Everyday vocabulary

Lesson 1

1. To work shifts – работать посменно

2. Mining town – шахтёрский город

3. Satellite –спутник

4. Itchy feet (he’s got itchy feet) – (up and going)=неусидчивый, беспокойный

5. Language barrier – языковой барьер

6. Get smb’s thought across (=speak one’s mind) – высказаться

7. Advertising campaign –рекламная компания

8. I don’t feel I belong (to feel belonging) – to belong to a party = быть своим

9. Greenery –зелень

10. To be into – (football, socker, basketball)

11. To be a big deal –It’s not a big deal; it’s huge.

12. To host – to host a party

13. To get addicted to –a drug-addict, a TV-addict –

14. Big shot, a big noise, a big gun, big banana, big boss etc; a small fry, a small card in the machine

15. Tons of (loads of); a great deal of

16. Cramps – (leg) cramp – he is cramped; crippled, disadvantaged, physically different

17. Character – символ, знак

18. To stink – it stinks дело пахнет керосином

19. Awesome –

20. Isolated, estranged

21. To be short of breath

22. Imposing

23. To conquer

Lesson 2

1. I’m on it –

2. You can’t be buying this –

3. You’ve been to crazy town –

4. You’re a Mayor of crazy town –

5. Someone’s brain’s been removed –

Lesson 3

1. Don’t bother getting up till lunchtime –

2. Why bother if you don’t have to –

3. To have a cross-word (to fight) – полаяться

4. How long that’s been? –

5. To go wrong –

6. To go right –

7. To master (to run) – быть хозяином

8. On a bus – get in/out of

9. Get on/off –

10. Call on for =to drop in

11. Frustrating=discouraging – I’ve got frustrated

12. Pajamas (popped up)

13. Who on Earth told you that –

14. Split up =break up –

15. To rob it in=don’t need to worry –

16. Got caught in traffic –

17. Got it awhile=secondhand –

18. Get on move –

19. Pop in –

20. To be out to – пойти куда-то

21. To see much of somebody – I don’t see much of her

22. Make sure –

23. It was great talking to you –

24. Any like

Lesson 4

1. So up I get –

2. To get breakfast –

3. Before long

4. To record – a record

5. To tour – to be on touring

6. To disturb –

7. Involved –

8. Protective –

9. To be separated =be totally detached

10. See smb grow up –

11. Attic –

12. To rent a house –

13. Vegetarian –

14. Cereals –

15. Home-grown –

16. Buckwheat – гречка

17. Nearby (art school) –

18. Natural fibres –

19. To be regarded –

20. Tidiness – to tidy

21. To do the cleaning/the gardening etc –

22. Pea soup –

23. To go for a ride –

24. To go for a swim/for a walk –

25. Stallion –

26. Horse riding –

27. Share interests (closely) –

28. To socialize – She doesn’t come easy to socialize

29. Quiz show

30. To turn in for the night –

Lesson 5

1. Walky-talky –

2. Tune in

3. Short (long)-wave radio –

4. Uncomfortable/unridy –

5. To be stuck up in the air –

6. Incredible neck of providing –

7. Excessive –чрезмерный

8. Plug-

9. cellphones –

10. to be attached –

11. presenter – ведущий

12. Familiar face –

13. Trust smb – confide in smb

14. A pack of snacks –

15. Sitting around –

16. Come on in

17. To make it to the top

18. That’s a drag

19. How come

20. Do work at that pace

21. Get smt done

22. Swing – раздобыть

23. To jeopardize one’s relationship/job etc; jeopardy-рисковать, ставить под угрозу

24. Accentuate – подчёркивать

Lesson 6

1. Idle away-save time

2. A lack of time (I’m lacking in time)

3. To be pressed for

4. For the time being

5. From time to time

6. In no time

7. To time timings (minutes)

8. Once upon a time

9. One at a time – please, one ridiculous problem at a time

10. Won’t last long – you won’t last 10 minutes!

11. sharp as an owl; curious as a cat

12. eat like a dog, smoke like a chimney, swear like a trooper, sleep like a log

13. I’ll wait here until u’ve finished, call me when you have finished

14. Did you know I’m getting a new job?

15. I’ll tell you when I see you

16. To be to – I’m to be there according to that plan

17. To be heavily into

18. To go off something

19. To lock oneself away

20. Be totally hooked on

21. Be hung up (on)

22. Get up to, be up to – what do you get up to at weekend

23. Hectic – To have a hectic social life

24. Full diary (I have a pretty full diary for the next week)

25. I’ll see to it

Lesson 7

1. Study: careful, detailed, exhaustive, thorough – he continued his detailed study in physics

2. To conduct a study

3. To complete one’s studies – he completed his studies with high mark

4. Years of study

5. The study of Latin

6. It was a study!

7. He’s a quick study – to be slow study

8. To study under smb – before he went to college he had studied under a well-known scientist

9. She’s always studied her own interests

10. To study up to smth