2 year all words

at the top of

at the highest part of something (на вершині)

find out

to get information, after trying to discover it or by chance (дізнатися)

get in the way of

to prevent someone from doing something, or prevent something from happening (заважати)

it's about time

used to say strongly that you think something should happen soon or should already have happened (саме час)

keep on

to continue doing something, or to do something many times (продовжувати)

let someone down

to not do something that someone trusts or expects you to do (підвести когось)

let someone know

to inform someone (повідомити когось)

look down on someone

to think that you are better than someone else, for example because you are more successful, or of a higher social class than they are (дивитися на когось звисока)

look up

if a situation is looking up, it is improving (покращуватися)

make sense

to have a clear meaning and be easy to understand (мати сенс)

make up your mind

to decide which of two or more choices you want, especially after thinking for a long time (прийняти рішення)

no way

used to emphasise that you will not agree or be able to do something (ні в якому разі)

not mind

to not feel annoyed or upset about something (не мати нічого проти)

put off

to delay doing something or to arrange to do something at a later time or date, especially because there is a problem or you do not want to do it now (відкладати)

take it easy

to relax and not do very much (розслабитися, не брати близько до серця)

take it out on someone

to treat someone badly because you are upset or angry about something else (зриватися на комусь)

bond over

to connect with someone or form a friendship over common experiences (зблизитися через щось спільне)

click with

to immediately understand or like someone (знайти спільну мову, швидко потоваришувати)

confide in

to tell someone about something very private or secret, especially a personal problem, because you feel you can trust them (довіритися)

have a mutual friend

to have the same friend as another person (мати спільного друга)

hit it off with

if two people hit it off, they like each other as soon as they meet (одразу знайти спільну мову)

on the same wavelength

having the same opinions and feelings as someone else (на одній хвилі)

party with

to enjoy yourself with a group of other people by drinking alcohol, eating, dancing etc (веселитися з кимось)

socialise with

to spend time with other people in a friendly way (спілкуватися з кимось)

bump into

to meet someone who you know, when you were not expecting to (випадково зустріти)

come between

to make people argue and feel angry with each other, when they had been friends before (стати між кимось, розсварити)

drift apart

If people drift apart, their relationship gradually ends (віддалитися одне від одного)

fall out

to have a quarrel (посваритися)

hang around

to spend a lot of time with someone (проводити час, тусуватися)

make up

to become friendly with someone again after you have had an argument (помиритися)

stop by

to make a short visit to a place or a person's home, especially while you are going somewhere else (зайти в гості, заскочити)

take to

to start to like someone or something (почати захоплюватися або відчувати симпатію)

warm to

to begin to like someone you have just met (перейнятися симпатією)

build in

to make something so that it is a permanent part of a wall, room etc (вбудувати)

demolish

to completely destroy a building (знести, зруйнувати)

merge

to combine, or to join things together to form one thing (зливатися, об'єднувати)

modernise

to make something such as a system or building more modern (модернізувати)

reconstruct

to build something again after it has been destroyed or damaged (реконструювати, відновити)

refurbish

to decorate and repair something such as a building or office in order to improve its appearance (оновлювати, робити косметичний ремонт)

restore

to repair an old building, piece of furniture, or painting etc so that it is in its original condition (реставрувати, відновлювати)

spruce up

to make yourself or something look neater and tidier (чепуритися, приводити до ладу)

architecture

the style and design of a building or buildings (архітектура)

built

up - a built-up area has a lot of buildings and not many open spaces (забудований)

construction

the process of building things such as houses, bridges, roads etc (будівництво)

industrial estate

a piece of land, often on the edge of a town, where there are factories and businesses (промислова зона)

outskirts

the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre (околиці)

residence

a house, especially a large or official one (резиденція, місце проживання)

residential

a residential part of a town consists of private houses, with no offices or factories (житловий)

suburban

related to a suburb, or in a suburb (приміський)

be completely blown away

to be very impressed by something (бути повністю враженим)

