Part 1
purpose | /ˈpɜːpəs/ | the reason why something exists or is done | What is the purpose of this meeting? | мета; призначення; сенс |
autopsy | /ˈɔːtɒpsi/ | a medical examination of a dead body to discover the cause of death | The autopsy revealed the cause of death. | розтин; аутопсія |
provide clarity | /prəˌvaɪd ˈklærəti/ | to make a situation or issue easier to understand | The report should provide clarity on what happened. | внести ясність; прояснити ситуацію |
conduct (verb) | /kənˈdʌkt/ | to organize and carry out a particular activity | The police conducted an investigation. | проводити, здійснювати (дослідження, розслідування, опитування тощо) |
tawdry affair | /ˈtɔːdri əˈfeə/ | a sexual or romantic relationship considered cheap, shameful, or morally unpleasant | Everyone soon found out about his tawdry affair. | брудна / ганебна інтрижка; вульгарний роман. Tawdry має відтінок чогось дешевого, непристойного, безславного. |
questionable choice | /ˈkwestʃənəbl tʃɔɪs/ | a decision that seems unwise, inappropriate, or morally doubtful | Dating your boss was a questionable choice. | сумнівний вибір / сумнівне рішення |
keep somebody in business | /kiːp ˌsʌmbədi ɪn ˈbɪznəs/ | to provide enough work or money for a person or company to continue operating | Customers like you keep us in business. | давати комусь змогу залишатися в бізнесі / забезпечувати когось роботою |
give odd looks | /ɡɪv ɒd lʊks/ | to look at someone in a strange or suspicious way | People started giving me odd looks. | дивно / підозріло поглядати на когось; кидати дивні погляди |
recognize | /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/ | to know someone or something because you have seen or experienced them before | I didn't recognize him at first. | впізнавати; розпізнавати; визнавати |
lower your voice | /ˌləʊə jə ˈvɔɪs/ | to speak more quietly | Could you lower your voice, please? | говорити тихіше; знизити голос |
you shouldn't have | /ju ˌʃʊdnt ˈhæv/ | used to say that something was unnecessary, often when thanking someone for a gift or kind action | Flowers for me? You shouldn't have! | Ну навіщо ж ти! / Не варто було! Часто це ввічлива реакція на подарунок або приємний жест, а не докір. |
waterproof | /ˈwɔːtəpruːf/ | not allowing water to pass through | Is this jacket waterproof? | водонепроникний |
tears of joy | /ˌtɪəz əv ˈdʒɔɪ/ | tears caused by happiness | She burst into tears of joy when she heard the news. | сльози радості |
job title | /ˈdʒɒb ˌtaɪtl/ | the official name of someone's position at work | What's your official job title? | назва посади; посада |
shush | /ʃʊʃ/ | to tell someone to be quiet | She shushed me when I started talking. | цитькнути; змусити замовкнути / говорити тихіше |
dreadful | /ˈdredfəl/ | extremely bad, unpleasant, or shocking | The weather was dreadful all weekend. | жахливий; страшенно поганий; огидний |
offer unsolicited opinions | /ˈɒfə ˌʌnsəˈlɪsɪtɪd əˈpɪnjənz/ | to express opinions that nobody asked you for | He constantly offers unsolicited opinions about my personal life. | висловлювати непрохані думки / давати свою думку, коли ніхто не просив. Unsolicited = непроханий, ненаданий у відповідь на прохання. |
make ugly threats | /meɪk ˈʌɡli θrets/ | to make cruel, nasty, or frightening threats | He started making ugly threats when she refused. | висловлювати брудні / жорстокі / огидні погрози; серйозно погрожувати |
deserve | /dɪˈzɜːv/ | to be worthy of something because of what you have done or who you are | You deserve a break after all that work. | заслуговувати (на щось) |
dig up | /dɪɡ ˈʌp/ | to find information by searching carefully; also, to remove something from the ground by digging | The journalist dug up some embarrassing information about him. | розкопати; відкопати; вивідати / відшукати інформацію |
gain trust | /ɡeɪn ˈtrʌst/ | to gradually make someone trust you | It took months to gain her trust. | завоювати / здобути довіру |
