Sixpence unit 1-5

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Тяготы войны

• hardships of war

• hazards of the war

• malicious of the war

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... , at one of the competitions, he was noticed by a professional ballet teacher.

• By a lucky chance

• Well calculated

• Seeking refuge

Translate into English

Литературный мир

• Republic of letters

• Literary world

• The world of letters

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To fill, to occupy time with something, so that it passes faster, more imperceptibly

• To while away the tedium of a journey

• Pass the time

• To push smth for all

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I thought of the pleasant family life of which he had had a glimpse ...

• Torn between my thoughts

• Jealously

• With a touch of envy  

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Jane asked me to bring the notes from the last class, but ..., so we agreed that I would bring it tomorrow

• It escaped my memory

• It fell out of my memory

• It torned between my memory 

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Filming took place in New York, and Rose moved here so as not ... cities.

• To escape her memory 

• To be torn between

• To reflect on 

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To be completely absorbed, captured by something

• To get infatuated with something 

• To have a sketchy knowledge of smth 

• To make a show of something 

Translate into English

Выбить почву из-под ног 

• To come like a thunderbolt 

• To take possession of smb 

• To cut the ground from under smb's feet  

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Sleep didn't want to come. The brain, inflamed from thoughts, ... of the past day, trying to find the cause of anxiety.

• Searching among my memories

• Not making head or tail 

• Giving all the rope it wants