. Gobelin (tapestry).
. oboe player, oboist.
. . oboe.
. . prepare for Communion (by fasting);. fast, go* without food.
. . shit.
. 1. sound of talking/voices;. sound, murmur(ing);~  murmur of the waves;2. ( ) manner of speech/ speaking;3. ( ) dialect.
. . . talking-shop.
|,  1. . . (  ) speak*, talk;   ~ the child* doesn`t talk yet;~ ()! speak (a little) louder!;speak up!;~    speak* several languages;~ -, -  . . speak* Russian, English etc. ;2. (.;   , ) speak* (smth.) ; ~   without saying a word;~   speak* to an audience;~  speak*/tell* the truth;~  talk sense;~  pay* compliments;~   speak*/talk confidently;3. . . (.; -. ) appeal (to);4. . . () talk;~  -. speak* to/with smb. ; ~? who`s speaking?; ~ we are told;   ~ everybody is talking about it;   ~ it is widely discussed;5. . . . : ~ (so) they say;~, () they say;it is said;~,     he is said to be in Moscow;~,    they are believed/said to have left;6. . . (.;  -.) show* (smth.) , reveal (smth.) ;~ ()   -. , -. (not) do* smb. , smth. credit, (not) speak* well for smb. , smth. ; ~     the facts are not in your favour;  ~  , ... everything points to the fact that...; ~    it speaks for itself, it tells its own tale;7. . . ( .;) come* out (in);  ~  the property-owner is coming out in him;~   this is Moscow calling;this is radio Moscow;  ~? oh, really?;is that so?;  ~ of course, it goes without saying; (  )  ~... say what you like...;~    not speak the same language;   ~! I told you so!;  ~! it`s all very well for you!; ~ generally speaking; ~ ()  apart from, not to mention, to say nothing of;  ~ needless to say; ~ in other words; ~ frankly speaking;  ~ to tell the truth; ~ as a matter of fact; ~ strictly speaking;~ . be* said;  ~? how do you say it?; ~ as the saying goes;as the phrase is.
|. talkativeness, garrulousness, loquacity;~ talkative, loquacious;( ) babbling.
. . great talker, chatterbox.
|. beef;~ beef attr.
|. . golden-eye; ~ strut (like a turkey-cock).
-. gogol-mogol (yolk of eggs and sugar beaten up together).
. , ~ . 1. () cackling;2. . () loud laughter;roars of laughter pl. ;~ . 1. ( ) cackle;2. . () roar with laughter, guffaw.
. 1. year; ~ astronomic year; ~ balance year; ~ budget year; ~ leap year; ~ calendar year; ~ accounting year; ~ solar year; ~ current year; ~ good year, bumper-crop year; ~ financial/fiscal year;  ~ next year;  ~ last year; 1941 ~ in (the year) 1941;(  ) in nineteen forty-one;   ~ that year;  ~ this year;   ~ twice a year; 22 ~ he`s twenty-two (years old); ~ during the year, in (the course of) a year; ~  a year before;  ~ in the course of the year;  ~ for one year;   ~ every two years;  ~ three years later;2. . () age sg. ;  ~ at his age, at his time of life;  ~ disparity in years, age gap;3. . : ,  ~ the sixties, nineties; ~ New Year;  ~! happy New Year!; ~  ~ from year to year, year after year; ~ ( ) getting on (in years), advanced in years; ~ in the course of time, as the years go by; ~  a very short time, but a few days;  ~ beyond one`s years;  ~  too serious for one`s age, serious beyond one`s years;~  ~   next year is always different from this;there are no two years alike;~  ~ every year;~  ~ year after year.
. for years (on end).
. .
|. time, year; ~  in the year of great disasters; ~ hard times pl.
|. ( .) be* fit (for);( ) be* fitted/suitable (for), be* fit (+ inf.) ;( ) fit; ~    she is old enough to be* your mother;   ~! that won`t do at all, that is no good at all;   ~ you shouldn`t do that;   ~ that`s not the way to behave.
|1. (   ) a year`s;of a year  . ;~  a year; ~  within a year/twelvemonth;2. (   ) annual;~  () annual ring (of a tree).
|. suitability, fitness;(   . .) validity;~ suitable, fit (for);(   . .) valid;~   fit for drinking, fit to drink, drinkable;~   merchantable;    the ticket is valid for tomorrow;    ~ worthless, good for nothing;  ~ utterly worthless.
|one-year-old;~  twelve-months child*, year-old baby/child*;~  yearling.
annual, yearly;~  annual income;() annual revenue;~  annual report.
