Match the words up with their meaning and give the Russian translation

rite of passage	confused and vague
courtier	to suggest that you think smth without saying it directly
peculiar	whatever
Almighty	lack of interest which is neutral or harmless in its effect
tick	strange, odd
denomination	to think that someone is a particular type of person
notoriously	not stating what someone should do
woolly-minded	friendly and pleasantly
to a fault	official counting and recording information about the people
amiably	a religious group within one of the main religions
non-prescriptive	to mark s with the symbol √
put down	having a particular good quality to a very great degree
census	famous for something bad
whatsoever	a person who has an official position at the court of a king or queen
benign-indifference	God
imply	a ceremony or event that marks an important stage in someone's life, for example becoming an adult

 

deity	a sensible thing to do
opinion poll	marriage (ironic)
to take at face value	do not enjoy doing a particular thing or activity
on the whole	frantic
hatching	a god
matching	symbol
dispatching	sentimental, mawkish
not really into it	in general, all in all
obligatory	to become eventually; turn out to be
bereavement	birth (ironic)
admittedly	to give smb a lot of attention
do not go in for smth	funeral, burial (ironic)
frenzied	reducing or limiting smth
gooey	to use smth in order to gain an advantage
token of	friendly jokes about someone
end up doing	not to be really involved in smth
make a big fuss about	compulsory
just as well	to leave desolate or alone, especially by death a loss of a loved one by death
seize upon	as is acknowledged to be true; by general admission
ribbing	finding out what people in general think about a subject by asking questions about it
curtailment	to accept smth without considering whether it really is what it seems to be

 

one-downmanship	extremely difficult and involving a lot of effort
denigration	hindrance, burden, load
doting	illegal, unlawful
GCSE	having hormones out of control
disparaging	an extremely unpleasant experience, a trial
take a blind bit of	a major event or achievement
paragon	completely developed
confidently	officially or legally accepted as right or correct, fair
encumbrance	having the right to do smth
onset of	a religious ceremony making a baby a member of the Christian religion and giving it a name
hormonally challenged	nearly everyone/everything
christening	the beginning of something
vast majority	slander, defamation
rightful	humiliating, degrading
illicit	loving, adoring
fully-fledged	not to pay any attention to smth
entitled to	an example of excellence
landmark	with strong belief or full assurance; surely
ordeal	a way to outdo an opponent by a sneaky underhanded method
arduous	General Certificate of Secondary Education

 

hardship	talking for a long time in a confused way, expressing incoherent or nonsense thoughts
banish to	to put smth among other things or various places
penchant for ['pa:ŋ∫a:ŋ]	not able to see clearly, e.g. because you are tired or have drunk too much alcohol
a spell	difficulty, suffering, privation
initiate	optional things that you do at school or college that are not part of your course
reliable	to put yourself or someone else on a list for an activity, class, etc.
do laundry	a warm cover, quilt, comforter
smugly	to stick things together with a clay-like substance, being able to remove them again
duvet	wash clothes
Blu-tac	to make someone go somewhere else (often ironic)
to sign them up for	a strong taste, liking, preference or tendency towards or for smth
extra-curricular	someone who has recently joined an organization or group
bleary-eyed	a period of time, usually a short one
intersperse with	dependable, trustworthy
rambling	too satisfied with your abilities or achievements

 

incomprehensible	the largest part of the money
pledges of affiliation to	someone whose income pays for a family's basic needs
onerous	a male-only social gathering
pompous	to work very hard to achieve something (informal)
revision	the theory that if something can go wrong it will go wrong (ironic)
swot like mad	I’m poor at smth (informal)
work one’s butt off	to kill, to hurt, to damage
I’m pants at	frantically study for an examination
Sod’s law	to turn aside or move smb to an alternate course, to avoid dealing with smb
to do smth in	to spend money on smth without the desire to do so
stag night	open, undisguised, evident
hen night	burdensome, distressing
bachelor party	a promise to join an organization
bachelorette party	be paid by smb
feud	impossible to understand
shunt	bombastic, high-flown
persist in the notion that	the work of studying for an examination
fork out	a hen night
overt	a stag night
provider	girls’ night out
be borne by smb	a rivalry or argument
lion’s share of the bill	continue to believe that

