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4819704068	Balance	The syntactic structure of each sentence supports its meaning. Similar ideas are expressed in similar grammatical structure, contrasting ideas in a contrasting grammatical structure, or a series of ideas in climactic order.	0
4819711466	Parallelism	Expresses similar or related ideas in similar grammatical structures	1
4819713664	Chiasmus	Grammatical structure of the first clause or phrase is reversed in the second, sometimes repeating the same words.	2
4819714649	Climax	Writer arranges ideas in order of importance	3
4819714650	Antithesis	the juxtaposition of contrasting ideas	4
4819715458	Zeugma	1. "yoking" 2. when an object-taking word has two or more objects on different levels, such as concrete and abstract wherein figurative and literal senses of the transitive word are "yoked" together by the conjunction. 3. when two different words that sound exactly alike are "yoked" together	5
4819734602	Anastrophe	word order is reversed or rearranged	6
4819734603	Apposition	the placing next to a noun another noun or phrase that explains it.	7
4819735471	Parenthesis	the insertion of words, phrases, or a sentence that is not syntactically related to the rest of the sentence. Can be set off from the rest of the sentence either by dashes or parentheses.	8
4819735472	Omission	words can be left out for stylistic preferences or for emphasis.	9
4819735473	Asyndenton	conjunctions are omitted, producing a fast-paced and rapid prose	10
4819736542	Repetition	writers can repeat any element for emphasis (sound, word phrase, clause, or sentence)	11
4819736543	Epanalepsis	Repetition at the end of a clause of the word that occurred at the beginning	12
4819761859	Anaphora	the regular repetition of the same word of phrase at the beginning of successive phrases or clauses	13
4819761860	Epistrophe	repetition of the same word or group of words at the ends of successive clauses Opposite of anaphora	14
4819762572	Polysyndenton	the use of many conjunctions to slow the pace	15
4819762573	Alliteration	the repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of successive words	16
4819762574	Assonance	involves the repetition of sounds within words	17
4819763666	Consonance	words at the ends of verses in which the final consonants in the stressed syllables agree but the words that precede them differ Sometimes called "half rhyme"	18
4819779423	Periodic Sentence	The main idea of the sentence is at the end of the sentence	19
4819783292	Loose Sentence	dependent clause it at the end of the sentence	20
4819787156	Diction	the words the writer chooses to convey a particular meaning	21
4819790420	Syntax	the way words are arranged within sentences	22
4819793024	Paradox	a statement that appears to be contradictory but, in fact, has some truth	23
4819793025	Onomatopoeia	the use of words whose sounds enforce their meaning	24
4819794054	Rhetorical Question	questions that do not require an answer 1. Asking the Reader- a way of taking counsel with the reader 2. Asking the Writer- addressed to the writer, suggests writer's thinking process 3. Criticizing- making criticism in the form of a question 4. Asking and Answering- asks and question and answers it	25
4819794055	Apostrophe	"Turning away" "Turn away" from the audience to address someone or something new	26
4819795219	Euphemism	substitute less pungent words for harsh ones, with ironic effect	27
4819812512	Metaphor	an implied comparison between two unlike things	28
4819812513	Simile	an explicit comparison between two unlike things signaled by the use of like or as	29
4819813393	Personification	attributing human qualities to an inanimate object	30
4819813394	Irony	the writer takes on another voice or role that states the opposite of what is expressed	31
4819813395	Hyperbole	exaggeration; deliberate exaggeration for emphasis	32
4819814670	Litotes	opposite of hyperbole intensifies an idea by understatement	33
4819816142	Synecdoche	a part is substituted for the whole	34
4819816143	Metonymy	designation of one thing with something closely associated with it	35
4819817387	Oxymoron	contradiction two contradictory terms or ideas used together	36
4819817388	Tone	writer's attitude or feeling about the subject of his text	37

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AP Language and Composition #24 Flashcards

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5396615644	amenities	n. courtesies; comforts	0
5396615645	canto	n. a division of a long poem	1
5396615646	decorous	adj. proper	2
5396615647	dissemble	v. to disguise; to feign	3
5396615648	eccentricity	n. oddity; idiosyncrasy	4
5396617642	impecunious	adj. without money	5
5396617643	mete	v. to deal out; to allot	6
5396617644	moribund	adj. at the point of death	7
5396617645	promulgate	v. to make known; announce	8
5396619324	truculent	adj. pugnacious; aggressive	9

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AP Literature Vocabulary Lesson #11 Flashcards

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3788946021	a- an-	not, without Examples - atheist, atypical, apart, anemic, anesthesia, anonymous	0
3788951110	amphi-	two, both Examples - amphibian, amphitheater, amphora, amphictyony	1
