. . tale;    ~ . that`s the long and the short of it.
. story, legend.
. .  2; ~ it is hard to say;    ~? what does he mean by that?; ! fancy!; ~! indeed!, there`s no denying the fact;   certainly, that`s a fact; ~  no sooner said than done; , ... I wouldn`t say...; ~ so to speak.
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. , ~ . storyteller.
|. fairy tale/story; ~ folk-tales,  ~ tell* fairy tales/stories;  ~ (it`s) like a fairy tale.
|. teller of fairy tales, storyteller;~ 1. fairy-tale attr. ;~  fairy-tale theme;2. () incredible, fabulous;~  fabulous wealth;~  wondrous beauty;~  fairyland, enchanted land.
. . predicate.
,  1. ( .; ) tell* (on);2. (.) . () make* oneself out to be (smb., smth.) ,   plead illness.
. skipping-rope.
|. 1. () skip, jump;(  ) hop;() bounce;~   skip over a rope;2. () gallop; ~    the horseman* galloped for all he was worth;3. . ( ) be* (very) unsteady, keep* chopping and changing;  the glass is very unsteady.
|race attr. ;~  racehorse;~  racecourse.
. () racer.
|. rock;(, . ) cliff;~ rocky.
. : ~  1. bare one`s teeth;2. . () laugh, grin.
. ( ) rolling-pin.
,  (.) 1. () chip (smth.) off, break* (smth.) off;    chip ice off the pavement;2. (   . .) pin (smth.) together.
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|. bench;  ~ from one`s school-days, (ever) since one was at school;~  the dock;  ~  find* oneself in the dock.
. 1. scandal;2. (, ) row; ~ make* a row, kick up a row.
. troublemaker.
,  kick up a row.
|1. scandalous, disgraceful;~oe  disgraceful occurrence;2. pa. ( ) quarrelsome;~  rowdy/quarrelsome person.
. , ~ . Scandinavian;~ Scandinavian;~  Scandinavian languages.
. (.) 1. scan (smth.) ;2. (    ) chant (smth.).
. (  ) scanner.
.  . ( ) scan.
,  (.) save (smth.) , accumulate (smth.) ;~,  accumulate;pile up;( ) gather;crowd round.
. scarlet fever.
,  (.) use up (smth.) (on feeding).
 I. 1. ( ) slope;() pitch;2. (   -.) ramp, slide.
 II. ( ) wheel.
Ill . () skate.
. .  I.
. tablecloth;~ ! good riddance!
. .  II;~ . . .
I,  (.) roll (smth.) (up).
 II,  (.) ( ) roll (smth.) down;~,  roll down;( ) slide* down;( , ) run* down;. gravitate (towards).
. diving suit;() full-pressure suit, space suit.
|. 1. (  ) (horse-) race;2. . (  ) the races;~   steeplechase sg.
|. spasmodic nature;~ uneven;~  spasmodic development;~  . skip tuning.
|. 1. () jump, leap, bound;2. (  -.) sudden leap/change;3. . leap;~: ~  . shuttle.
I,  (.) 1. () mow* (smth.) ;. cut* down (smb., smth.) ;2. (,  ) wipe* out (smb.).
 II,  (.) 1. ( ) knock (smth.) sideways, twist (smth.) ;2. ( ) turn (smth.) ;  squint.
. 1. () chink, slit;2. () drill/bore hole, boring well; ~ oil well;3. ., . pore.
. (publi) garden.
. foul language.
. swear*, use foul language.
|bad*;nasty, unpleasant;() foul;~  bad* smell;~  unpleasant affair;~ no foul weather.
|. 1. . :  ~ there`s a draught here, it is draughty here;2. () come* peep;3. () show*;. () can* be felt/detected;   ~  a note of displeasure could be detected in his voice.
|through;~  hole;~  perforating/punctured wound;~  draught;~  through train;~  comprehensive timetable.
. draught;  ~ sit* in a draught.
through.
. starling.
. starling-box.
. skeleton;. framework.
|. sceptic;~ . scepticism;~ sceptical.
. . . scherzo.
|. 1. ( ) discount, rebate; -.  ~ sell* smth. at a discount;   ~  20  allow  twenty per cent rebate on purchases;2. ( .; ) allowances pl. ; ~  -. make* allowances for smth.
,  (.) 1. throw* (smth.) down;. . () overthrow* (smb., smth.) ;2. . () throw* off (smth.) , ( -.) shed* (smth.) (. .) ;3. . () cut* down (smth.) ;4. . (  ) knock (smth.) off.
