fornication

pensive
precariously
parsimony

implore
impunity
tentative
constrict
tangible

condone
inveterate

impecunious
profuse

versatile

thereby

envisage

enervate

[] ; ; , fornication [] 1) voluntary sexual intercourse outside

marriage 2) law voluntary sexual intercourse between two persons of the opposite sex, where one is
or both are unmarried 3) Bible sexual immorality in general, esp adultery fornication
( ) living in fornication

1) , Syn: thoughtful , meditative , reflective 2) ,
Syn: wistful , sad
1) , , 2) ,
1) , , , Syn: thrift , economy 2) ,
, , Due to official parsimony only the one machine was
build. - . Syn: stinginess ,
niggardliness
, , , They implored her to help.
. Syn: entreat , beg
with impunity
1) , ; , Syn:
provisional 2) , Syn: hesitant Ant: confident
1) , , Syn: press I 2., squeeze 2. 2) ,
1. 1) , , tangible assets Syn:
palpable , material 2) ; , ; , tangible ground
tangible ideas tangible blunder Syn: clear
, lucid , distinct , plain , evident 2. 1) , Syn: fact , case 2) (tangibles)
, , ;
-.; , -. Syn: pardon 2.
1) , 2) , , ;
inveterate smoker inveterate liar 3) , ,
Syn: embittered , malignant , virulent
[] , , Syn: insolvent
[] 1) , profuse bleeding profuse discharge
() profuse harvest , Our profuse
apologies to both gentlemen. . The flowers
are profuse in spring. . Syn: plentiful , copious 2) ,
to be profuse in one's compliments Syn: extravagant
[] 1) , , versatile talent
Syn: polygonal , many-sided 2) , , Syn:
inconstant , unsteady 3) ,
[] 1) , He became a citizen in 1978, thereby gaining the right to
vote. 1978 ., . 2)
3) , , At the foot of a tree thereby. . 4) ,
There was one maiden of fifteen, or thereby, with the fairest face I ever looked
upon. (W. Scott, Kenilworth, 1821)
, . (. . . ) thereby hangs a tale
,
[] 1) ) , (-.) ; (-.) He envisages an entirely new
system of education. . Syn:
contemplate ) to envisage the future 2)
(, ) Syn: face 3) , ,
Syn: foresee , anticipate
[], [] 1. 1) () 2) ,
Syn: effeminate , spiritless , unmanly 2. 1) , ,
, Syn: debilitate , enfeeble , weaken 2) ,
() ; , Do not enervate your souls by idleness.
. Syn: unnerve

eschew
resolute
in preference to
parochialism
inept

perpetual
revision
perpetuate

to act as a spur
to smth.
to spur a willing
horse
goad

bespeak

intermittently

appreciably

learning curve

marshal

conflate

[] ; , , , Syn: avoid
[] , , resolute refusal Syn: hard ,
solid
Many people choose the train in preference to driving.
[] ; ; We have been guilty of parochialism, of resistance to
change. , .
[] 1) , ; , He has used inept words.
. Syn: unsuitable , inappropriate , unfit 2) ) ,
) , He looked at you as an inept animal.
, . Syn: foolish , silly
" " (

)
; an education system that perpetuates inequality
, perpetuate [] () to cause to continue or
prevail to perpetuate misconceptions Etymology: from Latin perpeture to continue without
interruption, from perpetuus PERPETUAL Derived words: perpetuation Usage: See at perpetrate
perpetuate , to perpetuate testimony
( )
-. Syn: urge 1., stimulus , incentive 1., incitement
,
1. 1) = goad on 2) ; ; ; , to goad
smb. into doing smth. -. -., -. -. - goad into
fury Syn: urge , incite , rouse , instigate , impel
bespoke , bespoke , bespoken 1) ; -. Syn: book , reserve 2)
3) , 4) ) , Syn:
show ) Syn: indicate , signify 5) , Syn: foretell , portend
6) -.
Higher rates of religious intermarriage, therefore, bespeak weaker religious authority.
[] 1) ; , The evils continuously or intermittently
afflict humanity. . 2)
, , ;
, , ; We speak with the cheerfulness of those who are
appreciably succeeding. , .
appreciable progress
theorists brought no systematic evidence to bear on their claims.
Examination of internal secularization has been particularly characterized, not by empirically
grounded investigation and theorizing, but by arguments about whether certain vaguely
specified developments disconfirm secularization theory.
a graphical representation of progress in learning I'm still only half way up the learning curve
learning curve (
, ., ) ;
1) , We may marshal her to the exact seat to
which she is entitled. ,
. To write a good article, you need to marshal all the facts together and then judge and
arrange them. , ,
. Syn: organize
2) Before evidence can be persuasively marshaled it is necessary to have a clear idea about
[] 1) , Unfortunately the public conflated fiction with reality and made her
into a saint. , ,
. 2)

