FOREIGN WORDS

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 431.

WORD-COMBINATIONS

1. нравиться, любить

2. Я не могу больше это выносить.

3. брезгливый пациент

4. буржуазное общество

5. дать хороший совет

6. слегка смущенный

7. сказать открыто, откровенно

8. Я буду рад.

9. смутные воспоминания

10. автобиографический роман

11. непоправимые ошибки

12. рассеянно

13. медицинское оборудование

14. весело блестеть (о глазах)

15. чувственно красивая

16. ясный и четкий стиль

17. короткие отрывистые предложения

18. заработать на жизнь

19. легкое недомогание

20. потрепанная одежда

21. лукавая улыбка

22. уже не первой молодости

23. бросить беглый взгляд

24. изменять манеры

25. смотреть пристально

26. не иметь ни малейшего понятия

27. коротко подстриженные волосы

28. плохо знать самого себя

29. средство существования

30. условные знаки

31. одинокая башня

32. спотыкаться в начале пути

33. решать самому

34. отказаться от надежной работы ради неизвестности

35. коренастый полный мужчина

36. сводить концы с концами

37. скромная квартира

38. случайно услышать

39. располагающая к себе внешность

40. ощутить, понять

41. объяснить причину / проблему

42. опасный и запутанный путь

43. придать кому-либо уверенности

44. с пузырями на коленях

45. перст судьбы

46. задуматься на мгновение

47. быть заваленным хламом

48. громко закричать

49. Ему было сложно закурить сигарету.

50. поменять что-то на что-то

1. a school for children aged two to five ￚsynonym nursery school;

2. a road which is closed at one end, so that there is only one way in and out;

3. someone who knows a lot about food and wine and who enjoys good food and wine;

4. real, true, and not intended to deceive anyone;

5. extremely modern and often seems strange or slightly shocking;

6. one of a set of international races, especially a car race;

7. a sudden and sometimes violent attempt by citizens or the army to take control of the government;

8. if you say or do something in this way, you say or do it so often that it becomes annoying for other people;

9. to be too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authority;

10. said when you have enjoyed a musical performance very much and want the performer to sing or play more;

11. a large group of people or countries with the same political aims, working together;

12. if a famous person does something in this way, they do it without letting people know who they are;

13. a flat hard area near a house, where people sit outside;

14. a short sleep in the afternoon, especially in warm countries;

15. rude, humorous, or political writing and pictures on the walls of buildings, trains etc;

16. broken;

17. the first public appearance of an entertainer, sports player etc or of something new and important;

18. calculated according to how much of something is used, how much work is done, etc; 19. permission or freedom to do whatever you want;

20. very fashionable and expensive, and showing good judgement of what is attractive and good style;

21. the front of a building, especially a large and important one;

22. after somebody's death;

23. not worried or excited about things that most people think are important, impressive etc; 24. the state of a situation as it is;

25. a private conversation between two people;

26. a group of people who travel with an important person;

27. resume;

28. an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time and place, often secretly;

29. used to say that life is as it is;

30. used to say that the opposite of a situation you have just described is also true;

31. used to wish someone a good journey;

32. a person who became very rich quickly and shows lack of taste and up-bringing

33. the opinion that you have about yourself;

34. used to describe the average amount of something in a particular place, calculated according to the number of people who live there;

35. food that is served in small amounts before the main part of the meal.

Exercise 4.Translate into Russian.

1. kindergarten 1. Katie was one of the few children who could read when she started kindergarten. 2. About 70 percent of the funds raised by the tax go on salaries for everyone from parish priests to kindergarten teachers. 3. I had been the celebrated child at home and in our village kindergarten. 4. Poverty made mere housing a luxury; and poverty forced families to forgo kindergartens and higher education for their children.

2. cul-de-sac 1. These ideas lead us into a philosophical cul-de-sac. 2. The administration finds itself in an ideological cul-de-sac that will be difficult to get out of. 3. As the town hall clock struck twelve he found himself in an untidy cul-de-sac beneath the railway arches. 4. She followed him through a network of alleyways until he mistakenly darted into a cul-de-sac.

3. gourmet 1. Many gourmets say that Camembert should never be kept in a fridge. 2. The shop only sells gourmet food, at astronomical prices. 3. They're real gourmets and buy only the best cuts of meat.

