4. Oscar Wilde “The picture of Dorian Gray” Chapter IV.

1. listless a. – without energy, spiritless;

2. abstruse a. – difficult to understand;

3. absurd a. – ridiculous, senseless;

4. gaudy a. – bright and vulgar;

5. hideous a. – horrible, disgusting;

6. fidelity n. – faithfulness in friendship;

7. consistency n. – the state of always being the same in thought, behaviour;

8.  horrid (coll) a. – very unpleasant, repulsive;

9. to confess – to admit, confirm;

10. to confide v. – to entrust,

11. divine a. – from, of or like God;

12. generosity n. –the quality of being generous, nobility of mind, greatness of heart; 13. loathing n. – disgust;

14. to spare no expense – to try not to economize;

5. Oscar Wilde “The picture of Dorian Gray” Chapter V-VI.

1. intrusive a. – intruding, entering without invitation or welcome;

2. to wince – to shrink, start back, flinch as from pain, trouble, etc;

3. solicitor n. – lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legal matters;

4. intolerable a. – that cannot be endured, unacceptable;

5. placid a. – untroubled, calm, peaceful;

6. to sneer – to mock, condemn;

7. to be worthy of smb. – to have enough merit or value;

8. to make one’s fortune – to become wealthy; rich, prosperous;

9. to be heart-sick – to be unhappy, in low spirits;

10. to mean smb (no) good (well) – to have (no) good intention, kind feelings; (не)

11. an appeal for mercy – beg for pity, beg to be forgiven;

12. to cut smb short – to interrupt smb;

13. to chuck smth up – to discard, abandon, give up (in disgust);

6. Oscar Wilde “The picture of Dorian Gray” Chapter VII.

1. turmoil n. – chaos;

2. elocution n. – art or style of speaking well esp. in public;

3. callous a. – cruel, insensitive;

4. mediocre a. – average, commonplace;

5. to mar – to hurt, damage;

6. to crouch – to stoop, bend low, to lie close to the ground;

7. to huddle – to crowd or press together in disorder or distress;

8. to warp – to become bent or twisted from the usual or natural shape;

9. infinite a. – limitless, without end;

10. to beam from ear to ear – to smile warmly, with all one’s heart;

11. to strip one of smth – to uncover, deprive of, clean;

12. be a complete failure – not to succeed in doing smth, fall short of, lack smth;

7. Oscar Wilde “The picture of Dorian Gray” Chapter VIII-IX.

1. remorse n. – deep, bitter regret for wrongdoing; compunction;

2. to plunge – to dive or fall fast;

3. incoherent a. – unintelligible;

4. to console – to comfort, relieve;

5. haggard a. – worn, weakened;

6. peril n. – serious danger;

7. reticence n. – keeping smth back, silence, reserve;

8. to be plunged in remorse – to be thrust in regret, pity;

9. to get on smb’s nerves – to worry;

10. to dig up in the past – to find out smth by careful study or investigation, unearth smth;

11. to have, (be) in store for smb. – to have in reserve, to set aside for the future;

8. Oscar Wilde “The picture of Dorian Gray” Chapter X.

1. servility n. – lack of independence, behaviour or attitude of or like slaves; 2. corruption n. – decay, immorality (of persons, their actions);

3. to bustle – to move quickly and excitedly;

4. to annihilate – to destroy completely;

5. vile a. – shameful and disgusting;

6. to pry (into) – to peep, to search or inquire curiously, to poke;

7. to put smth straight – to put in order, to make smth tidy; to be frank;

8. to worm smth out of smb – to extract information, secrets by sly hinting or artful questioning;