чья зарплата в три раза меньше твоей
whose salary is a third as much as yours
чья зарплата в три раза меньше твоей
whose salary is a third as much as yours
Если не считать людей равными себе
if you don't consider people equal to you
Угостить сотрудницу почты конфетой
give a candy to a post-office employee
относятся к обслуживающему персоналу с презрением
treat customer service staff with contempt
К сожалению
sadly,
Вместо этого
instead,
вызвать такси
call a taxi
где дешевле
where it is cheaper
Никто никому ничего не должен.
No one owes anything to anyone.
похвалить
praise/compliment
человек завел беседу
a person started a conversation
усиливается от ощущения долга
grows/increases/intensifies because of the sense of obligation
страх обмана
the fear of deception
почувствовал облегчение
felt relief
примеряла платье
was trying on a dress
я зашел в берлинский магазин
popped in a Berlin store
облапошат
(you'll be) ripped off/tricked/scammed
привыкаешь, что
you're used to
почему такие разговоры столь тяжело даются россиянам
why small talk is so difficult for Russians
затеряться среди стеллажей
get lost among the shelves
pun or verbal motif
a joke or a certain topic that is used throughout the whole play
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Since September 27, 2004, the jinmeiyō kanji (人名用漢字, kanji for use in personal names) consist of 3,119 characters, containing the jōyō kanji plus an additional 983 kanji found in people's names.
人名用漢字(じんめいよう・かんじ)literally means "person's-name-use kanji" or "kanji for use in peoples' names."
Kanji have been added and (re)moved from the list several times throughout its history. See the page Wikipedia: Jinmeiyoo Kanji
wildflowe
type of flower
Geranium
Type of flower
geranium
Type of flower
brunches
Meal between breakfast and lunch
sebum
n. "a small gland in the skin which secretes a lubricating oily matter (sebum) into the hair follicles to lubricate the skin and hair." - Google
grande
big
probabilmente
Probably
heterogeneous
What does heterogeneous mean?
It’s not the activities that prevent them from getting enough sleep — it’s the school start
concomitant
adj. "naturally accompanying or associated." n. "a phenomenon that naturally accompanies or follows something."
This instance is an adjective.
Polemics
n. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation. - wordnik
mental and psychological health.
His vocabulary is severely impoverished. With constant repetition of simple meaningless words, e.g., very, very, very, great, great, great. Much of what he said at the presser with PM Abe was senseless blather. He's covering up for a serious cognitive deficit.
attorney
Hijazi’s six children, four sons and two daughters, are all professionals, including one who is an attorney and another who followed him into engineering.
n.b.
"mark well". Used to call attention to something. - "Nota Bene." Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2017.
hyperbolic,
"of, relating to, or marked by language that exaggerates or overstates the truth : of, relating to, or marked by hyperbole <hyperbolic claims="">". Merriam-Webster' Dictionary: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperbolic
trifecta
Newseum
ubiquity
animus
n. "An attitude that informs one's actions; disposition" - wordnik
moribund
a habeas corpus petition
bust
a large satellite image of the country, with its bust bowls, deep valleys and steep mountains
eschew
THEY eschew greed and temptation at all turns
Director of State Health Services
writ
doughty
studies indicate that a text needs to be about 98% comprehensible in order for it to help the reader acquire new vocabulary
Source: Hu and Nation - seems to contradict "context clue" argument for uncovering new vocab. This may work if 98% is already there. May still be dark for jargon and technical terms.
Pursivants
A junior officer of arms
Catchpoles
A petty officer of justice
Tire
Attire
calcined
Reduced
Afterclap
A further damaging event following a supposedly closed affair.
Masters
God
Belzebub
Satan
Church Offices were sold and bought
A practice known as simony.
Scots
Perhaps alluding to Mary, Queen of Scots, executed in 1587 for allegedly plotting treason against Elizabeth I.
Tushes
Tusks
Intestine
Civil
tane
Taken
wherefore
Why
our
Old England seems to be using the royal "we."
sad
Grave
Ague
High fever
Art
Art thou
much
Momentous; a big deal
had
Would have
Breast Work
A makeshift fortification or defense.
for Carriage
To be carried (elsewhere)
Fusees
Light muskets or firelocks
Tours
Detours
Original
Cause
had
Would have
Algerine
People from Algeria
Bays
Baize, a coarse woolen cloth now commonly used on billiard tables.
