Номер 3, страница 98 - гдз по английскому языку 11 класс учебник Афанасьева, Михеева

3 Listen, (27), and read.

A. captivate ['kæptiveɪt] — захватить, привлечь внимание
comprehensible [,kɒmpri'hensibl] — доступный пониманию, понятный
melt [melt] — 1) таять, растапливать; 2) исчезать
miracle ['mɪrəkl] — чудо
possess [pə'zes] — обладать
stuff [stʌf] — материал, вещество, вещи
suspect [sə'spekt] — подозревать
touch [tʌtʃ] — прикосновение
worth [wɜːθ] — стоящий, заслуживающий
figure out — понимать
stir up — растревожить, расшевелить
work out — решать, делать вывод, вырабатывать

B. captivate: to captivate someone, to be captivated by something. The recent events captivated the whole country. We were captivated by the splendid performance of the dancers.

comprehensible: comprehensible ideas; comprehensible speech, to be comprehensible to somebody. Computer jargon is not always comprehensible. I’m afraid, trigonometry is not quite comprehensible to me.

melt: 1) to melt in spring, to melt under the sunrays. Ecologists say that the polar ice caps are beginning to melt. Melt 200 grams of butter in the pan. 2) to melt (away), to melt in the darkness, to melt in the distance. I got sorry for him and my anger melted away.

miracle: a minor (small) miracle, to work miracles; to perform miracles. The growth of this country has been described as an economic miracle. I’m not promising miracles but I’ll try to help you. With these traffic jams it will be a small miracle if we get there on time.

possess (formal): to possess some quality, to be possessed by an emotion. They do not possess the necessary IT skills. It was useless to talk to her when she was possessed by anger.

stuff: good stuff, somebody’s stuff. Don’t tell me about it: I already know all that stuff. Don’t leave your stuff on my desk, please.

suspect: to suspect somebody of something (doing something). We suspected Alan of having told us a lie. People suspected that Mr Jacobs worked for the police.

touch: the touch of somebody’s hand. She felt the touch of his lips on her cheek. The flowers gave the finishing touch to the table.

worth: to be worth ten pounds, to be worth doing something. I am afraid his promises are not worth much. This museum is well worth visiting. They believed that their freedom was worth fighting for.

figure out: I couldn’t figure out what the teacher was talking about.

stir up: to stir up anger, to stir up memories. The sight of the school stirred up a lot of pleasant memories.

work out: I still can’t work out what to do.