Title: Читаем вместе по-английски – Always. Занятие 25

English: to be in heels
Russian: быть на каблуках
Example: We’d walk, except we’re in heels, and it’s one of those miserably frigid days when it’s cold enough to snow but the atmosphere doesn’t quite have what it takes, so Tracy hails a cab outside the apartment.

English: miserably
Russian: очень, ужасно
Example: We’d walk, except we’re in heels, and it’s one of those miserably frigid days when it’s cold enough to snow but the atmosphere doesn’t quite have what it takes, so Tracy hails a cab outside the apartment.

English: frigid
Russian: холодный, ледяной
Example: We’d walk, except we’re in heels, and it’s one of those miserably frigid days when it’s cold enough to snow but the atmosphere doesn’t quite have what it takes, so Tracy hails a cab outside the apartment.

English: what it takes
Russian: то, что нужно; средства для достижения цели
Example: We’d walk, except we’re in heels, and it’s one of those miserably frigid days when it’s cold enough to snow but the atmosphere doesn’t quite have what it takes, so Tracy hails a cab outside the apartment.

English: to hail a cab
Russian: ловить такси
Example: We’d walk, except we’re in heels, and it’s one of those miserably frigid days when it’s cold enough to snow but the atmosphere doesn’t quite have what it takes, so Tracy hails a cab outside the apartment.

English: to make a beeline
Russian: срезать путь, срезать дорогу; направиться прямиком
Example: “Hello, gorgeous,” he says, making a beeline to the door when he sees me walk in.

English: unbelievable
Russian: невероятный, фантастический
Example: You look unbelievable.

English: party central
Russian: место проведения вечеринок
Example: His apartment has been transformed into party central.

English: to make room for
Russian: расчистить место для, освободить место для
Example: The furniture has been pushed aside to make room for dancing, with a strobe light and glitter ball adding to the effect.

English: strobe light
Russian: стробоскопический источник света
Example: The furniture has been pushed aside to make room for dancing, with a strobe light and glitter ball adding to the effect.

English: glitter ball
Russian: мерцающий шар, зеркальный шар
Example: The furniture has been pushed aside to make room for dancing, with a strobe light and glitter ball adding to the effect.

English: to add to
Russian: усиливать
Example: The furniture has been pushed aside to make room for dancing, with a strobe light and glitter ball adding to the effect.

English: bartender
Russian: бармен
Example: A bartender stands at attention in Cade’s kitchen, and one of the interns from Element (I think his name is Tom or Tony) is manning the stereo.

English: intern
Russian: стажер
Example: A bartender stands at attention in Cade’s kitchen, and one of the interns from Element (I think his name is Tom or Tony) is manning the stereo.

English: to stand at attention
Russian: стоять по стойке мирно
Example: A bartender stands at attention in Cade’s kitchen, and one of the interns from Element (I think his name is Tom or Tony) is manning the stereo.

English: to motion
Russian: показывать жестом
Example: “I have a surprise for you,” he says, motioning me to the kitchen.

English: bleached-blond
Russian: крашеная блондинка
Example: I follow him around the corner, where a couple of women with bleached-blond hair are kneeling down beside a black Lab puppy.

English: to kneel down
Russian: опускаться на колени
Example: I follow him around the corner, where a couple of women with bleached-blond hair are kneeling down beside a black Lab puppy.

English: puppy
Russian: щенок
Example: I follow him around the corner, where a couple of women with bleached-blond hair are kneeling down beside a black Lab puppy.

English: happy early birthday
Russian: ранний подарок ко дню рождения
Example: “Happy early birthday,” he says, smiling.

English: to raise
Russian: растить
Example: “I thought we could raise him…together.”

English: to nuzzle
Russian: уткнуться
Example: The puppy nuzzles my face as I lean toward him.

English: to lean toward
Russian: наклоняться вперед
Example: The puppy nuzzles my face as I lean toward him.

English: little fellow
Russian: малыш, ребенок, мальчуган, паренек
Example: Hello, little fellow.

English: to look on
Russian: наблюдать
Example: Cade kneels down beside me as the blond women look on, smiling.

English: commotion
Russian: беспокойство
Example: The commotion of the party might be too much for him.

English: to decide on
Russian: выбрать, остановить свой выбор на
Example: She asks for a martini, and I decide on the same.