pass off

be anybody's
guess
to be answered
for
collide

brevity is the
soul of wit
brevity
linger

to keep aloof
notorious

1) , ( ) The pain was severe to begin with,

but soon passed off. , .
2) , ( , ) The storm should pass off before dark.
.
3) ( , ) The meeting passed off well.
.
4) (pass off for / as) , ; ( -.) He passed himself off as a
doctor. . The police caught him for passing off false money.
.
5) -.
6) , He passed off the difficult question.
.
It's anybody's guess
(-.) ; Are all these sits answered for?
?
To be full alert for
1) ; molecules collide The car collided with
a bus. . 2) , ;
The chairman's opinion collided with that of the rest of the committee.
. Syn: clash 1., conflict 2.
" - "; , Syn: conciseness
1) ) , Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around
midnight. . I lingered on in
London for a few days. . Syn: tarry I )
, ( -.) to linger round the subject
His eyes lingered on her diamond ring on her finger.
.
2) , Even when the flowers were taken away the smell
lingered about most pleasantly. ,
. Syn: remain
3) ) , His policy, therefore, was for the present to linger out the negotiations.
. Syn:
delay ) , Every one of them lingered, and wondered why the rest were
lingering. , . Syn:
procrastinate , be slow , be tardy ) , ( -. ) A guerrilla
war has lingered into its fourth decade.
. Syn: drag on
4) , These men have lingered listlessly past.
. Syn: saunter 5) ) ) = linger out
one's days / life He lingered for nearly two years. (Rider Haggard)
.
, ( -. / -.) She kept aloof from the others.
.
1) ; ; ; Syn:
infamous
2) , it is notorious that... , ... notorious facts
Syn: famous
3) , ( , )
to hand (smth. to smb.) on a (silver) platter (-. -.)

unremitting
gratuitous

cogent

to be borne in
((up)on smb.)

tiresome

adverse

pounce

glaring mistake
out on a limb
to a turn
to all intents and
purposes
incite

elicit

garble
inflate

third degree

; ; He was unremitting in his exertions.

. Syn: persistent
1) ) , Syn: gratis , free ) Syn: voluntary , freewill )
2) ) , gratuitous insolence
; ) ; gratuitous
interference with private rights () Syn:
uncalled-for , unjustifiable
; , ; Syn: incontestable , irrefutable
to mount an attack
An all-out attack is to be mounted against the porn-pushers.
.
, , (-.)
Slowly it was borne in on the citizens that the enemy had surrounded them.
, .
it was borne in on us how close we had been to disaster
1) , 2) , , What a tiresome
being is a man who is fond of talking. ,
! Syn: troublesome , annoying
1) Syn: hostile , inimical , opposed 2) , ;
adverse winds The presidential election of 1860 was adverse to the
cause of slavery. 1860
. It is adverse to their interests. .
Syn: negative , unfavorable 3) ()
I t also stands to shows how a single letter in Arabic can have such adverse consequences.
1. 1) () Syn: claw , talon 2) , ; 2. 1)
2) , (-.) The dog pounced (up)on the rabbit.
. 3) , ;
Unexpectedly he pounced on the right answer.
. 4) ( pounce (up)on) (-.) , (, -.
) ; This teacher pounces on spelling mistakes, so use your dictionary.
, .