3788955267	ant- anti-	against, opposite Examples - anti-abortion, antifreeze, antisocial, antacid, antibody	2
3788960258	cor-	with, together Examples - corroborate, correspond, correlate, corner	3
3788963663	intra- intro-	inside, within Examples - intravenous, intramural, introvert, introduce, introspection	4
3788966931	sym-	with, together Examples - symmetry, symbiosis, sympathy	5
3788969594	cardi	heart Examples - cardiac, cardiogram, cardinal, cardiology, cardiovascular	6
3788972705	ech	sound Examples - echo, echolalia, echolocation	7
3788974903	gen	birth, produce, rate Examples - genocide, genetics, indigenous, gender, progeny	8
3788977675	heli/o	sun Examples - helium, heliocentric, heliotrope, heliosis, heliolatry	9
3788980516	homo	same Examples - homogenous, Homosapien, homologous, homonym	10
3788983748	loc/at	place Examples - location, dislocate, localize	11
3788987800	med mid	middle Examples - medium, middle, mediocre, mediate, medieval, median	12
3788991811	meter	measure Examples - barometer, speedometer, seismometer, perimeter	13
3788993966	opt/o ops	eye, vision Examples - optical, synoptic, perioptic, optometrist, biopsy	14
3788997542	path	feeling, disease Examples - sympathy, telepathy, apathy, pathology, antipathy, pathos	15
3789000332	phob	fear Examples - claustrophobia, arachnophobia, acrophobia, hydrophobia	16
3789002756	phon/o	sound Examples - telephone, microphone, homophone, cacophony	17
3789004793	poly	many Examples - polygon, polygamy, polytheism, polynomial	18
3789008018	pyr/o pyret	fever, fire Examples - pyrotechnics, pyromania, pyrophobia, pyretic	19
3789013254	scop	look, view Examples - horoscope, stethoscope, telescope, microscope	20
3789015380	scrib script	write Examples - scripture, inscribe, scribble, transcript	21
3789019209	tele	from afar Examples - telephone, telescope, television, telephoto, telepathy	22
3789024570	-al -an	like, related to Examples - spiritual, technical, intellectual, optical, phenomenal, puritan	23
3789027484	-ia	condition Examples - hydrophobia, kleptomania, mafia, idea, onomatopoeia	24
3789030351	-ic	like, related to Examples - barbaric, poetic, satanic, realistic, tragic, acidic, drastic	25
3789033311	-ion	state, condition, action Examples - verification, infection, suspension, question, reflection	26
3789042889	-ology	science, study of Examples - neurology, psychology, theology, bacteriology	27
3789045993	-y	quality Examples - misty, slinky, salty, cheery, dirty, itchy, dreary, crafty, sleepy	28

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7617230495	segregating/short	short uncomplicated sentences	0
7617309979	freight-train	couples short independent clauses to make longer sequential statements	1
7617337699	parataxis	independent clauses butted together without conjunctions and using semicolons or commas	2
7617397564	triadic	a freight train sentence composed in three units	3
7617405142	cumulative	initial independent clause followed by subordinate constructions that accumulate detail about the person, place, event, or idea	4
7617425418	parallelism	two or more words or constructions that stand in identical grammatical relationship to the same thing	5
7617436683	balanced	consists of two parts roughly equivalent in length and significance and divided by a pause; may repeat the same idea, show cause and effect, precedence and sub sequence, or any other relationship	6
7617479439	loose	main clause comes first followed by the subordinate clauses and phrases	7
7617569636	periodic	the subordinate constructions precede the main clause, which closes the sentence	8
7617569637	convoluted	the main clause is split in two; the subordinate constructions intrude between the parts of the main clause	9
7617845659	centered	the main clause occupies the middle of the sentence and is both preceded and followed by subordinate constructions	10
7617904439	fragment	a single word, phrase, or dependent clause standing alone as a sentence	11
7617913865	logos	employs logical reasoning	12
7617920075	ethos	establishes credibility	13
7617924083	pathos	plays on the reader's emotions and interests	14
7617929686	active voice	the subject performs the action expressed in the verb; the subject acts (The dog bit the boy)	15
7617943487	passive voice	the subject receives the action expressed in the verb; the subject is acted upon (The boy was bitten by the dog)	16
7617966884	antithesis	the opposition or contrast of ideas; the direct opposite (Though argumentative, he was modest)	17
7617980041	aphorism	a terse statement of known authorship that expresses a general truth or moral principle ("Lost time is never found again")	18
7617989197	chiasmus	a figure of speech based on inverted parallelism; two clauses related to each other on a reversal of terms (ask not what your country can do for you-- ask what you can do for your country)	19
7618019666	juxtaposition	placing dissimilar items, descriptions, or ideas close together or side by side	20
7618035180	punctuation	how punctuation affects the meaning of a sentence	21
7618044590	repetition	the duplication, either exact or approximate, of any element of language, such as a sound, word, phrase, clause, sentence, or grammatical pattern	22
