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Unit 2A

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Unit 1

1. To look straight in the eyes – смотреть прямо в глаза - look directly at someone without showing embarrassment, fear, or shame:

* I felt confident enough to look him straight in the eyes.

** He’s looking at you straight in the eyes and he appears to be 100% sincere(….)

2. Fidgeting = moving your body nervously - make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience:

* T he audience began to fidget and whisper.

** He’s fidgeting and nervous.

 

3. Messing around = wasting time - behave in a silly or playful way:

* He lay there snoring so I thought he was messing aroud and told him to get up.

** I like messing around with them(….)

 

4. To be sincere = to be honest - saying what they genuinely feel or believe; not dishonest or hypocritical:

* She’d sounded sincere enough.

** He’s looking at you straight in the eyes and he appears to be 100% sincere(….)

 

5. Voice has dropped – голос снизился - make or become lower, weaker, or less: [with object]:

* He dropped his voice as she came into the room.

** (…)The tone of his voice has dropped(…)

 

6. Things get complicated one day – все усложнилось в один день - intricate:

* A complicated stereo system.

**The things get complicated one day (…)

 

7. Lifetime – срок, целая жизнь - the duration of a person’s life:

* A reward for a lifetime’s work.

** It has died off in my lifetime(…)

 

8. To define – определять - [with object] state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of:

* The contract will seek to define the client’s obligations.

** There is certain snootiness in trying to define Brutishness.

 

9. Irrelevant – не имеет значения (неуместный) - not connected with or relevant to something:

* An irrelevant comment.

** Now it’s an irrelevant concept.

 

10. With open arms – с распростертыми объятьями - with great affection or enthusiasm:

* Schools have welcomed such arrangements with open arms.

** We welcome immigrants with open arms.

 

11. To stand for – заменять - be an abbreviation of or symbol for:

* BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation.

** What CRE stand for?

Unit 2A

 

1. To give up – бросать - stop doing or consuming something:

* I’ve decided to give up drinking

** Lawyer has given up his job(…)

 

2. To set out – отправиться - begin a journey.

* In survey work, it’s often necessary to set out right angles or perpendicular lines on the field.

** He has set out on his South American adventure.

 

3. Lie ahead – впереди - be going to happen:

* I’m excited by what lies ahead.

** (…) Paraguay and Uruguay is lie ahead.

 

4. So far – до сих пор - to a certain limited extent:

* Jabs and pills can protect you only so far.

** This is one of his sweetest memories from the trip so far.

5. To get by – выживать - manage with difficulty to live or accomplish something:

* He had just enough money to get by.

** Alvaro is getting by on a budget of three dollars a day(…)

 

6. Sole purpose – личная цель - the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists:

* The purpose of the meeting is to appoint a trustee

** My sole purpose is to bring them a little happiness(…)

 

7. Way of – способ - by means of:

* Noncompliance with the regulations is punishable by way of a fine.

** The trip is a way of bringing together the three things he love(…)

 

8. Bringing together – объединять - so as to be united or in agreement:

* The won the confidence of the government and the rebels, but could not bring the two sides together.

** The trip is a way of bringing together the three things he love(…)

 

9. Smth is in my blood – что-то в моей крови - ingrained in or fundamental to one’s character:

* Racing is in his blood

** (…) Cycling is in my blood, (…)

10. To run into – столкнуться, случайно встретиться - collide with, meet by chance:

* I ran into Stasia and Katie on the way home.

** (…)people he runs into on his travels.

 

 


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