The Dictionary from Straightforward
(Intermediate Student’s Book)
Student: Podorova Nastya
Group: 1172/2
* Example from the Oxford English Dictionary
**Example from the exercise
Unit 1
To look straight in the eyes – смотреть прямо в глаза - look directly at someone without showing embarrassment, fear, or shame:
* I felt confident enough to look him straight in the eyes.
**He’s looking at you straight in the eyes and he appears to be 100% sincere(….)
Fidgeting = moving your body nervously - make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience:
* The audience began to fidget and whisper.
** He’s fidgeting and nervous.
Messing around= wasting time - behave in a silly or playful way:
* He lay there snoring so I thought he was messing aroud and told him to get up.
** I like messing around with them(….)
To be sincere= to be honest - saying what they genuinely feel or believe; not dishonest or hypocritical:
* She’d sounded sincere enough.
** He’s looking at you straight in the eyes and he appears to be 100% sincere(….)
Voice has dropped – голос снизился - make or become lower, weaker, or less: [with object]:
* He dropped his voice as she came into the room.
** (…)The tone of his voice has dropped(…)
Things get complicated one day – все усложнилось в один день - intricate:
* A complicated stereo system.
** The things get complicated one day(…)
Lifetime – срок, целая жизнь - the duration of a person’s life:
* A reward for a lifetime’s work.
** It has died off in my lifetime(…)
To define – определять - [with object] state or describe exactly the nature, scope, or meaning of:
* The contract will seek to define the client’s obligations.
** There is certain snootiness in trying to define Brutishness.
Irrelevant – не имеет значения (неуместный) - not connected with or relevant to something:
* An irrelevant comment.
** Now it’s an irrelevant concept.
With open arms – с распростертыми объятьями - with great affection or enthusiasm:
* Schools have welcomed such arrangements with open arms.
** We welcome immigrants with open arms.
To stand for – заменять - be an abbreviation of or symbol for:
* BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation.
** What CRE stand for?
Unit 2a
To give up – бросать - stop doing or consuming something:
* I’ve decided to give up drinking
** Lawyer has given up his job(…)
To set out – отправиться - begin a journey.
* In survey work, it’s often necessary to set out right angles or perpendicular lines on the field.
** He has set out on his South American adventure.
Lie ahead – впереди - be going to happen:
* I’m excited by what lies ahead.
** (…) Paraguay and Uruguay is lie ahead.
So far – до сих пор - to a certain limited extent:
* Jabs and pills can protect you only so far.
** This is one of his sweetest memories from the trip so far.
To get by – выживать - manage with difficulty to live or accomplish something:
* He had just enough money to get by.
** Alvaro is getting by on a budget of three dollars a day(…)
Sole purpose – личная цель - the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists:
* The purpose of the meeting is to appoint a trustee
** My sole purpose is to bring them a little happiness(…)
Way of – способ - by means of:
* Noncompliance with the regulations is punishable by way of a fine.
** The trip is a way of bringing together the three things he love(…)
Bringing together – объединять - so as to be united or in agreement:
* The won the confidence of the government and the rebels, but could not bring the two sides together.
** The trip is a way of bringing together the three things he love(…)
Smth is in my blood – что-то в моей крови - ingrained in or fundamental to one’s character:
* Racing is in his blood
** (…)Cycling is in my blood, (…)
To run into – столкнуться, случайно встретиться - collide with, meet by chance:
* I ran into Stasia and Katie on the way home.
** (…)people he runs into on his travels.
Unit 2b
Outback – бездорожье - the remote and usually uninhabited inland regions of Australia.
* The Outback is the vast, remote, arid area of Australia
**I’m planning to cover as much of the outback as I possibly can(…)
To inspire – вдохновить - Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative: [with object and infinitive]:
*His passion for romantic literature inspired him to begin writing.
** I hope it inspires people to leave the coast and(…)
To be blinded – ослепнуть - Deprive (someone) of understanding, judgment, or perception:
* A clever tactician blinded by passion.
** We’ve been blinded by the salt lakes of Curara Soak.
To sort smth out – решить (проблему) - régler [problem, matter]
* I’ll sort it out
** He was able to sort the problem out.
To come across – натолкнуться - meet or find by chance:
* I came across these old photos recently.
** They came across the bear near a river.
To get over – восстановиться - recover from (an ailment or an upsetting or startling experience):
* The trip will help him get over Sal’s death.
** Tizio got over his injury.
To see off – провожать - accompany a person who is leaving to their point of departure:
* They came to the station to see him off
** Their friends and families saw them off
To pick smb up – подобрать - go somewhere to collect someone, typically in one’s car:
* Will you pick the children up from school?
** A van picked her up after only five minutes.
To drop smb off – подвезти - set down or unload (a passenger or goods), especially on the way to somewhere else:
* His mum dropped him off and drove to work.
** The van dropped her off near the finishing line.
Spectacular – захватывающий - beautiful in a dramatic and eye-catching way:
* Spectacular mountain scenery
** But nothing compares to the spectacular sight of the famous Uluru (…)