7618057910	alliteration	repetition of sounds, especially initial consonant sounds in tow or more neighboring words (she sells sea shells by the seashore)	23
7618077325	diction	author's word choices	24
7618082017	abstract	words that signify things that cannot be perceived (honor, generosity, idea, democracy)	25
7618088656	concrete	words that refer to perceptible things (clap of thunder, odor of violets, a rose)	26
7618109384	ambiguity	the multiple meanings, either intentional or unintentional, of a word, phrase, sentence, or passage ("It was a funny affair" funny can mean laughable or strange)	27
7618131667	colloquial/slang	use of informalities in speech or writing; give conversational or familiar tone	28
7618143089	pretentious	using big words for no purpose, except to show off	29
7618151959	cliches	trite expressions, devalued by overuse	30
7618159372	euphemism	less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept; may be used to adhere to standards of social or political correctness or to add humor or ironic understatement	31
7618180554	jargon	technical language misused	32
7618190328	connotation	the non-literal, associative meaning of a word; the implied, suggested meaning; may involve ideas, emotions, or attitudes	33
7618203252	denotation	strict, literal, dictionary definition of a word, devoid of any emotion, attitude, or color	34
7618220122	formal v. informal/levels of usage	situation in which a word is normally used	35
7618224982	hyperbole	deliberate exaggeration or overstatement	36
7618231208	idiom	combination of words functioning as a unit of meaning ("lend me a hand")	37
7618243353	onomatopoeia	figure of speech in which natural sounds are imitated in the sounds of words (hum, buzz, crack)	38
7618253781	tone	author's attitude toward his material, the audience, or both	39
7618263142	simile	brief comparison, usually introduced by like or as	40
7618287250	metaphor	implied comparison of seemingly unlike things; suggesting some similarity	41
7618321307	personification	describes concepts, animals, or inanimate objects by endowing them with human attributes or emotions	42
7618334440	allusion	a direct or indirect reference to something that is presumably commonly known	43
7618346940	verbal irony	when the words literally state the opposite of the writer's (or speaker's) meaning	44
7618356416	situational irony	when the events turn out the opposite of what was expected; when what the characters and readers think ought to happen is not what does happen	45
7618370902	dramatic irony	when facts or events are unknown to the character in a play or piece of fiction but known to the reader, audience, or other characters in the work	46
7618381427	overstatement	exaggeration; hyperbole	47
7618385965	understatement	the ironic minimalizing of a fact; presents something as less significant than it is	48
7618404480	litotes	affirmation is made indirectly by denying its opposite	49
7618412419	meiosis	understatement; belittling	50
7618418605	puns	a word employed in two senses, or a word used in a context that suggests a second term sounding like it	51
7618431137	imagery	sensory details or figurative language used to describe, arouse emotion, or represent abstractions	52
7618445706	apostrophe	figure of speech that directly addresses an absent or imaginary person or a personifies abstraction, such as liberty or love; it is a address to someone or something that cannot answer	53
7618459760	conceit	fanciful expression; usually in the form of an extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly objects; displays intellectual cleverness as a result of the unusual comparison being made	54
7618486340	allegory	device of using character and/or story elements symbolically to represent an abstraction in addition to the literal meaning	55
7618498533	analogy	a similarity or comparison between two different things or the relationship between them	56
7618524229	extended metaphor	a metaphor developed at great length, occurring frequently in or throughout a work	57
7618551799	metonymy	substitute name;the name of one onject is substituted for that of another closely associated with it ("white house declared" or "the president declared")	58
7618564320	paradox	a statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity ("It was the best of times, it was the worst of times")	59
7618683264	oxymoron	figure of speech wherein the author groups apparently contradictory terms to suggest a paradox ("cruel kindness"; "jumbo shrimp")	60
7618709656	symbol/symbolism	anything that represents itself and stands for something else	61
7618715858	natural symbol	objects and occurrences from nature to symbolize ideas commonly associated with them (dawn symbolizing hope or a new beginning)	62
7618729236	conventional symbols	those that have been invested with meaning by a group (religious symbols, star of David; national symbols, such as flags)	63
7618741574	literary symbols	are sometimes also conventional in the sense that they are found in a variety of works and are more generally recognized	64

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AP Literature: Quiz 2 Terms Flashcards

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6266429930	foil	a character whose qualities or actions serve to emphasize those of the protagonist by providing a strong contrast with them	0
