📗Chapter 18-21 Active Vocabulary

catch up with someone

to eventually affect someone, especially negatively (наздогнати, дати про себе знати про наслідки)

take advantage of it

to use an opportunity for benefit (скористатися нагодою)

have no one to go with

to lack a companion for an event (не мати з ким піти)

ambush someone (with something)

to confront someone suddenly and unexpectedly (застукати зненацька, "напасти" питанням)

smear something over

to spread messily across a surface (розмазати щось)

clip out of (a jacket)

to cut something out from clothing (обрізати, вирізати з одягу)

burning a hole in her pocket

an item so exciting she can't wait to use/show it (пекти кишеню, не терпітися показати)

swam out of her mind

to fade completely from memory (вислизнуло з голови, забулося)

hack into someone's account

to break into a digital account illegally (зламати чийсь акаунт)

cue up a song

to set a song ready to play next (поставити пісню на чергу)

ditch (hockey/class)

to skip something intentionally (прогуляти)

sneak into

to enter secretly and quietly (пробратися непомітно)

trip over something

to stumble on an obstacle (спіткнутися об щось)

emerge flushed with kisses

to come out visibly red/warm from kissing (вийти розпашілою від поцілунків)

hole up (somewhere)

to hide or stay confined in a place (сховатися, засісти)

poised to strike

ready and about to attack (готовий завдати удару)

couldn't really focus

unable to concentrate (не могла зосередитись)

shut off the radio

to turn off a device (вимкнути радіо)

feeling anxious by the second

growing more nervous with each passing moment (тривога наростає з кожною секундою)

web-stalk someone

to obsessively search for info about someone online (вистежувати когось онлайн)

hard to stop (doing something)

difficult to cease an action once started (важко зупинитись)

It was starting to catch up with her.

pattern: consequences/emotions beginning to affect someone (почало наздоганяти її)

Having ditched X, she had to Y.

pattern: participial clause showing cause/result (дієприкметниковий зворот причини)

Would Byron have mentioned it?

pattern: hypothetical past with "would have" (гіпотетичне минуле)

X was baiting her.

pattern: someone was provoking/teasing someone (провокувала, підколювала)