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34 Cards in this Set
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mother tongue |
Родной язык
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▸ noun the language which a person has grown up speaking from early childhood.
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Bilingual |
человек, говорящий на двух языках |
▸ noun a person fluent in two languages.
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fluency |
свободное владение языком, плавность речи, беглость |
▪ the ability to speak or write a particular foreign language easily and accurately |
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accuracy |
точность, правильность, корректность, тщательность |
the ability to do something skilfully without making mistakes |
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Skill |
мастерство, опыт, техника, навык |
the ability to do something well |
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foreign |
иностранный |
in or from a country that is not your own |
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advantage |
превосходство, достоинство |
a thing that helps you to be better or more successful than other people |
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disadvantage |
недостаток, неудобство |
something that causes problems and tends to stop somebody/something from succeeding or making progress |
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persistent |
настойчивый |
determined to do something despite difficulties, especially when other people are against you and think that you are being annoying or unreasonable |
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inhabitants |
обитаемость, население |
a person or an animal that lives in a particular place |
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diversity |
разнообразие, разновидность, отличие |
a range of many people or things that are very different from each other |
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acquire |
приобретать, овладевать, приобрести |
to gain something by your own efforts, ability or behaviour |
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insight |
проницательность, представление, интуиция, понимание |
the ability to see and understand the truth about people or situations |
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slang |
жаргон, сленг |
very informal words and expressions that are more common in spoken language, especially used by a particular group of people, for example, children, criminals, soldiers, etc. |
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lay the table |
накрывать на стол |
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theme tune |
мелодия из кинофильма, музыкальная тема |
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catch |
поймать, схватить, ловить, уловить, захватить |
to stop and hold a moving object, especially in your hands |
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record |
записывать |
a written account of something that is kept so that it can be looked at and used in the future |
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pick up |
научиться, приобретать, поднять |
to get information or a skill by chance rather than by making a deliberate effort |
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recent |
недавний |
that happened or began only a short time ago |
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suggest |
предлагать, советовать |
to put forward an idea or a plan for other people to think about |
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benefit |
эффективность, выигрыш |
an advantage that something gives you; a helpful and useful effect that something has |
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uncommon |
редкость |
not existing in large numbers or in many places |
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countless |
неисчислимый |
very many; too many to be counted or mentioned |
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Respect |
уважение, отношение, восхищение, внимание |
a feeling of admiration for somebody/something because of their good qualities or achievements |
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mastered |
овладевать, справляться, владеть, освоить |
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completely |
совершенно, полностью, целиком |
in every way possible |
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Still |
до сих пор, тем не менее, всё ещё, все равно |
continuing until a particular point in time and not finishing |
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concerns |
опасения, вопросы, вызывающие озабоченность, проблемы, требующие решения |
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identity |
личность |
who or what somebody/something is |
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split personality |
раздвоение личности |
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accord |
соответствовать, предоставлять, оказать |
to give somebody/something authority, status or a particular type of treatment |
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certain |
определённый, постоянный, бесспорный |
that you can rely on to happen or to be true |
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gain |
нажива, заработок, корысть, выгода |
to obtain or win something, especially something that you need or want |