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. sceptre.
. turpentine.
. , ~ . rick, stack.
,  (.) stack (smth.).
,  turn sour;. . lose* heart, mope, get* down in the mouth.
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|. wanderer, roamer;~ . wandering, roaming.
. wander (about), roam.
. , ~ Scythian.
 I. 1. ( -.) store, stock;~  store or weapons;2. () warehouse, storehouse;depot (. .) ,  ~ timber-yard; ~ port warehouse; ~ customs warehouse;~  shipper`s warehouse;~  consignee`s warehouse.
 II. () kind;~  way life;~  mentality;  ~ people of a special mould;people of a certain stamp.
|. 1. fold;() pleat;() crease; ~ pleated;  ~ pleated skirt;2. () wrinkle;3. . flexure, fold.
. smoothly;( .) nicely.
folding;(  .) collapsible;~  clasp-knife*;~  folding chair.
1. . () well-built, well-knit;2. ( , ) well-rounded, smooth, neat.
|. clubbing (together); ~ club one`s resources (together); -. ~ club together for smth. , share the cost of smth.
,  (.) 1. ( -.   ) pile (smth.) up;(   . .) put* (smth.) ;(  ) pack (smth.) ;    rick the hay:     pack one`s things in  rucksack;  pack  case;2. . add (smth.) (up),     add two and five;3. (  ) assemble (smth.) , put* (smth.) together;4. (  ) build* (smth.) ,   build*  stove;5. () fold (smth.) ;fold up (smth.) ;~ -. ,  fold smth. in two, half;  fold up a newspaper;  fold up a chair;    fold one`s arms on one`s chest;6. () compose (smth.) , make* (smth.) ;  compose a song;  lay* down one`s life;  lay* down arms;   sit* twiddling one`s thumbs;~,  1. form;      his character hasn`t formed yet;     his lips formed a smile;2. (    ) shape, turn out, develop,    circumstances took an unfavourable turn;3. . ( ) club together.
. splicing, ptching.
,  (.) stick* (smth.) together, glue (smth.) together;. patch up (smth.) ;~,  stick*, stick* together;. . work out, go*.
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|. splice;~    patch;~ splicing;~   splicing tape.
. (burial) vault.
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. 1. () riveting;2. () rivet.
,  (.) rivet (smth.).
. . sclerosis;~  hardening of the arteries.
. squabble, squabbling;petty intrigues pl.
. slope;~  mountainside;hillside; ~  in one`s declining years, in the evening of life.
. . declension.
. .  1, 2;~ . .  1, 2, 3.
|. 1. () bent, aptitude, inclination;~   bent for music;~   aptitude for painting, turn for painting;2. (  -.) tendency;  ~   he is inclined to put on weight;3. () fondness;~ ( .) inclined (to).
,  1. (., ) bend* (smth.) ;~  tower the standards/ banners;2. (.  .,  ., + .;) persuade ( smb. + to inf. );urge ( smb. + to inf. );~ -.    win* smb. over.
 II,  (.) . decline (smth.).
|I,  1. () bend* over;( .) . bow (before, to);2. ( .;,  -.) be* inclined (to), tend (towards); ~  ,  I am inclined to the opinion (that);3. ( ) go* down.
 II. . be* declined.
. phial.
. 1. staple, cramp;2. () brace;3. ( ) tip.
|. bracket; ~ open the brackets; ~ close the brackets,  ~ in brackets;. in parenthesis;,    ~ put* a word between brackets, bracket a word;  ~   take* the common multiplier out of the brackets; ~  be it said parenthetically.
. (.) scrape (smth.) ;( .) scour (smth.).
|: ~  hardware sg.
. restraint, inhibition;hang-up .
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. ,  . frying-pan;skillet .
,  (.) 1. ( ) forge (smth.) together;2. ( , ) shackle (smb., smth.) , fetter (smb., smth.) ;. . paralyse (smb.) ;    he was paralysed with fear;3. . paralyse (smb.) , hold* down (smb.) ;~  paralyse the enemy;4. ( ) bind* (smth.) ;,    the river is ice-bound.
,  (.) knock (smth.) up;pe. . () get* (smth.) together.
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. sliding.
,  1. slide*: (  ) slide* about;2. ( ) glide;3. (   . .) rove.
|1. slippery;. . dangerous;  ~  be* on slippery ground;2. () delicate, dubious;dicey . ;~  . . . it is slippery.
. 1. . ;2. . (,  ) slip. 3. ( .;  -    . .) graze (smth.).
|sliding;~  . sliding price.