6266429931	foot	the basic unit of rhythmic measurement in a line of poetry	1
6266429932	foreshadowing	the organization and presentation of events and scenes in a work of fiction or drama so that the reader or observer is prepared to some degree for what occurs later in the work	2
6266429933	frame narrative	the result of inserting one or more small stories within the body of a larger story that encompasses the smaller ones	3
6266429934	free verse	poetry that is free of rhyme and meter resembling natural speech	4
6266429935	gothic novel	a type of novel characterized by master, horror, and the supernatural, often with haunted castles, secret passageways, grisly visions, and all the paraphernalia of the tale of terror	5
6266429936	grotesque	a character or location that is irregular, extravagant or fantastic in form	6
6266429937	harmartia	the greek word for error or failure; slightly different from tragic flaw, which is a flaw of character	7
6266429938	heroic couplet	two end-stopped iambic pentameter lines rhymed aa, bb, cc, with the thought usually compete the two line unit	8
6266429939	hexameter	a line containing six feet	9
6266429940	homily	religious sermon or discourse	10
6266429941	hubris	the greek word for insolence or affront, applied to the arrogance or pride of the protagonist in a tragedy in which he or she defies moral laws in the prohibitions of the gods.	11
6266429942	humanism	a variety of ethical theory and practice that emphasizes reason, scientific inquiry, and human fulfillment in the natural world and often rejects the importance of belief in God.	12
6266429943	hyperbole	exaggeration for the sake of emphasis in a figure of speech not meant literally	13
6266429944	lamb	a metrical foot consisting of two syllables, an unaccented syllable followed by an accented ex: invade, today	14
6266429945	idyll	a poe or prose work describing an idealized rural life, pastoral scenes	15
6266429946	imagery	the making of pictures in words	16
6266429947	impressionism	a practice in literature that emphasizes immediate aspects of objects or actions without attention to details	17
6266429948	in medias res	latin for "the middle of things," the term describes the narrative practice of beginning a story in the middle of the action to involve the reader, and then sing one or more flashbacks to fill in what led up to that point	18
6266429949	internal rhyme	rhyme which comes within the line	19
6266429950	invective	direct denunciation or name-calling	20
6266429951	irony	the incongruity, or difference, between reality (what is) and appearance (what seems to be)	21
6266429952	jargon	the special language of a profession or group	22
6266429953	juxtaposition	the "side by side" comparison of two or more objects or ideals for the purpose of highlighting similarities or differences	23
6266429954	kenning	a metaphoric compound word or phrase used as a synonym for a common noun	24
6266429955	lampoon	a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution	25
6266429956	limited pov	the narrator limits him;herself to a complete knowledge of one character in the story and tells us only what the one character feels, thinks, sees or hears.	26
6266429957	litotes	a figure of speech by which an affirmation is made indirectly by saying its opposite, usually with an effect of understatement	27
6266429958	loose sentence	sentence that follows normal patterns, subject then verb then modifiers	28
6266429959	lyric poetry	a usually short, personal poem expressing the poet's emotions and thoughts rather than telling a story	29
6266429960	malapropism	the comic substitution of one word for another similar in sound, but different in meaning. functions to make characters look ignorant or amusingly uneducated.	30
6266429961	masculine rhyme	one-syllable rhyme	31
6266429962	metaphor	one thing, idea, or action, is referred to by a word or expression normally denoting another thing, idea or action, so as to suggest some common quality shared by the two	32
6266429963	metaphysical poetry	intricate 17th century English poetry employing with and unexpected images	33
6266429964	meter	the pattern of measured sound-units recurring more or less regularly in lines of verse	34
6266429965	metonymy	figure of speech in which a representative term is used for a large idea	35
6266429966	mock epic	comically or satirically imitates the form and style of the epic, treating a trivial subject in a lofty manner	36
6266429967	mode	an employed method or approach, identifiable with a written work	37
6266429968	modernism	movement and emphasizing the desire to break away from established traditions	38
6266429969	mood	the prevailing emotional attitude in a literary work	39
6266429970	myth	an anonymous narrative, originating in the primitive folklore of a race or nation, that explains natural phenomena, or recounts the deeds of the heroes, passed on through oral tradition	40
6266429971	naturalism	style of writing that rejects idealized portrayals of life and attempts complete accuracy, disinterested objectivity, and frankness in depicting life as a brutal struggle for survival	41
