It's approaching the [пороговая] value now.

threshold

Loraine agreed to go without any [сомнения, колебания] .

hesitation

She had started a one-woman [крестовый поход] against child pornography.

crusade

Over the centuries, the [коренное] population intermixed with wave after wave of settlers.

native

Scandals were one thing, but [унижение] was an entirely different matter.

humiliation

The squid vanished in a cloud of black [чернил] .

ink

After his third duel, Billy the Kid was already [пользовался дурной славой] .

notorious infamous

Electronic surveillance cannot really replace human [крнтроль, наблюдение] .

supervision

Why do you always have to [зудеть] all the time?

nag

The kids all piled into the [лифт] .

elevator lift

Info: For AmE, use "elevator", for BrE, use "lift".

Although her body grew weaker with age, her mind was by no means [слабый] .

feeble weak frail

If we can publish this news today, it'll be a real [сенсация] .

scoop

It was actually [безразлично] to me whether we left or not.

indifferent insignificant unimportant

Throw some [горошин] into the salad, and maybe some sweet peppers.

peas

These clothes are especially designed for [отдыха на свежем воздухе] activities.

outdoor

We have some wonderful seedless [виноград] you could munch on.

grapes

Camus wrote a famous work about the [чуме] hitting a city in North Africa.

plague

The race track will be really [грязный, размытый] after last night's rain.

muddy

His [племянник] was due on the 3 o'clock train.

nephew

He tried not to [сходить] from the straight and narrow.

stray deviate