exhibit (noun / verb) | /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/ | noun: an object or a collection of objects displayed for people to see; especially in AmE, an organized display in a museum or gallery. verb: to show something publicly or to show a particular quality or behaviour | There's a new Andy Warhol exhibit at the museum. / The museum exhibits several of his paintings. / He exhibited strange behavior. | ім.: експонат; виставка, експозиція (особливо AmE). дієсл.: виставляти, демонструвати; виявляти. Напр., an Andy Warhol exhibit = виставка Енді Воргола. Тобто exhibit може означати не лише окремий експонат, а й цілу музейну/галерейну експозицію. |
exhibition (noun) | /ˌeksɪˈbɪʃən/ | an organized public display of works of art, objects, products, etc. | We went to an exhibition of modern art. / There's an Andy Warhol exhibition at the gallery. | виставка, експозиція. На відміну від exhibit, exhibition не означає окремий експонат — це саме організована виставка / показ. An Andy Warhol exhibit і an Andy Warhol exhibition можуть означати «виставка Енді Воргола», але exhibit у цьому значенні особливо характерне для американської англійської. |
convince | /kənˈvɪns/ | to make someone believe that something is true or agree to do something | I finally convinced him to come with us. | переконати. convince somebody of something / that… = переконати в чомусь; convince somebody to do = переконати когось щось зробити |
free-spirited | /ˌfriː ˈspɪrɪtɪd/ | independent and not restricted by conventional rules or expectations | She's always been very free-spirited. | волелюбний; незалежний; вільний від умовностей |
can't help it | /ˌkɑːnt ˈhelp ɪt/ | used to say that you cannot control or prevent something | I know I shouldn't laugh, but I can't help it. | нічого не можу з цим вдіяти / не можу стриматися |
as long as | /əz ˈlɒŋ əz/ | provided that; on condition that | You can stay here as long as you keep quiet. | за умови, що; якщо тільки; поки. Напр.: As long as you behave = За умови, що ти добре поводитимешся. |
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That makes
me sound slow. |
/ðæt meɪks
mi saʊnd sləʊ/ |
used when
something makes you seem less intelligent or slower to understand than you
really are |
Don’t put
it like that. That makes me sound slow. |
Через це я
здаюся тугодумом / Це виставляє мене не дуже кмітливим(-ою). |
|
prong |
/prɒŋ/ |
1. one of
the pointed parts of a fork or similar object; 2. one part of a plan or
strategy consisting of several parts |
The fork
has four prongs. / Education is one prong of their strategy. |
1. зубець (виделки, тризуба тощо); 2.
напрям, складова, елемент багатокомпонентного плану |
|
throuple |
/ˈθrʌpəl/ |
three
people who are all involved in the same romantic or sexual relationship |
They’ve
been living together as a throuple for two years. |
тріада;
романтична / сексуальна тріада; стосунки трьох людей (не просто група з трьох
осіб, а троє людей у спільних романтичних або сексуальних стосунках) |
|
barf |
/bɑːf/ |
informal:
to vomit |
The smell
was so awful I thought I was going to barf. |
блювати;
ригати (дуже
розмовне) |
|
get
physical |
/ɡet
ˈfɪzɪkəl/ |
to start
using physical force during an argument or conflict; sometimes to become
physically intimate |
They
started shouting, but luckily they didn’t get physical. |
перейти до
фізичної сили / рукоприкладства, побитися; у романтичному контексті — перейти до
фізичної близькості |
|
fuck buddy |
/ˈfʌk
ˌbʌdi/ |
vulgar:
someone you regularly have sex with without having a committed romantic
relationship |
He’s not
her boyfriend — he’s her fuck buddy. |
сексуальний
партнер без серйозних романтичних стосунків (вульгарне) |
|
felon |
/ˈfelən/ |
a person
who has been convicted of a serious crime, especially in US law |
He is a
convicted felon. |
особа,
засуджена за тяжкий злочин; злочинець (переважно амер. право) |
|
felony |
/ˈfeləni/ |
a serious
crime, especially under US law |
He was
charged with a felony. |
тяжкий
злочин (у
правовій системі США; серйозніше за misdemeanor) |
|
commit
assault |
/kəˌmɪt
əˈsɔːlt/ |
to attack
someone or unlawfully threaten/use physical force against them |
He was
arrested for committing assault. |
вчинити
напад; вчинити насильницькі дії; напасти на когось |
|
strike (noun) |
/straɪk/ |
1. an act
of hitting or attacking someone/something; 2. a sudden military attack; 3. a
period when workers refuse to work as a protest |
The
building was destroyed in an air strike. / The workers went on strike. |
1. удар;
напад, атака; 2. військовий удар (air strike — авіаудар); 3. страйк