6266429972	non sequitur	an inference or conclusion that does not follow established evidence or premises	42
6266429973	novel of manners	a novel, usually comical and satirical, whose characters and plot emerge from and are limited by the social customs, values, habits and mores of a particular social class in a particular time and place	43
6266429974	ode	an elaborately formal lyric poem, often in the form of a lengthy address to a person or abstract entity always serious and elevated in tone	44
6266429975	omniscient pov	the narrator knows all (godlike) and is free to tell us anything, including what the characters are thinking or feeling and why they act as they do	45
6266429976	onomatopeia	the use of words that seem to imitate the sounds they refer to	46
6266429977	oxymoron	a figure of speech in which two contradictory words or phrases are combined in a single expression	47
6266429978	parable	a brief tale intended to be understood as an allegory illustrating some lesson or moral	48
6266429979	paradox	a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory as to provoke us into seeking another sense in which it would be true	49
6266429980	parody	a composition that ridicules another composition by imitating and exaggerating aspects of its content	50
6266429981	pastoral	a poem dealing with rural life	51
6266429982	pathetic fallacy	the presentation of nature as possessing human feelings	52

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AP Literature Set 5 Flashcards

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5411326314	Alleviate (verb)	1. to make more bearable 2. To partially remove or correct	0
5411329446	Antithesis (noun)	1. opposition, contrast 2. the second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted 3. the second stage of a dialectic process	1
5411331168	Archaic (adjective)	1. old and no longer used/useful 2. Of or relation to ancient times	2
5411332983	Belligerent (adjective)	1 .angry and aggressive 2. Fighting a war	3
5411334380	Carnage (noun)	1. Fresh slain animal or men 2. Great and usually bloody slaughter or injury	4
5411336785	Duplicity (noun)	1. the quality or state of being double or twofold 2: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action; the belying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action 3: dishonest behavior meant to trick someone	5
5411341107	Expiate (verb)	to do something as a way to show that you are sorry about doing something bad	6
5411342557	Fastidious (adjective)	1. very careful about how you do something 2. liking few things : hard to please 3. wanting to always be clean, neat, etc.	7
5411344673	Fatuous (adjective)	foolish or stupid	8
5411345892	Garish (adjective)	too bright or colorful: tastelessly showy	9
5411348734	Insipid (adjective)	1. not interesting or exciting : dull or boring 2. Lacking strong flavor	10
5411350063	Liaison (noun)	1. a secret sexual relationship 2. a binding or thickening agent used in cooking 3. communication for establishing and maintaining mutual understanding and cooperation (as between parts of an armed force)b : one that establishes and maintains communication for mutual understanding and cooperation	11
5411352784	Metamorphosis (noun)	a major change in the appearance or character of someone or something	12
5411355927	Nurture (noun):	1.the care and attention given to someone or something that is growing or developing	13
5411357693	Palpable (adjective)	obvious and noticeable :: capable of being touched or felt	14
5411359006	Provocative (adjective)	serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate	15
5411360332	Quixotic (adjective)	foolishly romantic in a way that isn't practical / pursuit of impractical ideals	16
5411361168	Tacit (adjective)	expressed or understood without being directly stated: implied/indicated	17
5411362149	Veracity (noun)	truth or accuracy : conveying or perceiving truth	18
5411363207	Virulent (adjective):	1. full of hate or anger : extremely or excessively harsh or strong : extremely dangerous and deadly and usually spreading very quickly 2. marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course	19

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7061995102	за здравие	formal - to one's health, an prayer for one's health & long life; from a proverb начать за здравие, а закончить за упокой (to start singing "long live" & end by burial rites)	0
7061995103	... бабушка надвое сказала	an expression of serious doubts on behalf of the speaker, a saying/proverb	1
7061995104	... ежа в штаны засунуть	colloquial, = to annoy someone, to do something to irritate or tease/mock someone	2
7061995105	... (им/мне/ему) наступит крышка	colloquial, they/we/you are in big trouble, are doomed	3
7061995106	... (быть )не по зубам	colloquial, about some task - to be beyond one's ability, one lacks the skills/knowledge/force to tackle a task	4
7061995107	... Эрик Рыжий	Eric the Red, the Viking discoverer of the New World who settled in Greenland around 985 AD	5
7061995108	... мероприятие в Инженерном Замке	sarcastic, by the undertaking in the Engineer or Mikhaylovsky castle the author means the strangling of emperor Paul the First	6
7061995109	... Алексей Конст. Толстой	writer, mid 19th c., a member of the large family of Tolstoy, related to Leo Tolstoy and Alexei Tolstoy	7
