English file 2

to assign (The case has been assigned to our most senior officer)

назначить

to adjust (If the chair is too high you can adjust it to suit you.)

регулировать, устанавливать, приспосабливать,

to vary (Salary scales vary between states/from state to state.)

изменять, изменяться, варьировать, разниться

to baffle (She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour)

сбить с толку

amateur (He was an amateur singer until the age of 40, when he turned professional.)

любительский, самодеятельный, любитель, дилетант

serpent

змея, змей, змий, дьявол, коварный человек, злой человек

reject (The prime minister rejected the suggestion that it was time for him to resign.)

отклонить