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to bait sb
to tease; to deliberately try to make someone angry (дразнить. не давать покоя, изводить)
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nimble
- - able to move quickly and easily (проворный, ловкий)
- - someone who has a nimble mind is intelligent and learns things quickly
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to hoot after sb
EX: The insults hooted after me when I was at a safe distance.
to shout or laugh usually derisively (/ai/ - c насмешкой) (выражать неодобрение криками, улюлюканьем)
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at close quarters (form)
EX: She was able to observe the system at close quarters.
EX2: My parents lived at c.q.
from a position that is very close to someone or something (some conflict or discomfort is implied here)
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to huddle
Mike's example about American football - team huddles before the match
to move close together in order to stay warm, feel safe, or talk (жаться)
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- cowed face
- to cow (trans)
EX: They refused to be cowed.
- - intimidated
- - to make someone do what you want by frightening them
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- 'convict
- to con'vict sb of sth
- - a person serving a prison sentence (каторжник); a person found guilty of an offence against the law, esp one who is sentenced to imprisonment (осужденный)
- - to pronounce (someone) guilty of an offence
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to supplant
EX: he easily supplanted his rival
to take the place of, often by trickery or force
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to clamp down on sth/sb (intrans)
EX: the police are clamping down on speeders
to behave repressively; attempt to repress something regarded as undesirable (подавлять, пресекать)
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to inflict sth on sth
to impose (something unwelcome, such as pain, oneself, etc) (наносить удар, причинять боль, назначить наказание)
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to profess sth/ to be (have) sth (trans)
EX: to profess to be a skilled driver
to claim (something, such as a feeling or skill, or to be or do something), often insincerely or falsely
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to halt
EX: “Halt! Who goes there?”
to stop moving, or to stop a person or vehicle from moving
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futility (n)
(Syn: spitting in the wind, vanity, hollowness)
futile (adj)
lack of effectiveness or success; lack of purpose or meaning (тщетность, поверхностность)
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squeamish about sth
(squeamishness -N)
easily sickened or nauseated, as by the sight of blood; easily frightened (брезгливый, легкоранимый)
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