7061995110	... Алексей Ник. Толстой	(1883-1945) writer (styles - realism, sci fi), & poet, of the first half of the 20th c., lived in the USSR after 1917, well recognized; a distant relative of Leo Tolstoy	8
7061995111	... манкурты	from a novel by Aytmatov, zombis, slaves who underwent a process of personality destruction; they do not know their own past	9
7061995112	... нажать на педаль (газа, тормоза) =	to press on a pedal, to hit the break/gas	10
7061995113	... квасной патриотизм	pseudo patriotism of a nationalistic or folkloristic kind	11
7061995114	... Аракчеев	minister of Alexander I, extremely reactionary and monarchist (after Napoleonic wars)	12
7061995115	... Сперанский	a progressive, liberal minister of Alexander I	13
7061995116	... Колыма, колымские лагеря	a northern Siberian river where many GULAG camps were located	14
7061995118	... (Запад) так и не (убедил Россию)	(the West) failed to (convince Russia)	15
7061995120	... Дамоклов меч	a serious threat, a hidden menace	16
7061995121	... хвататься за соломинку	in a dire situation, to resort to the very last means/method of resolving it, while understanding the futility of the attempt	17
7061995123	... пастырь душ	the shepherd of souls, euph. = a priest or a spiritual leader	18
7061995124	... уподобляться	to turn into the likeness of, to become similar to	19
7061995125	... раздражающий	annoying, irritating	20
7061995126	... ствол (1) ствол ружья, орудия; (2) ствол дерева	(1) chamber of a rifle (2) trunk of a tree	21
7061995127	... шаг за шагом	step by step	22
7061995128	... однобокий / однозначный	one-sided versus unequivocal	23
7061995132	ваши догадки о ... (мотивах, о реальных причинах)	your ideas on / your guesses as to	24
7061995135	... на выборах	at the elections	25
7061995136	... перейдем к другой теме...	let us switch to another topic	26
7061995137	... отчитать подчиненных, редактора	to scold one's staff, editor	27
7061995138	... свобода слова поселилась в интернете	freedom of speech resides in the internet	28
7061995139	... задушить свободу слова	to strangle the freedom of speech	29
7061995140	... чем это чревато	what could be the consequences (formal, elevated)	30
7061995141	... зачитаться чем-то, заслушаться, засмотреться на что-то	to be immersed, completely absorbed in a certain activity	31
7061995142	... пугачевщина, крестьянское восстание Пугачева - 1773-1775 гг.	serfs' revolt under Pugatchev, 1773-1775	32
7061995143	... крамола = ересь	libel, lie, heresy	33
7061995144	... 58-я статья	58 article of the Criminal Code, anti-revolutionary activity, sentence - capital punishment or 20 yrs	34
7061995145	... 70-я статья УК СССР	70 article of the Criminal Code, during the 60-80, anti-Soviet activity, sentence - 3-10 years in prison	35
7061995146	... имение	domain, the inherited land with a mansion and possibly with serfs	36
7061995147	... дан приказ ему на Запад, ей - в другую сторонУ"	from a II WW-time song, 2 lovers are sent to different fronts, theme of love and duty	37
7061995148	... на вынос	sale of food/beverages for consumption elsewhere, not on premises	38
7061995149	... внимать чьим-то словам	elevated, to listen with utmost attention to someone	39
7061995150	... тришкин кафтан	an outer garment of Trishka, from a fable by Krilov, an attempt to re-work something that results in a poorer condition than ititial	40
7061995151	... Валерия Новодворская	a dissident to the Soviet regime, lately became a staunch critic of the Putin's regime (1950-2014)	41
7061995155	... не хвались, едучи на рать http://slovarick.ru/743/	part of a proverb, do not be boastful while going to the fight, be boastful when coming back from a fight	42
7061995156	... сырьевой придаток	a raw materials supplier, a supply addendum	43
7061995157	... презрение, презрительный	despising, despicable	44
7061995158	... лапти	woven bark foot ware of the poor Russian peasants	45
7061995159	... нищая лапотная страна	extremely poor country of tree bark woven shoes	46
7061995160	... ага, угу	yep (colloquial, agreeing)	47
7061995161	... пустить в расход	to execute by a firing squad, to dispense with	48
7061995162	... не вешайте мне лапшу на уши!!! Путин всем нам лапшу на уши вешает	don't tell me rubbish!	49
7061995164	... поколение	generation	50
7061995165	... старшее поколение / молодежь = молодое поколение	older / younger generation	51
7061995166	... поколение поколению рознь	a generation differs from another generation	52
7061995167	... любые потуги	clumsy efforts	53
7061995168	... бежать как крысы с тонущего корабля	to run away like rats from a sinking ship, to abandon in peril	54
7061995169	... люди все проглатывают	people accept everything, believe everything	55
7061995170	... кормят нас обещаниями	feed us promises	56
7061995171	... кормить "завтраками" = обещать, что все будет завтра	feed promises of fulfilling things "tomorrow", in the future, not now	57
7061995172	... чувство безысходности	sentiment of impasse,	58
7061995173	... выводить на чистую воду	to expose one's tricks, dishonesty	59
7061995174	... географическая карта, дисконтная карта, визитная карточка, карта вин в ресторане; дорожная карта	geo map, discount card, business card, wine card, roadmap	60