4. bona fide 1. Only bona fide members are allowed to use the club pool. 2. But during this season, which has failed to turn up one bona fide breakaway hit, it seems harder than ever.

5. avant garde1. Although she likes avant-garde music, Lydia also plays classical guitar and piano. 2. West Berlin's theatres are often avant-garde and experimental; those in the east have tended towards more classical interpretations. 3. His paintings are rather too avant-garde for my tastes. 4. I can teach, do my creative avant-garde work which I love, as well as dealing with clients and performing on stage.

6. grand prixMartin has dropped next month's Grand Prix tennis at Wembley from his schedule but on sporting grounds.

7. coup d' état1. Haiti's first elected president was deposed in a violent military coup attempt by junior officers. 2. Following the military coup in February 1991, foreign policy reverted to a more traditional role. 3. In April 1974 a military coup in Lisbon created a new situation. 4. Namphy's administration was itself overthrown on Sept. 18 in a further military coup led by Brig. -Gen. 5.There has been a high incidence of political succession by means of military coups d'état.

8. ad nauseam1. Look, we've been over this ad nauseam. I think we should move on to the next item. 2. All these old rules have been taught and repeated ad nauseam.

9. kowtow1. We will not kowtow to the government. 2. Members of Congress shouldn't be kowtowing to special interest groups.

10. encore1. The band came back onstage for an encore. 2. He took encore after encore until the thinning crowd finally disappeared into the dark autumn evening. 3. Ringo Starr was rolled out for the encores and thrashed about enthusiastically enough. 4. The club now hopes the band will return for an encore on March 22.

11. bloc 1. And of course we have to maintain friendships with all blocs. 2. Five regional autonomy parties moved towards forming a political bloc under the leadership of the Lombardy League. 3. Rather than act independently, many developing countries have tried to increase their competitiveness by forming regional trade blocs. 4. The government sold a controlling 35 percent bloc of shares to a group led by Telefonica de Espana in March 1994. 5. Yet racial, national, and religious power blocs have always been integral to how power is wielded in this nation.

12. incognito1. That night, Lenin travelled incognito to the party headquarters. 2. He tried to go incognito but his bizarre disguise made him stand out even more. 3. Architects are said to have been prowling on the island incognito gathering intelligence for their mission. 4. Edward returns incognito, however, and after various complications is reunited with his sweetheart, Mary Fielding.

13. patio1. Also, Weiland Brewery has finished constructing a new dining patio, which will be open soon. 2. And nice meals on patios in wide hats and shorts. 3. He also specialises in patios, rockeries and roof gardens. 4. In the patio, all four of us are draped over lawn chairs reading. 5. They made me hang butcher paper for security reasons all along the outside of the patio.

14. siesta1. At one, in the stifling heat, we took a siesta. 2. Follow the locals, when abroad, and have a siesta indoors. 3. He was going upstairs for his siesta. 4. His habitual amount of sleep had been five to seven hours a night, with a half-hour siesta in the afternoon. 5. Paquita worked but came home for lunch and a siesta.

15. graffiti1. The walls are daubed with graffiti. 2. The corridors are very dirty, and the walls are covered with graffiti. 3. Two Civic Patrol officers will work with the community to combat litter and graffiti. 4. Do you think of yourself as a latent graffiti artist? 5. Other racial graffiti has been found on campus as well.

16. kaput1.The TV's gone kaput. 2. All three phones were kaput.

17. debut1.Their debut album was recorded in 1991. 2. As a fourteen-year-old she had made her debut in a particularly sophisticated team, and went on to appear on Broadway. 3. Charlie Chaplin made his film debut in 1913. 4. Their debut album was recorded in 1991. 5. "Little Man Tate" was Jodie Foster's directorial debut.

18. pro rataFees are calculated on a pro rata basis .

19. carte blanche1. The new manager will be given carte blanche as long as she can increase the company's profits. 2. She had carte blanche to produce a film suitable for children. 3. At King Records, however, his recording home during his greatest years, Brown had carte blanche. 4. I agreed on condition I had carte blanche as regards my adaptation of his text.

20. chic1. Margaret was looking very chic in blue. 2. She is chic and witty. 3. The east side of the city has become very chic in the past few years. 4. They live in a chic apartment overlooking the Seine. 5. A dinner party at a chic New York restaurant cost the museum $ 5, 500.

