Unit 1

1. Determination Рішучість the quality of being determined

2. Foresight Передбачливість the ability to predict what will happen or be
needed in the future
3. Underestimate Недооцінювати to see smth smaller or less important than it
really is
4. Contribute Сприяти help to cause or bring about
5. Remarkable Значне досягнення something that has been achieved
accomplishment successfully
6. Perseverance Наполегливість continued effort and determination
7. School dropout Той хто покинув навчання/вигнанець is someone who has left school or college
before they have finished their studies
8. Overcome adversity Подолати незгоди successfully solve a problem
9. From rags to riches из грязи в князи used to describe what happens to a person
who was poor but becomes rich
10. Self-improvement Самовдосконалення the activity of learning new things on your
own that make you a more skilled or able
person
11. Bleak childhood Похмуре дитинство difficult childhood
12. To become a little Неактуальний/застарілий To become less useful
wearing
13. Acclaimed author Відомий автор publicly praised author
14. Elbow grease Тяжка робота hard physical work
15. Legwork Брудна робота hard work that no one wants to do
16. Rooting for smn Вболівати за когось give smn your support while they are doing
something difficult
17. It struck me the most Це мене найбільше вразило Be amazed
18. Lack of cohesion Відсутність згуртованості lack of the action or fact of forming a united
whole
19. Helping hand «Рука допомоги» Helping action that you receive from smn
21. Glimmer of hope Проблиск надії the belief that there is a slight chance that
something positive will happen.
22. Man of success Успішна людина having achieved fame, wealth, or social
status
23. Achieve success Досягти успіху To get success
24. Motivational speaker Мотиваційний оратор a speaker who makes speeches intended to
motivate or inspire an audience
25. Reach your full Розкрити свій потенціал повністю to become the best one can be
potential
26. Troubled youth Проблемна молодь teens with a wide array of behavioral or
emotional problems
27. Upbeat tone Піднесений тон full of hope, happiness, and good feelings
voice
28. Believable Правдоподібний able to be believed; credible
29. Psychological tricks Психологічні хитрощі a type of social influence that aims to change
the behavior or perception of others through
indirect, deceptive, or underhanded tactics
30. heavyweight champion чемпіон у важкій вазі a person that is heavier than average
31. sticking to her дотримуючись її принципів to do or keep doing what you said you would
principles do or what you believe in, even when it is
difficult
32. back down відступати to admit that you were wrong or that you
have been defeated
33. reconsideration перегляд the act of considering something again;
review
34. on a whim на примху Based on a sudden, impulsive urge, desire, or
idea
35. on target на ціль so as to hit or achieve the thing aimed at
36.on the off chance на випадок if you do something on the off chance, you
do it even though you think it is unlikely to
succeed
37. house-warming party
38. carry sth out
39. carry over
40. wear sb out
41. carry sth off
42. wear (sth) away
43. at one's feet
44. be a feather in one's cap
definition
45. have one's head in the
clouds
46. keep on top (of
someone or something)
47. rub sb up the wrong
way
48. steal the show
49. work one's fingers to
the bone
50. work your way to the
top
51. labored day and night
52. disastrous
53. forthcoming
54. resistance
55. breakthrough
56. hold in
57. enrolled in
58. acquire
59. profitable
60. advertising industry
61. prosperity
62. acquaintances
63. decline
64. social background
65. financial backing
66. a well-rounded
education
67. a willingness to
compromise
68. resilience
Новосілля a party that you give when you move into a
new house
здійснювати to do or complete something, especially that
you have said you would do or that you have
been told to do, executes
переносити extend beyond the original area of
application, spread
зношуватись to make someone extremely tired
вигравати to succeed in doing or achieving something
difficult
зношуватися to become thin and disappear after repeated
use or rubbing, or to cause something to
become thin and disappear in this way
В ногах To be enthralled with or captivated by
someone
Досягнення, предмет для гордості a cause for pleasure at one's achievements
Літати у хмарах, бути To be daydreaming and not paying attention
незосередженим to what is happening or being said
Бути в курсі діла to stay well-informed about the status of
someone or something
роздратовувати to annoy someone without intending to
Опинятись у центрі уваги to be the most popular or the best part of an
event or situation
Працювати не покладаючи рук to work extremely hard, especially for a long
time
Рухатись кар’єрною драбина to make progress in a process or structure
Працювати день і ніч Worked all the time
Катастрофічний, згубний extremely bad or unsuccessful
майбутні happening soon
опір the ability not to be affected by something,
especially adversely
Прорив, досягнення a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery
or development
утримувати to stop
зарахований до  signed up for something
