Deck 21 45
a large tree with spreading branches that produces smooth brown nuts inside cases that are covered with spikes. There are several types of chestnut tree.
an old joke or story that has been told so many times that it is no longer funny or interesting
(especially of hair) grey or white because a person is old
(informal) used to tell somebody to stop doing or saying something annoying
to steal things from a place, especially using force during a time of war
a long, thin, straight piece of metal that you put through meat to hold and turn it while you cook it over a fire
to show too much respect to somebody who is more important than you or who can give you something you want
angry or sulky behaviour, especially because you cannot do or have what you want
a feeling of extreme pleasure and happiness
(according to some millenarian teaching) the transporting of believers to heaven at the Second Coming of Christ.
pull, or move with a sudden movement
(especially in some societies in the past) a woman who lives with a man, often in addition to his wife or wives, but who is less important than they are
ravage something to damage something badly
evict somebody (from something) to force somebody to leave a house or land, especially when you have the legal right to do so
to speak or complain about something in a loud and/or angry way
the crime of deliberately setting fire to something, especially a building
the act of giving more information than people want to hear about your personal life
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
[countable] the bottom part of a tree left in the ground after the rest has fallen or been cut down
the end of something or the part that is left after the main part has been cut, broken off or worn away
undertake something - to make yourself responsible for something and start doing it
undertake to do something | undertake that… to agree or promise that you will do something
[uncountable] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs
behaviour that is evil or immoral; a quality in somebody’s character that is evil or immoral
a stick that has the shape of a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones
(specialist) the condition of being unable to see things clearly when they are far away
(formal, disapproving) the state of being unable to see what the results of a particular action or decision will be; the failure to think about anything outside your own situation
not brook something/not brook somebody doing something/brook no… to not allow something
contingent (on/upon something) (formal) depending on something that may or may not happen
an organ like a bag in shape that produces milk and hangs under the body of a cow, goat, etc.
shout loudly and without restraint
tending to find and call attention to faults (у слова caption - помимо значения "подпись", есть еще значение син. quibble)
naughtily or annoyingly playful
oversee somebody/something to watch somebody/something and make sure that a job or an activity is done correctly
to make somebody feel comfortable in bed by pulling the covers up around them
