Оригинал на английском:
22. Learn to use the new words.
1. amiable (adj): friendly and pleasant. Liz is a gentle, funny, amiable person, what an amiable young man he is!
2. crisp) (adj): 1) firm in a pleasant way (about food). / like my bacon to be crisp. The new carrots were fresh and crisp; 2) clean and smooth (about cloth, paper). She looked very neat in her crisp white blouse, 3) cold and dry (about weather). It was a crisp winter day and we decided to take a walk along the river.
3. gloomy (adj): feeling or looking sad and without hope. What makes you so gloomy today? / remember spending hours in the gloomy old library. That winter the economic news was gloomy.
4. gossip (v): to talk about other people or things that are not important. To gossip about or over someone or sth. / don't like those who gossip about their friends, / don't trust them.
5. linger (v): 1) to stay somewhere longer or spend longer time doing sth than necessary for your own enjoyment or benefit. We decided to linger after class. To linger over sth. My father likes to linger over breakfast and read the newspapers; 2) to be fixed on sth (about eyes). She let her eyes linger on him. To linger in the mind or the memory. The girl's lovely face lingered in my memory-^ 3) to last or continue for a long time. To linger on. The smell of fish lingered on in the kitchen.
6. nonsense (n): 1) ideas or statements that are not true. Don't trust him: what he is saying is complete nonsense. It is nonsense to believe this superstitious stuff. To talk nonsense. I think he was talking nonsense yesterday; 2) unreasonable or annoying behaviour. To stand or put up with (any) nonsense. / don't want to put up with any more nonsense from you.
7. ordeal (n): an extremely unpleasant experience, especially one that lasts a long time. During the war these people suffered a terrible ordeal. The work turned out to be an ordeal for me.
8. rattle (v): to make short sharp knocking sounds as it moves or shakes. The wind was so strong that the house shook and the doors and windows rattled. James entered the room rattling a bunch of keys. To rattle on (away), to talk quickly and for a long time. Jane was rattling on, though no one was listening.
9. spare (v): 1) if you spare sth, you can give, lend or spend it. How much money can you spare? Can you spare me five minutes? To spare neither money nor expense. He spared neither money nor expense in helping us; 2) to prevent someone from experiencing an unpleasant, painful or embarrassing situation. Can you spare me the trouble of going there? To spare sb's feelings. Break the news gently to spare your mother's feelings. To spare sb from doing sth. No one can be spared from cleaning the classroom. To spare sb sth. I'm so happy she was spared the ordeal of surgery. Spare me the necessity of doing it. To spare sb's life. The soldiers displayed so much bravery that Napoleon ordered to spare their lives.
10. sympathy (n): 1) a natural feeling of kindness and understanding that you have for someone who is experiencing sth unpleasant. They write about the problems of immigrants with a lot of sympathy. To have sympathy for someone. We all have great sympathy for the victims of the pood; 2) agreement with or support of an idea, a plan, etc. To have sympathy with sth. Do you have any sympathy with his plans? To be out of/in sympathy with sb or sth. Some people are still in sympathy with these strange ideas.
11. sympathetic (adj): kind to someone who has a problem and willing to understand how they feel. In the difficult situation Paul turned out to be the only sympathetic person. Jill was a sympathetic listener. To be sympathetic to someone or sth. The government were very sympathetic to the new proposals. To have a sympathetic ear. If you have a sympathetic ear, you are willing to listen to other people's problems.
12. vague) (adj): 1) not clear, not definite. Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship; 2) forgetful, absent-minded, not precise. He was always very vague when making arrangements.
13. flop) (v): 1) to fall heavily. She flopped into an armchair. At the end of the scene the actors Popped on to the poor, 2) to fail, be unsuccessful. The new play Popped and was taken off Broadway after a week.
1. amiable (adj): friendly and pleasant. Liz is a gentle, funny, amiable person, what an amiable young man he is!
2. crisp) (adj): 1) firm in a pleasant way (about food). / like my bacon to be crisp. The new carrots were fresh and crisp; 2) clean and smooth (about cloth, paper). She looked very neat in her crisp white blouse, 3) cold and dry (about weather). It was a crisp winter day and we decided to take a walk along the river.
3. gloomy (adj): feeling or looking sad and without hope. What makes you so gloomy today? / remember spending hours in the gloomy old library. That winter the economic news was gloomy.
4. gossip (v): to talk about other people or things that are not important. To gossip about or over someone or sth. / don't like those who gossip about their friends, / don't trust them.
5. linger (v): 1) to stay somewhere longer or spend longer time doing sth than necessary for your own enjoyment or benefit. We decided to linger after class. To linger over sth. My father likes to linger over breakfast and read the newspapers; 2) to be fixed on sth (about eyes). She let her eyes linger on him. To linger in the mind or the memory. The girl's lovely face lingered in my memory-^ 3) to last or continue for a long time. To linger on. The smell of fish lingered on in the kitchen.
6. nonsense (n): 1) ideas or statements that are not true. Don't trust him: what he is saying is complete nonsense. It is nonsense to believe this superstitious stuff. To talk nonsense. I think he was talking nonsense yesterday; 2) unreasonable or annoying behaviour. To stand or put up with (any) nonsense. / don't want to put up with any more nonsense from you.
7. ordeal (n): an extremely unpleasant experience, especially one that lasts a long time. During the war these people suffered a terrible ordeal. The work turned out to be an ordeal for me.
8. rattle (v): to make short sharp knocking sounds as it moves or shakes. The wind was so strong that the house shook and the doors and windows rattled. James entered the room rattling a bunch of keys. To rattle on (away), to talk quickly and for a long time. Jane was rattling on, though no one was listening.
9. spare (v): 1) if you spare sth, you can give, lend or spend it. How much money can you spare? Can you spare me five minutes? To spare neither money nor expense. He spared neither money nor expense in helping us; 2) to prevent someone from experiencing an unpleasant, painful or embarrassing situation. Can you spare me the trouble of going there? To spare sb's feelings. Break the news gently to spare your mother's feelings. To spare sb from doing sth. No one can be spared from cleaning the classroom. To spare sb sth. I'm so happy she was spared the ordeal of surgery. Spare me the necessity of doing it. To spare sb's life. The soldiers displayed so much bravery that Napoleon ordered to spare their lives.
10. sympathy (n): 1) a natural feeling of kindness and understanding that you have for someone who is experiencing sth unpleasant. They write about the problems of immigrants with a lot of sympathy. To have sympathy for someone. We all have great sympathy for the victims of the pood; 2) agreement with or support of an idea, a plan, etc. To have sympathy with sth. Do you have any sympathy with his plans? To be out of/in sympathy with sb or sth. Some people are still in sympathy with these strange ideas.
11. sympathetic (adj): kind to someone who has a problem and willing to understand how they feel. In the difficult situation Paul turned out to be the only sympathetic person. Jill was a sympathetic listener. To be sympathetic to someone or sth. The government were very sympathetic to the new proposals. To have a sympathetic ear. If you have a sympathetic ear, you are willing to listen to other people's problems.
12. vague) (adj): 1) not clear, not definite. Through the fog we saw the vague outline of a ship; 2) forgetful, absent-minded, not precise. He was always very vague when making arrangements.
13. flop) (v): 1) to fall heavily. She flopped into an armchair. At the end of the scene the actors Popped on to the poor, 2) to fail, be unsuccessful. The new play Popped and was taken off Broadway after a week.