English: to stow
Russian: укладывать, уложить, прятать
Example: Cade stows our coats and purses in his closet, and we make small talk with a few Element employees as more people arrive, old friends of Cade’s, musicians from bands I’ve never heard of and a few I have, like Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, who introduces himself to Tracy and me and throws down a shot of Jägermeister.

English: to make small talk
Russian: вести светскую беседу, говорить о том о сем
Example: Cade stows our coats and purses in his closet, and we make small talk with a few Element employees as more people arrive, old friends of Cade’s, musicians from bands I’ve never heard of and a few I have, like Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, who introduces himself to Tracy and me and throws down a shot of Jägermeister.

English: employee
Russian: сотрудник
Example: Cade stows our coats and purses in his closet, and we make small talk with a few Element employees as more people arrive, old friends of Cade’s, musicians from bands I’ve never heard of and a few I have, like Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, who introduces himself to Tracy and me and throws down a shot of Jägermeister.

English: to introduce oneself to
Russian: представиться (кому-либо)
Example: Cade stows our coats and purses in his closet, and we make small talk with a few Element employees as more people arrive, old friends of Cade’s, musicians from bands I’ve never heard of and a few I have, like Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, who introduces himself to Tracy and me and throws down a shot of Jägermeister.

English: to throw down
Russian: опрокидывать
Example: Cade stows our coats and purses in his closet, and we make small talk with a few Element employees as more people arrive, old friends of Cade’s, musicians from bands I’ve never heard of and a few I have, like Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, who introduces himself to Tracy and me and throws down a shot of Jägermeister.

English: shot
Russian: рюмка
Example: Cade stows our coats and purses in his closet, and we make small talk with a few Element employees as more people arrive, old friends of Cade’s, musicians from bands I’ve never heard of and a few I have, like Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, who introduces himself to Tracy and me and throws down a shot of Jägermeister.

English: a check-the-box event
Russian: мероприятие для галочки
Example: James looks distracted and tired, as if this is a check-the-box event that he’d like to hurry up and get over with.

English: to hurry up
Russian: спешить, торопить(-ся)
Example: James looks distracted and tired, as if this is a check-the-box event that he’d like to hurry up and get over with.

English: to get over with
Russian: закончить, разделаться
Example: James looks distracted and tired, as if this is a check-the-box event that he’d like to hurry up and get over with.

English: frown
Russian: хмурый вид
Example: James’s frown softens when he sees me, and he and Alexis walk over to us from the bar.

English: to soften
Russian: смягчиться
Example: James’s frown softens when he sees me, and he and Alexis walk over to us from the bar.

English: to clink
Russian: чокаться
Example: “Happy New Year,” James says, holding up his martini glass for me to clink.

English: knowing smile
Russian: понимающая улыбка
Example: Cade is across the room switching the record, and when our eyes meet, he gives me a knowing smile.

English: timeless
Russian: вне времени
Example: “Me too,” Alexis says. “Neil Young is so timeless.”

English: to turn pink
Russian: (по-)розоветь
Example: Alexis’s cheeks turn pink.

English: to save face
Russian: сохранить лицо
Example: “I mean, I suppose they sound a little alike,” I say, helping her save face.

English: to chuckle
Russian: посмеиваться, хихикнуть
Example: “Neil Young and Harry Nilsson?” Cade chuckles. “Hardly.”

English: stern look
Russian: угрюмый взгляд
Example: I give him a stern look.

English: to dart around
Russian: метаться
Example: James smiles as Alexis’s eyes dart around the room.

English: mortally wounded
Russian: смертельно раненый
Example: I can’t tell if she’s mortally wounded or just a teeny bit embarrassed.

English: teeny bit
Russian: немного, чуть-чуть
Example: I can’t tell if she’s mortally wounded or just a teeny bit embarrassed.

English: embarrassed
Russian: смущенный
Example: I can’t tell if she’s mortally wounded or just a teeny bit embarrassed.

English: to do one’s best
Russian: стараться из всех сил
Example: “How long have you two been dating?” Tracy asks, doing her best to break the ice.

English: to break the ice
Russian: проломить лед, завязать разговор
Example: “How long have you two been dating?” Tracy asks, doing her best to break the ice.

English: to talk over
Russian: не давать договорить
Example: Alexis opens her mouth, but James talks over her.

English: to change the subject
Russian: сменить тему
Example: “And what do you do?” Alexis asks, changing the subject.