,
, Meat is done to a turn. .
1) , , , 2) to all intents
and purposes for all practical purposes; virtually
1) (incite to) (-.) , The leader was charged with inciting the
men to violence. , . Syn:
arouse , exhort , foment , instigate , provoke Ant: discourage , hinder , subdue 2) ,
Syn: animate 2., stimulate
[] 1) ; , ; to elicit an explanation from smb.
-. to elicit a fact This question elicited a great
round of applause from the audience. . Syn:
extract 2) ,
, , Syn: falsify , forge , adulterate
1) , , ; You should inflate the front tyres.
. Syn: distend
2) , , , Receiving his prize, Jim was
inflated with pride. . Syn: swell , puff up
3) Syn: elate
4) () , Syn: dilate , distend , expand
(the third degree) to give a suspect the
third degree

proclivity

urbane
broach to / with
to broach a
question
inquisitive

whopper
extenuating
a toe in the door
baffled
gestation
exonerate

robust

undone
vacillate

docile

pipe dream
Is the Pope (a)
Catholic?
shun
shunless
out of sorts

(proclivity to, proclivity towards) , proclivity to catch cold

proclivity to servitude Syn: inclination ,
predisposition , tendency , leaning , propensity
; Syn: cultivated , genteel , sophisticated , suave Ant:
brusque , gauche , naive , vulgar
-. / I will broach your idea to the committee.
.
-.
1) , - inquisitive mind Syn: inquiring , inquisitive , curious
2)
Two centuries of sociological research have shown that long-held assumptions about the social
world can actually crumble quite quickly when held up to the light of scientific research.
1) ; Syn: whacker , sollicker , bumper 1., corker 1. 2) ,
Syn: whacker

1) ; 2) baffled question
The baffled Tempter departs. , , .
1) period of gestation Syn: pregnancy 2)
(, )
1. 1) ( , ) ; (, ) to
exonerate (from) blame The fireman was exonerated from blame.
. 2) ; , ;
, to exonerate oneself ,
, Syn: absolve , acquit , exculpate , vindicate Ant: accuse ,
inculpate 2. ; ;
1) , ; ; robust young man
robust nervous system robust plant robust faith
robust plastic robust tenor Syn:
strong 1., firm II 1., healthy , sturdy , vigorous 2) , ,
robust work , Syn: hard 1. 3) (
) ; ( ) robust coffee robust dinner
Syn: full-bodied , hearty 1. 4) , ( ) 5) , ( , ,
) Syn: coarse , rough 1., rude
1. . undo 2. 1) , 2) ; ,
Syn: incomplete , unfinished 3) We are undone. .
1) ; For weeks she vacillated between a home in the city
and one in the country.
. Syn: hesitate 2) ,
1) , , docile and intelligent pupils
Syn: teachable 2) , ;
(, , ) docile wife 3) ; ;
docile cypress
docile wax Syn: tractable
) ) , " "
()
[] 1) , , to shun danger to shun publicity
Syn: avoid
[] ; , , Syn: inevitable , unavoidable
not in normal good health, temper, etc out of sorts 1) , ;
I just felt out of sorts, and I knew that half an hour with you would make me feel

usher in
paucity
abiding
misconstrue
impeccable

cull

astute
petrify

exert
contentious

come between
the bark and the
tree
come down on
one side or the
other of the
fence
come away none
the wiser
come across

