Lesson 7
1. There is hardly a country in the world where such a variety of scenery can be found.
There is hardly a book by this author which he has not read.
There was hardly a football match which he missed.
There is hardly another team with better opportunities to win.
2. That would make you think you were in Holland.
The teacher made Jack rub out all the ink marks in his textbook.
They couldn't make William Tell bow before the tyrant's cap.
The slightest noise would make him start.
Make him repeat the rule. (Bur: He was made to repeat the rule.)
Lesson 8
1. We must prevent him from leaving.
The cold wet weather prevented the Lowood girls from going for long walks.
His rheumatism often prevented Salvatore from doing anything at all.
You'd better keep yourself from taking extreme measures.
Various reasons kept Bill from joining the expedition.
Eliza tried to keep her little child from crying.
2. You can't act without feeling.
Jolyon started for the Club without having made up his mind.
Frank now felt, without knowing why, that the offer was probably good.
Rose sat there for a long time without unfastening her coat.
You can't teach one how to use speech patterns without giving a good supply of various examples.
They can't have good crops without cultivating soil.
3. His clothes made him hard to recognize.
Lots of mistakes made his speech difficult to follow.
There was something in Bosinney's appearance that made him easy to recognize.
Her shallow-mindedness makes her dull to speak to.
They found it impossible to supply the factory with raw cotton.
We found it hard to make up our minds about choosing a place for rest.
4. These letters are hardly worth the paper they are written on.
The problem is hardly worth the trouble taken. The picture is of little value, it is hardly worth the money paid.
The experiment is hardly worth the time you've spent on it. The incident is hardly worth all this excitement. The soil was hardly worth the toil.
| 5. He stood clasping in both hands the hands of the young American. |
We used to walk here enjoining the scenery.
Lesson # 7
1. vary υt/i 1. менять(ся); изменять(ся); разнообразить, Syn. change
2. разниться, расходиться,
Note: vary is to change or differ partially.
variant n вариант,
various adj (a noun in the singular is never used after it)
1. различный, разный, 2. разнообразный,
Syn. different, е.g. They are quite different people.
varied adj разнообразный (used with nouns both sing, and pi.), е.g. varied climate, scenery, surface, temperature, opinions, sports, etc., variety n 1. разнообразие, 2. разновидность; вид,
variety-show варьете, эстрадный концерт
2. scene n 1. сцена, явление (в пьесе),
2. место действия (в пьесе, в книге, в жизни),
3. пейзаж, картина, зрелище,
scenery n (uncountable)
1. Декорация
2. пейзаж, ландшафт,
3. shallow adj 1. мелкий, as shallow water, a shallow dish
Ant. deep
2. поверхностный, пустой; несерьезный, as a shallow mind, argument; shallow interests; a shallow man, person
Ant. serious (about a person, book, argument), deep (love, feelings)
Note: the Russian word мелкий has different meanings which are rendered in English by means of different words: 1) fine — состоящий из мелких частей, as fine sand, buckwheat, 2) small — некрупный (о достоинстве монет), as small change (uncountable)', 3) flat — неглубокий, почти плоский, as a flat pan (plate).
4. extreme adj 1. крайний (at or near the end or edge), as the extreme end (edge, border, etc.), in the extreme North
2. чрезвычайный; чрезмерный, as extreme patience (love, kindness, interest)
extremely adv чрезвычайно, as to be extremely interested in smth., to be extremely sorry for smb., smth., etc.
5. supply υt снабжать,
supply n (often pl) запас(ы),
to give a good supply of, е.g. These forests give a good supply of timber.
6. shape n форма, очертание
Syn. form, outline
in the shape of, е.g. I want to get a brooch in the shape of a horseshoe.
shapeless adj бесформенный,
shapely adj красивой формы; стройный, хорошо сложенный, as a shapely figure
7. channel n канал, a stretch of water wider than a strait, joining two seas or separating two bodies of land, as the English Channel, the Bristol Channel
Syn. 1. ca'nal канал — a channel for water made by man, not by nature, used for ships or for carrying water to places that need it, as the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal, the Volga-Don Canal, the Fergana Canal;
2. strait пролив — a narrow channel of water connecting two large bodies of water, as the Magellan Strait, the Strait of Dover
8. value n ценность, значение
to be of great (little, some, no) value to smb., This book will be of no value in your studies.
value υt 1. ценить, дорожить.
Syn. appreciate (о)ценить высоко, по заслугам,
2. оценивать
valuable adj ценный
Lesson #8
VOCABULARY NOTES
1. serve υt/i 1. служить,
2. подавать на стол
3. обслуживатьto serve smb. right, е.g. It serves you right for having disobeyed me.
service n
1. служба,
2. обслуживание
3. услуга, одолжение, servant n слуга, прислуга
2. familiar adj
1. знакомый, привычный, as a familiar voice (face, name, scene, handwriting, song, melody, tune, scent, smell, etc.)
to be familiar to smb., to be familiar with smth., е.g. You should be familiar with the facts before you start investigation.
2. близкий, интимный,
3. фамильярный, е.g.
familiarity n близкое знакомство, фамильярность
3. impress υt запечатлевать в уме, производить впечатление;
to impress smb., е.g. This book did not impress me at all.
impression n впечатление;
to make (produce) an impression on smb., to leave an impression on smb., e, g. His speech made a strong impression on the audience.
impressive adj производящий (глубокое) впечатление, as an impressive ceremony (sight, scene, person, gesture, etc.), е.g. The scene was quite impressive.
4. obey υt/i повиноваться, подчиняться, слушаться,
But слушаться совета — to follow one's advice
Ant. to disobey
obedience n послушание, повиновение, покорность,
Ant. disobedience
obedient adj послушный, покорный,
Ant. disobedient, naughty [of a child)
5. light n свет, освещение, as sunlight, daylight, moonlight, gas light, electric light,
Ant darkness
by the light of smth. при свете чего-л.
to stand in smb.'s light загораживать кому-л. свет; (fig) мешать кому-л., стоять у кого-л. на дороге
to throw (shed) light on smth. проливать свет на что-л.
to put (switch, turn) on (off) the light зажигать (гасить) свет
to give smb. a light дать прикурить,
to come to light обнаруживаться, выявляться,
Light at the end of the tunnel свет в конце туннеля,
light adj светлый, as a light room, a light day; light hair, a light complexion; light brown (blue, green, grey, etc.)
to get light светать,
light (lit or lighted) υt/i 1. зажигать(ся), as to light a lamp (a candle, a fire),
to light a cigarette закурить
Ant. turn off (the gas), blow out (a candle), put out (a fire)
2. освещать (up), sunlit, starlit (night, sky), moonlit adj
6. prevent υt предотвращать, предупреждать, мешать;
to prevent smb. from (doing) smth., to prevent smth.,
prevention n предотвращение; Proverb: Prevention is better than cure.
7. earn υt
1. зарабатывать,
to earn one's living зарабатывать себе на жизнь,
2. заслуживать,
earnings n pl заработок,
8. do (did, done) υt/i
1. делать, выполнять, заниматься чём-n., as to do one's work, duty, shopping, morning exercises
to do a sum решать арифметическую задачу
to do one's best делать все возможное,
2. причинять: to do good, to do harm,
3. приводить в порядок, as to do one's hair (room, bed, etc.),
4. осматривать достопримечательности,
5. подходить, годиться: that will (won't) do,
6. процветать, преуспевать,
to do away with smth.,
to have to do with smb. (smth.),
to have smth. (nothing, not much, little, etc.) to do with smb. (smth.), е.g. I advise you to have nothing to do with him. What have I to do with it?
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