abstruse
[A]трудный для понимания; неясный; малопонятный; заумный; глубокий; глубокомысленный

It need not, after all, be so abstruse, or so deeply suspect.
There were so many books and periodicals to be read, so many abstruse thoughts to be thought.
Maths is a mix of abstruse theory and detailed calculations.
So occupied with abstruse ideas, that he is incapable of coping with every day activities.
Admittedly not all of the technicalities of the system are abstruse.

vicious
[A]порочный; злой; злобный; норовистый; загрязненный; дефектный; ошибочный; неправильный; ужасный

He walked strangely, swaying at the hips, thin and tall, vicious and deadly.
Durance had a vicious tongue and used people cruelly.
A particularly vicious back-cast entangled her cast, high in the branches of a nearby, unclimbable tree.
A nasty piece of work, vicious and venomous as a viper!
She knew she was caught in a vicious trap, sliding down a slippery spiral.

clue
[N]ключ к разгадке; ключ ; нить ; ход мыслей; улика ; информация

As far as his destination was concerned, the clue had to be in the dedication.
The heading of this chapter gives you a clue.
That's the important clue.
The leaves had distinct short stalks, a clue that it was a sessile oak.
It just seemed weird to me that we didn't have a clue about the line-up.

abolition
[N]отмена ; упразднение ; уничтожение ; аннулирование

Abolition of death penalty
Low level set for audit abolition
The formation of the council will allow the abolition of a vast number of advisory committees.
With the abolition of professional fee scales, it is possible for firms to publish their own house scales.
The new aims we was the abolition of feudalism and increased production.

Sit here, so that I may see your face more clearly. - Сядьте сюда, чтобы я ясно видел ваше лицо.
* пожелания ( в восклицательных предложениях)
May you be happy (successful)! - Да сопутствует вам счастье ( успех)?
May he rest in peace! - Мир праху его!
May success attend you! - Да сопутствует вам успех!

Who may you be? - Кто вы такой? (Что вы из себя представляете?)
It may be true. - Возможно (Может быть), это правда.
It may not be true. - Может быть (Возможно), это неправда.
* просьбы (в вопросительных предложениях), разрешения, пожелания
May I ask you a question? - Можно (мне) задать Вам вопрос? ( можно мне спросить вас?)
May I come in? - Можно войти?
May he go? - Можно ему уйти?
May I trouble you? - Можно мне вас побеспокоить?
I may leave now. - Я могу сейчас уйти.
If I may say so. - Если можно так выразиться.

It may rain. - Возможно, будет дождь.
He may not be hungry. - Возможно, он не голоден.
He may miss the train. - Он может опоздать на поезд. (Он может не успеть к поезду.)
She may lose the bag. - Она может потерять сумку.
He may come or he may not. - Может быть, он придёт, а может быть, и нет.
How old may she be? - Сколько ей, по-вашему, лет? (Сколько ей может быть лет?)

the height of folly (wickedness, absurdity) - верх глупости (низости, нелепости)
the height of power - вершина власти
the height of fashion - крик моды
the height of pleasure - верх блаженства
the height of his genius - расцвет его гения
in the height of the season (summer) - в разгар сезона (лета)
The storm is at its height. - Буря в разгаре.
Excitement is at its height. - Возбуждение достигает крайнего предела.

castles on the heights - замки на холмах

the height of te mountain - вершина горы
on the mountain heights - на горных вершинах

Whats is her height? - Какого она роста? (Какой у неё рост?)
She is six feet in height. - Она ростом в шесть футов.

the height of a building (tower) - высота здания (башни)
wall six feet in height - стена высотой в шесть футов
at a height of 3000 metres above sea level - на высоте 3000 метров над уровнем моря
a fear (a bad head) of heights - страх (боязнь) высоты

Smith: You're looking well dressed these days, old man.
Jones: Yes, I owe a lot to my tailor.

these days - в последнее время
to owe somebody - 1. быть обязанным; 2. быть виноватым, задолжать (кому-то)

It was the third time within a week that she had seen the familiar face of the tramp on her doorstep.
"Look here, my man," she said, "will you please in-form me why you have come begging at my door again? Why don't you try some of the other people's in the road?"
"I can't. Doctor's orders, madam." said the tramp.
"Doctor's orders!" she repeated rather puzzled.
"Yes, madam," he explained. "My doctor told me that when I found the food that agreed with me I should con-tinue with it."

look here - послушайте
to agree with somebody - быть кому-то полезным

residue
[N]остаток ; осадок ; отстой ; вещество, оставшееся после сгорания или выпаривания; наследство ; наследство, очищенное от долгов и налогов

It is possible, however, that some residue of deictic activity exists within such expressions.
Wake to their residue,
It was the fierce residue of energy and anger, once confined, but now free.
Cleanse your face as usual and take off any residue with toner.
Crilly follows me back and kisses me, drawing the residue smoke from my mouth.

immaculate
[A]чистый; незапятнанный; безукоризненный; безупречный; непятнистый

You are expected to produce an immaculate record on your own.
Her tears had dampened his immaculate waistcoat.
His incursions into the line are always well-timed and his goal-kicking has been immaculate so far.
She always looked absolutely immaculate.
He wiped the boredom from his forehead with an immaculate white handkerchief.

comity
[N]вежливость

Those participating in conversational encounters have to have a care for the preservation of good relations by promoting the other's positive self-image, by avoiding offence, encouraging comity, and so on.
Having said all this, the court accepted the need to pay healthy respect to the principles of comity.