The remains of the day 4

 0    23 cartonașe    edytaks
descarcă mp3 printează joacă Testează-te
 
Întrebare English Răspuns English
. A manservant who acts as personal attendant to his employer, looking after his clothes, etc.
începe să înveți
valet
he travelled to America as valet to Sir Reginald
A noisy quarrel, brawl.
începe să înveți
fracas
a taxi driver in New York regularly addressed his fare in a manner which if repeated in London would end in some sort of fracas
A method or carrying a resisting person in which each limb is held by one person and the victim is carried horizontally and face downwards.
începe să înveți
frog-march
the fellow was frogmarched to the nearest police station.
A clever or witty remark.
începe să înveți
witticism
I thought of other witticisms.
Amusement which you express by laughing; literary word.
începe să înveți
mirth
He didn't restrain any spontaneous mirth
If a feeling or action is ____, you are critical of it because you think it is inappropriate.
începe să înveți
misplaced
I did not wish Mr Farraday to restrain any spontaneous mirth he felt out of a misplaced respectfulness.
If you decide not to continue an activity, you _____ to it.
începe să înveți
call a halt
I decided to call a halt to the matter
If you deal with sth, you _____ to it.
începe să înveți
attend to
I pretended to remember something I had urgently to attend to excused myself
If you are preoccupied, lost in thought, you are _____.
începe să înveți
bemused
my employer looked rather bemused
If sth happens ______, it happens in a particular (similar, corresponding) way.
începe să înveți
along these lines
I have not really made further attempts along these lines.
If sth happened recently, it happened _____.
începe să înveți
of late
his increased persistence of late
To confirm or support (facts, opinions), esp. by providing fresh evidence is to _____ them.
începe să înveți
corroborate
Pol. dwuznaczność, niejasność.
începe să înveți
ambiguity
I indicated without ambiguity that I had made a witticism
Accustomed to doing sth is ____ to do it.
începe să înveți
wont
they are wont to do when gathered together
To pretend to be (another person); to imitate the character, mannerisms of (another person).
începe să înveți
impersonate
his well-known repertoire of impersonations of prominent gentlemen
A spirit of familiarity and trust existing between friends.
începe să înveți
camaraderie
There existed in those days a true camaraderie in our profession
Opposite to prior.
Pol. późniejszy.
începe să înveți
subsequent
Sir James's subsequent stay.
If you guess sth, learn from the information give, conclude or assume, you _____.
începe să înveți
gather
I gathered that he was no longer in Sir James's employ
To be employed by sb and work for them means to be in their _____.
începe să înveți
employ
Mr Graham was no longer in Sir James's employ
Pol. nitka, wątek (rozmowy, itp.).
începe să înveți
thread
let me return to my original thread
If you ____ sth, you say it again or emphasise it.
începe să înveți
reiterate
Mr Farraday reiterated his generous offer to 'foot the bill for the gas'
If you ____ that sth is done or if you _____ to it that it is done, you make sure that it is done.
începe să înveți
see
I would also need to see to the matter of the costumes.
Pol. podjąć się, przedsięwziąć (sth), wyruszyć (
a journey
începe să înveți
undertake
I would undertake this trip

Trebuie să te autentifici pentru a posta un comentariu.