набувати to get or buy something
вигідний making or likely to make a profit
рекламна галузь  is a global, multibillion-dollar business that
serves as a conduit between manufacturers
and consumers
Процвітання, добробут the state of being successful and having a lot
of money
знайомі a person that you have met but do not know
well
занепад to gradually become less, worse, or lower
соціальний фон refers to a persons history in terms of how
they were raised, their ethnicity and their
family's background in instances where one
is married
фінансове забезпечення financial resources provided to make some
project possible
Хорошв всебічна освіта an education that includes many areas, for
example music, the arts, and social and
physical skills
готовність піти на компроміс Be ready and willing to make an agreement
between your needs and those of your partner
стійкість the ability of a substance to return to its usual
shape after being bent, stretched, or pressed
69. persistence наполегливість the fact of continuing in an opinion or course
of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
70. ruthlessness нещадність the quality of not thinking or worrying about
any pain caused to others when deciding
what you need to do
71. regardless незалежно despite the prevailing circumstances
72. appeal звернення make a serious, urgent, or heartfelt request
73. on the verge На краю at the point when (something) is about to
happen or is very likely to happen
74. re-established відновлено establish (something) again or anew
75. essential Неодмінний very important and necessary
76. appropriate Відповідний/властивий suitable or right for a particular situation or
person
77. restate Робити заново to say something again or in a different way
78. proposed Запропонований suggested as a possible plan or action for
people to consider
79. enormous progress Величезний прогрес movement to an improved or more developed
state
80. committee Комітет a small group of people chosen to represent a
larger organization and either make decisions
or collect information
81. percentage Відсотковий amount of something, often expressed as a
number out of 100
82. Under-funded Недофінансований If an organization is underfunded, it does not
receive a large enough income
83. Entitle Надавати право to give someone the right to do or have
something
84. Among Серед in the middle of or surrounded by other
things
85. Congested Переповнений too blocked or crowded and causing
difficulties
86. Widespread poverty Розповсюджена бідність the popular state of the extremely poor
87. Trial Судове засідання the hearing of statements and showing of
objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a
person is guilty of a crime
88. forсefully Насильно in a strong way that demands attention or
action
89. Maintain Підтримувати to continue to have; to keep in existence, or
not allow to become less
90. Sophisticated Витончений having a good understanding of the way
people behave and/or a good knowledge of
culture and fashion
91. contraction Скорочення the fact of something becoming smaller or
shorter
92. particular Зокрема special, or this and not any other
93. Prompt Підказка make someone decide to say or do something
94. Crime Злочин illegal activities
95. enclose Обводити to surround something
96. anticipation Передчуття a feeling of excitement about something that
is going to happen in the near future
98. remaining Те, що залишилося be left after other parts or things have been
used or taken away
99. A far cry from Далеко від, дуже відрізняється very different from
100. Out of the ordinary Незвичайний unusual
101. Stomach-churning Бентежний, той, що викликає frightening
блювання
102. A milestone Важлива подія an important event
103. The world is your Весь світ у твоїх ніг there is no limit
oyster
104. Well-heeled Заможний, багатий wealthy
105. Looming on the Не за горами, наближається approaching
horizon
106. I would not say no to
107. I can but dream
108. From the outrageously
expensive to the downright
dangerous
109. Outrageous
110. Downright
111. Dearly
112. Explicitly
113. Attain
114. A distant relation
115. Parachuting
116. Air ballooning
117. Bungee jumping
118. White water rafting
119. Ride down rapids
120. Octogenarian
121. Alarmist
122. Alarming
123. Impressionable
124. Quarrel
125. Elaborate
126. Go-between
127. Chart
128. Ancestral
129. Altar
130. Inauspicious
131. Omen
132. Make ends meet
133. Make one's head spin
134. Lace
135. To fetch
136. Roundabout
137. To hand in
138. Make up for
139. Well-brought up
140. Joviality
141. Ggenerosity
142. smirk
143. wretched
144. mortality rate
145. a nation of ingrates
146. to wake up to the fact
147. keeping-up-with-the-
Joneses
Я б не відмовився, мені подобається I would like
Я можу тільки мріяти it is impossible for me
Від шалено дорогого до відверто
небезпечного
Шалений, обурливий shockingly bad or excessive
Прямий, відвертий, чесний
Дорогою ціною; ніжно, палко very much
Ясно, точно, без натяків
Досягати succeed in achieving
Віддалене відношення
Стрибки з парашутом drop or cause to drop from an aircraft by
parachute
Катання на повітряній кулі
Банджі-джампінг a sport in which a participant jumps from a
high bridge, building, etc., secured only by a
rubber cord attached to the ankles