21. façade1. Behind her cheerful facade, she's really a lonely person. 2. Work is underway to repair the Taj Mahal's marble facade. 3. At the same time, she remained a perfectionist, equally determined to present a flawless facade. 4. Indeed, the need to maintain the facade of politesse is often paramount. 5. The facade will be changed by the removal of the old canopy and the installation of an illuminated screen above the entrance.

22. post mortem1. The post-mortem on the child revealed that she had been poisoned. 2. They were holding a post-mortem on the party's election defeat.

23. blasé1. He's very blasé about money now that he's got that job. 2. A trip to Disneyland excited even my blasé teenagers. 3. Despite his air of blasé, there was something childlike and curious about Andy Warhol. 4. I was surprised by Carol's blasé attitude. 5. People have become blasé about the violence they see on their TV screens.

24. status quo1. During these times it was the unchristian practice of most priests to preserve the status quo by backing the king and nobles. 2. In 1995, with the Gingrichian Republicans on the ascendancy, Clinton shifted from championing more statism to defending the status quo. 3. In other words, the United States would act as world policeman defending the status quo. 4. These will include maintaining the status quo, retaining hunting with new restrictions, a partial ban, and a total ban.

25. tete-a-teteThe friends were having a cosy tête-à-tête on the bench under the tree. 2. I had the pleasure of a delightful tête-à-tête with him. 3. For their wedding they were given a wonderful tête-à-tête set. 4. Ann and Jane had a tête-à-tête conversation in the kitchen.

26. entourage1. Mr. Stallone and his entourage arrived half an hour late. 2. Burnell and his entourage are coming north. 3. He sent waggon-loads of treasure and a great entourage of knights to Saragossa with requests for a formal reconciliation. 4. The six-day trip will take the mayor and his entourage to Tokyo, Oct. 20-21. 5. The train has its own telephone exchange and electricity generating car, plus office accommodations and restaurant cars for the royal entourage.

27. curriculum vitae1. Although largely unknown in Britain, Lafaille has an impressive rock climbing curriculum vitae. 2. He gave me his curriculum vitae in short order. 3. That kind of curriculum vitae brings a reward in terms of career advancement, with the inevitable monetary gains. 4. Last year I ran it because it was missing from my curriculum vitae. 5. Miss Braithwaite had picked up the gap in Hereward's curriculum vitae fast enough.

28. rendezvous1. I never knew to whom Jean-Claude spoke or with whom he made rendezvous. 2. She flew to Paris for a secret rendezvous with Jean-Jacques. 3. The yacht was scheduled to rendezvous with a Coast Guard patrol on Monday. 4. Old Town Square is one of Prague's best known tourist rendezvous.

29. vice versa1. The boys may refuse to play with the girls, and vice versa. 2. There's a bag for you and a box for Tom, or vice versa.

30. bon voyageA killer instinct required to spoil a tearful bon voyage party for a beloved figure.

31. ego1. A big ego so utterly ungracious and another big ego, Niki's, that had to swallow that kind of shit. 2. But Rhee, self-righteous and unaccommodating of divergent viewpoints, had the biggest ego of them all. 3. The heavily favored Cowboys dominated the news with their strong personalities and big egos. 4. With all these men, however, their egos are clearly strong enough to overcome any residual fear of the feminine.

32. per capita1. the country's per capita income; 2. the number of crimes that occur per capita; 3. Per capita income rose by 1.2% last year.

33. hors d'oeuvreWhat shall we take for the hors d'oeuvre?

Exercise 5.Translate into English.

1. существующее положение вещей; 16. инкогнито;

2. крутой парень; 17. шикарный;

3. нувориш; 18. художник-авангардист;

4. предоставить кому-либо полную свободу действий; 19. наоборот;

5. стремительно, молниеносно; 20. посмертно;

6. большое самомнение; 21. поломанный;

7. раболепствовать; 22. внутренний дворик;

8. фасад; 23. жизнеописание;

9. Гран При; 24. счастливого пути!

10. на душу населения; 25. истинный, правильный;

11. государственный переворот; 26. пресыщенный;

12. объявить персоной нон грата; 27. окружение, свита;

13. излюбленное место встреч; 28. послеобеденный отдых;

14. в тупике; 29. еще раз;

15. закуски; 30. разговор наедине;