1. .  . ( ?) ( .  . .) how much?;( .  . .) how many?;~  ? how much is it?, what does it cost?;~    . . ? what does the pencil, etc. cost?;~ ? what`s the time?;2. .  . (  ) how many!;~    ! how many times have I told you!;3. . (  , ) as far as;~   as far as I know;~ ... n matter how much...; ... ~... not so much... as...;... ~ ... as much... as...;~  as much, as many as you like;any amount (of).
-1. .  . ( ) some, just  few, just a little;     ~ ? have you any small change?;can you let me have a few coppers?;2. . (    ) to some extent, in any way, a little.
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|embarrassed;~() . . ().
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. die.
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|(). . ();~ . 1. () accumulation;2. (  -., -.) jam, congestion;~  crowd;~  . congestion of cargo.
. ( .) mourn (over, for).
mournful, solemn.
. grief, sorrow.
1. ( . . .   . ) more quickly;quicker;~! hurry up!, be quick!;  ~ as quickly as possible, as fast as you can;2. (, ) rather;3. () would rather;~ ,   we would rather/sooner die than surrender;4. () (in fact,) rather; ~   he is, in fact, rather tall; ~    he is more like his father;~  most likely.
|. shell; ~ nutshell;   ~ retire into one`s shell.
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. furrier, fur-dresser.
1. . () fast, quickly;2. . () soon; ~  I won`t be long; ~ not very soon, not for a long time;  ~  he won`t be back for a long time;3.  . . it will soon be;~  it will soon be night;~  soon it will be spring, spring will soon be here.
. pressure cooker.
|. 1. rapid speech;2. ( co ) tongue-twister;~:  ~ gabble.
hasty, rash.
. cursive.
perishable.
|suddenly; ~ die suddenly;~ sudden;~  sudden death.
|1. early maturing/ripe, early;~  early apples;2. . () hasty, premature;~oe  hasty decision.
|high-speed, fast;~    speed skating;~  ( ) downhill/alpine skiing;~  high-speed melting.
. speed, rate;., . velocity; () ~ high (low) speed;~  . rate of charge;~  . printing speed;~   . motor speed; ~... at the rate (of)...; ~,    ~ go*/drive* fast;~  speed.
. folder.
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. fast runner;( ) speed-skater;( ) racing skier.
. 1. . scorpion;2. ( ) Scorpio.
. . timed.
. .  1;~ . . .
|1. () fast;~  at  brisk walk;~  fast train;2. (  ) forthcoming, impending; ~  soon, before long, shortly; ~ ! see you soon!;~  1) () first-aid;2) () ambulance; ~  in a rush;  ~  snatch a bite;snatch a meal.
. slope.
I, II . .  I, II   1, II.
. . livestock, cattle; ~ breeding stock, pedigree cattle;~ . 1. . . animals pl. ;(  ) animal;2. . beast, brute.
|. cattle-man*;~ . cattle-woman*;~! ~  stockyard;( ) farmyard.
. slaughter-house.
. cattle-breeder, stock-breeder;~ . stock-breeding, cattle-breeding, stock-raising, cattle-raising;~ stock-breeding attr. , cattle-breeding attr.
|cattle attr., . brutish, bestial;~ . 1. brutishness, bestiality;2. . (, ) barbarity, squalor;() boorishness, loutishness.
. chamfered.
. (.) conceal (smth.).
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,  (.) soften (smth.) , brighten (smth.).
. scraper.
. grinding;~  gnashing of teeth;~ . grind*;~  gnash one`s teeth.
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. clip (for paper), fastener.
,  (.) 1. fasten (smth.) (together);cramp (smth.) ;() bolt (smth.) ;. consolidate (smth.) ;~   tighten the bonds of friendship;2. () seal (smth.) ;~ -.  sign smth. ;  with the utmost reluctance.
. (.) 1. scratch (smth.) ;2. () scour (smth.) , scrape (smth.) ;3. . () worry (smth.) , nag (at), gnaw (at);     he is worried at heart;~ . scratch.
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. crossing;( .) intersection.
. . crossing, cross-breeding.
,  (.) cross (smth.) (. .) ;    fold one`s arms;  cross swords (. .) ;~,  1. () cross;. . come* into conflict;2. . interbreed*.
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. creak, creaking, squeak, squeaklng () scratch;(,   ) crunch.
. violinist;() fiddler.
