After capturing a large prey, the boa constrictor will [реагировать] only sluggishly.

react

As it approached the sun, Halley’s Comet was once again [видима] to the naked eye.

visible

Back in the 70s, [коммуна] in the Arizona foothills were all the rage in California hippie circles.

communes

Before you can get your driver’s [-водительские права] , you will need to do an antiskid course.

license licence

Info: ”Driving licence” is BrE; “driver’s license” is AmE (and other variants exist!).

He was a politician famous for his “ No [нечего добавить!”] .

Hint: Use the phrase “No ~”.

comment comments

I fail to see the [смысла] of that remark.

relevance

In the Vegetable Kingdom, the distinction between [видамиand] variant no longer seems so clear.

species

Info: Note the form: “one species, two species”.

Jack Lemon was famous for his performance in “The Odd [парочка”] .

Couple

Info: ”Pair” means the same thing, but isn’t as common.

Jake’s [компаньон] finally refused to patrol together with him.

partner

One of his most famous [предсказаний, пророчеств] was that California would break up along the San Andreas Fault before 2000.

predictions prophecies

Roughly speaking, vanilla sugar in Sweden [соответствует] to vanilla extract in the U.S., but the latter is liquid, which means you must change the recipe slightly.

corresponds is equivalent

The [последние] consequences of her decision were not to be understood for many years yet.

ultimate final

The blackmailer threatened to [раскрыть] Prescott’s little secret.

reveal expose unmask disclose

The dictionary was printed in twenty [томах] .

volumes

The Duke’s [имущество, отавшееся после смерти] amounted to a fortune of some £ 10 million.

estate property

The first artists to use [перспективу] were based in Renaissance Italy.

perspective

The Ford [фонд] sponsored a number of such scholarships.

Hint: Remember the capital letter!

Foundation Fund

The Good Fairy was there to [исполнить] her three wishes, but no more.

grant allow

The new Bologna guidelines call for [цели-referenced] grading criteria.

goal aim objective

This is the third peace proposal that they have [отвергли] .

rejected turned down

Two [десятилетия] were to pass before they ran into each other in Copenhagen.

decades

We are [однако] unlikely to be able to attend, unfortunately.

Hint: Find a one-word answer!

nevertheless nonetheless however

We would all [примем во внимание] it if you gave up those attempts to ride bareback on your pet moose.

appreciate

Info: Note that this verb takes the object “it”.

We’re still not certain about the exact [механизм, устройство] behind lemming population explosions.

mechanism

When their war [-обязанности] matured in 1954, they quickly cashed them in.

bonds