7061995175	... карта мира, карта Европы	world map, map of Europe	61
7061995176	... в мутной воде ловить рыбу	to take advantage of someone's difficulties in order to derive profit, to be unscrupulous	62
7061995177	... медведь на ухо наступил	to have no musical abilities	63
7061995178	... дорога в Ад вымощена благими намерениями	the path to Hades is paved with the best intentions	64
7061995179	... все дороги ведут в Рим	all roads lead to Rome, any route will take you to the heart of the empire	65
7061995180	... язык до Киева доведет	speaking with people will allow you to get anywhere (even to the capital city of Kiiv)	66
7061995181	... заполнила анкету	to fill out a form	67
7061995182	... "Поехали!"	the first word Gagarin said at the time of the launch	68
7061995183	... безумству храбрых поем мы песню	quotation from Mayakovsky, we should praise the selfless heroism of those courageous heroes who perish	69
7061995184	... им смелости не занимать	ironic, they don't need to go borrow courage = means that someone is already bold	70
7061995185	... изощренный	devious, intricate	71
7061995186	... ухищрения	tricks, conniving	72
7061995187	.. (по мишени) палить = иронично, стрелять	shoot at the target (ironic)	73
7061995188	... пальба	ironic, shooting	74
7061995189	... глухота	deafness	75
7061995190	... прощальный прием; прощальная встреча с, прощальная вечеринка; мы будем провожать на пенсию такого-то	farewell reception/party; we'll attend a retirement party	76
7061995192	... пятая точка	euph, rear end, buttocks	77
7061995193	... он съел ежа / он сел на ежа	he sat down on a / he ate a hedgehog	78
7061995194	... отчетливо	clearly, vividly	79
7061995195	... РАН	Russian Academy of Sciences	80
7061995196	... ЦСКА = Центральный спортивный клуб армии	Central Sports Club of the Army	81
7061995197	... казармы	barracks for the military (this term is used solely in reference to the military barracks)	82
7061995198	... Союз - Апполон	Soyuz - Apollo mission in space	83
7061995199	... табуретка	stool	84
7061995200	... режет слух	offends the ear	85
7061995201	... режет взгляд	offends one's eye	86
7061995202	... вираж	a sharp & fast turn	87
7061995203	... ладан	incense burned in the orthodox church	88
7061995204	... бежать как черт от ладана	to avoid at all cost, to detest	89
7061995205	... зонд, зондировать	a probe, to probe	90
7061995207	... днем с огнем не сыскать	completely lacking/missing, one can't find it even using torches during broad daylight	91
7061995208	... глас вопиющего в пустыне	biblical, a lone appeal without answer, the cry in the desert	92
7061995209	... метафора "плавИльного котла"	melting pot	93
7061995210	... метафора "миски салата"	salad bowl	94
7061995211	... инопланетЯнин, инопланетЯнка	alien, extra terrestrial	95
7061995212	... приветливые, теплые люди	warm, welcoming people	96
7061995213	... однородное, моноэтническое общество	homogenous society	97
7061995214	... я шатенка	I am dark / brown haired	98
7061995215	... у меня карие глаза	my eyes are brown	99
7061995216	... извините, как-то сейчас ничего не приходит на ум	nothing comes to my mind	100
7061995217	... люди лезут в личную жизнь, лезут с вопросами личного характера	people meddle in one's private life, pose personal quesitons	101
7061995218	... живу самостоятельно	I live by myself	102
7061995219	... заправить автомобиль на автозаправке (бензоколонке)	to fill up a tank at a gas station	103
7061995220	... они смотрели на меня квадратными глазами	they were looking at me stunned	104
7061995222	... методы устрашения	methods of intimidation	105
7061995223	... США - жандарм миропорядка (саркаст.)	the warden of the world	106
7061995228	... бесконечная болтовня = переливание из пустого в порожнее	endless talking	107
7061995229	... договор СНВ (СНВ-1, 2, 3)	START treaties	108
7061995230	... затЯнутый процесс	a prolongued process	109
7061995232	... у нас много общего, много сходства	we have a lot in common	110
7061995233	... жить бок о бок, жить в соседстве с (американцами)	live next to each other	111
7061995234	... я сомневаюсь в том, что / я опасаюсь того, что	I doubt that / I fear that	112
7061995235	... программы студенческого (образовательного) обмЕна = обменные программы (студенческие, молодых специалистов)	student exchange programs	113
7061995236	... оборонный бюджет, увеличить бюджет на оборону	defense budget, to increase defense budget	114
7061995237	... узники совести	prisoners of conscience, dissidents	115
7061995238	... пустить Конституцию на оберточную бумагу	to use constitution as wrapping paper	116
7061995239	... кАра; карАть - библейск.-	to render punishment, to punish, a punishment	117
7061995240	... Соловецкий камень	a stone from Solovki, from the first camp of GULAG system	118
7061995241	... отправить по этапу, этапировать	to dispatch to the incarceration site (usually a slow, long journey via various means, sometimes on foot)	119
7061995242	... контОра	somewhat ironic, an office, an organization	120
7061995243	... сжечь мосты	to burn the bridges, not to leave any way to go back	121
7061995247	... изысканный	rarified, exquisite, refined	122
7061995248	... пяткa...	heel of the foot	123
7061995249	... под пятой = под властью, под гнетом	under the foot of, oppressed by	124
