S01E02

Gales - штормы, бури, штормовые ветра

I have made a covert - я сменил убеждения (?)

To spread fales rumours - распространять ложные слухи, сплетни

A sermon - проповедь

A toiler - труженик / труженица

To toil - усиленно трудиться

A spinner - прядильщица

Lilies of the field - библ. Полевые лилии (трава)

To seduce smb - соблазнять, очаровывать, обольщать

To disgrace smb - опозорить,унизить

To pre-empt - упредить

She is no novice - она - не новичок

You were thoroughly outplayed.

Ward - подопечный

May I have a word?
I expressed myself badly.

To disparage smb - унизить, дискредитировать, очернить

To rebuke smb - обличать, укорять, упрекать

I hope you'll not think too badly of me

Have I made myself clear?

Your effort were not in vein - твои усилия не были напрасными

A stepbrother - сводный брат

A slave - раб

To be gawped at and served up for the general amusement - для того, чтобы пялились ....

Treacle - слащавость, патока

Black as treacle

Stop talking nonsense

You've no need to butter me up - умасливать

There's your quarry. Hunt her down - это твоя добыча. Выслеживай ее

Matrimony - супружество, брак

Hoity - toity - высокомерно, напышенное, кучка снобов

poppycock - ерунда, чепуха ,вздор

Should not be a good marriage be based on mutual love and affection?

It's rotten - гнилой, тухлый, паршивый, испорченный

Insolent - наглый дерзкий

To have effrontery - иметь наглость, дерзость

I'm very displeased. I'm very displeased indeed.

She's deliciously disdainful - восхитительно высокомерна

To bring smb to heel - заставить подчиняться

She needs to be mastered

To have a bit of spunk - иметь немного мужества / задора

A handful - горстка , небольшое количество чего-т

irksome = annoying


Kind-hearted

To relish = to enjoy, like

An infernal nuisance - очень надоедливый тип/ помеха, неудобство

A consolation - утешение

To endure - терпеть, переносить

Horrid - ужасный, мерзкий


To be beset with worries - охвачен беспокойством

I dare you - попробуй

To dare - осмеливаться, решиться

S01E03

Reluctant - неохотный

To be reluctant to accept help from anyone

Equanimity - невозмутимость,спокойствие, хладнокровие

Civility - учтивость

Avail - польза, выгода

obstreperous - шумный (дети)

Confounding - смешанный (о чувствах, например)

ubiquitous - повсеместный, вездесущий

Lingering effects - затянувшиеся/ долгосрочные  последствия

God's sake

S02E02

A spinster - старая дева

A great deal of investment

Aloof = apart

S02E04
All's fair in love and war

S02E02

Abandoned - заброшенный, покинутый

Profound - глубокий, основательный, проникновенный

Profoundly - глубоко

I had a great deal of assistance - мне отказали большую помощь

Indisposed - нездоровый

I'm delighted for you - восхищен

...with smth

Unbowed - непокорённый, несгибаемый

-Would you please excuse me?
-Certainly

Weary - усталый, утомленный

They grow weary - уставать

I'd forgotten how entertaining you can be.

You are barely present.

Summary of my watching the show:


Very close eye contact. Each particular person, while saying something, is looking straight in his/her partner's eyes. In pauses they also look closely into the eyes.

Mind your own business

Can we have a word?

“could I have a word with you” is a polite and indirect way to express to that person that you want to talk to him/her privately, away from the other people.

Answer from a movie: as mane as you wish

Hugo seems happy, or at least as happy as he's capable of being

Chafing - раздражение (кожное), опрелость

Agonizing - агония; мучительный

Gritty- суровый

Stutter - заикаться, заикание, заика

Drowsy- сонливый, вялый

A midwife - акушерка

A labour ward is a specialized hospital unit designed for the care, monitoring, and delivery of pregnant women

This is the standard dinner-party question.

The more practical follow-up question [ that no one thinks to ask] is...

The thing about the switch from [doing smth] to [doing smth else] is that ...

To have a backstory

It's good to know what people think of me ...

Underfunding

To respect the privacy of those friends and colleagues who might not wish to be recognised, I have altered various personal details.

To maintain someone confidentiality, I have changed...information that might identify any individuals,

altered dates' and

anonymized names.