. anniversary.
. ( ) per annum.
. ( ) goy.
. . goal; ~ score a goal.
. . chub.
. Calvary (. .).
. . wading birds, waders.
. long-legged.
. boot-top.
. shin, shank.
|. Dutchman*;. . the Dutch; ~ . , . Flying Dutchman;~ . Dutchwoman*;~ Dutch;~  stove heating;~  tiled stove;~  holland;~  pantile;~  Dutch cheese.
|. 1. head ( .    pl. head) ;. () mind;( ) brains pl. ;   ~ my head aches, I have a headache;  ~  I feel giddy;  ~    they are giddy with success; ~ overhead;~  head first;     ~ the water came over his head; ~ clear/lucid mind; ~ dull brain;   ~ not go out of one`s mind; ~ use one`s brains;  ~ keep* one`s head;  ~   he has a good head on his shoulders;his head is screwed on the right way . ;        it would never have entered my head, it would never have occurred to me;100   a hundred head of cattle;2. () sugar-loaf*;3.:  ~ . mayor;   ~ he is a man* of brains, he has brains;~   (   ) neck-and-neck; ~   from head to foot, from top to toe;   first and foremost; -.    bring* smth. upon one self;  rack one`s brains;   while one is fresh;    -. be* head and shoulders above smb. ;   ~   lay blame on smb. else; -.  give* smb. a dressing down;  -. ~ pay for smth. with one`s life; -  ~ up to the ears in work;()   (go*) at breakneck speed;   rush;run* headlong;,  ~  -. take* full responsibility for smth. ;   ~ give* one self away;  headlong;  ~ one`s own master.
. . tadpole.
. fire-brand; ~ charred brand.
. jowl (of sturgeon, etc. ).
. 1. head;2. (, , ) head;() nose-cap, tip, point;3. . () those at the head, those on top;the leaders pl. ;big shots;4. . () vamp sg. ;5. (, ) bulb;6. () a cheese.
|1. . head attr. ;~  headache;~  brain;cerebrum ( pl. -ra) . ;2. . ( ;) leading;~  vanguard;~  headquarters plant;~  the front of the train, the front carriages;3.  . . . leader.
. 1. . ;2. . ( ) smut, rust.
|. dizziness, giddiness; ~ feel*/get* dizzy/giddy, have* fits of giddiness/dizziness;  ~ his head swam;~   intoxication with success;~ (.  .) dizzy;~  intoxicating success; ~  at a gidding/dizzy speed.
|. puzzle, teaser;~ puzzling;~  puzzle, poser, brain-twister.
|. . dressing down; -. ~ give* smb. a good dressing down;bawl smb. out .
. . cephalopoda.
. . 1. () dare-devil;2. () cutthroat;() ruffian.
. . muddler;~ . . muddling, (stupid) bungling.
. .:   ~ it`s all up with me; ~ poor wretch; ~ madcap.
. 1. hunger;() starvation;,  ~ be* hungry;  ~ die of starvation, starve to death;   ~ I`m simply starving;2. () famine;3. () shortage, famine; ~ book shortage;~ . starvation;~ . 1. starve, go* hungry;2. (  ) fast;~ 1. . starving;2.  . . . starving/hungry person;( ) hunger-striker.
|1. . ( ) hungry; ~ be* hungry;feel* empty . ; ~  on an empty stomach;2. . ( ) hunger attr. ;~  death from starvation;3. . () barren;~  barren region;~  lean year, year of famine;4. . . () hunger attr. ;scanty;~  scanty meal; ~  on short/ hunger rations;5.  . . . hungry person;~   ~ hungry as a hunter.
|. 1. . () starvation;2. ( ) hunger-strike; ~ go* on hunger-strike.
. . beggar.
. . .
. black ice, ice-crusted ground;( ) glazed frost, icing;  ~ it`s awfully slippery today.
. bare-legged, bare-foot.
. 1. voice; ~ raise one`s voice;2. ( ) vote;~    the ayes and the noes;  ~  -. vote for smb. , give* one`s vote for smb. ; ~ the (right to) vote; ~ (  ) casting vote;   ~ with the right to vote;   ~ with a voice but no vote;3. . part;   ~ two-part song; ~   for solo voice and chorus;4. () voice, opinion;~  the voice of the masses;5.: ~  the voice of reason;~  the voice/ appeal of conscience;  ~ at the top of one`s voice;  ~ be* in voice; -.  ~ pick up smth. from hearing it;  ~ in one voice, unanimously;  ~ have* one`s say;   ~ unite in praising;  ~  echo somebody else, echo other people.
loud-voiced, vociferous;() ringing.
