English 10

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Ordain

Anyone can go online and get ordained as a minister

Вилы

Pitchfork

It was a pitchfork from whose points hung a bleeding quarter of carrion meat

Ухаживание

Courtship

Don't you recollect, when you first began your courtship to me?

Суровый, строгий

Dour

The comtesse is looking rather dour this evening, don't you think?

Серый кардинал

Power broker

He’s both power broker and weather vane

Утешения

Consolations

Call it a consolation prize

Мирской, обыденный

Mundane

We're a couple of angels who've touched not only the divine, but the mundane.

Невыразимый, неописуемый

Ineffable

'_Your_ prerogative!' sneered Mrs. Bumble, with ineffable contempt

Причатсие

Communion

I will take communion, be baptized under a truer light

Укреплять, укрепить

Fortify

It helps fortify the cellular membranes

Пересылать, переводить (про леньги)

Remit

He also took that old lawyer out of prison and remitted his fine

Сбивать с толку, озадачивать

Bewilder

The surprise bewilders me-it will put her out of her head!

Цекрковная трибуна, кафедра

Pulpit

Behind the pulpit the choir fanned steadily

Церковная скамья

Pew

I figured it's better than sitting alone in a pew, right?

Предварительный

Preliminary

Well, preliminary cause of death appears to be two gunshot wounds to the chest

Щедрость, щедроты, изобилие (награда в перен)

Bounty

It is my pleasure to feed you and prove the bounty of our Earth.

Устрашать, пугать, обескуражить

Daunt

The sheer volume of golf etiquette is somewhat daunting

Каиться, раскаиваться

Repent

If I was right, I have nothing to repent of; if wrong, I shall pay

Даровать, дарить, одаривать (прямой и переносный)

Bestow

Do you control the nicknames your enemies bestow on you?

Выгода, польза

Avail

I adjusted the controls of the panel equipment to no avail

Удивительный, поразительный, изумительный

Prodigious

It was a prodigious feat

Одновременный, параллельный

Concurrent

On the second day, five concurrent round tables would be held

Тупой (букв), грубый

Blunt

The blunt prongs had already penetrated deep

Изумительный, удивительный

Stupendous

I want you to see a stupendous spider I found this morning

Ловкость рук

Sleight of hand

The government’s bill uses a legal sleight of hand.

Ров, канава, траншея

Ditch

But no one ever dared to jump over the death ditch.

Чтобы не

Lest

And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Отказываться, уступать

Relinquish

Yeah, but you better relinquish it to me or I'm gonna call Mrs. Rossi

Препятствовать, мешать

Hinder

Political change in the country is being hindered by nationalist forces

Одобрение, согласие

Approbation

Charles bowed his head in sign of approbation.

Откладывать (офицал)

Adjourn

The elections were temporarily adjourned and resumed after supper

Отложить, отсрочить

Defer

The Committee decided to defer its consideration of the application

Консервы

Preserves

And those delicious fruits are actually preserves made from sea cucumbers

Ускользать, избегать (прям и перен)

Elude

But the origin of this clock completely eludes me

Вторгаться, вмешиваться

Intrude

And so I ask you, respectfully, not to intrude on my meditative state

Погружаться, окунать (прям и перен)

Immerse

I simply immerse you in water

He loved to immerse himself in a culture

Баловать, побаловать

Indulge

When they were little girls I indulged them in every whim

Жаждать, желать

Covet

Stephen knows you covet my title

Отменить

Abrogate

Canada has abrogated its 33-year-old trade agreement with that country.

Предупредить, упредить, предвосхитить, предотвратить

Forestall

Others plead for reform to forestall such an outcome

Повторяющийся

Recurrent

She said she had a recurrent dream about drowning

Банальность, пошлость

Platitude

Now, don't ever waste my time with such sentimental platitudes again.

Пререкаться, спорить

Wrangle

Both parties have been wrangling over entitlements for months

Удачно, метко, точно

Aptly

Personally I think it is aptly named

Пастбище, выгон

Pasture

"I plowed the pasture," he said.

Старая дева

Spinster

The male spinster is typically a good host

Поручение, задание

Errand

Not a job, really, more of an interesting errand

Окрестность, соседство, округа

Vicinity

Almost a score of smaller banks and brokerage firms were also in the vicinity

Упорно трудиться

Toil

The laborer would have to toil for a month to earn the same

Штык

Bayonet

Graeber took his bayonet and tapped at the piece of ceiling. It held.