We have [убедительные] evidence that there is fraud involved.

conclusive decisive

We saw a sharp [рост] in sales just before Christmas.

upswing surge rise

They went out on the [пристань] to watch the setting sun.

jetty pier breakwater

The pigs loved to [валяться] in the mud near the trough.

wallow

In some circles, [взяточничество] was an accepted practice.

bribery

Just put the key in the [зажигание] and start the motor.

ignition

It became obvious that she was to be blamed as the [козел отпущения] .

scapegoat

He admitted a distant [родство] with the deceased.

kinship relationship

Keep that old loaf-we can use it to make [сухари] with.

breadcrumbs

Nitroglycerine and gunpowder were too [взрывоопасная] a mixture to use safely.

volatile unstable

His lawyer argued that there were [смягчающие] circumstances in the case.

mitigating

I hardly dared enter the [тенистый] green gardens.

leafy shady

The earthquake caused a clear [сдвиг] of 10 cm.

displacement shift

Now in his 80s, my grandpa was no longer [восприимчив] to many innovations.

receptive

I still think that the old [пословица] pretty much sums it all up.

proverb saying adage

Not one [слова] more, young lady!

syllable

Beckham had to go out, after being kicked in the [голень] .

shin

His final message was [нацарапано] across the diary's last page.

scrawled scribbled

Gotland is famous for its lamb dishes, but [баранина] seems to be a lost art.

mutton

He had a whole row of [трофеев] on the mantelpiece.

trophies