English: to trail behind
Russian: отставать, плестись
Example: Alexis trails behind distractedly.

English: to slur
Russian: произносить небрежно
Example: “How’s my girl?” His words slur together a little.

English: to down
Russian: выпивать залпом
Example: I’ve seen him down at least six.

English: It’s beyond me.
Russian: Это выше моего понимания.
Example: “James, what a player. It’s beyond me,” Cade says, just as Alexis appears beside us.

English: unfazed
Russian: невозмутимый, сохраняющий спокойствие
Example: “It’s okay,” Alexis says, unfazed.

English: in the slightest
Russian: вообще, ничуть, хоть чуть-чуть
Example: If she’s hurt by her boyfriend’s behavior, she doesn’t show it in the slightest.

English: maroon
Russian: темно-бордовый
Example: She looks pretty in her black dress and maroon Doc Martens.

English: twinge
Russian: угрызения, приступ, муки
Example: Alexis follows him to the bar, and I feel a twinge of jealousy when I see Cade touch her shoulder.

English: jealousy
Russian: ревность, зависть
Example: Alexis follows him to the bar, and I feel a twinge of jealousy when I see Cade touch her shoulder.

English: to cheat on someone
Russian: изменять кому-либо
Example: Cade would never cheat on me, much less with Alexis, and yet I can’t deny my feelings of insecurity lately.

English: much less
Russian: не говоря уже о; а тем более
Example: Cade would never cheat on me, much less with Alexis, and yet I can’t deny my feelings of insecurity lately.

English: feelings of insecurity
Russian: чувство незащищенности, чувство ненадежности
Example: Cade would never cheat on me, much less with Alexis, and yet I can’t deny my feelings of insecurity lately.

English: heartbeat
Russian: сердцебиение
Example: Our connection, so strong for so long, feels weakened somehow, like a heartbeat growing fainter, and I can’t figure out why.

English: faint
Russian: слабый
Example: Our connection, so strong for so long, feels weakened somehow, like a heartbeat growing fainter, and I can’t figure out why.

English: to figure out
Russian: сообразить, разобраться
Example: Our connection, so strong for so long, feels weakened somehow, like a heartbeat growing fainter, and I can’t figure out why.

English: occasional
Russian: случайный
Example: He’s seemed more anxious than usual, and his drinking has gone from occasional to frequent.

English: to nestle
Russian: угнездиться
Example: I walk to the bar and nestle my hand around his waist.

English: to make it a double
Russian: приготовить, сделать двойную порцию
Example: “Actually, make it a double.”

English: disapproving
Russian: неодобрительный
Example: James gives Cade a disapproving look.

English: What’s it to you?
Russian: А ваше/твое какое дело? / А вам/тебе что за дело? / Какая вам/тебе разница? /
Example: “What’s it to you?” Cade replies.

English: to count
Russian: считать
Example: I didn’t know you were counting.

English: booze
Russian: попойка, выпивка
Example: “It’s a lot of booze,” James says.

English: just saying
Russian: без обид; шучу; в порядке информации, просто к сведению
Example: “It’s a lot of booze,” James says. “Just saying, man.”

English: to puff up
Russian: раздуться
Example: James puffs up his chest.

English: once in while
Russian: изредка, иногда, редко, время от времени, периодически
Example: Just saying that maybe if you stopped drinking so much, you could actually come into the office once in a while and, I don’t know, maybe get some work done.

English: how dare you
Russian: да что вы такое говорите; как вы смеете; что вы себе позволяете
Example: “How dare you,” Cade says, taking a step closer.

English: to work one’s ass off
Russian: работать как каторжный, работать как проклятый, пахать как папа Карло
Example: I work my ass off, and you know that.

English: to lunge at
Russian: броситься на
Example: Cade lunges at his friend.

English: to burst through
Russian: прорваться
Example: Before I can stop him, he bursts through the crowd of people, grabs his leather jacket, and leaves.

English: to grab
Russian: схватить
Example: Before I can stop him, he bursts through the crowd of people, grabs his leather jacket, and leaves.

English: What was that all about?
Russian: Что это только что было?
Example: “What was that all about?” Tracy asks, finding me a moment later, leaving James and Alexis in the corner of the room.

English: bad blood
Russian: неприязненное отношение, неприязнь, ссора
Example: “Cade and James have a lot of bad blood between them right now,” I explain.