. wail;~   keen.
|without the slightest proof, on one`s bare word, blankly;~ unfounded, groundless, proofless;~  unfounded accusation;~  mere allegation;   ~ by way of proof.
|. voting;(  ) poll; ~ roll-call vote;   ~ put* the motion to the vote; ~  -. take* a vote on smth. ; ~ results of the voting/vote;( . ) division figures;  ~ polling booth; ~ voting machine.
,  1. ( .;  ) vote (for);~   vote by (a) show of hands;~  ()  vote in favour of (against) the motion;2. (.;  ) put* (smth.) to the vote, vote (on), take* a vote (on);(-. ) vote (for);3. . ( ) thumb a lift, (try to) hitch a lift.
|vocal;~  . vocal chords;~  . glottis.
. . ragamuffin.
|. 1. ( ) become*/turn blue;2. () show* blue; ~  the sea showed blue in the distance.
. azure, the blue.
. 1. . bog whortleberries pl. , great bilberries pl. ;2. (    ) bog whortleberry, great bilberry.
|pigeon attr. ;~  pigeon-post;. () dove-like.
. 1. female dove/pigeon;2. dear, darling.
blue-eyed.
|1. . light-blue, sky-blue;~  . blue blood;~  blue fox;2. . () idealized;3.  . . . . gay, homosexual;~  TV, television.
. . dear, darling.
. . ( .  . ) stuffed cabbage-rolls.
. old man*/fellow, my dear man*.
|. pigeon, dove;~ ,  ~ carrier-pigeon, homing pigeon; ~ go in for pigeon-fancying, race pigeons;~  the dove of peace.
|. 1. () pigeon-fancier, pigeon-flyer;2. () pigeon-hawk;~ . dove-cot(e), pigeon-loft, pigeon-house.
|1. naked, nude (.  ) ;(  ) bare;( ) bald, bare;~  naked body;~  bare/uncarpeted floor;~  bare trees;~  bare walls;  ~  sleep* on the bare ground;2. ( ) naked, bare;~  the naked truth;~  the bare facts;~   without firing a shot;~  purely bureacratic methods pl.
. . the poor, the ragged.
. 1. . ( ) naked child*/ boy;( ) naked baby doll;2. () pebble, shingle;~ . . naked, with nothing on.
. . . the poor;~  the down-and-outs;~     necessity is the mother of invention.
. . golf;  ~ play golf, golf.
. (knee-)breeches;() golf-stockings.
. homoeopath, homoeopathist;~ homoeopathic; ~  minute quantities;~ . homoeopathy.
Homeric;~  Homeric laughter.
. . Kuomintang;~ . member of Kuomintang.
. homogenous.
. . hubbub;~  the hum of the crowd.
|. homosexualism;~ . homosexual.
homosexual.
. gong;  ~ strike*/sound the gong.
|. 1. () gondola;2. () car;~ . gondolier.
|. persecution; ~ be* persecuted;(   .) be* victimized.
. messenger.
. persecutor, oppressor.
|. 1. . . . () hurry;2. . . ( ) rafting;3. . races;() regatta sg. , boat-race sg. ; ~ sailing regatta; ~ team race; ~ multi-stage race; ~ relay race;~   motorpaced race;~   road race;~  pursuit race;~   track race;~  armaments/arms race drive.
. . arrogance; ~ arrogant.
. fee; ~ author`s fee;author`s emoluments pl. ;( ) royalties pl.
. . gonorrhoea.
racing;~  racing car;~  racing bicycle;racing bike .
. potter;~ potter`s;~  earthenware sg. , pottery sg. ;~  potter`s wheel.
. hound.
. . racer;racing driver, rider;~   track rider;~   road rider.
. (.) 1. drive* (smb., smth.) ;drive* (smb.) away;~ -.     make* smb. run all over the place; drive* smb. from pillar to post;2. . ( ) send* (smb.) (on errands);3. ( .) . ( -  ) make* smb. go through smth. , grill smb. on smth. ;~ ( .) chase (smb., smth.) , pursue (smb., smth.) ;() seek* (smth.).
. hoop-la!;  ~,     don`t halloo till you`re out of the wood, don`t speak too soon.
