. . :   ~ be* on points.
. . 1. public;(   . . .) audience; ~ the general public, the public at large;2. . (, ) people.
. 1. () publication;2. (,  ) published work;3. () advertisement;~   business publication.
,  (.) publish (smth.).
. publicist, journalist;~ . journalism, publicistic writing;~ journalistic, publicistic.
|in public;() openly, publicly;~ public;~a  public speech;~  open/public auction sg. ;~   public company;~  . offer to public at large;~  . public law;~  . public easement.
. (   . .) scarecrow;. bogy, bugbear.
|frightened;~     .   burnt child dreads the fire, once biten twice shy.
,  (.) frighten (smb.) , alarm (smb.) ;. . startle (smb.) , give* (smb.) a fright;() threaten (smb.) ;~,  (.) be*/feel* frightened (of), take* fright (at);. . get* a fright; ! don`t be frightened!;   be* scared to death;  the horses took fright; -.  be* shocked by smb.`s appearance.
timorous, timid;( ) apprehensive;( ) nervous.
|. button;   ~ button up one`s coat;~ button attr. ;~  button manufacture.
. (16,38  ) pood.
. poodle.
. pudding.
. powder; ~ confectioner`s/powdered sugar.
. powder-case.
,  (.) powder (smth.) ;~  powder one`s face;~,  powder ne self, put* powder on one`s face.
. pot-bellied, paunchy.
. . . belly, paunch; ~ grow* a paunch;~  ., . belly.
. 1. ( ) bibble, bead;2. () phial.
. 1. babble;2. () blister;3. . bladder;~   ice-bag.
. bundle;() bunch.
. machine-gun,  ~ light machine-gun;~ machine-gun attr. ;~  machine-gun company;~ . machine-gunner.
. spray, sprayer, pulverizer;~   scent-spray.
. pulse; ~ feel* smb.`s pulse; ~ pulse rate;~ . pulsation, pulse;~ . pulsate, pulse, beat*;() throb.
. 1. (  ) music-stand;2. . control desk/panel;console;~   sluice-gate console;~  power-station control room; ~ control desk.
|. bullet, projectile; ~ tracer bullet;,  ~ mould bullets;. tell* fibs/lies.
. fatted fowl.
. . puma, cougar.
. 1. (  ) point, spot;  ~   the easternmost point of our country; ~ strategic point;~  point of unloading;~  point of origin;~    city-pair;~   fare calculation point;~  point of destination;~  point of departure;~  point of loading;~  point of arrival;2. (, ,   -.   . .) post, office, station; ~ immigration check point; ~ border point; ~ crossing point;~  point of entry;~  point of exit;~     check-in office;3. ( ) paragraph, item, point; ~    the last paragraph of article of the treaty; ~  the main points in the report; ~ changed item; ~ agreed item; ~ approved item;~  item of a treaty/contract;~  item of an agreement; ~ replacement of an item;  ~ introduce a new point;4. (    -.) point;,  ~ starting, initial point; ~ culmination, climax; ~ terminal, terminus;5. . point;6. . point; ~ point by point, in detail.
. dotted line; -. ~ dot smth. ;~ dotted;~  dotted line.
|. punctuality;~ punctual.
. . punctuation, pointing.
. . puncture.
. . punch;(engraver`s) point.
crimson.
. punch.
. navel, omphalos, . umbilicus;~  the hub of the universe.
|. . umbilical cord;~ . navel.
. blizzard, snow-storm.
. purism.
|. , ~ . Puritan;~ . Puritanism.
. purple.
|, ~ purple.
. starting;( .) setting in motion;() firing;() launch(ing).
. .
