Современная английская лексика для свободного общения (Черниховская) - страница 64

дет весело!

— No, not tonight. I’m not in the mood for it. / Нет, не сегодня. У

меня сегодня нет настроения.

moody

капризный, с часто меняющимся настроением

— He freaked out and hung up. / Он взбесился и бросил трубку.

— What was wrong? / Что было не так?

— He didn’t like my joke. The truth is he’s just a moody dick. /

Ему не понравилась моя шутка. На самом деле он просто был

не в настроении.

move

переезжать

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— Do you want to visit Prague? / Хочешь съездить в Прагу?

— Yeah, but I think I will do it only when I move there. / Да, но я

думаю, это произойдет, только когда я перееду туда жить.

move

переносить

— Сan we move our date to Wednesday? / Мы можем перенести

нашу встречу на среду?

— Not a problem. / Не проблема.

move on

двигаться дальше (в буквальном и переносном смысле)

— I’ve been offered the best job ever! / Мне предложили самую

лучшую работу в мире!

— Oh, really? What are you doing here? It’s time to move on! /

Правда? Что же ты здесь делаешь? Пора двигаться дальше!

Exercises

Заполните пропуски и найдите определение или синоним для

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1. That woman is sly. She will for sure try to make it out to be an accident. Don’t believe her.

a) She will complain that it was an accident. b) She will believe that it was an accident. c) She will try to persuade you that it was an accident.

2. There was a couple making out next to me on the escalator. I was disgusted.

a) the couple was kissing sexually; b) the couple was arguing; c) the couple was annoying the people around

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3. Suzanne Vega made it big after her hit “Tom’s Diner”.

a) became very unpopular; b) became very famous; c) grew up

4. Make sure you’re not being watched. Only then enter the code.

a) check if you’re watched or not; b) watch around to be sure about everything; c) don’t watch unless you’re sure

5. What you wrote here ... to me. What exactly did you mean?

a) is very important; b) sounds interesting; c) doesn’t make any sense 6. The cigarette smoke ... now that I quit smoking.

a) makes me sick; b) gives me trouble; c) freaks me out

7. I know it’s silly, but I just can’t make up my mind.

a) make a decision; b) solve a problem; c) understand this

8. He will for sure make an offer tomorrow.

a) suggest something; b) propose; c) make a gift

9. I’m sorry, I’m afraid I won’t make it 6 o’clock. Let’s meet at 7.

a) I want to meet at 6 o’clock. b) I won’t be able to see you tonight.

c) I won’t be there at 6.

10. When you don’t understand what the other person is saying, you say: a) What do you mean? b) What do you want? c) Where were you last night?