7061995250	... сачковать	to be lazy, to slack down	125
7061995251	... утешать	to console	126
7061995252	... Киселев безутешен	he is inconsolable	127
7061995253	... им все-таки не откажешь в логике	one still cannot deny them some logic	128
7061995254	... обезобразить	to maim, to make ugly	129
7061995255	... это не рассчитано на... = это не предназначается для	this is not built for, intended for, does not presuppose the use by...	130
7061995256	... отзывчивость	ability to empathize	131
7061995257	... рыдать	sob	132
7061995259	... бархатная революция; бархат - мягкая, отблескивающая, ворсистая ткань	velvet revolution, velvet (the fabric)	133
7061995260	... дать осечку	misfire	134
7061995261	... зевать =	yawn	135
7061995262	... отрекаться, отречение	to abdicate, to denounce	136
7061995263	... вольности 90-ых	the liberties of the 90-s	137
7061995264	... не говоря уже о...	not to mention...	138
7061995265	... срок давности...	statute of limitation	139
7061995266	... бормотать = говорить что-то тихо и невнятно, непонятно	mumble	140
7061995267	... долой царя! - прочь царя! Царь, вон!	down with the Tsar	141
7061995268	... превозносить	to elevate, to praise	142
7061995270	... извращать, извращение, извращенная система	to distort	143
7061995271	... чужеродный = чуждый	alien	144
7061995272	... царь помазан на царствие; помАзанник божий	a monarch is anointed	145
7061995273	... дерьмократы и либерасты = хлесткий эпитет, ругательство (дерьмо + демократ; либерал + педераст)	pejorative terms, a fusion of democrats + excrement; liberal + pejor. for gay	146
7061995274	... (не)предвзятый взгляд	unbiased	147

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8096661991	a shirt,-s	chemise	0
8096664197	a sweater,-s	pull-over	1
8096666264	a jumper,-s	pull	2
8096669071	a jacket,-s	la veste	3
8096675451	a hat,-s	chapeau	4
8096677352	a scarf, some scarves	foulard	5
8096681174	a sock,-s	chaussette	6
8096684105	the trainers	chaussures de sport	7
8096689141	to try on/ Can I try the black trousers on? The black ones? Yes, of course you can.	essayer (sur soi, p. ex. un vêtement)/ Puis-je essayer le pantalon noir? Ceux là? Oui, vous pouvez.	8
8096711910	What's size...?/What's your size?	Quelle taille...?/ Quelle est votre taille?	9
8096717419	large/ What's size would you like?/Er, large, I think.	grand/ Quelle taille aimerais tu?/ Euh, grand, je pense.	10
8096735106	a personal stereo,-s/ Can I use your personal stereo? I'm sorry, James, I'm using it.	baladeur, walkman/ Puis-je utilisé ton baladeur?Je suis désolé, James, je l'utilise.	11
8096750556	huge/ There is a huge Caribbean party in London	vaste, immense, énorme/ Il y a une énorme fête des Caraïbe à Londres.	12
8096769402	enjoy sth/ Two million people come to enjoy the music and dancing.	prendre plaisir à qqch/ deux millions de personnes viennent profiter de la musique et de la danse.	13
8096773412	to include	inclure, comprendre	14
8096777074	a float,-s/ The parade includes 70 floats	char de cortège/ la parade inclus 70 char de cortège.	15
8096783100	a costume,-s/ About 3,000 people wear colourful carnival costumes.	costume, déguisement/ Environs 3,000 personnes portent des vêtements colorés de carnaval.	16
8096784958	a steel band,-s/Steel bands play music from Trinidad and Tobago.	groupe de percussionniste/ Les groupe de percussionniste jouent de la musique qui vient du Trinidad et du Tobago	17
8096787606	a sound system,-s/ thirty-five sound systems play dance music around the streets.	installation audio/ 35 installation audio jouent de la musique de danse dans la rue.	18
8096791500	a DJ (disc jockey)/Every year, the DJs play about 16,000 CDs.	DJ, disc-jockey/ tous le ans, les DJs jouent 16,000 CDs.	19
8096795772	an attraction,-s/ food is also a big attraction.	attraction/ la nourriture est aussi une grande attraction.	20
8096799308	a street stall,-s/ There are a lot of street stalls selling delicious food.	stang, étal (marché)/ Il y a beaucoup de stand de rue vendant de la nourriture délisieuse.	21
8096802648	Halloween/ Here in America, we have Halloween on 31 October every year.	Halloween/ Ici en Amérique, nous avons Halloween le 31 octobre tous les ans.	22
8096804787	a witch,-es	sorcière	23
8096807822	a ghost,-s/ We all wear special clothes: black for witches, and for ghosts.	fantôme/ nous portons tous des vêtement spéciaux: noir pour les sorcière et blanc pour les fantômes.	24
8096809451	to knock/ In the evening, we knock on people's doors	toquer/le soir nous truquons aux portes des gens.	25
8096811260	a trick,-s	un mauvais tour	26
8096812748	a treat,-s/ We shout Trick or Treat.	gâterie/ farce ou friandise.	27
8096814847	to put	mettre	28
8096816715	a stone,-s	pierre	29
8096818372	through	à travers, par	30
8096822686	a letterbox,-es/ We put grass and stone though the letterbox.	boîte à lettres/ Nous mettons de l'herbe et des pierre dans la boîte aux lettres.	31
8096826671	a lamp,-s/ Some people make lamps out of pumpkins and put them in their windows.	lampe/ Certaines personne font des lampes en citrouilles et les mette à leur fênetre.	32
8096827888	soon/ Write soon.	bientôt/ écrit bientôt.	33
8096829809	to borrow/ Can I borrow your pencil?	emprunter/ Puis-je emprunter ton crayon?	34