Unit 1

To concur = agree

To divide up = share out

To reverberate = have a widespread effect

To come to = to cost in total

To don = to put on

To hail = to greet enthusiastically

To set up = to start

To rule out = not consider as a possibility

To shuttle to = take (regularly, from one place to another)

Convert: currency (one into another)

Vary: diet

Switch: between channels

Adapt: to situations

Alter: clothes

Transform: life

Transfer: from one club to another

Shift: away from one activity to another

Approximately: about, around, roughly, some, somewhere in the region of, smth like, something, very nearly

Over: upwards of

Under: less than

Odd – с лишним

To come of age = 18

Turn 30 = 31

On the wrong side of 40 = more than 40

Get on for 70 = 69

Come up to retirement

A toddler; a preteen; a newborn; a middle-aged man

Change: a nappy; a light bulb; a plug; a tyre.

Map out = plan

Swanky = роскошный

Sanity = разум, рассудок

Humble = modest

To get on in life = to succeed

Scrutiny = исследование

Unit 2

To bring back memories of

To have memory for

To have a memory like a sieve

To commit smth to memory

To be engraved (etched) on memory

Smth has buried itself deep within the vault of one’s memory

Retrieve = recollect = recall = evoke = stir up = вспоминать

To show off = to boast

To sail through = справиться

Let alone = не говоря о

Supple = гибкий

Hearts = черви

Clubs = крести

Diamonds = бубны

Spades = пики

Ace = туз

Pack = deck = колода

Suits = масть

Bet = делать ставку

Shuffle = мешать колоду

Face value = номинальная стоимость

Draw = тащить

Drum up = зазывать

Catch on = be popular

The wrong way round

Go back a long way

Be in a bad way

In a roundabout way

In a big way

Get one’s own way

Change one’s ways

Know one’s way around

Work one’s way up

Go out of one’s way to

Give way on

Pave the way

Imposing = impressive

Unit 3

Money: waste = fritter away = squander; set aside

Debts: settle = pay off = clear; run up

Money: raise = obtain = get; donate

Spend money: freely = lavishly = heavily; wisely

Cost-cutting = экономить

Bail out = help

Plough through = read

Have smb on = trick

Hick = провинциалка

Clothes-buying binge

Return to the black = pay off the debts

Panhandling = begging

Have a chuckle = laugh

Scraps = объедки

Paper rubbish = litter

Rubbish from the garden = refuse

Broken furniture – junk

Bottle bank

Civic amenity site = tip

Metal skips

Put out rubbish

Drop litter

Dustcart

Rubbish collection

Piles of rubbish

Chuck out = throw away

Wolf down = eat greedily

Dunk = макать

Confide = полагать

Ponder = размышлять

Choke = давиться

Lick = облизывать

Grad

Masticate = жевать

Go overdrawn – be overdraft – be in debt to bank; overdue; overindulge; overrated;…

Do smth to excess

Speed in excess of…

Take it to extremes

Bombard with …

Go over the top

Moderation in all things

Ill-advised = unwise

Unit 4

I’ve had it up to here with; I’m sick to death; I’ve lost count of times; I’m fed up with; to kick up a fuss; to drive to distraction; to get on one’s nerves; to drive smb mad; to get things off one’s chest; to freak smb out; to get up one’s nose.

Shriek = орать; Bellow = орать, вопить; Snap = angry ; Stutter = заикаться; Grunt = бормотать; mutter – complain; moan

The question on everyone’s lips

Get one’s tongue round

To voice criticism of

Believe a word

Lye through one’s teeth

Keep one’s mouth shut

Hoarse = croaky = хриплый; squeaky = high-pitched; booming = deep; flat = expressionless; gentle = soft.

Fall flat = fail to produce effect

Simpering – coquettish

Lachrymose = tearful

Profusion = large quantity

lounge around – hang about

close to tears

cry one’s eyes out

roar with laughter

laugh out loud

get worked up

tremble with anger

take by surprise

get over smth

frighten the life out of

scare to death

cheer up

put in a good mood

get down

unit 5

frugality = бережливость

penny-pinching

permeate

turn out = produce

undercut = offer goods at a lower price

showroom

tinker = attempt to repair

hit upon the idea

pass down the generations

hand out presents

figure out = clarify

transient – for a short time

set up in business

put together a plan

set out goals

target market

sales forecast

secure financial backing

pitch an idea to investors

obtain a return on investment

strike a deal

percentage equity

share in the business