-  . city attr. ;(  ) town attr.
|. mountain;() hill, . () heap (of), pile;  snow-capped mountains;  () switchback sg. ;   ( ) toboggan;  uphill; ~ downhill;~  heap of paper;   go* up in the world; ~  -. , -. stand* firm for smb. , smth. ;be* solidly behind smb. ;stick* up for smb. , smth. . ;   promise a fortune, promise a moon;~   () (it`s) a load off one`s mind;  ~ not far off; ~ lavish feast.
 . . . :    ~ each in his own fashion and as hard as he can;   ~ he`s a dab at that, that`s just what he`s good at.
much, far; ~   to a far greater extent;~  far better.
. hump; ~  by the sweat of one`s brow;~ 1. . ( ) hunched, humped;2. . (,  ) : ~  aquiline nose, hooked nose;~  humpback bridge;3.  . . . hunchback;~   .  can the leopard change his spots?
|, : ~  bend* one`s back;~,  stoop; ~! don`t stoop!
with an aquiline nose  . ;hook-nosed.
|. , ~ . hunchback, humpback.
. gorbusha, humpbacked salmon.
. crust/outside (of a loaf).
proud, haughty.
. arrogant man*.
: ~  Gordian knot.
. 1. (.; ) be* proud (of), take* pride (in), pride one self (on);2. . ( ) show* pride, have* a high opinion of one self.
|. pride;~ proud.
. arrogance, aloofness, haughtiness.
. arrogant woman*.
|. 1. ( ) grief, sorrow; ~ sorrow-stricken, in great grief, grieving (over);  ~ turn grey with sorrow; -.  ~ cause smb. much distress; -. ~ cause smb. pain; ~ eat* the bread of affiction;2.: ~ ! woe betide him!;~ ! woe is me!;~   ! you are the bane of my existence/life;3. (, ) trouble, misfortune;  ~ a sad thing happened to her; ~! what a misfortune!;   ~ he is drowning his sorrows;    ~ it is a great sorrow to us;  ~  what does he care!; ~   .  it is no use crying over spilt milk.
-  . sorry;~- poetaster, apology for a poet.
. ( .) mourn (for), grieve (over).
. burner; ~ gas-burner.
. () catch sg. ;  ~ play catch.
|1. . burnt;2.  . . .:  ~ there is a smell of burning.
. high relief.
|.  . . hapless creature;~ . wretched, hapless, ill-starred.
. combustion, burning;    ~ his whole life was an unquenchable flame.
sad, grievous, sorrowful.
|. 1. (, ) grief, distress; ~ sorrowfully;2. . () sorrows;  ~ know* much sorrow.
|,  1. burn* (. .) ;( ) be* on fire;~   burn* with a clear flame;~! fire!;~  burn* with impatience;~  burn* with desire;   ~      it passes unscathed through fire and flood;2. . . ( , ) be* burning, be* on; ~ the light is (switched) on;3. . . (  ) burn*;be* feverish;   ~ my head is burning/feverish;4. . . () flash, blaze; ~  the eyes blazed with anger; ~  the town is ablaze with light; ~    he works like lightning; ~   the place is getting too hot for one.
. mountain-dweller, high-lander.
. 1. () bitter taste;2. (-. ) bitter stuff;3. ( ) bitterness.
. boa, throat-wrap.
. 1. horizon (. .) ;( ) skyline;  ~ disappear from the horizon;( ) sink* below the horizon;~  (,       ) forecasting time-frame;2. . ( , ) horizons;  ~   open up new territory/horizons in science;    ~ vast perspectives lie before us.
. horizontal line;( ) contour line;(  ) rank;~ horizontal;~  . horizontal/level flight;~  (    ) horizontal audit.
. . gorilla.
mountainous.
. . redstar.
. . lychnis.
. 1. hill;2. () cabinet;3. . vertical climb.
,  go* bad, spoil*;( ) turn (rancid).
|. . bawl;~ . loud-voiced, loud-mouthed.
|. , ~ . . turtle-dove.
|. throat;larynx . ;   ~ he has a sore throat; ~ windpipe;   ~ be* full;. be* fed up;have* had enough;   ~ shout lustily, shout at the top of one`s voice;()    ~   -. pester smb. , badger smb. ;  ~ -. make* smb. sick, be* a thorn in smb.`s flesh; ~ have* a drink, wet one`s whistle;  ~ catch*/take* by the throat.
. mouth, neck, manhole;~  crater.
1. throat attr. ;of the throat  . ;2. ( ) guttural, throaty.
|. neck;  ~ drink* straight from the bottle.
