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Lockwood (книга) ч2

Terms in this set (15)

thistle
Чертополох
scowl
"I detect hesitation," the skull said. "As a friend?"
I scowled. "Well, no. Obviously not."
"As a respected colleague, then?"
a facial expression of dislike or displeasure
curfew
No one is allowed on the streets during the curfew.
He has a 10 o'clock curfew.
She began to cry because it was past curfew and she was certain her momma would kill her when she got home.
a set time at which you must be home at night
cypress tree
Кипарис
banister
The children Love to slide down the banister
the handrail of a staircase
Slug, sluggish

The game picked up after a sluggish start

the traffic on the arterial roads was sluggish, and repair work at the Chiswick roundabout delayed us even more.
Слизень,
Slow to respond, Slow in movement, growth, flow
pursue(n, v)
The pursuer in the garden had broken through the hedge and was running over the lawn toward me.
to chase, погоня
snatch
The aim is to get in, snatch the skull, and found out more about...
to grab quickly
top-notch

"we need two top-notch psychic Sources.
-Well, where would we get those? - George asked. The skull was one
outstanding; superior
linger
Lockwood led the way upstairs, Holly following, George and I lingering behind.

a few lunchtime picnickers lingered in the cool spring sunlight.
to be slow in leaving or going away
Засиживаться
coverlet
bedspread
Seal
. It was only because something was dropped—and its Seal broke—that the ghost got out at all."
Печать, клеймо
grief

Yes it had gotten out and killed his Sister. Afterward in his rage and grief he destroyed the ghost
Since then, Lockwood had shut his grief away, clamped it deep inside, where it still burned fiercely, fueling

Her betr0ayalcaused Jeff grief
A period of deep sorrow
Frankensense
Ладан
shaving

The crate was filled to the brim with yellow-brown wood shavings, acted as protectiv packing
Стружка
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