better. (J. Lindsay, The Subtle Knot, ch. V) , ,

, . Gazing covertly at the girl, he
perceived that beneath her usual expression of serenity and good temper, she looked pale and out of
sorts. (A. J. Cronln, A Thing of Beauty, part I, ch. V) ,
,
. 2) ,
(, -.) When was the atomic age ushered in?
?
[] 1) , Syn: fewness 2) , Syn:
insufficiency , inadequacy , scantiness
[] ; ; ; abiding friendship abiding faith
Syn: permanent
[]
[] 1) , ; Syn: infallible 2) ) ,
, She had impeccable taste in clothes. ,
. Syn: immaculate , blameless , irreproachable )
, , Syn: faultless , unerring
1) , to cull the best passages from the work
Syn: choose , select 2. 2) = cull out , () ;
(, ) 3) , (, ) Syn: gather
, pick II 1., pluck 2.
1) , , , Syn: wily , crafty 2) ,
, ; Syn: keen , shrewd
1) ) , ) ,
2) ) , ; "" Syn: harden , benumb
, deaden , stiffen ) , , ; She had
stood petrified before him, as if affected by some wicked spell. ,
, , - . Syn:
paralyse , stupefy , strike dumb , confound ) , Syn: be dumbfounded
1) ) Syn: exercise ) , (
-.) - exert oneself 2) ; Syn: influence 2.
1) , contentious argument contentious debate
The conference considered contentious issues such as abortion and same-sex
marriage. ,
[ ] [ ]. Syn: disputable ,
questionable 2) ; ; Syn: quarrelsome
he does not allow the point to hinder his analysis
In the main their preoccupation (almost exclusively) is with the figures for those who go to
church.
I cannot but think that it would be tedious for the reader were I to attempt to pick up the minutiae
of debate on every point which I might want to dispute.
(come (go, put one's finger the hand) between the bark and the tree)
, Is it for me to stir up strife betwixt them,
and put as 't [= it] were my finger betwixt the bark and the tree? (W. Scott, The Abbot, ch. IV)
, ?
, I shall soon be absolutely obliged to ask you a
question, my dear Elliot. Yes, it's a question and a half. Which side of the fence are you coming
down on, young man? (C. P. Snow, The Affair, ch. 22) ,
, . . , , ,
?
( ) He went to a solicitor for legal advice but came away
none the wiser. , .
1) , ( , ) ; , Did his speech

to spring a leak
spring (up)on

to be in range of
prime

remedy

come across? ?
2) (come across as) , -. , -.
, He comes across as someone who means what he says. ,
, , . You came across as being angry, not just disappointed.
, . The first candidate came across
really well. . Syn: appear , seem
3) , (-. , ) ; (-. ) I don't
always come across with consistency. .
4) , () ; () Come across (with the money)!
! He waited in silence until I came across with the truth. ,
. 5) ( )
spring a leak to develop a leak spring a leak [ ] His talent has
sprung a leak. .
) (-. -.) , (-. ) ;
-. to spring a surprise Roy is unlikely to
spring any surprises. , . Im sorry to spring it on
you, but Ive been offered another job. , ,
.

1. 1) ) , ) (-.) ;
() ) ; 2) , , in the prime of one's glory
Syn: peak , heyday 3) , (-.) 4) () 5)
) Syn: prime number ) , 6) ; = prime rate ,
- 7) ;
2. 1) , ; , the prime traditions
prime meridian prime cause - prime cost
2) , , my prime request The police will
see me as the prime suspect. . Prime Minister Syn: chief , main , foremost , principal
3) ) , , a prime residential area It was
one of the City's prime sites, giving a clear view of the Stock Exchange and the Bank of England.
,
. Syn: excellent , best ) ;
, Syn: first-class , first-rate 4) , ,
prime number
3. 1) ) ) () ; (
) Prime the pump with a little water to get it started.
, . Syn: fill , load 2) ; () ;
() Are your guns primed with powder? ?
3) , He primed the witness.
. As a reporter, you must be well primed with facts.
, . Claire wished she had
primed Sarah beforehand. . Syn: coach 4)
(prime with) , He's too nervous to make a speech unless you first
prime him with beer. , ,
. 5) ; The wood has to be primed with a special undercoat to close the
surface before it can he painted.
, , . prime [] 1)
(prenominal) first in quality or value; ...>> prime - in the prime of life - past one's prime
[] 1. 1) ) , sure / reliable / certain remedy ,
effective / efficacious remedy to prescribe a remedy
to resort to a remedy cold remedy
cough remedy folk remedy
homeopathic remedy Syn: drug , medicine )