. . hormone.
 I. . 1. furnace; ~ forge;2. (   ) hearth.
 II. () bugle.
. celestial, empyrean.
. crucible (. .).
. bugler.
. 1. . chamber;2. . clean part of peasant`s house.
. housemaid;( ) chambermaid;( ) stewardess.
. furnace-worker.
mining.
mining and metallurgical;~  mining and smelting area.
. owner of a mine or foundry.
: ~  mountain skiing.
mining attr. ;~  mining area.
|: ~  drifting;working a mine.
. miner.
mining.
(mine-)rescue attr.
. 1. () stoat;2. () ermine.
|1. mountain attr. ;() mountainous;~  mountain chain/range;~  mountain stream;~  highlands pl. ;2. (   ) mineral;~  rock;3. (    ) mining;~  mining;~  mining industry;~  mining engineer;~  mining institute;~  mountain sickness;~  rock-crystal;~  . mountain flax, amianthus.
|. . () miner;() mining engineer;~ . miners`, mining.
. town;( ) city;~  the city of Moscow; ~ capital (city); ~ provincial town; ~ out of town, to the country; ~ out of town, in the country;~   town and country; ~   in (large and small) urban communities.
-. Hero City.
. . : ~  talk (a lot of) nonsense;   ~  it`s nothing to make a song and dance about.
. . small town.
. . site of ancient town/ settlement.
. gorodki (a kind of skittles) ;  ~ play gorodki.
. . governor of a town.
. . policeman.
. 1. (small) town, township;2.:  ~ students` hostels pl. ; ~ campus; ~ cantonment.
|town attr. ;city attr. , urban;municipal;~  town-dweller;townsman* ( pl. townspeople, townsfolk);~  urban population;~  the municipal gardens pl. ;~  urban/municipal transport (system);~  town building, urban development;( ) town planning;~  minicipal facilities and services pl.
|. town-dweller, townsman* ( pl. townspeople, townsfolk);~ . townswoman*.
. horoscope.
. 1. () pea;2. . () peas pl. ; ~ split peas;    in the year dot/one, ages ago;   ~ you might as well talk to a brick wall;~ 1. pea attr. ;~  field of peas;~  pea soup;2. ( ) pea-green; ~,  ~ clown, buffoon.
|. 1. . vetch, tare;2. (  ) polka-dot, spots pl. ;  ~ spotted cotton stuff; ~ green peas pl. ;~ . pea; ~ no bigger than a pea.
. handful;~  a (mere) handful of people.
. 1. () one`s cupped hand, the cup of one` s hand;2. () handful (. .).
guttural, laryngeal.
|. . larynx;     ~ he was struck dumb, he was tongue-tied.
. . hydrangea.
. taste bitter, have* a bitter taste.
|. mustard;~ . mustard plaster; ~ -. use mustard plasters on smb. ;~ . mustard-pot;~ mustard attr.
. pot.
|1. bitter;~   bitter as wormwood;2. (, ) sad, bitter;~  bitter experience;~  sad/bitter fate;~  the bitter truth;~  bitter tears;~  hopeless drunkard, confirmed drunkard, sot;~ 1. . bitterly;~  cry bitterly, shed* bitter tears;2.  . . . : ~   a bitter/ bad taste in one`s mouth;~    it pains one to hear such words.
. fuel;( .) petrol;gasoline, gas .
 Icombustible;( ) inflammable.
 II: ~  scalding tears.
|1. hot;~  live coats;2. () fiery, keen, eager;(  ) ardent, fervent;~  hotheads;~  warm heart;~  passionate love;~  ardent desire;~  heated debate;~  enthusiastic welcome; ~  receive whole-hearted support;3. () hot-tempered;( -  ) fiery, spirited;4. (  ) heat attr. ;~   heat treatment of metals;5. () busy;~  busy season;crowded days pl. ;~  fervent nature; ~  while the scent is hot;  ~  run* into a squall.
,  (.) excite (smb.) ;~,  be*/become* excited;() be*/become* angry, be* in a temper.
|. 1. . fever; ~ delirium tremens; ~ puerperal fever;2. () rush; ~ a rush on the stock-market;3. () rush (and tear), hot haste; ~ do* things in a rush, dash about in a flap.
. 1. () zeal, fervor, eagerness;2. () hot temper.
1. . fervently, eagerly, passionately;~  speak* with fervor;~    set* to enthusiastically;~  -. love smb. dearly;2.  . . :  ~ it is too hot for me.
