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Do We Have the press We Deserve

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The word, phrase Transcription Meaning The other meanings Synonyms, antonyms Collocation Example
Salacious   распутный непристойный   encouraging sexual desire or containing too much sexual detail   Syn: lustful, lascivious, lewd    
Voracious   прожорливый; жадный; ненасытный   eating or wanting large amounts of food wanting a lot of new information and knowledge SYN greedy avid      
Sibling   брат или сестра   a brother or sister        
Delve   изучать, тщательно исследовать; рыться   to search for sth inside a bag, container, etc   SYN dig   She delved in her handbag for a pen.
Ogle   смотреть влюбленно, кокетливо (на кого-л. - at); строить глазки   to look hard at sb in an offensive way, usually showing sexual interest       He was not in the habit of ogling women.
Harrowing   горестный, мучительный; душераздирающий   very shocking or frightening and making you feel very upset   Syn: sad, sorrowful    
Hapless   злополучный, несчастливый, несчастный   not lucky; unfortunate   Syn: unfortunate, ill-fated    
Flawed   damaged or spoiled        
Crass   грубый, глупый, тупой, бестолковый   very stupid and showing no sympathy or understanding   Syn: gross, dull, stupid, dense    
Besmirch   загрязнять, марать, пачкать позорить, бесчестить   to damage the opinion that people have of sb/sth   Syn: soil sully    
Jeopardise   подвергать опасности, рисковать   to risk harming or destroying sth/sb   Syn: risk    
Hallmark   клеймо, проба   a feature or quality that is typical of sb/sth a mark put on gold, silver and platinum objects that shows the quality of the metal and gives information about when and where the object was made Syn: symbol   Police said the explosion bore all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
Gloat   тайно злорадствовать, торжествовать   to show that you are happy about your own success or sb else’s failure, in an unpleasant way   SYN crow boast   She was still gloating over her rival’s disappointment.
Liason   контакт, связь любовная связь   a relationship between two organizations or different departments in an organization, involving the exchange of information or ideas: a person whose job is to make sure there is a good relationship between two groups or organizations     a secret sexual relationship, especially if one or both partners are married SYN affair   He's a liaison between two groups. — Он осуществляет связь между двумя группировками.
Freelance   работать без контракта, внештатным сотрудником   to earn money by selling your work to several different organizations        
Muckraking   публично разоблачать злоупотребления должностных лиц - часто ради самого эффекта от разоблачения, а не в интересах истины   the activity of looking for information about people’s private lives that they do not wish to make public        
Discreet   дравомыслящий, рассудительный, разумный   careful in what you say or do, in order to keep sth secret or to avoid causing embarrassment or difficulty for sb   Syn: cautious, careful, wary   He was always very discreet about his love affairs.   You ought to make a few discreet enquiries before you sign anything.
Harass   беспокоить, волновать, изводить, тревожить надоедать, утомлять, изнурять   to annoy or worry sb by putting pressure on them or saying or doing unpleasant things to them to make repeated attacks on an enemy Syn: bother   He has complained of being harassed by the police.   She claims she has been sexually harassed at work.
Fraud   обман; мошенничество, жульничество; подделка   the crime of cheating sb in order to get money or goods illegally a person who pretends to have qualities, abilities, etc. that they do not really have in order to cheat other people   something that is not as good, useful, etc. as people claim it is Syn: cheat, swindle, deceit, trickery, trick, imposture, deception   She was charged with credit card fraud.
Lowbrow   непритязательный, невзыскательный; неинтеллектуальный   having no connection with or interest in serious artistic or cultural ideas   OPP highbrow    
Pruriant   зудящий, страстно желающий чего-л. похотливый, сладострастный   having or showing too much interest in things connected with sex   Syn: lewd    

 


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