overdraw

uptight

wound-up
purportedly
recantation
set in

impart

aglow
self-assertive
repercussion

concomitant
play the field

; , Syn: application , treatment 2) , ( -.) to

apply remedies 3) ,
equitable remedy to exhaust all legal
remedies to pursue a legal remedy
2. 1) (, ) to remedy the defects Syn:
put right , rectify 2) , , Syn: heal , cure I 2.
[] ; overdrew ; overdrawn 1) ( ) , 2)
3) , , Syn: exaggerate ,
overstate
1) , Syn: alarmed 2) , ,
3) , Syn: embittered 4) ,
uptight conservative 5)

1) ( ) 2) ; , I
was too wound-up to relax. , .
Syn: supposedly
, ( , . .) Syn: disavowal , renunciation
1) (-. -.) This additional page must be set in at the correct point in the
article. , . 2)
(, . .) Can you help me to set in the sleeves?
, . 3) , , ( ) The tide
set in. . The rain set in. Winter has set in.
. You'd better paint the woodwork before decay sets in. ,
. 4) ( ) 5) (
) Don't leave your things on the sand, the sea is setting in and they could get wet.
, , .
to put a (good) spin on the events
1) , (-. ) , Only the chairman's strong control was
able to impart some sense of seriousness to the meeting.
. 2) , , (,
) The prisoner hoped, by imparting his companions' hiding place to the police, to escape
punishment on his own account. , ,
, . Syn: tell , disclose , relate
to impart some spin to a ball , ""
to spin one's version of the truth /
The administration is relentlessly spinning the war.
.
1) , ; , , 2)
,
[] 1) , , 2) ,
[] 1) ( ) 2) ) , Syn: reflection , reverberation ) ;
Syn: echo 3) repercussions , ; ;
far-reaching repercussions to have repercussions on smth.
-.
[] 1. ; , 2. ;
informal to disperse one's interests or attentions among a number of activities, people, or objects
play the field I'm fancy free and playing the field ,
He wanted to play the field
while he was still young She's loose as a goose, plays
the field and has no intention of being house-broken ,
play the field ;
, ;
( ) [ ()] ...you have given up on me,

retraction

conspicuous

dispense with

residual
forestall

redundancy

obfuscate

abstruse

vie

get out of one's

system

haven't you, Arthur? There is no girl in Reading. No, there is no girl in Reading. I play the field.
(J. O'Hara, The Horse Knows the Way, I Can't Thank You Enough) - ..., ?
. - , .
. He wanted to play the field for a few years before settling down. (RHD)
- , .
1) ) ) , 2) ( ) ; (
. .) Syn: withdrawal , recantation
It is what education does it makes the world personal
, , conspicuous failure to make
oneself conspicuous Syn: plain I 1., noticeable

-. to dispense with smb.'s services -.

Machinery dispenses with much labour.
.
[] 1. 1) residual deformation residual error
residual radiation ;
[] 1) ; , Syn: anticipate 2) (
) Syn: prevent 3)
to forestall the market
[] 1) ) , Syn: superabundance , superfluity ) , ,
, Syn: profusion , abundance 2) ) )
( - , -
- ) Syn: layoff - redundancy
pay 3) Syn: verbosity , prolixity 4) ,
[] ; 1) ) , The fog obfuscated the shore.
. ) , , to obfuscate the issue
Syn: darken , obscure 2. 2) , to obfuscate the
reader Syn: stupefy , bewilder
[] 1) , Syn: thoughtful , profound 2) ,
Let not young students apply themselves to search out deep, dark, and abstruse
matters, far above their reach.
, . Syn:
obscure 3) , ( , ) Syn: recondite , obscure
, , to vie with smb. - to vie for
smth. -. to vie in smth. -. She had to vie for the
prize against very strong competition.
. Syn: compete
1) , ( -. -.) I began to see her just as she
was, not as I'd made her up... I got her out of my system. (J. Lindsay, The Revolt of the Sons, ch.
III) , ...
. Though he had finished with trapping. Jack would still come
into the bush once a year... to get the bush out of his system for the rest of the year. (J. Aldridge,
The Hunter, ch. 1) ,
... . Minnie has been in
Harlem long enough to get... Virginia out of her system (L. Hughes, Simple's Uncle Sam,
Ladyhood) ... . 2)
, , Go ahead... Get it out your system; but remember that
anything you say can be used against you. (E. S. Gardner, The Case of the Smoking Chimney, ch.
28) ... , . :
.

