📗Chapter 23-27 Active Vocabulary

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right herself

to regain balance or composure (вирівнятися, прийти до тями)

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shut her laptop

to close a laptop computer (закрити ноутбук)

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run papers into neat piles

to organize papers into tidy stacks (розкласти папери в акуратні стопки)

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point the finger at someone

to blame or accuse someone (звинувачувати когось)

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swallow hard

to gulp nervously, suppressing emotion (важко проковтнути від хвилювання)

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tip off the cops

to secretly inform the police (натякнути поліції, "здати" інформацію)

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make a plan

to devise a strategy (скласти план)

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have an alibi

to have proof of being elsewhere during a crime (мати алібі)

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scrutinize something

to examine closely and critically (ретельно перевіряти)

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check someone out

to look someone over, assessing them (розглядати, "оцінювати" поглядом)

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whirl away

to turn around suddenly and quickly (різко відвернутися)

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discreetly check out

to look at something subtly, without being noticed (непомітно роздивлятися)

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angle it toward someone

to point or direct something at someone (направити щось у чиюсь сторону)

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stagger backward

to stumble backward unsteadily (відступити, похитуючись)

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slide down until

to gradually sink downward (сповзти вниз, поки не)

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ride the elevator up

to go up in an elevator (піднятися ліфтом)

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unlock the door

to open a locked door with a key (відімкнути двері)

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stride inside

to walk in confidently with large steps (впевнено зайти всередину)

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beam at someone

to smile radiantly at someone (сяяти усмішкою до когось)

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overcome with (happiness)

overwhelmed by a strong emotion (охоплена почуттям)

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hang in the balance

to be uncertain, undecided (висіти на волосині, бути під питанням)

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off the hook

free from blame or punishment (не покараний, "зіскочив")

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overreact

to react with more emotion than necessary (надмірно реагувати)

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warn them about something

to alert someone to a danger (попередити про щось)

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fiddle with something

to touch or adjust something nervously (нервово перебирати)

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flinch

to make a small, quick movement from fear or pain (здригнутися)

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vibrate (phone)

to shake with a buzzing motion (вібрувати, про телефон)

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sidle up next to someone

to move closer to someone gradually and cautiously (підступитися боком, непомітно наблизитись)

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abandon someone

to leave someone behind (покинути когось)

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crawl back

to return in a weakened, submissive state (приповзти назад)

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tuck someone in

to settle someone into bed comfortably (вкласти спати, підіткнути ковдру)

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burst into tears

to suddenly start crying (розридатися)

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shrink in the wash

to become smaller after being washed (сісти після прання, про одяг)

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Her brain stalled.

pattern: her mind went blank/froze (мозок "завис")

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If she ever told what she knew…

pattern: hypothetical conditional about a past disclosure (умовний зворот про потенційне зізнання)

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She was about to give in and tell him.

pattern: on the verge of yielding to pressure (була готова здатися і сказати)

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What am I going to do?

pattern: rhetorical panic question (риторичне запитання-паніка)

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She peeked into the bedroom.

pattern: cautious glance into a space (тихо зазирнула, з обережністю)

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