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

ring with	noisy, violent, and boisterously disorderly
deeply ingrained	a reason why something is correct and morally right
be deprived of	an amount of s that you expect
raise a wry smile	puffing, snuffles
heartfelt	to refuse to accept that something is important or true
undignified	curtly, abruptly
sniffles n.	resound with, full of
quota	cause a distorted, twisted smile
brusquely	deep-seated
brushed away	devoid of, lacking smth
sombre	including every fact or aspect of a situation, minutely
condolence	to mention a law, principle, or idea in order to support an argument or to explain an action
roughly	celebration
in exhaustive detail	sincere
justification	embarrassing or silly, in a way that will make people not respect you
festivity	serious or sad
is not invoked as	approximately
raucous	the things that you say to show sympathy when someone has just died

 

evening carol	sexually active behaviour
pointedly	mutual
Boxing Day	someone who makes it difficult for other people to enjoy themselves
New Year’s resolution	to eat food with enthusiasm because you like it or because you are hungry
bah-humbug	someone who opposes people in authority or opposes accepted ways of doing things
reciprocal	directly, explicitly, markedly
go into debt	bank holiday
tut-tut sanctimoniously over	smutty, indecent, coarse
tuck into	indecent exposure
killjoy	a traditional song sung at Christmas
rebel	a decision that you make on the first day of the year about the things you intend to do or stop doing during that year
be shed	nonsense
mooning	owe a lot of money
flashing	to show hypocritically that you do not approve of smth
bawdy	to get rid of something
promiscuity	(informal) showing your naked bottom to someone as an insult or a joke

 

maypole	stop having progress or development
pagan	non active in their religion in any other ways
communion	to explode
bonfire	the ability of the soil to produce a lot of good crops or plants
effigy	the period of 40 days before Easter, when some Christians stop eating or doing smth that they enjoy
defeat	intercourse, contact, communication
plot	relating to an ancient religion
blow up	a large fire built outside at parties or celebrations
raunchy	a group of birds, sheep, or goats
fertility	not willing to accept new or different ideas, die-hard
flock	a tall pole with long thin pieces of cloth round which people traditionally dance on May Day
otherwise non-practising Christians	a funny, ridiculous model of someone to be destroyed in a bonfire
Lent	relating to sex or sexually exciting in a direct and obvious way
lose its momentum	a secret plan to do smth bad
hidebound	failure to succeed in doing something

 

uptight	consisting of 3 rows
let one’s hair down	a group, set or assortment required to make a thing complete
let off steam	a small coloured bag of thin rubber that you fill with air or gas, used as a child's toy or a decoration
unwind [ai]	a party that you give in a house that you have just moved into
ingrained	generous, wasteful, prodigal, extravagant
cure smb of	(informal) a social event such as a party
housewarming	dinner served to seated people
balloon	to relax and enjoy oneself, behave informally
disposition	to express your feelings of anger or excitement without harming anyone
quirk	to begin to relax after you have been working hard or feeling nervous
lavish	deep-rooted
do	heal, to control or get rid of a bad habit, feeling, or attitude
a sit-down meal	character, personality, temperament
a complement of	a strange or annoying habit
three-tiered [tiəd]	rigidly conventional, unwilling or unable to relax

 

No expense spared	an affected, forced way of behaving or speaking
mortgage down-payment ['mo:gid]	to start moving towards a place
blowing it all on	affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute
lower the tone	a large amount or quantity of
make an exhibition of oneself	cosmetics used to colour and beautify the face
contrived	to make a lot of effort to achieve smth
overdone	to spend a lot of money quickly on things that you do not need, waste money
make-up	to do smth that will worsen the general character or stylishness of an event
a great deal of	a passage between rows of seats in a church or theatre
strive	to behave badly in public
twee	false or artificial
make one’s way	done in an excessive or extreme way, exaggerated
aisle [ail]	a first payment to the bank in which you have borrowed money in order to buy a house
studied manner	As much money as necessary was spent, without worrying about the cost

 

charity ball	not having much money, poor
hunt ball	to take money from an amount you have saved
rush out to do smth	getting into unsecured consumer debt, accessed through credit cards
ringing the changes	garish, blatant, loud
sour-grapes	hurry to do the shopping
flashy	a formal dance held at the hunt club on the evening after a special hunt
running up credit-card debts	criticism of smth that you make because you are annoyed that you can’t have it
dip into	a formal social event with dancing with the aim of raising money for those in need
impecunious	making changes to smth

 

Exercises

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

D eeply ingrained, be deprived of , heartfelt, ring with, quota, brushed away, undignified, condolence

 

1. Her voice ________________ anger.
2. Rules of courtesy were so __________________ in her that she said “excuse me” to the man who run into her.
3. The patient _________________ the medicine for a week and died as a result. Right now we are expressing ________________ to his wife.
4. “Please accept my ___________________ “ he said, adding “what I did was _____________ .“
5. Sorry, we exceeded our _____________ of applicants. Try again next year.
6. He tries to talk to a nurse but was unceremoniously _____________ .

 

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

Raucous, evening carol, in exhaustive detail, New Year’s resolution, bah-humbug, justification,

pointedly, go into debt

 

1. Did her tell you everything you needed to do?
2. What was his explanation for his son’s rudeness?
3. Why did he laugh so hard?
4. I am sorry, I can’t come. Can you forgive me?
5. Are you going to change your life starting January 1^st?
6. What holidays do you consider boring?
7. How’s his business doing?

 

C.  Translate using the following words and expressions:

Killjoy, mooning, bawdy, bonfire, promiscuity, pagan, rebel

 

1. На вечеринках он вечно портит всем настроение.
2. В молодости Энни была дикой девочкой: гоняла на мотоцикле, жила в Мексике и занималась магией.
3. Его главное удовольствие – это напиться, а потом из автомобиля показывать свою задницу прохожим.
4. Свобода в личных отношениях не одобряется католической церковью.
5. Масленица – это языческий ритуал, без вопросов.
6. Мне никогда не нравилось выслушивать сальные анекдоты.
7. Мы разожгли костер и жарили каштаны.

 

D. Answer the questions using suitable words and expressions:

 

· Why are you burning this effigy?

· Do you know any modern fertility feasts?

· What holidays do otherwise non-practising Christians still observe?

· What started full force in you life but then kind of lost its momentum?

· What do people do during Lent?

 

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