Victoria's Secret has specialized in ladies' [нижнем белье] .

underwear underclothes unmentionables

Info: "Underwear" is the normal term, "unmentionables" is a Victorian term.

We decided it was high time to [переделать] the house in a more modern fashion.

insulate

The carriage wheel had begun to [шататься] .

wobble

To her surprise, she wound up marrying a dark-haired [датчанка] .

Dane

Info: All nationalities get capital letters.

It was a land of small pines, [неплодородная] , sandy and dry.

barren infertile sterile

The chickens [клевали] at the hard, bare ground.

pecked

In the face of the storm, the townspeople felt [бессильными] .

powerless

In the late August nights, we often saw large [ночных бабочек, мотыльков] circling the porch light bulbs.

moths

The doctors suspected cancer of the [мочевого пузыря] .

bladder

Poison ivy plants will give you an infernal [сыпь, раздражение] .

itch irritation rash

The kids always watched the [мультики] on Friday evenings.

cartoons

He was summarily tried by a workers' [суд] and shot.

tribunal

The cross-Greenland skiing trip was a major test of [выносливость] .

endurance stamina

The reporter gave the story a nasty [мнение] .

slant

To spot the [мошенника] , look for the one with a sneer and a handlebar moustache.

villain

The government [запрет on liquor failed] completely.

prohibition ban

When the sonata was performed, Beethoven felt a sense of [выполнения] .

fulfillment fulfillment

Info: AmE uses "fulfillment".

To decide without knowing most of the facts would be [поспешным, преждевременным] .

premature

The [сухие] plains around Troy were once fertile.

arid dry dessicated

Man has always dreamed of becoming [бессмертными] .

immortal