 

Exercises

A. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words and expressions:

R ite of passage, peculiar, denomination, notoriously, to a fault, amiably, whatsoever, imply, deity, opinion poll, to take at face value, on the whole

 

1. His __________________ happened to be his first year in college. It was then that he drank and smoked for the first time.
2. This meat has a ______________ taste. Is it ethnic?
3. What __________ are you? – I believe in a cosmic _________ .
4. That guy is ___________ stubborn yet ______________ he’s an OK person.
5. Cramer is romantic _______________ . He’s loved her since kindergarten and did not have eyes for anybody else but her _____________________ .
6. He said rather ______________ that if we did not stop he’d call the police. I think we better ______ it __________________ and leave.
7. This ________________ indicated that she’s more popular than her opponent. It ___________ that she’s the one they’ll sign the contract with.

 

B. Answer the questions using the following words and expressions:

S eize upon, onset of, admittedly, do not go in for smth, frenzied, obligatory, doting, paragon, end up doing, make a big fuss about, just as well, gooey

 

1. Does one have to learn how to drive?
2. Are you for or against capital punishment?
3. Do you do a lot of sports?
4. Do you go shopping in the sales period?
5. Did you eat porridge when you were a kid?
6. What have you always wanted to do?
7. What kind of opportunity will you never miss?
8. Did your parents think you could do no wrong when you were a child?
9. How does flu usually start?
10. Who do you model yourself on?
11. Would you yell at your kid for coming home all dirty?
12. What would your reaction be if someone told you you’d won the lottery and later it turned out not to be true?

 

C.  Translate using the following words and expressions:

Reliable, do laundry, rightful, entitled to, ordeal, christening, vast majority, penchant for, banish to, to sign smb up for

 

1. В нашей стране крещения детей обычно не празднуются.
2. Подавляющее большинство делегатов проголосовало за Стенфорда.
3. Он – законный наследник трона Таиланда.
4. Через эту нервотрепку я больше никогда не хочу проходить
5. Поскольку я был сбит вашей машиной, то ваша страховая компания должна оплатить мне расходы на лечение.
6. Негодяй был изгнан в соседнее королевство.
7. Я бы не назвал этот аппарат надежным, они обычно ломаются через полгода.
8. У него явная склонность к языкам, это нужно развивать.
9. Я стираю белье раз в неделю и не могу сказать, что делаю это с удовольствием.
10. Мы записали его в нашу футбольную команду.

 

D. Answer the questions using suitable words and expressions:

 

1. Were you signed for a lot of activities extra-curricular in school?
2. Do you get bleary-eyed when you study through the night?
3. What is the best way to do revision?
4. What is absolutely incomprehensible to you?
5. What are you pants at?
6. Are you going to have a bachelor/bachelorette party right before your wedding?
7. Is there a family that your family has a feud with?
8. Are there still people who persist in the notion that the Earth is round?

 GRAMMAR

 

Выражение NOT TO GET (MUCH) MORE + ADJ THAN THAT значит ПРИЛ. В сравнительной степени + УЖЕ И БЫТЬ НЕ МОЖЕТ:

 

He was expressly told not to go there. You don’t get more explicit than that. – Ему было ясно сказано не ходить туда. Яснее уж не скажешь.

 

He won the lottery and his cancer was cured. You don’t get any luckier than that. – Он выиграл в лотерею и ему вылечили рак. Бóльшего везунчика и представить-то сложно.

 

TRANSLATE

 

We speak of holidays as a time to ‘let our hair down’, ‘have fun’, ‘let off steam’, ‘unwind’, ‘go a bit mad’. We may even talk to strangers. The English don’t get much more relaxed than that.

 

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