English: to run a company
Russian: управлять компанией
Example: They have entirely different ideas about how to run the company; it’s really come to a head lately.

English: to come to a head
Russian: нарывать, созревать
Example: They have entirely different ideas about how to run the company; it’s really come to a head lately.

English: to mingle
Russian: тусоваться, общаться
Example: Tracy and I mingle, and talk, and drink.

English: bitter cold
Russian: сильный мороз, страшный холод, пронизывающий холод
Example: The air is bitter cold as I make my way down the alley and up the block.

English: there you are
Russian: вот вы/ты где
Example: “Oh, there you are,” I say to him, letting Eddie sniff around a frozen patch of earth and relieve himself.

English: to sniff around
Russian: обнюхивать
Example: “Oh, there you are,” I say to him, letting Eddie sniff around a frozen patch of earth and relieve himself.

English: frozen
Russian: замерзший
Example: “Oh, there you are,” I say to him, letting Eddie sniff around a frozen patch of earth and relieve himself.

English: patch of earth
Russian: клочок земли, пятачок (земли)
Example: “Oh, there you are,” I say to him, letting Eddie sniff around a frozen patch of earth and relieve himself.

English: to relieve oneself
Russian: помочиться, отправлять естественную потребность, справлять нужду
Example: “Oh, there you are,” I say to him, letting Eddie sniff around a frozen patch of earth and relieve himself.

English: to bounce
Russian: подпрыгивать
Example: As he speaks, his breath sends out puffs of steam, and I reflexively bounce in place to stay warm. “This is my girlfriend, Kailey.”

English: to flash
Russian: сверкнуть
Example: “Pleased to meet you,” the old man says, flashing a toothless smile.

English: to take a swig
Russian: пить залпом
Example: Cade throws back the remaining drink in his glass as Ivan takes a swig from a bottle in a brown paper bag.

English: to turn into
Russian: превращаться в
Example: It’s turning into something I despise.

English: to despise
Russian: ненавидеть
Example: It’s turning into something I despise.

English: coked-out
Russian: обнюхавшийся, на кокаине
Example: Did you see the people in there? Rich guys with their coked-out girlfriends.

English: to fight for
Russian: сражаться за, бороться за
Example: You’re someone who fights for what he believes in.

English: to give up
Russian: сдаваться
Example: You don’t give up.

English: to stumble
Russian: спотыкаться
Example: He stumbles to his feet.

English: to grunt
Russian: ворчать, кряхтеть
Example: Ivan grunts in return and then chuckles.

English: in return
Russian: в ответ
Example: Ivan grunts in return and then chuckles.

English: to have an effect on
Russian: производить впечатление на, подействовать на
Example: My words must have had an effect on Cade, because when we return to the party, he snaps back, immediately beginning a conversation with some musicians by the door.

English: to snap back
Russian: быстро пойти на поправку
Example: My words must have had an effect on Cade, because when we return to the party, he snaps back, immediately beginning a conversation with some musicians by the door.

English: partygoer
Russian: завсегдатай вечеринок
Example: I squeeze his hand, then move through the partygoers to find Tracy.

English: in turn
Russian: в свою очередь, по очереди
Example: I watch each guest in turn light up as he greets them, offering a kind word for their latest song, thanking them for celebrating with him.

English: to greet
Russian: приветствовать
Example: I watch each guest in turn light up as he greets them, offering a kind word for their latest song, thanking them for celebrating with him.

English: scuffle
Russian: шарканье ног
Example: Before I can respond, I hear a scuffle at the door, followed by someone shouting.

English: to pick oneself up
Russian: оправляться, подняться после падения
Example: At its center, Cade is slowly picking himself up from the floor.

English: without hesitation
Russian: без колебаний, недолго думая
Example: Without hesitation, I run to him.

English: to bleed
Russian: кровоточить
Example: You’re bleeding, Cade.

English: paper towel
Russian: бумажное полотенце
Example: Tracy runs to the kitchen and returns with a paper towel and ice.

English: it’s no big deal
Russian: ничего страшного, ничего особенного
Example: “It’s no big deal,” he says.

English: to ruin
Russian: испортить
Example: Let’s not let this ruin our New Year’s Eve.

English: reluctantly
Russian: неохотно
Example: “Okay,” I say reluctantly.

