2. in great style – in a very luxurious, glamorous way - на широкую ногу;

3. to be afloat – floating on water, in a floating position - быть на плаву;

4. to take the trouble – to make the effort/go out of one’s way (to do smth) - утруждаться;

5. to madden smb – to make someone very angry/annoyed - раздражать, бесить;

6. an inestimable (gift of time) – immeasurable, impossible to estimate - невообразимый дар;

7. to pass away – to die - умереть;

8. at the same instant – at the same time/moment - в то же мгновение;

9. to come to the extras – get (in)to detail(s), small things, nuances - дойти до тонкостей;

10. to fish smth out – to pull smth out of water/take smth out of a bag, pocket; take/pick out - выудить;

11. to see smb off – to go to the place that someone is leaving from in order to say goodbye to them - провожать;

12. to while away the time – to kill/spare/waste time, to spend time in a carefree manner - скоротать время;

13. boating fatalities – accidents that happen while travelling by the boat - несчастные случаи, связанные с передвижением на лодке;

14. to read out – to read smth aloud to people so that it becomes officially known - зачитать;

15. fraud – 1) the crime of getting money by deceiving people - мошенничество; 2) someone who does point 1) or pretend they are what they are not - мошенник;

16. chuckle – to laugh quietly, to smirk - усмехнуться;

17. What a lark – How amusing! - Какая забава!

18. out of the reach – at a distance at which smth cannot be touched; not near enough - недостижимый;