out of necessity

I - , - ; ( ) 1) ( -) get /
become involved [mixed up, entangled] (in), get tangled up (with) 2) ( ..) mix (with);
mingle (in, with)

maladjusted

at

1) , , , ( ) He cut the material at

the spot. . He sat at his table. .
He stood at the altar. .
2) ) ( ) Mr. Mayhew has bought the provisions at
the east. . A still unsettled claim to a very
large extent of territory at the eastward.
. ) (
) The wind which now blows at east. , . The wind
stood at the westward. . ) , ; where
) , ( ) at
St. Helena . at the Cape The Parliament met at
Edinburgh. . Did he graduate at Oxford or Cambridge?
?
3) ( -. / -. -.) The word was
at God. . You have found mercy at our lord.
. - at smb.'s
4) ( - ) Mrs. Jewkes is mightily at me, to go with
her. , . All his people are at him
trying to get him away from me. - ,
.
5) ( ,
-.) It is exactly what the parson at chapel says. ,
. He was sent to be a boarder at the school for six months.
-. 6) , ( -.
) When we were at Tunis at the marriage of your daughter.
. He asked whether I had been at the battle. ,
.
7) , , ( , -. , , -. ) The
friend at your left hand. , . You have the ball at your feet.
. He wears the key at his watch chain.
. - baby at breast
8) ( ) at the distance of 40 miles 40
9) ( ) withered at the root
The sight of the snake had turned him sick at stomach.
. The late king had been at heart a Roman Catholic.
.
10) , ( , ) He stood up and spoke out
at the window. . Smoke issued forth at several orifices.
. He entered at the front door. .
11) , ( , ) We arrived at exactly
the same results. . That great man has as many to
break through to come at me, as I have to come at him.
, .
12) , , , ( ) Would you not spit at me?
? A great blow was about to be aimed at
the Protestant religion. -
. Once they were seen and fired at.
. Ugly faces that were frowning over at her. ,

 . This touch at our old friends, the Whigs.

, . They all had indignation at the judges.
.
13) , , , ( , -.) Catching at every thing
that stood by them. , . All men make at the same common
thing, money. - . Drowning men catch at straws.
. That power at which he had aspired. ,
. "Strangers are nothing to me," said the young fellow, catching at the
words. " ", , .
14) , , ( ) He idled away the mornings at billiards.
. He foils the Devil at his own weapons.
. In agility and skill at his weapons he had few equals.
- be at bat - be at swords
points - be at the plough - be diligent at lessons - at the wheel 15) , , (
, ) Valuable books are to be sold at auction.
. They got the land at $2 an acre.
. The water boils at 100 degrees centigrade.
. The car ran at full speed. . - at the most - at
most - at best - at least - at random - at worst
16) , , ( , ) What a pleasant
picture - a brontosaurus at rest. - . One
who is at peace within himself. , . People at work.
. The countries were at war. . As she
sits at supper. . The case is still at hearing. . They
were sometimes at fault. .
17) , ( ) In some of the vessels at anchor.
, . At right angles to the axis.
.
18) , ( ) He can do that at his will.
. You are at my mercy.
. At my witting I transgressed never. .
19) , , , From three at afternoon till nine at night.
. That's all I have to say at present. ,
. At the return from the army. . He was then at thirty.
. A town at our being there, but thinly inhabited.
, . At the Restoration
Hyde became chief minister. -. - at age
20) ( ) The business was completed at two sittings.
. - at a time
21) , -. - at conclusion - at first - at last
22) , , , It is at his insistence that I shall continue my rural
speculations. . At their
voices he drew the sword back. .