4000 CAE Vocabulary List

спасения save from loss or destruction; rescue of a ship; save for further use

жало pierce painfully with sharp-pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in mind or feelings

ножницы edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

козла отпущения someone who bears the blame for others

разведчик find paths through unexplored territory

Slacker one who shirks work or responsibility; one who tries to evade military service in wartime

приземистый stocky; short and thick; low and broad

козла отпущения someone who bears the blame for others

жало pierce painfully with sharp-pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in mind or feelings

трезвым not extreme; marked by seriousness or gravity; not affected by the use of drugs;  self-restraint

грязный shabby; untidy in appearance

Slacker one who shirks work or responsibility; one who tries to evade military service in wartime

вонь strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench

драка shuffle; fight or struggle confusedly at close quarters; wrestle in a rough fashion

надежно in a manner free from fear or risk

замши leather with a soft napped surface; Swedish glove leather; undressed kid

пребывание length of time spent in a particular way; allotted amount; limitation or restriction

Шериф the chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws

задушить conceal or hide; envelope completely; extinguish; deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

носик throw out forcibly and abundantly, as liquids through an office or a pipe; eject in a jet; utter magniloquently

заикание hesitate or stumble in uttering words; speak with spasmodic repetition or pauses; stammer

Snoop secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others

осколок sharp-edged fragment of anything split or shivered off in the direction of its length; a thin piece of wood

проницательный clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence

сок diminish; undermine the foundations; dig

борьба unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way

трезвым not extreme; marked by seriousness or gravity; not affected by the use of drugs;  self-restraint

стационарные fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved

приземистый stocky; short and thick; low and broad

ножницы edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

достаточно be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy

осколок sharp-edged fragment of anything split or shivered off in the direction of its length; a thin piece of wood

надежно in a manner free from fear or risk

стационарные fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved

Сплит break apart; cut; divide

растяжение a sudden or violent twist or wrench of a joint with stretching or tearing of ligaments

спринклерные one who sprinkles; a device with perforations through which water issues from a hose to sprinkle a lawn

стационарные fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved

сок diminish; undermine the foundations; dig

существенные fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built