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Unit 3
Pp. 50-51
Texts p. 44
| 53. | To look on the bright side | Positive thinking | |
| 54. | Self-help | Self-cultivation self-perfecting | The use of one's own efforts and resources to achieve things without relying on others |
| 55. | Response to | Reaction | Something that is done as a reaction to something that has happened or been said |
| 56. | Attempt | Endeavour, trial | An act of trying to do something, especially something difficult |
| 57. | Competency | Capability | The ability to do something well |
| 58. | Staggering | Breath-taking Astonishing Screaming | Extremely great or surprising |
| 59. | Failure | Misfortune Bad luck | A lack of success in achieving or doing something |
| 60. | Personnel | Staff workers | People employed in an organization |
| 61. | To leave the idea | To give up | |
| 62. | Faint and dizzy | Giddy | To lose conscious, feeling unable to stand steadily |
| 63. | Bypass surgery | Heart surgery | An operation to direct blood through new veins outside the because veins in the heart are blocked or diseased |
| 64. | Angina | Heart attack | |
| 65. | To look on the bright side | Positive thinking | |
| 66. | Overwhelming evidence | More important than any other information | |
| 67. | Anxiety | Fair | A feeling of worry, nervousness |
| 68. | Quake | To shake, tremble |
| 69. | Revolting | Rebel | Extremely unpleasant, causing intense disgust |
| 70. | Rioting | Disorders | When people behave in a violent and uncontrolled way |
| 71. | Averse | Unwilling , disinclined | Unwilling to do smth |
| 72. | Burden | Responsible for | |
| 73. | Peers | People in the same way of age as you're | |
| 74. | Piste | A snow-covered slope which has been prepared for people to ski down | |
| 75. | Side-effects | Under-action After-effects | |
| 76. | To handle | To deal with | |
| 77. | To cope | To be succeed in doing smth | |
| 78. | Smashed | Violently or badly broken or shattered |
1. Cement- цементный
2. Foster-способствовать, содействовать, укреплять.
3. Encourage- Поощрять
4. Maintain- Поддерживать
5. Restore- Восстановить
6. Resume- Резюме
7. .break off- разорвать
8. cut off- срезать
9. Disrupt- подорвать
10. Endanger-подвергать опасности
11. Jeopardize- угрожать
12. Sour- Кислый
13. Undermine- подрывать
14. a hostile takeover -рейдерство
15. an underwriting agency-Страховое агентство
16. untapped potential-неиспользованный потенциал
17. long-standing presence-многолетнее присутствие
18. an unrestricted access-неограниченный доступ
19. a branch, affiliate, subsidiary-филиал
20. cancel/call off-отмена
21. . postpone/put off- откладывать
22. arrange/set up- настроить
23. disappoint/let down- разочаровать
24. transparent relationships- прозрачные отношения
25. restless customers-беспокойные покупатели
26. expand internationally-расширяться на международном уровне
27. an intermediary- посредник
28. to fade out- омертвить
29. a long warranty- долгая гарантия
30. joint venture-совместное предприятие
31. Shares-акции
32. a benchmark –контрольный показатель
33. headquarters- штаб-квартира
34. loyal customer base- лояльная клиентская база
35. meet deadline/miss deadline-уложиться\не уложиться в срок
36. . brand awareness-узнаваемость бренда
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