,  (.) 1. () let* (smb. , smth.) go;(  .) set* (smb. , smth.) free;() let* (smb.) ;    set*  bird free;   let*  child* go out for  walk;2. (, ) let* (smb.) in;~ -.  let* smb. stay the night;~  take* in lodgers;3. (  ) start (smth.) ;( .) set* (smth.) going, put*/set* (smth.) in motion;~  start an engine;~  fire a rocket;() launch a rocket;4. (ap,   . .) turn on (smth.) ;~  turn on the fountains;~    turn on the bath;~    let* water into a canal;5. ( ) start (smth.) off, send* (smth.) off;~   start (off) one`s horse at a gallop;6. () throw* (smth.) ;() toss (smth.) ;~   -. throw* stones at smb. ;7. (  -. ) put* (smth.) ;~ -.   put* smth. on sale, release smth. for sale;~   put* smth. into circulation;(, ) negotiate;8. . (pac) spread* (smth.) ;~  set* a rumour about/afloat;9. ( ) put* out (smth.) ;~  put* out shoots;~  -. bleed* smb. ;~ -.   send* smth. to the bottom;~     leave* no stone unturned, neglect no means;~     cut* a dash, show* off;    .  set* the wolf* to keep the sheep;~,  1. () start, set* out;   start/set* out on one`s journey;  take* to one`s heels;   -. set* off/out in pursuit of smb. ;2. ( .,  -. ) start (smth.) , embark (on);~   go*/enter into all the details;~   dance, fling* one self into a dance;~    go* in for a risky undertaking;~   enter into explanations;3. ( .; ) resort (to), risk (smth.).
|starting attr. ;(  ) launching attr. ;~  starting mechanism/device, starter;~   rocket-launching device, launcher;~  launching pad.
. windhover, kestrel.
,  become* empty;( ) become* deserted.
(). . ().
 . . . 1. it is empty;() it is deserted;   ~ the room was empty;the room looked empty;2. ( ) :      ~ he felt used up, he felt void of all feeling; ,  ~ either too much or too little, fest today and fast tomorrow.
. . chatterbox, windbag.
|. be*/stand* empty; ~e the building is standing empty.
. empty-headed, shallow.
. . windbag;~ . verbosity, verbiage, wordiness, mere talk.
|1. . (  ) empty;() hollow;() vacant;() deserted;(  ) free;~  empty box;~  deserted house;~  free lesson;~  cabbage soup without any meat;2. . (, ) shallow, empty;~  shallow person;3. . () empty, hollow;() unfounded;~e  mere/empty words;~e  hollow promises;~  mere excuse;~  futile amusements;4. . () trivial, slight;5.  . . . nothing, a mere nothing;() rubbish;~  nonentity; ~  empty-handed;  ~   .  beat* the air, mill the wind;labor in vain;~    .  the loudest are not the wisest.
.  . . twaddler, babbler, windbag.
|. empty chatter, twaddle;~ . . chatter.
. emptiness (. .) ;( ) hollowness;. vacuum.
. sterile flower;. failure.
. waste ground.
|. . hermit, anchoret, anchorite;~ desert, deserted, uninhabited.
. . hermitage.
. desert;wilderness .
. waste ground.
1.    . let (+ .) ;~  let them amuse themselves;~  ! very well!;just as you like!, have it your own way!;~   let him go; , ~   tell her she had better wash the dishes;2.  (,   ) all right; ~,   all right, I agree;3.  (, ) suppose, even though;~  ,     well, what if he is mistaken - can`t the mistake be rectified?, he may be mistaken, but the mistake isn`t irrevocable, is it?;4.  ( , ) even.
. 1. trifle, bagatelle; ~ waste time on trifles; - ~ quarrel over nothing, quarrel over a mere trifle; - ~ take* offence at  mere trifle;2. . . () nonsense sg. ;  ~,   her talk was nonsensical, her laughter irrelevant;3. . .  . . () never mind!;~,   never mind, everything will be all right;    ~ it`s mere child`s play for him.
|, ~ . trifling;~  trifling matter.
|. . muddler, muddle-head;~ . 1. () muddle, confusion;   ~   his mind is one big muddle;2. (   -.) maze.
|1. () meandering, winding, zigzag;~   the meandering tracks of a hare;~  dishevelled/ruffled hair sg. ;2. (, ) confused, stumbling, incoherent;   ~  he let me tell my incoherent story.