- . State.
. ( ) the State Bank.
|. :  ~ (State) security organs.
. the State Budget.
. hospitalization.
. (military) hospital.
. 1. gentlemen;( ) gentlemen!;(    ) ladies and gentlemen!;(   ) Madam!, Gentlemen!;2. (   ) Messrs.
|. the Lord`s; ~ the Lord`s prayer.
! . good heavens!;good Lord!;good Gracious!
. 1. gentleman*;( ) sir!;2. (   ) Mr.;(   -  ) Monsieur (. .) ;( ) Signor;( ) Herr;~ ! Mr. Chairman!;~ ! Mr. President!;3. () master;  ~ one`s own master;   the servant of two masters.
seignorial, manorial;~  manor-house.
|. 1. () domination;2. () supremacy; ~ world domination;~   air supremacy;~ . 1. ( .;) dominate (over);2. () prevail;3. ( .;) command (smth.) , dominate (smth.) ;~ 1. (  ) ruling;~  ruling class, the class in power;2. () prevailing, dominant;~  prevailing views/opinions.
. God, the Lord.
. 1. lady;2. ( ) Mrs.;(  ) Miss;(   -  ,    .) Madam (. Mme.) , Mademoiselle (. Mlle) ;( ) Signora, Signorina;( ) Frau, Fraulein;3. ( ) Madam;4. () mistress.
. . national duty.
|: ~  invitation card;~    places for visitors.
|hospitable;~ . hospitality; ~ -. show* hospitality to smb. ;be* host to smb.
. 1. drawing-room;(  ) sitting-room;2. (   . .) lounge;3. () drawing-room suite.
. . present.
|. hotel, inn; ~ first-class/rate hotel;~   European plan hotel;~   American plan hotel;  ~ put* up at a hotel, stay/stop at a hotel.
: ~  arcade(s), row(s) of shops.
. ( .) stay (with).
|. guest, visitor; ~ uninvited guest; ~ infrequent visitor;  ~ we have visitors;  ~  -. be* on a visit to smb. ;  ~  -. go* to see smb. ;  ~  -. come* to see smb. ; ~ ,    .  East or West, home is best.
-state-monopoly.
|. political system, State system;( ) statehood;~ State attr. ;() national;~  political/State system;~  political organization, form of government;~  State power;~  national flag;~  State frontier;~  official language (of the State);~  statesman*;~  national debt;~  (public) revenues;~  order for government, account;~  public credit;~   state price adjustment;~  state testing;~  civil servant;~  public service;~  coup-d`tat;~  State criminal, political offender; ~  affair of national importance;~  State purchases;~  . constitutional law.
|. State;() country, nation;~- member State/nations;  the commonwealth of states.
. . 1. () sovereign;2. ( ) Your Majesty, Madam.
|. . 1. () sovereign;2. ( ) Your Majesty, Sir; ~ Dear Sir; ~ Gentlemen.
|. Gothic;~ Gothic;~  Gothic style;~  Gothic (type), black letter.
. set/case of drawing instruments.
. (.) 1. prepare (smth.) ;~   organize an official reception;2. () train (smb.) ;~  train workers/personnel;3. () cook (smth.) , make* (smth.) ;~  make* dinner, get* dinner ready; ~ be* a good cook; ~ know* how to cook;~ . 1. ( .) prepare (for), make* ready (for);~   stand* by for action;~   make* preparations for departure;~   prepare/study for an examination;~     revise one`s geography;get*/read* up one`s geography . ;2. (, ) approach, be* in the offing.
. readiness,  ~ combat readiness; ~ operational readiness;~    readiness to discharge;~    readiness for shipment;~    readiness for inspection;( .) willingness; ~ express one`s readiness/willingness.
|1. ( .) ready (for);() prepared (for);~! ready!;2. ( ., + .;) willing (+ to inf.) , ready (for, + to inf.) , prepared (for, + to inf.) ; ~   we are prepared to negotiate;      he`d do anything for you;    , ... I was on the point of agreeing, when...;3. (, ) finished;( ) ready-made;~  dish ready to serve;~  finished product/article;manufactured goods pl. ;~  ready-made clothes, ready-to-wear clothes . ;4. ( ) cut-and-dried.
Gothic;~  Gothic, the Gothic language.
crimped;( ) goffered, ( ) pleated;( ) corrugated.
. (.) crimp (smth.) ;() goffer (smth.) ;() corrugate (smth.).