Spirits
Galenic theories of medicine proposed that illness was caused by a disproportionate quantity of bad humors in the body, which could be drained by bloodletting.
had
Would have
had
Would have
straiten
Make his financial situation tight
Barco-Longo
Spanish fishing boat
Yard-Arm
Outer extremity of a yard or shipyard
Round-House
The uppermost cabin in the stern of the ship
Hands
Assistants
upon their Behaviour
Well behaved
Brow
Crest
had
Would have
set them over
Transport them inland, closer to the voices
it was all one
It was no use
hollowing
Halloaing, calling
make a Waft with her Antient
Hoist a particular flag up the mast to signal the boat to return.
stave
Break up, dismantle
Husbands
Stewards; caretakers
defaced
Removed all traces of
pretty much
Copious
without
Out of
yearling
Adolescent (~2 years)
by the Way
Of little consequence; extraneous information
bad
Bade/bid
fain
Eagerly
cock, and present
To prepare a loaded gun for firing by raising the hammer (cocking) and aiming it (presenting)
Skirt
Edge
though
Even if
I fetch’d a Compass to my Right-Hand, of near a Mile
He took a mile-long detour to the right-hand side ("compass" here refers to a circuitous route, not a navigation tool)
fleet
Float
gyb’d
Turned downwind
Boom
A long spar running from different places in the ship to the base of a mast
pitch’d upon
Chose
Hangers
Swords
Laths
Thin, narrow strips of wood used to form a groundwork upon which to fasten the slates of a roof
discover
Reveal
discover’d
Demonstrated
Stock
The butt of a gun
clapp’d
Placed
Curlieu
A bird with a long, curved bill.
Supra-Cargo
An official on a merchant ship responsible for overseeing the cargo and its sale.
ORIGINAL SIN
Alluding to Adam and Eve's consumption of the forbidden fruit, termed "original sin" in the Christian tradition.
Pumps
Heeled shoes
glaz’d Powder
The process of glazing involves tumbling the gunpowder grains in revolving drums with graphite, to smooth them and make them water resistant.
Till
Drawer, especially for holding money
Succades
Candied fruit
Cordial Waters
Medicinal concoctions
Boltsprit
Bowsprit; a large spar or beam extending forth from the front of a ship
next
Nearest
found it
Experienced these emotions
wave
Waive, set aside
happy
Fortunate
nicest
Most careful
But it was otherwise directed
Providence decreed otherwise
Strait
Narrow opening
Goat’s Tallow
Made from mutton fat
some wild-fire in the Pan
Dry rags or some other fuel, to catch the spark from the flint.
Tinder-box
A box containing flint and steel for striking a light to make fire
Converse
Conversation or communication (of spirits with humans)
chop’d upon them
Happened upon them accidentally
Disposition
Arrangement or organization; setting forth
Glasses
Spyglasses
Swan-shot
Small lead pellets - so called, of course, because a fowling piece is ordinarily used to shoot birds
Brace of Slugs
A handful of musket balls
Ambuscade
Ambush
had
would have
Design
Plan or scheme
Cutlashes
Cutlasses (a sailor's sword with a curved blade)
least
Lest
distinguish’d
Physically separated
Cockpit
Here alluding to the cockpit of a ship, or the part of the helm where the steering wheel is
Prospective Glass
A spyglass, or sailor's telescope
Temper
Temperament
Application to my Maker
Prayer or supplication
Osier
A variety of Eurasian willows
start
Startle
Chimera
Monstrous imagining (more literally, a monster in Greek mythology, with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail)
Chequer Work
Checkerboard
made
Arrived at
a Stone’s Cast
A stone's throw, or a very short distance
Magazine
Supply or storehouse
Squab
A cushion forming part of the inside fittings of a carriage
Muschatoes
Mustachios
a large Pair of Mahometan Whiskers
A long moustache, such as a Muslim man might have worn
Moletta
A variation of the word "mulatto," here used to refer to brown skin
Frog
A loop attached to a belt, designed to hold a sword or bayonet
Thongs
Cords
Spatter-dashes
Long gaiters or leggings of leather, to keep boots and trousers from being spattered with mud
Buskins
Calf-high or knee-high boots
Pantaloons
Breeches or trousers
crazy
Feeble
answer’d my End
Served my purpose
Forecast
Crusoe's comical failure to anticipate that, the larger his enclosure is, the harder it will be to catch the goats inside
Drills
Small streams or rills
Contrivance
Foresight; planning or ingenuity
Graplin
Grappling-iron
Memorandum
In Latin, literally "a thing which must be remembered"
answer’d
Served the need
made shift
Contrived (ie. a makeshift waistcoat)
neither had they been wanting to me
Neither had they failed
flea
To flay or skin them
Want
Lack
a Gross
A square dozen, or 144 of something
dress
Cook
Fewel
Fuel
Declivity
A downward slope, so that the boat might slide down into the water.
Periagua
A small, flat-bottomed Caribbean boat similar to a canoe, but with a sail.
to rub it out
To remove the seed from the husk
Puddings
In Britain, pudding can refer to a number of sweet and savory dishes, including desserts and various types of sausages made from entrails. Here, it refers to a sweetened bread.
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Searce; another word for a sieve
against
Until
to raise Past
To make pastry