(go on strike — оголосити / розпочати страйк) |
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under
control |
/ˌʌndə
kənˈtrəʊl/ |
being
successfully managed so that it does not cause further problems |
Everything
is under control now. |
під
контролем; ситуація контрольована |
|
team
effort |
/ˌtiːm
ˈefət/ |
something
achieved by several people working together |
Getting
everything ready on time was a team effort. |
командна
робота; спільні зусилля; результат спільної роботи |
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be freaked
out |
/biː
friːkt aʊt/ |
informal:
to be extremely frightened, shocked, worried, or disturbed |
She was
completely freaked out by what happened. |
бути дуже
наляканим / шокованим / стривоженим; бути не на жарт переляканим |
|
can’t
stand |
/kɑːnt
stænd/ |
to dislike
someone or something very strongly |
I can’t
stand being treated like a child. |
терпіти не
можу; не переносити (дуже природне розмовне вираження сильної неприязні) |
|
despise |
/dɪˈspaɪz/ |
to dislike
someone or something very strongly and have no respect for them |
She despises
him for the way he treats people. |
зневажати;
відчувати презирство (сильніше за can’t stand і часто містить саме елемент
презирства, неповаги) |
|
thank-you
note |
/ˈθæŋk juː
nəʊt/ |
a short
written message in which you thank someone |
I sent
them a thank-you note after the dinner. |
записка з
подякою; лист-подяка; коротка подячна листівка |
|
candy dish |
/ˈkændi
dɪʃ/ |
a small
bowl or dish in which sweets are kept or served |
There was
a candy dish on her desk. |
вазочка /
тарілочка для цукерок |
|
awfully
petty |
/ˈɔːfəli
ˈpeti/ |
extremely
petty; giving too much importance to small or unimportant matters, often in a
mean or childish way |
Refusing
to speak to her over something like that seems awfully petty. |
страшенно
дріб’язковий; неймовірно дріб’язково (petty — про дрібні образи, сварки,
помсту, причіпки тощо) |
|
foul mood |
/faʊl
muːd/ |
a very
bad, angry, or unpleasant mood |
He’s been
in a foul mood all day. |
препоганий
/ жахливий настрій; бути дуже не в гуморі |
|
caterer |
/ˈkeɪtərə(r)/ |
a person
or company that provides food and drinks for parties, weddings, and other
events |
We hired a
caterer for the party. |
кейтерингова
компанія; кейтерер; людина / компанія, що забезпечує їжею захід |
|
cater for
guests |
/ˈkeɪtə fə
ɡests/ |
to provide
food and drinks for guests at an event |
They’re
going to cater for about fifty guests. |
організувати
харчування для гостей; забезпечити гостей їжею та напоями |
|
rube |
/ruːb/ |
US
informal, insulting: a naive, unsophisticated person, especially someone
thought to be from the countryside |
Do they
think we’re a bunch of rubes? |
простак;
селюк; неотесана / наївна людина (амер., зневажливе) |
|
hoedown |
/ˈhəʊdaʊn/ |
a lively
American country party with traditional music and dancing |
They’re
having a hoedown at the farm this weekend. |
сільська
американська гулянка / вечірка з кантрі-музикою й танцями |
|
musical |
/ˈmjuːzɪkəl/ |
a play or
film in which songs and usually dancing form an important part of the story |
We went to
see a musical last night. |
мюзикл (як прикметник: музичний) |
|
get with
someone |
/ɡet wɪð
ˈsʌmwʌn/ |
informal:
to get involved with someone, especially romantically or sexually; in a
negative context, it can imply regretting that involvement |
I should
never have gotten with you in the first place. |
зв’язатися
з кимось; мати справу з кимось; зв’язатися на свою голову (у твоєму контексті:
вступити з людиною у стосунки / мати з нею справу й потім про це пошкодувати;
саме по собі get with не означає «потрапити в халепу») |
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require |
/rɪˈkwaɪə(r)/ |
to need
something or make something necessary |
This
position requires excellent communication skills. |
вимагати;
потребувати (require something — вимагати/потребувати чогось; require someone
to do something — вимагати від когось щось зробити) |
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requirement |
/rɪˈkwaɪəmənt/ |
something
that is necessary or officially demanded |
Previous
experience is a requirement for the job. |
вимога;
необхідна умова; обов’язкова умова (meet the requirements — відповідати вимогам) |
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