Рафтинг the sport or pastime of traveling down a river
on a raft
Спускатися порогами, поїздка вниз
порогами
Восьмидесятирічний a person who is from 80 to 89 years old
Панікер someone who is considered to be
exaggerating a danger and so causing
needless worry or panic
Хвилюючий, тривожний worrying or disturbing
Вразливий, вражаючий, чутливий easily influenced because of a lack of critical
ability
Сваритися an angry argument or disagreement, typically
between people who are usually on good
terms
Ретельно, детально розробляти; detailed and complicated in design and
досконалий planning
Посередник mediator
Діаграма, мапа, схема a sheet of information in the form of a table,
graph, or diagram
Спадковий, родовий lineal
Олтар
Зловісний, несприятливий not conducive to success; unpromising
Знак, прикмета an event regarded as a portent of good or evil
Звести кінці з кінцями
Кружити голову
Шнурок
Принести, дістати go for and then bring back
Обхідний шлях not following a short direct route
Вручати
Компенсувати
Добре вихований
веселість; товариськість the quality in a person of being friendly and
in a good mood, or of a situation being
enjoyable, friendly and pleasant
щедрість, великодушність the quality of being kind and generous
самовдоволена посмішка smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or
silly way
жалюгідний, нещасний miserable, unhappy, sad
смертність death rate
нація невдячних a nation who is not grateful
усвідомлювати факт to start to realize something
йти в одну ногу з чимось try to emulate or not be outdone by one's
neighbours
148. outbreak вибух, спалах (почуттів, гніву) the sudden or violent start of something
unwelcome
149. to be down in the вішати ніс; бути у поганому настрої to be sad, unhappy, dejected
mouth
150. obstacle перешкода barrier, problem, drawback
151. easy-to-reach легкодоступний accessible, available
152. glum похмурий looking or feeling dejected
153. full-time education денна (повна) форма навчання education undertaken in pursuit of a course,
where an average of more than 12 hours per
week is spent during term time
154. elimination усунення, ліквідація the complete removal or destruction of
something
155. incivility неввічливість, нечемність, rude or unsociable speech or behaviour
невихованість
156. become a victim of ставати жертвою свого власного to have problems because of your success
your own success досвіду
157. massively масово, широкомасштабно extremely or very much
158. apathy байдужість; апатія; пасивність lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern
159. likewise 1) подібно, так само, у такий же in the same way; also
спосіб; 2) також, більше того
160. cheering up підбадьорювати stop feeling depressed and become more
cheerful
161. timeless вічний not affected by the passage of time or
changes in fashion
162. to be inferred зробити внесок deduce or conclude (something) from
evidence and reasoning rather than from
explicit statements
163. inclusive 1) всеохоплюючий; 2) що містить в including all the services or items normally
собі expected or required
164. affluent багатий having a great deal of money ; wealthy
165. virtual віртуальний, фактичний, уявний almost a particular thing or quality
166. to call in sick взяти лікарняний to inform one's employer that one will be
absent due to illness (real or feigned).
167. incredibly неймовірно used to introduce a statement that is hard to
believe
168. search engine пошукова система a computer program that finds information on
the internet by looking for words that you
have typed in
169. exhilarating хвилюючий making one feel very happy, animated, or
elated
170. incomparable незрівнянний without an equal in quality or extent
171. unacceptable неприйнятний, небажаний not satisfactory or allowable
172. rejection неприйняття, відхилення the dismissing or refusing of a proposal, idea,
etc..
173. to kick ударяти (ногою) to hit someone or something with the foot
174. awesome приголомшливий, жахливий extremely impressive or daunting; inspiring
great admiration, apprehension, or fear.
175. conceivable можливий, зрозумілий, збагнений capable of being imagined or grasped
mentally
176. envious заздрісний, недоброзичливий spiteful, jealous
177. obscure розмитий, нечіткий, незрозумілий not discovered; uncertain
178. layman непрофесіонал; пересічна, проста a person without professional or specialized
людина knowledge in a particular subject
179. favour 1)прихильність, підтримка; feel or show approval or preference for
2)підтримувати
180. word of mouth "сарафанне радіо", із вуст в уста informal conversation about other people or
unimportant things
181. antiquarian антиквар, хранитель старожитностей a person who studies or collects antiques or
antiquities
182. sampling відбір проб the action or process of taking samples of
something for analysis
183. a corruption корупція illegal, bad, or dishonest behaviour,
especially by people in positions of power
184. briefly коротко for a short time
185. purchasing купівля, придбання acquire (something) by paying for it; buy.
186. afterwards згодом, пізніше at a later or future time; subsequently.
187. prosaic нудний, прозаїчний ordinary, everyday, routine
188. alleviate полегшити to make (suffering or a problem) less severe.