"Needful Things" the last part

 

 

Word	Definition	Synonyms	Antonyms	Translation	Example of usage from the book
thumped	Hit or struck heavily	Pounded, slammed	Caressed, stroked	стукнул	Raider thumped his tail against the floor, as if to say he knew she could do it. (p145)
dared	Challenged someone to do something risky	Ventured, attempted	Shrank from	Осмелился	The mushrooms were canned, because she hadn't dared go out to the market last night (p146)
marched	Walked with a steady rhythm in a formal manner	Paraded, strode	Scampered, scurried	Маршировал	So Nettle marched on with her head high, and when she reached the corner, she turned it without looking back. (p146)
chimed	Produced a harmonious sound	Resonated, echoed	Dissonated	Пробил	The pain was both hot and cold, set deep in her flesh like complex networks of poisoned wires. She held her hands up despairingly, scarecrow hands, awful, deformed hands, and downstairs the doorbell chimed again (p147)
unconscious	Not aware of what is happening around you	Unaware, insensible	Conscious, alert	Бессознательный	Hugh Priest rarely dreamed anymore; these days he did not go to sleep so much as fall unconscious (p148)
tumbling	Falling head over heels	Toppling, rolling	Balanced, stable	Качающийся	If it had gone tumbling to the floor, Nettle wouldn't have given it a second glance (p149)
bewildered	Confused or perplexed	Baffled, puzzled	Clear-headed, composed	Озадаченный	It was a weak, bewildered sound (p149)
spun	Rotated quickly	Whirled, revolved	Stationary, immobile	Закрутил	Love might make the world go round, but she was convinced it was the cries of the badly wounded and deeply afflicted which spun the universe on the great glass pole of its axis (p149)

beads	Small round objects strung together	Pearls, gems	Coarse stones, boulders	Бусы	His brow was dotted with fine beads of sweat (p153)
fright	A sudden feeling of fear	Terror, alarm	Courage, bravery	Страх	At first they felt nothing but bare wood, and Hugh sobbed in fright and rage (p153)

 

 

 

 

Word	Definition	Synonyms	Antonyms	Translation	Example of usage from the book
magnificent	Impressively beautiful or splendid in appearance	grand, glorious, majestic	plain, ordinary	великолепный	d he had been absolutely magnificent (p161)
vigorously	In a strong and active way	energetically, forcefully, robustly	weakly	энергично	Everything okay, Myrt?" Keeton asked, looking up from his plate and scrubbing vigorously at his face with his napkin. (p162)
restitution	The act of restoring something lost or stolen to its rightful owner	compensation, reparation	deprivation	возмещение	He could not make total restitution before the axe fell, that much was clear. (p162)
fiscal	Relating to government revenue, especially taxes	financial, budgetary	non-financial	финансовый	Questions like how longin fiscal years (p163)
distressing	Causing great anxiety, sorrow, or pain	disturbing, worrying, painful	comforting, reassuring	тревожащий	Questions ambitious men would find distressing. (p163)
giggled	To laugh quietly and continuously in a nervous or silly manner	chuckled, snickered	frowned	хихикал	She giggled and flapped her napkin at him (p163)
taped up	Secured with adhesive tape	bound, fastened	untied	заклеенный	Before turning it, she briefly examined the pink slip she had just taped up. (p163)
muttering	Speaking softly and indistinctly, often expressing dissatisfaction	murmuring, grumbling	shouting clearly	бормочущий	her legs as stiff as sticks, muttering (p166)
outthrust	Extend outward suddenly	protrude, jut out	retract	выпячивать	there had been nothing mild about his blue eyes or his outthrust chin (p168)
knuckles	The hard parts at the back of each finger joint	joints, bones	fleshy areas	костяшки пальцев	At last it disappeared between Keeton's big knuckles (p169)

 

I have finished the book and I want to share my general opinion. For me, this is an unusual genre to read because I usually read something romantic or funny. Interestingly, I really enjoyed the plot of the book, which kept me engaged from start to finish. I was always curious to find out what happened to the residents of the town and how the truth about the shopkeeper would unfold.