"Pet Sematary, Stephen King" part 2

  Vocabulary 2 

  • Some words and expressions that are new to me from the first few chapters (9 chapters in part 1) of the novel:

Word

Translation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Example of usage from the book

1. Vulnerable

Уязвимый, беззащитный

Helpless, sensitive, unprotected

Protected, safe, secure

Ellie cast a strange, vulnerable glance back over her shoulder…

(p.21)

 

2. «Psychological cold pocket people»

Эмоционально холодные люди, люди с закрытым внутренним миром

An emotionally distant person, an unfeeling person, a cold-hearted person

 An emotionally warm person, an empathetic person, a caring individual

It was simply one of those psychological cold pocket people sometimes passed through…

(p.23)

 

3. Tosspot

Пьяница, алкоголик

Drunkard, alcoholic

Teetotaler, abstainer, sober person

I guess Will was the biggest tosspot this side of Bucksport.

(p.27)

 

4. Eye-watering hum

«Слезоточащий раздражающий гул», «жгучий гул вокруг»

Ear-splitting hum, deafening drone,overwhelming buzz

Gentle hum,

quiet buzz,

calm silence

Late mosquitoes cruised around his face, making their eye-watering hum.

(p.28)

 

5. The going was soupy

Дорога была грязной/вязкой/болотистой 

The terrain was muddy, it was sticky and treacherous, the ground was mushy 

The going was firm, the terrain was solid, the ground was dry 

The going was soupy here.

(p.28)


6. Larruping around

Бешено колотящийся, бьется как сумасшедшее

Thumping around, beating wildly, pounding heavily

Gently resting, softly beating, steadily pulsing

…his heart was larruping around at a good speed in his chest.

(p.29)

 

7. Chiseled

Высеченный (на чем-то), вырезанный

Carved, sculpted, 

shaped

Polished, crafted

There was nothing readable in the next two rows, and then, still a long way in from the center, chiseled roughly on a piece of sandstone, was Hannah the best dog that ever lived.

(p.31)

 

8. Slain by

Убитое кем-то, чем-то

Killed by, murdered by, defeated by

Saved byprotected by

To Louis it looked like the skeletal remains of some long-dead monster, something slain by a parfait good and gentle knight.

(p.33)

 

9. Inevitably

Неизбежно, неминуемо

Unavoidably,

necessarily,

certainly

Possibly,

perhaps,

potentially

In this light it was still more blond than the brown it was inevitably becoming.

(p.35)

 

10. Bumbling

Неуклюжий, неумелый

Clumsy, inept,

awkward

Skillful,

competent,

proficient

A dog got them and ripped them open instead of just chasing them like the bumbling, easily fooled dogs in the TV cartoons…

(p.37)


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