can't get enough of

to enjoy something so much that you want more and more of it (не могти насититися чимось)

get an adrenalin rush

a physical feeling of intense excitement (отримати викид адреналіну)

get stuck in

to start doing something eagerly and with a lot of energy (енергійно взятися за справу)

have the time of your life

to enjoy yourself very much (проводити найкращий час у житті)

lose track of time

to fail to notice that time is passing (втратити лік часу)

lose yourself

to be paying so much attention to something that you do not notice anything else (загубитися в чомусь, забутися)

once

in-a-lifetime experience - an experience that is very important because you will probably only have it once in your life (досвід, що буває раз у житті)

buttery

tasting like butter or containing butter (маслянистий)

cheesy

tasting like cheese or containing cheese (сирний)

creamy

containing cream or thick and smooth like cream (вершковий)

doughy

with a soft texture, like dough (тістоподібний)

fruity

tasting or smelling strongly of fruit (фруктовий)

juicy

containing a lot of juice (соковитий)

lemony

smelling or tasting of lemons (лимонний)

minty

tasting or smelling of mint (м'ятний)

nutty

tasting like, or containing, nuts (горіховий)

peppery

tasting or smelling of pepper (перцевий)

salty

tasting of or containing salt (солоний)

sugary

containing sugar, or tasting like sugar (цукровий, солодкий)

come out on top

to win a difficult struggle or argument, especially one that has continued for a long time (вийти переможцем)

con

to get money from someone by deceiving them (ошукати, виманити гроші)

disgraceful

bad, embarrassing, or unacceptable (ганебний)

fake

to make something seem real in order to deceive people (підробити, фальшивка)

get away with

to not be caught or punished when you have done something wrong (вийти сухим з води)

hold their heads up

to behave as if you are proud of yourself or respect yourself (високо тримати голову)

let someone win

to allow or make it possible for someone to win (піддаватися, дозволити виграти)

not the done thing

a way of behaving or doing something that is not socially acceptable (соціально неприйнятна поведінка)

play fair

to do something in a fair and honest way (грати чесно)

win at all costs

to win regardless of the effort or costs involved (перемогти за будь-яку ціну)

be unbeaten

to not be defeated (бути непереможеним)

bend the rules

to do something which is not usually allowed (обійти правила)

concede

to admit that you are not going to win a game, argument, battle etc (поступитися, визнати поразку)

dive

to fall down deliberately in order to unfairly win a free kick or a penalty (симулювати падіння у спорті)

play for time

to try to delay something so that you have more time to prepare for it or prevent it from happening (тягнути час)

put someone off

to make it difficult for someone to pay attention to what they are doing by talking, making a noise, moving etc (відволікати когось)

the favourite

the team, player etc that is expected to win a race or competition (фаворит)

the underdog

the person, team etc that is weaker than the others, is always expected to be unsuccessful, and that is often treated badly (аутсайдер)

adversary

a country or person you are fighting or competing against (супротивник)

bitter rivals

a competitor who you have strong feelings of dislike or anger about (запеклі суперники)

collaboration

when you work together with another person or group to achieve something, especially in science or art (співпраця)

forge partnerships

to build new relationships between companies or organisations (налагоджувати партнерство)

form an alliance

to establish a relationship of working together (сформувати альянс)

fulfil your potential

to be as successful as you could possibly be (розкрити свій потенціал)

gain a competitive edge

to have something that gives you an advantage over others (отримати конкурентну перевагу)

outdo

to be better or more successful than someone else at doing something (перевершити)

push beyond your limits

to go beyond what you are normally able to do (вийти за межі своїх можливостей)

bankruptcy

the state of being unable to pay your debts (банкрутство)

competitiveness

the ability of a company, country, or a product to compete with others (конкурентоспроможність)

cutback

a reduction in something, such as the number of workers in a company or the amount of money a government or company spends (скорочення)

efficiency

the quality of doing something well and effectively, without wasting time, money, or energy (ефективність)