High Potential

Next of kin

Your closest relation or relations.

We will need a signature from her next of kin.

Primary suspect

Главный подозреваемый.

Our primary suspect is someone you know well.

Vanish

To disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way.

We ran out after the thief, but he had vanished into thin air (= had completely disappeared).

The other night

On one evening recently.

The other night we saw a fox in the garden.

Detergent

A chemical substance in the form of a powder or a liquid for removing dirt from clothes, dishes, etc.

Which detergent did the woman clean the floors with last night?

Canola oil

Oil used in cooking that is made from the rapeseed plant (= a plant with yellow flowers).

Melt 2 tbs canola oil in a pan over medium low heat.

Falling-out

An argument.

Rachel and Fi had a falling-out and now they’re not speaking to each other.

Ham

Pig’s meat from the leg or shoulder, preserved with salt or smoke.

The ham was studded with cloves.

Expire

If something that lasts for a fixed length of time expires, it comes to an end or stops being in use.

My passport expires next month.

To die.

He ceased (перестать, прекращать) to breath, gently expiring without any struggle at the age of 90.

Labour

Practical work, especially when it involves hard physical effort.

Because of his back problems, he can no longer do manual labour.

The last stage of pregnancy from the time when the muscles of the womb start to push the baby out of the body until the baby appears.

I was in labour for twelve hours with my first baby.

Show off

To behave in a way that is intended to attract attention or admiration, and that other people often find annoying (выпендриваться, хвастаться).

She only bought that sports car to show off and prove she could afford one.

On purpose

If you do something on purpose, you do it intentionally, not by accident.

Sometimes I suspect she arrives late on purpose just to annoy me.

Can’t help it

Ничего не поделаешь.

They can’t help it, it’s in their genes.

Put out

1) To make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch.

Did you put the lights out downstairs?

2) To make something such as fire or cigarette stop burning.

Firefighters have been called to put out the fire in the city centre.

3) To cause trouble or extra work for someone.

Would it put you out if we came tomorrow instead of today?

4) To annoy or upset someone, often by what you do or say to them.

He seemed a bit put out at not having been invited.

5) To make an effort to do something to help someone, even if it’s not convenient.

Ethan is always willing to put himself out for other people.

6)bTo move forward part of your body.

She put out her hand to shake mine.

7)bTo injure part of your body by causing it moved out of its correct position.

He put his knee out playing tennis.

8) To produce something in large quantities, so that it can be sold.

They put out millions of pairs of shoes a year.

9) To produce information and make it available for everyone to read or hear.

Police have put out a warning to people living in the area.

10) US slang. (especially of a woman) to agree to have sex.

I wasn’t going to put out just because he’d paid for dinner.

Ramp

1) an artificial slope (пандус)

I pushed the wheelchair up the ramp and into the supermarket.

2) a raised strip built into a road to make vehicles drive more slowly (лежачий полицейский)

3) a short road on which vehicles join or leave a main road (съезд)

Tampering with (the evidence)

1) The action of touching or making changes to something that you shouldn’t, usually when you’re trying to damage or do something illegal. (подделка)

The medications come in sealed containers (герметичные контейнеры) to protect against tampering.

2) The crime of trying to change evidence in a legal case, or maybe a witness change their evidence. (фальсификация)

He was concerned that the way she was investigating the case constituted obstruction of justice or tampering.

Obstruction of justice

Препятствие правосудию.

When a threat is made against a judge, it can be considered obstruction of justice.

Consistent

Always behaving or happening in a similar, especially positive, way (последовательный).

There has been a consistent improvement in her attitude.

In agreement with other facts or with typical or previous behaviour, or having the same principles as something else (непротиворечивый).

What the witness said in court was not consistent with the statement he made to the police.

Immaculate

Perfectly clean or tidy (безупречный).

She was dressed in an immaculate white suit.

Fasten

To (cause something to) become firmly fixed together, or in position, or closed.

Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened.