Learn the words: ENGLISH MEANING SPANISH RUSSIAN ORCHID [ˈɔːrkɪd] tropical flower orquídea орхидея SUSPENDERS (US) straps that hold up pants tirantes подтяжки TO BE EAGER TO DO [ˈiːɡər] want estar ansioso por жаждать ч-л SB/STH RULES sth is cool mola крутой, супер BUMMER [ˈbʌmər] a disappointing situation decepción разочарование DICEY Read more…
Learn the words: WORD/PHRASE MEANING CONTEXT SPANISH RUSSIAN AIRHEAD stupid person (pej, sl) … and instead of thinking you’re an airhead, people think you’re a heavyweight intellectual who has broader interests … baboso болван TO SKIM sth read quickly but not carefully … and I’m thinking maybe I should at Read more…
CHAPTER I WORD/PHRASE CONTEXT SPANISH RUSSIAN TO BE WORTH sth But it was definitely worth every penny—everyone’s admired it. valer la pena стоить ч-л TO LOATHE sth/sb [loʊð] I loathe Clare Edwards. odiar ненавидеть TO DAWN ON sb … and then suddenly, the truth dawns on me. ocurrírsele a осенить Read more…
Learn the words: A COUPLE (OF) a pair of un par пара ч-л TO FIND OUT discover descubrir обнаружить TO SNEEZE (body reaction) estornudar чихать WARNING notice, alert aviso предупреждение TO SURPASS [sɜːˈpɑːs] be better than superar превосходить TO IMPLY [ɪmˈplaɪ] insinuate insinuar намекать TO HAVE AN ISSUE with [ˈɪʃuː] Read more…
Learn the words: MEANING SPANISH RUSSIAN DEATH PENALTY [ˈdeθ penəlti] capital punishment pena capital высшая мера наказания TO BET be totally confident of apostar держать пари ON SB’S BEHALF [bɪˈhɑːf] in order to help sb por alguien, de su parte в интересах к-л LAME boring soso жалкий TO OUTNUMBER [ˌaʊtˈnʌmbə(r)] Read more…
Learn the words: WORD/PHRASE DEFINITION SPANISH RUSSIAN CON trick estafa, timo надувательство HOUSEWARMING [ˈhaʊs wɔːmɪŋ] to celebrate new home de estreno на новоселье STRAIGHT UP used to ask if what somebody has said is true or to emphasize that what you have said is true ciertamente несомненно FAULTY [ˈfɔːlti] Read more…
In this episode, Janet teaches everyone how to fly while Eleanor helps to clean up the neighbourhood. Learn these words: TO DRAW to take out sacar вытаскивать TO TAKE A VOW OF [vaʊ] to promise prometer дать клятву TO PASS ON sth to reject rechazar отказаться от NERD a boring Read more…
Learn these words before watching the episode: DEFINITION SPANISH RUSSIAN TO GET HIGH to take drugs drogarse опьянеть от наркотиков BLISSFUL [ˈblɪsfl] extremely happy maravilloso блаженный (THE) CREAM OF THE CROP elite, best lo mejor de lo mejor лучшие из лучших OTTER [ˈɒtə(r)] (animal) nutria выдра SOULMATE [ˈsəʊlmeɪt] special friend Read more…
Learn these words before watching the episode. BE MAD AT sb angry at enfadado con alguien сердитый на к-л BUMPY uncomfortable with a lot of sudden unpleasant movements muy movido полет в болтанку (самолет трясло) TO HEAR FROM to receive a letter, email, phone call, etc. from somebody tener noticies Read more…
If you know the word “worth”, you’ll probably have no problems with identifying the meaning of the words in this article. The suffix “worthy” means “deserving something, or suitable for something”. “SOMETHING” in this case is a root of a word. For instance, NEWSWORTHY. NEWS+WORTHY STORY = such an important Read more…
This is THE MAIN LIST (the words you are going to work with through the whole movie). LEARN THESE WORDS AND PHRASES (you’re going to see them once again before every part). WORD/PHRASE SPANISH RUSSIAN INFLATABLE [ɪnˈfleɪtəbl] Inflable, hinchable Надувной DESPICABLE [dɪˈspɪkəbl], [ˈdespɪkəbl] Despreciable, vil Омерзительный, гадкий TO PULL SB’S Read more…
PART I 1 ELEANOR: “You, Eleanor Shellstrop, are dead, and you’re in the Good Place,” I had no reason to think that was a mistake. 2 MICHAEL: No, Janet, this is actually a cactus. This might take a while. 3 MICHAEL: Question number one: Did you ever Read more…
Learn these words and phrases: ENGLISH SYNONYM/DEFINITION SPANISH RUSSIAN WHILE a period of time rato (некоторое) время HANDFUL OF a small quantity poco; puñado небольшое количество; горсть HARASSMENT the act of annoying or worrying somebody by doing unpleasant things to them acoso домогательство ARSON [ˈɑːrsn] the crime of deliberately setting Read more…
ANSWER KEY PART I CHARACTER WORD WORD IN THE EPISODE IN A CONTEXT Michael extremely grossly I grossly underestimated the number of shrimp. Eleanor cool chill Michael’s gonna get a chill retirement Eleanor sincerely frankly Michael’s gonna get a chill retirement, which, frankly, he desperately needs, and I Read more…
THE GOOD PLACE S 01 E 07 Tahani is busy organising a good-bye party for Michael, while Eleanor tries to prevent the architect’s retirement. Learn these words and phrases: ENGLISH DEFINITION/SYNONYM SPANISH RUSSIAN UNDERESTIMATE to think that the amount, cost or size of something is smaller than it is Read more…
Watch the 6th episode of the show and do these tasks. Learn the following words and phrases. ENGLISH DEFINITION SPANISH RUSSIAN DOOMED certain to fail or be destroyed. destinado al fracaso обречен, обреченный на неудачу FLAW defect defecto дефект GO HAYWIRE go crazy, go out of order volverse loco, colapsarse Read more…
Learn these words and phrases: IT TURNS OUT proves to be resulta que оказывается GATHERING meeting reunion, fiesta вечер, посиделки, сбор TO MAKE A FOOL OF ONESELF do sth stupid which makes other people think that you are a fool ponerse en ridículo опозориться, поставить себя в глупое положение TO ALLY Read more…
WORDS TO LEARN selfless thinking more about the needs, happiness, etc. of other people than about your own altruista бескорыстный, неэгоистичный to sum up to state the main points of something in a short and clear form resumir кратко излагать, сделать резюме revved up prepared for an important or exciting Read more…
– Are you one of those who can manage their time? – Or one of us? Running around various tasks, commitments. Trying to set priorities and ending up doing urgent things instead of important ones. Whichever campus you belong to, you’ll certainly make use of these idioms about time. Chase Read more…