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Синонимы и примеры: hunkering down, dweller, diabolically, seek, waiting out

23 марта 202323 мар 2023

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1. Hunkering down = Staying in one place = засесть, затаиться, залечь на дно ex.: Waiting for the election results, the young political activists hunkered down in the bar. ex.: There’s a storm coming, so everyone has bought supplies and hunkered down in their houses. 2. Resident = dweller = житель ex.: A city-dweller = someone who lives in a city A forest-dweller = someone who lives in a forest 2.1. To dwell = to reside (зацикливаться) To dwell on something = to spend a great deal of time (often too much) thinking about something ex.: Try not to dwell on negative things. = Try not to spend too much time thinking about negative things. ex.: I’ve been dwelling on the past too much. I need to pay attention to now. 3. Attempted = sought = искать или пытаться выполнить irregular verb: Seek sought sought ex.: I am seeking a roommate. = I am looking for a roommate. Seek = look for = искать = это более известное определение Seek = try to accomplish = пытаться выполнить = менее известное ex.

1. Hunkering down = Staying in one place = засесть, затаиться, залечь на дно

ex.: Waiting for the election results, the young political activists hunkered down in the bar.

ex.: There’s a storm coming, so everyone has bought supplies and hunkered down in their houses.

2. Resident = dweller = житель

ex.: A city-dweller = someone who lives in a city

A forest-dweller = someone who lives in a forest

2.1. To dwell = to reside (зацикливаться)

To dwell on something = to spend a great deal of time (often too much) thinking about something

ex.: Try not to dwell on negative things. = Try not to spend too much time thinking about negative things.

ex.: I’ve been dwelling on the past too much. I need to pay attention to now.

3. Attempted = sought = искать или пытаться выполнить

irregular verb: Seek sought sought

ex.: I am seeking a roommate. = I am looking for a roommate.

Seek = look for = искать = это более известное определение

Seek = try to accomplish = пытаться выполнить = менее известное

ex.: You are seeking to learn English. - ты пытаешься учить английский

ex.: Columbus sought to discover a trade route to India.

ex.: He came to New York, seeking to start a new life.

4. Evilly = diabolically = одинаково по значению, но разная коннотация

Devilishly = дьявольски, но больше в обаятельном определении

You little devil! = это милое определение ребенка, который хулиганит, например.

He had a devilish grin on his face. Иметь дьявольское ухмылку на лице

El diablo = The devil

Diabolically = evilly = wicked = cruel = реально жестоко.

5. Eliminates one by one = picks off

ex.1: The hunter picked the ducks off. = охотник перестрелял уток одну за другой

ex.2: In the horror movie, the ax murderer picked off the teenagers one by one.

6. Undamaged = intact = нетронутый

ex.: The palentologist found the dinosaur’s skeleton intact.

7. Winning by doing nothing = waiting out = переждать

ex.: The police waited the bank robbers out. Eventually they got hungry and desperate and ran out of the bank.

ex.: The child cried for his mother, but she wisely waited him out. Eventually he quieted down.

ex.: We waited out the storm.