"Pet Sematary, Stephen King" part 8

 Vocabulary 8

Word	Translation	Synonyms	Antonyms	Example of usage from the book
1.  nonetheless	тем не менее, однако, всё же, несмотря на	nevertheless, however, yet, still, despite that, all the same	therefore, consequently, as a result	He found that many of his thoughts concerning the spiritual and the supernatural had undergone a quiet but nonetheless deep sea- change. (p. 181)
2. embalmed	забальзамированный, пропитанный	mummified, preserved	Decomposed, deodorized, purified	He made an appointment to come in the following day and make the rest. Yes, he would have her embalmed; he wanted her in a dress... (p. 182)
3. perplexity	недоумение, замешательство	confusion, puzzlement, bafflement, complexity	clarity, understanding, certainty, simplicity	…with some authority that there were still plenty of weird things going on, little pockets of perplexity in a world that had become by and large a clean, well-lighted place.... (p.186)
4. a swirl	вихрь, завиток, развиваться на ветру	whirl, eddy, curl	stillness, straight	She raised hers in return and went outside then in a swirl of navy blue dress. (p. 199)
5.  cinders	огарки, зола	ashes, embers, clinkers, soot	fuel, logs, flames	Someone - the church custodian, he supposed - had laid down a good bed of cinders over the slippery path of tamped snow. (p. 199)
6.  stitching	«шов, зашивание - в смысле лечения»	sewing, heal, cure	tearing, hurt	In the small world of those relatively few humans on earth concerned with stitching minor wounds, it appeared to be as endless as that old psychological squabbling point, nature versus nurture. (p. 202)
7. gambits	маневр, уловка, трюк	ploy, stratagem, tactic, trick	blunder, straightforwardness	Louis tried several ineffectual gambits to amuse the kid, and gage turned them all down. (p. 205)
8. soared	парил, взмывал, взлетел	flew high, glided, ascended	crashed, fell	Bright, a world where Mrs. Vinton’s field was nearly as big as the Bonneville salt flats, where the kite soared miles above him… (p.209)
9. hissed at smbd	зашипел на кого-либо	Shoo, chase, fizz	praised, spoke kindly to	It was irrational, but when it had hissed at him from the closet like that… (p.212)
10. shrieking	пронзительно кричащий, визжащий	screaming, screeching, yelling,	whispering, murmuring, silent	Gage’s forward motion had carried him out into the road, and the truck had been thunder, the truck had been sunlight on high chrome, the truck had been the deep-throated, shrieking bellow of an air horn. (p. 219)