Гарри Поттер на английском – читается потихоньку

Прочитала 250 страниц 4 ГП (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire). Познавательно. Немного английского для личного словарика:

as one – как один;
(be) in the doghouse – в немилости, в опале;
bloke – малый, парень;

calver – стельная корова, (кстати, first calver – первотелка; winter calver – корова зимнего отела; down calver – глубокостельная, перед отелом, корова);

drake – селезень;
figment of imagination – плод воображения;
hide-and-seek – (игра) в прятки;
in single file – гуськом, цугом;
no mean feat – нелегкое дело;
peacock – павлин;
pooch – дворняжка;
vole – полевка;
wasp – оса;
wolverine – росомаха.

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