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| Question | Answer |
| There's a story here about about some people who have taken a pay cut in order to work fewer hours. | What do you want money for if you haven't got free time to spend it? |
| If I could get a reasonable income I would be happy enough with it. If I had too much free time, I wouldn't know what to do with it. | Nice one, Tommy! Always Mr. Compromise! |
| That's the way of the world. You have to use everything you've got. | I don't agfee whit that at all. I think that's corruption. |
| He would sell his own mother to get to the top, wouldn't you? | Yeh, if anyone would buy her... |
| The discussions focus on the personal side of factual events - the story behind the story. | factual ['fæktʃuəl] a фактически, действителен, истински, реален |
| She talks about the last 15 feet of her second attempt to reach the summit of Everest. | Vicky,51, is thought to be the 1st Scottish woman to have scaled the tallest peaks on the world. |
| scale | VI. 1. катеря се/покатервам се по, изкачвам, достигам (връх и пр.) 1. тегля, претеглям the SCALE s Везни (съзвездие и знака на зодиака) |
| plonk/ plunk [plʌŋk] | I. 1. бухвам (се) цопвам (и с down) You plonk yourself down at the top when you get there. I literally just plonked myself down. II. 1. звън, дрънчене, дрънкане (на струни) |
| nudge ['nʌdʒ] | I. v бутам с лакът, сбутвам, смушквам II. n бутане, побутване, сбутване, смушкване So I had to try and nudge my way round these people. |
| I wasn't roped, and you sort of, you feel wobbly at the top, because suddenly all the land is disappearing. | wobbly 1 moving in an unsteady way from side to side a chair with a wobbly leg a wobbly tooth He's still a bit wobbly after the operation (= not able to stand firmly). 2 not firm or confident SYNONYM shaky the wobbly singing of the choir The evening got off to a wobbly start. |
| third [θə:d] II. 1. (една) третина/трета (част) | There is a third of oxygen, up at that level, compared to what we breathe down at sea level. |
| If you think about the tiredest you've ever felt and multiply that by three, you'll go through the layers of tiredness, as you climb up the mountain. | saliva [sə'laivə] n слюнка |
| But something inside you, because of your heart, you really need to want to get that target very badly, and somehow or other you push through the barriers. | badly много силно |
| Your body doesn't exist naturally, so the systems are starting to break down and just close down on you. So, saliva is a luxury. | close-down NOUN [uncountable, singular] the stopping of work, especially permanently, in an office, a factory, etc. |
| Is he around? | още ли е там/ в тази сфера |
| Crime would increase overnight. | overnight 1 during or for the night We stayed overnight in London after the theatre. 2 suddenly or quickly Don't expect it to improve overnight. She became famous overnight. |
| ban banning, banned | 1 ban something to decide or say officially that something is not allowed SYNONYM prohibit забрана Chemical weapons are banned internationally. a campaign to ban smoking in public places He was banned from driving for six months. |
| We are the same age. | He is the same age as me. |
| If this turns out to be true. | Ако се окаже истина. |
| wound wuːnd ; wuːnd | 1 an injury to part of the body, especially one in which a hole is made in the skin using a weapon a leg/head, etc. wound a bullet/knife/gunshot/stab wound 2. After a serious argument, it can take some time for the wounds to heal. Seeing him again opened up old wounds. |
| heal hiːl ; hiːl | 1 [intransitive, transitive] to become healthy again; to make something healthy again It took a long time for the wounds to heal. |
| obese əʊˈbiːs ; oʊˈbiːs obesity əʊˈbiːsəti ; oʊˈbiːsəti | very fat, in a way that is not healthy Obese patients are given dietary advice. She is grossly obese. Obesity can increase the risk of heart disease. |
| You are bound to... | succeed/give up.... със сигурност ще... |
| The first letter is connected with his first experience/meeting with a different place. | The most unexpected thing that happened to him was that... |
| He's got some great news. | He gets more money than before. This job is better paid. |
| If it becomes a fact he will send home a lot of money. | In the morning when he knocks off at 6 they pay him cash |
| stab [stæb] | I. 1. промушвам, пробождам, намушвам, ръгвам с нож/кама и пр. to STAB to death убивам с нож/кама to STAB in the back пробождам в гърба прe'н. злословя за, клеветя, извършвам предателство по отношение на 2. причинявам болка/мъка на, режа, бода, промушвам (за болка) II. 1. (рана от) промушване с остро оръжие a STAB in the back прен. предателско нападение, наклеветяване 2. внезапна остра болка, бодеж 3. разг. опит, усилие |
| But if you can just picture it, if you slipped, you would have just fallen off the mountain... | But if you can just picture it... |
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