English Vocabulary (East of Eden)
58 flashcards · English · by charlie42
One woman even chained herself to a live oak tree in protest.
The staghorn fern thrives in high-humidity environments with indirect light.
папоротник
Her long-lashed, harebell blue eyes seemed to have widened and grown lovelier in their innocent look.
колокольчик круглолистный
I'm going to remove myself from this buckboard before one of those horses decides to sit in my lap.
a reverent crowd of worshippers
deeply respectful благоговейный
People in my field … have a tendency to take lightly and often disparagingly the efforts of workers in the so-called social sciences.
meant to belittle the value or importance of someone or something пренебрежительно
He was noncommittal about how the money would be spent
giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling уклончивый
Russia grows more bellicose in executing its geopolitical strategy.
favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
The town needs to mend these roads
to free from faults or defects чинить
placed a poultice over the infected cut
a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions припарка
His boss suspected him of malingering because of his frequent absences from work.
to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness
The goal is to stimulate, not stultify, productive economic activity
cause to lose enthusiasm and initiative
What Trumpism is is a statist, authoritarian ideology that’s inimical to the American precepts of democracy.
hostile
Adul had caught a kiang foal four months old, which was ill and kept always turning round.
a young horse
It doesn't matter shucks to her what anyone else earns
the outer covering of a nut or of an ear of corn the shell of an oyster or clam
She remained stolid during the trial
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive. флегматичный
And his accessible focus on food will whet the appetite of gourmands and food novices alike.
to sharpen
a part of the city that attracts many vagrants
one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support бродяга
his open animosity towards us made our meeting very uncomfortable
a strong feeling of dislike or hatred
Has a bellows-like pharynx that enables it to vacuum its prey into its mouth.
мехи
Like at airports, berths are used by multiple ships, and a late ship can cause larger delays in the system.
a place to sit or sleep especially on a ship or vehicle the place where a ship lies when at anchor or at a wharf причал
There were no trees in sight at the wharf to offer any shade.
a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor пристань
With his gumption he'll make a success of himself.
initiative; aggressiveness; resourcefulness
Rob Marchesano, a construction foreman, was working at a site at La Guardia Street and West Third.
a person in charge of a particular department
The labor union is always bleating about the management.
to make the natural cry of a sheep or goat whine блеяние
Hearing them without describing them as shrill or hysterical has proved to be a separate, but equally daunting, task.
high-pitched and piercing in sound quality пронзительный
A hen and her brood of chicks
a number of young produced or hatched at one time выводок
He was hell-bent on revenge
stubbornly and often recklessly determined
She plans to focus on matrimonial concerns after she's established in her career
of or relating to marriage
the vegetables can be griddled the day before and kept covered in the fridge
A cooking device consisting mainly of a broad, usually flat cooking surface
an honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble
conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs.
I do not wish to eulogize, still less to whitewash, so great a man, but only to render simple justice to his memory and deeds.
to praise highly
the fire destroyed 500 bales of hay
a large wrapped or bound bundle of paper, hay, or cotton.
When taste and smell begin to come back, they can go haywire.
wire used to bind bales of hay out of control; disordered; crazy
Out, he threaded his way recklessly through a welter of vehicles
to roll, writhe, or tumble about a state of commotion, turmoil, or upheaval a confused mass; a jumble or muddle
You may even want to deputize him as a de facto project manager to keep track of who’s doing those projects.
temporarily act or speak on behalf of someone else
Rather, they hope to speed up programming and remove some of the drudgery.
menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
The characters you play on the show are extremely diverse—ranging from a cocaine-rattled rich boy to an ornery Jewish grandpa.
easily annoyed ordinary
I've never seen a government official get quite this testy with a reporter.
irritably impatient; touchy
But “economic diversity” is a square peg in a round hole, no matter how you feel about round holes.
a short pin or bolt, that is used for securing something in place, hanging things on, or marking a position
The year before that, an accident outside of Aspen, Colorado, claimed three lives, also the result of a mechanical failure.
осина
Moreover, he is exceedingly garrulous, and needs a string of words to say yes or no.
excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.
And I suppose they've got a rabbit hutch, and a monkey, and some white mice?
a box or cage, typically with a wire mesh front, for keeping rabbits or other small domesticated animals.
Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."
a curtain hung in a doorway, either to replace the door or for decoration
I have to close my eyes to picture how desolate my neighborhood looked last year
uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness
Each time I tried to begin a story, each time I said the word “gay” or “lesbian” or “transgender,” the gendarmes began to snicker.
give a half-suppressed, typically scornful laugh
It’s human nature to grumble about stuff that makes life easier, especially if you’re a crotchety cyclist.
irritable
“Bear and the Maiden Fair, The”: A traditional, if exceedingly ribald, song that is quite popular throughout Westeros.
referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.
Far away a gap in the poplar trees showed a German observation balloon, a tiny dot against the sky.
тополь
An enormous eructation that startled everyone within earshot
belching
During the first season after these events, expressions of national protest were extremely rare on the soccer bleachers
a sloping area of seats at a sports field that are not covered and are therefore not expensive to sit in
It was a funeral dirge over the whole of his party's philosophy and programme.
a slow sad song or piece of music, sometimes played because someone has died панихида
I felt that our country was awaiting a bugle call to saving the nation action.
a small brass musical instrument, used esp. in the military, played by blowing into it рожок
She seemed determined to goad him into a fight
to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them
This, we are told, is the result of a breach of faith, of a gross betrayal and of shameless perfidy.
behaviour that is not loyal
There is the intrepid and spirited travel of the explorer literature of the nineteenth century.
extremely brave and showing no fear of dangerous situations
In their despondency they seemingly forgot that losing teams can become winning teams in a single season
the quality of being unhappy, with no hope or enthusiasm
Snakes slough their skin regularly
To have a layer of skin come off