Упр.3 Юнит 1 Step 6 ГДЗ Rainbow English 10 класс

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A. crackle — потрескивать; furniture — мебель; knit — вязать; mirror — зеркало; pale — бледный; plump — пухленький; sharp — острый, проницательный; sharp adv — точно, ровно; shy — робкий, застенчивый; vain — 1) тщеславный; 2) тщетный, бесполезный (не увенчавшийся успехом); at least — по крайней мере; at twilight — в сумерках; be in someone’s way — мешать кому-либо; in the twilight — в свете сумерек; in vain — напрасно, безуспешно.

B. crackle: to crackle quietly. The wood crackled in the fire. The radio began to crackle. The atmosphere crackled with tension.

furniture (uncountable): new furniture, office furniture, a piece of furniture. There was little furniture in the room. I would like to buy more modern furniture.

knit (knitted, knitting): to knit a sweater, to knit a scarf. Lucy sat on the sofa knitting.

mirror: an old-fashioned mirror, a bathroom mirror, a full-length mirror, to look at oneself in the mirror. We hung a mirror over the fireplace. He was busy admiring himself in the wardrobe mirror. Dickens’s novels are a mirror of his time.

pale: a pale face, pale blue eyes, a pale sky. When he returned, he looked pale and sick.

plump: a plump face, a short plump girl. Emma was a cute baby with plump little arms and legs.

sharp adj: a sharp knife, sharp teeth, a sharp sense of humour, to have sharp eyes, to have a sharp tongue. It was very sharp of you to see that. Could I have a sharp pencil, please?

sharp adv: At 5 o’clock sharp.

shy: a shy child, to be shy about doing something. I’d love to meet her but I’m too shy to introduce myself. She is very shy about singing in public.

vain: 1) a vain person, to be vain about something. She is really vain thinking she is so special and beautiful. He was vain about his looks, spending hours in the gym. 2) a vain hope, in the vain hope. I rang the bell in the vain hope that somebody might answer.

at least: I’m sure she will stay here for three months at least. The disease killed at least 120 people in our town.

at twilight: We told them we would return at twilight.

be (stand) in someone’s/the way: If you have made up your mind to do it, I won’t be in your way.

in the twilight: We could still see the hills in the twilight.

in vain: All we did was in vain.