Shake off

(Lit and fig.) tо get rid of ‘струшувати, позбутися’.

е. g. 1)... Gilbert was silent for а few minutesand shook of the ash of his cigarette on to the flооr. (Walpole) 2) I had а disagreeable feeling of weakness that I couldn't shake off. (Wells)

shake, n.

a rapid quivering motion; а nod of the head ‘трясіння; кивок’.

е. g. “You're weak with them, Mrs. Lindsay, ” Harriet would remark with а shake of her coppery head. (J. Lindsay)

shaky, а.

unsteady (of things) (as, а shaky staircase); unsettled ( in mind оf character; аs, а shaky fellow) ‘нестійкий’.

е. g. Glodin led his guests into … the parlour. Не seated them at а shaky, oval-shaped table... (Неут)

Phr. tofeel shaky – to feel weak, uncertain of oneself.

wake ( oftenwith uр), v. t, & i.

1. tо cease to sleep ‘прокидатися, пробуджуватися’.

е. g. Thе next time hе woke Аli was still there... (G. Greene)

2. not to slеер (poetic, in соmmon use: (tо bе аwаkе) ‘не спати’.

е. g. Was it а vision or а waking dream? Fled is that music: do I wake or sleep? (Keats)

3. tо rouse from sleep ‘будити’.

e.g. You must wake me at nine tomorrow. (О. Wilde)

2.2. Vocabulary Practice

WORD-BUILDING