Would I ever see the stars [мерцать] again?

twinkle twinkling

He just [источал] insincerity.

oozed exuded

He was transported to Australia for having tried to [заниматься браконьерством] on manor lands.

poach

Few people are as [незаменимые] as they think.

indispensable crucial vital

If we ignore [незначительные] factors like water loss, the equation can be radically simplified.

negligible trivial

The store was closed on Saturday for [(на) учёт] .

inventory

He was drinking [сделанное на основе ржи] whiskey by then.

rye

Info: BrE "whisky". Confusingly enough, "corn whiskey" is made from rye and (AmE) corn (= BrE "maize").

Her [племянница] practiced piano every afternoon.

niece

Some of these [ящериц] were direct descendents of the original colony from the shipwreck.

lizards

The scanning showed that the tumor was [доброкачественная] .

benign

The [раскопки] of the Roman villa are proceeding nicely.

excavations digs

Although his appendix was inflamed, his [кишки] were unaffected.

intestines

The ex-CEO agreed [добровольно] to reduce his pension benefits, once the press found out.

voluntarily

The Russians intended to [возвратить себе] land outside St. Petersburg.

reclaim

The furniture was elegantly designed in [норвежской] pine.

Norwegian

The capacity to enjoy music appears to be [врожденной] .

innate inborn

The old fire [шланги] had all begun to leak.

hoses

There was this [профессиональное (училище] ) school down south that had really good results in placing its graduates.

vocational

The hotel room had old-fashioned [батарея] .

radiators

The President didn't break his oath in the [прямом] sense, according to his lawyers.

literal