is to be brutal.
jitters	Испуг, дрожание, нервная дрожь, нервное напряжение	She was so happy that day. No jitters, nothing.
To be fed up	Быть сытым по горло, пресытиться	Then after two years, he got fed up.
sneak	Делать что-то незаметно, украдкой	Why do you keep sneaking around?
domestic	Бытовой, домашний, семейный	Charges of domestic violence are usually too little too late.
To accuse	Обвинять, выдвинуть обвинение	You are accusing a hero..
anchor	Крючок, фиксатор	This is the anchor that we used.
altitude	Высота (над уровнем моря)	Maybe the flatlander like me can’t live at that altitude.
sustain	поддерживать, защищать, сохранить	Maybe it never would have been possible to sustain what we had.
Idioms.
to follow one’s nose	идти куда глаза глядят
to find Mr. Right	Дождаться рыцаря на белом коне	She has hoped to find Mr. Right all her life, but with no success.
To see eye to eye	To be agree	Adam and Deborah see eye to eye on climbing. They are both keen on it.
To have something on one’s brain	постоянно думать о чем-то или о ком-то	Adam had Alice on his brain.
it goes without saying	само собой разумеется
those three little words	Слова любви. “I love you”.	After several months of dating the young man finally said those three little words to his girlfriend.
if it works for you, it works for me	по рукам, договорились. Deal.
To tie the knot	жениться	He decided to tie the knot when he was thirty after seven years of dating with a girl.
neither fish nor fowl [faul]	ни рыба ни мясо
to have nothing in common	не иметь ничего общего
stay on one's toes	be ready/ prepared for something	Firefighters have to stay on their toes. They may have to fight a fire at anytime.
While the cat is away the mice will play	When their boss is away people often behave badly
run for one's life	бежать изо всех сил, спасаться бегством	Alice ran for her life.

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