|. 1. (.;  ) tangle (smth.) ;() muddle (smth.) up, mix (smth.) up;~  tangle threads;~  ruffle hair;2. (.;  ) confuse (smb.) ;3. ( ) get* mixed up, mix things up; ~,  ! don`t beat about the bush, out with it!;4. (.,   -., -.) take* (smb. , smth.) for;~  confuse names, muddle up names; ~     I take you for your brother, I confuse you with your brother;5. ( .  . ) . ( -.   ) mix (smb.) up (in), implicate ( smb. in), involve ( smb. in);6. (.;    ) hobble (smth.) ;~ . . 1. (  ) get* tangled;2. (, ) get* confused, get* muddled, lose* the thread of one`s thoughts;3. () interfere, meddle; ~     . don`t interfere in what does not concern you, don`t meddle in other people`s affairs;4. ( . ) . keep* company (with), get* mixed up (with).
. 1. pass;voucher;~   pass to a sanatorium; ~ place in a tourist group;2. ( ) itinerary, schedule;~   a start in life.
. guide(-book);~   museum guide.
|guiding;~  guiding star, lodestar.
|1. railway attr. , line attr. ;~  trackwalker;2. (  ) travel attr. ;travelling, itinerary;~  travel notes;~  motor waybill;~  travelling expenses;~  traveller`s cheque.
. 1. () railway engineer;2. (  ) railwayman*.
 I. . proper(ly);coherently;  ~   he never sits down to a square meal.
 II (.;) by means of, by.
. ( ) overpass, underpass;.-. overbridge.
. . tracklayer.
|. , ~ . traveller.
. journey;( ) voyage;(, ) trip; ~ world tour.
. travel;(o  .) voyage;~   travel about/round the country;~   go*/travel round the world.
. fishing season.
|. , ~ . traveller, wayfarer.
|. . 1. sensible, worthwhile, judicious;2.  . . c. :  ~     he will never make good, he will never amount to much.
. putsch, coup.
. clot sg. , hobble sg. ;. bonds, chains, fetters, trammels.
|. 1. () way, route; ~ water-way; ~ sea route;  ~ the great trade routes; ~ air-routes;2. ( ) railway track/line, permanent way;3. () journey, way; ~! pleasant/good journey!;  ~ on the way back;4. (, ) way, course; ~  each took his own course, their ways parted/separated;5. ( ) road, path;   ~ he is on the right road;~  . access path;6. () way;means pl. ; ~ by peaceful means, peacefully;7. . . tract sg. , duct sg. ; ~ last journey;~  means of communication;~  route; ~  -. ,  ~ -. on the road/way to smth. ;  ~  -. be* on the road/way to smth. ;o ~ on the way;     ~ our ways are not yours;  ~ go* one`s own way, take* one`s own course; -.  ~  put* smb. on the right road.
. 1. down;(  .) fuzz;( ) fluff, nap;2. . down, pubescence; ~  !  good luck!;  ~   rout completely;  ~   . be* dressed to kill, be* done up to the eye-balls.
plump, chubby.
. swell*.
. powder-puff.
down attr. ;made of down  .
. goggle-eyed.
. 1. ( ) the deep;2. ( ) the depths pl. ;. abyss;~  abyss of misery.
. 1. ~  goggle;2. . :     he is troubled with wind.
. 1. little bundle;() posy, bunch, nosegay;2. () pencil of (light-)rays, light-pencil;3. () bun, knot;4. . beam;~  neutron beam.
|gun attr. , cannon attr. ;~  gun-fire;~  cannon-fodder.
. bit of fluff;~  feather of snow, feathery snow-flake.
|fluffy, downy;~  fluffy hair sg. ;~  fluffy (little) kitten.
,  (.) 1. fluff up (smth.) ;2. . give* (smb.) a good scolding.
|. cannon, gun;  ~    use a sledge-hammer to crack a nut; -.  ~ deceive smb. , pull the wool over smb.`s eyes.
. . 1. gunner;2. cannon-founder.
|. . furs pl. , pelts pl. ;~ fur attr. ;~  fur-bearing animal, fur-bearer;~  fur-trade.
. fluff, down;( ) bloom.
. dense forest;() forest preserve.
|:  ~  to enhance the effect;to look important.