, ,  1. creak, squeak;( ,   ) crunch;~  grind*/grit one`s teeth;2. (  ) utter harsh cries;(  ) rasp.
|violin attr. ;~  violin strings;~  violin concerto;~  . treble/G clef.
|a. violin;flddle . ;  ~ play the violin;  ~ play first violin;. play a leading part;  ~ play second fiddle.
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|. creaking;( ) grating, squeaky;( ) squeaky;( ) scratchy;( , ) crisp;~       creaking door/gate hangs longest.
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|. , ~ . . modest person.
|. be* overmodest; ~(-)! don`t be so mdest!
|modestly; () ~ live in a small way, live modestly;~  dress quietly;~ . modesty;~ 1. modest, unassuming;(  ,  .) restrained;2. () unpretentious, simple: ( ) frugal;~  simple attire/clothes;~   frugal life;3. () moderate, modest;~  moderate price;  ~  he is not earning much.
|. scrupulousness, scrupulosity;~ scrupulous.
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,  (.) 1. (, ) twist (smth.) ;() roll (smth.) ;2. () bind* (smb., smth.) tightly; -.  fasten/bind* smb.`s hands tightly;3. . get* (smb.) down;   his illness is getting him down.
,  (.) 1. hide* (smth.) , conceal (smth.) ;  cover up all traces of the crime;~   hide* one`s faults;~   disguise one`s feelings;~   hide* one`s joy;2. () keep* (smth.) back;~   refuse to reveal one`s name;~   conceal one`s intensions; ~ -. make* no bones about smth. , frankly admit smth. ;   ... I will not conceal/keep from you...; , ... not disguise the fact that...;  there is no disguising;3. . . (  ) conceal (smth.) ;~ . 1. () hide*, be* in hiding;( ) keep* out of sight;2. pa. ( -.  ) conceal the fact;3. ( -.  ) be* concealed;4. (  -.) lie*.
|. . be* secretive; ~! out with it, don`t be so secretive!
|. 1. secretiveness;2. . () secrecy, concealment;~ 1. secretive;2. () secret.
|hidden, concealed;. latent;~  hidden/veiled threat;~  . latent image;~  latent/hidden possibilities;~  by hidden camera.
. .  1, 2;~ . 1. hide* conceal oneself ;() escape;( ) slip sway;2. () vanish, disappear;    clouds hid the sun;     ~ nothing escapes his notice.
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.  . miser/skinflint.
. . be* a miser/skinflint;pinch and screw.
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|meagre, scanty;( -.) poor (in);~oe  dim/wretched light;~  -. scanty stock of smth. ;~  scant(y) information sg. ;~ . meagreness, scantiness;() poverty.
|. boredom;() tedium; ~ from sheer boredom; ~! what a bore!; ~  -. bore smb.
. cheekbone; ~ high/prominent cheekbones.
|high-cheekbones;~  person with high cheekbones;~  broad face.
. whine, whimper.
|. sculptor;~ . sculpture;(  .) statue, figure, piece of sculpture;~ sculptural;~  sculptor`s studio;~  statue.
. () mackerel.
. (  ) skunk.
,  (.) buy* (smth.) up;~  buy* up wholesale.
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|. ( ., + . ) stint smth. );~   grudge the money; ~   not stint one`s praises; ~,  ~! don`t be mean/stingy!
. buying up;~   . stock buyback.
|1. . mean, miserly, stingy, close-fisted;2. . () ungenerous;~  niggardly/ungenerous soil;~  dim light;3. ( .,  ., ) restrained (in), sparing (of);~   reticent, taciturn;chary of one`s words;~   restrained in one`s praise, not given to praising;4.  . . . miser;skinflint.
. 1. meanness, miserliness, stinginess;2. () scantiness;~  sparing use of colour.
. buyer-up.
|. 1. be* bored;2. (,  . ,  . ) miss (smb., smth.) ;  ~   he misses me very much;~   be* homesick, miss one`s home-life;~ weary, bored;~  weary air.
|close together; ~ live in crowded conditions;~ . congestion;( .) ;~ dense, congested, crowded.
,  . huddle together;~  cluster round.
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|1. . : ~  be* a dull speaker;~ ,   -. bore smb. to death talking about smth. ;2.  . . . it is boring;   it is dull/ boring doing nothing;  ~! what a bore!;3.  . . . (.) :  ~ I am bored;~ 1. ( ) dull, boring, tedious;(  .) tiresome;~  dull conversation;~  bore;2. (,  ) bored;() sad;~  bored expression.
. (., .) eat* (smth.) up;(   . .) have* (smth.).