English: sheepish
Russian: робкий, застенчивый
Example: He looks tired, or distant, or sheepish, or all three.

English: deflated
Russian: опустошенный, павший духом, приунывший
Example: She looks deflated, as does Alexis, standing beside James a few feet away.

English: hollowness
Russian: пустота
Example: There’s a hollowness to his gaze that I don’t recognize.

English: way too
Russian: слишком
Example: He’s had way too much to drink, and when he stumbles as he nestles in closer to me, I feel a lump in my throat.

English: lump in one’s throat
Russian: комок в горле
Example: He’s had way too much to drink, and when he stumbles as he nestles in closer to me, I feel a lump in my throat.

English: to ache
Russian: болеть, испытывать боль
Example: My heart aches.

English: just like that
Russian: в один миг, вот так просто, не моргнув глазом, по щелчку пальцев
Example: And just like that, one year ends and another begins.

English: to filter through
Russian: просачиваться
Example: Outside my kitchen window, the light filters through the cherry tree, casting a jagged shadow on the sidewalk, menacing and dark.

English: cherry tree
Russian: вишневое дерево
Example: Outside my kitchen window, the light filters through the cherry tree, casting a jagged shadow on the sidewalk, menacing and dark.

English: jagged
Russian: зубчатый, зазубренный
Example: Outside my kitchen window, the light filters through the cherry tree, casting a jagged shadow on the sidewalk, menacing and dark.

English: menacing
Russian: угрюмый
Example: Outside my kitchen window, the light filters through the cherry tree, casting a jagged shadow on the sidewalk, menacing and dark.

English: cruel
Russian: жестокий
Example: I’m struck by the duality of life — the way the world can be both beautiful and cruel.

English: to blink back tears
Russian: пытаться сдержать слезы
Example: The anniversary of…I blink back tears, remembering.

English: shabby
Russian: поношенный, потрепанный
Example: The color of the paint in that little hospital room with its shabby white curtain separating the two beds, threadbare at the edges.

English: threadbare
Russian: потертый, изношенный
Example: The color of the paint in that little hospital room with its shabby white curtain separating the two beds, threadbare at the edges.

English: to banish
Russian: прогонять; отгонять (мысли)
Example: These memories, the ones I’ve long since hoped to banish, still linger stubbornly.

English: stubbornly
Russian: упрямо
Example: These memories, the ones I’ve long since hoped to banish, still linger stubbornly.

English: alert
Russian: бдительный, осторожный, живой, проворный
Example: He looks stronger, more alert somehow, when a staff member comes to his table to check on him.

English: to check on
Russian: проверить (состояние)
Example: He looks stronger, more alert somehow, when a staff member comes to his table to check on him.

English: interaction
Russian: взаимодействие, общение
Example: I take a few steps inside, pausing a moment to quietly listen to their interaction.

English: hot sauce
Russian: острый соус
Example: “Do you have any hot sauce, by chance?” he asks.

English: by chance
Russian: случайно, ненароком
Example: “Do you have any hot sauce, by chance?” he asks.

English: spicy food
Russian: острая пища
Example: I smile to myself. Cade and spicy food.

English: to beam
Russian: лучиться
Example: I beam as I watch him proudly, amazed at how far he’s come.

English: in a very long time
Russian: давным-давно
Example: There is strength in his eyes, strength that hasn’t been there in a very long time.

English: to make progress
Russian: добиваться прогресса, добиться результатов
Example: “He has a long way to go yet, but he’s making excellent progress,” Dr. Branson says, echoing my thoughts.

English: to echo
Russian: вторить, повторяться
Example: “He has a long way to go yet, but he’s making excellent progress,” Dr. Branson says, echoing my thoughts.

English: off-label use
Russian: использование лекарственного средств, которое выходит за рамки одобренного лицензией списка их применения
Example: It’s an off-label use of the drug, but there was a study out last year showing that it could be a very effective novel treatment for TBI patients.

English: novel treatment
Russian: новые методы лечения
Example: It’s an off-label use of the drug, but there was a study out last year showing that it could be a very effective novel treatment for TBI patients.

English: measurable
Russian: заметный, ощутимый
Example: It’s too early to know if this will be the key for him, but his brain scans show measurable improvement.

English: as a matter of fact
Russian: на самом деле, кстати говоря
Example: Yes, as a matter of fact he has the morning free.