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Vocabulary Notes. 1. Historic adj ( , ), . G




1. historic adj ( , ), .g. historic place, date, speech, event, battle, etc. 1812 was a historic year for Russian people.

historical adj ( , ), .g. historical materialism, science, principles, method, approach (to); historical novel, picture, play, film; historical department, museum, etc.

history n , .g. the history of our country, the history of the language; a history lesson; the History Museum.

Note 1: In names of academic subjects no article is used, .g. History of the English language is a difficult subject

Note 2: The Russian word has several English equivalents: ) ( -.) history, .g. This town has an interesting history.; b) , story, .g. Idon't like stories of such kind. He told us the story of his whole life.; ) event, .g. Tell us something about this strange event. But: A funny thing happened to him. ( .) There's a pretty kettle of fish! ( !)

2. worth n , .g. It's a discovery of great worth. This information is of no worth.

worth adj predic ; worth smth., .g. This picture is not worth the money you've paid for it. This problem is not worth our attention. This job is not worth the time we've spent on it.; worth doing smth., .g. This film is worth seeing. Books of that kind are not worth reading. This problem isn't worth discussing. His illness is hardly worth troubling about.; worth while, .g. It isn't worth while seeing the film. It isn't worth while sitting here till 5 o'clock. It is worth while trying to catch the train, I think it's worth while speaking to him about it. Cf.: This book is worth reading. It is worth while reading this book.

worthy adj , .g. She is a very worthy woman.; to be worthy of smth., smb., .g. His behaviour is worthy of great praise.

unworthy adj

3. masterpiece n

piece n 1. , ps a piece of chalk (wood, paper, etc.)

Syn. lump, slice. A slice is a thin, flat piece cut off from anything, as a slice of bread (cheese, lemon, ham, etc.). A lump is a small specially shaped or shapeless piece, as a lump of sugar (butter, etc.).

to pieces , .g. The cup fell and was broken to pieces.

2. , , .g. a piece of furniture; a, piece of poetry (); a piece of painting (); a piece of advice (); apiece of news ();

3. , .g. a two-shilling piece, a gold (silver) piece

Syn. coin (used more often than piece)

4. human adj , , .g. a human nature, the human body, human affairs, a human being (); hu'mane adj ,

Ant. cruel

inhuman adj , as inhuman treatment

humanity n (uncountable) 1. , as a crime against humanity

Syn. man'kind n (uncounfable). But 'mankind ,

2. , , as to treat people with humanity

the Humanities ; syn. the Arts, .g. Are you interested in the Humanities (the Arts) or in the Exact Sciences ( )?

5. to strike (struck, struck) υt 1. , ; to strike smb., to strike smb. (smth.) on smth. .g. He struck the boy a violent blow. The man struck Lanny on the face. He struck his fist on the table.

Syn. to hit (hit, hit), .g. Why did he hit the boy?; to hit one's hand (foot, head, etc.) on smth., .g. I hit my head on the low shelf.

Note: strike and hit may be used in the same sense to strike or to hit smb. but care should be taken to use the proper verb m traditional word combinations such as to strike a match , e, . Somebody struck a match so that we couid see each other.

2. ( ), .g. It has just struck half past four. This tower clock strikes the hours.

3. , , . We were struck by bis strange behaviour. It struck me that he had grown so old. Many things might strike us as unusual in a foreign country.

Syn. to surprise, to astonish, to puzzle

Nte: to be struck means "to be filled suddenly with a strong feeling of surprise". That distinguishes the verb to strike from its synonyms to astonish and to surprise; to astonish is stronger in meaning than to surprise, .g. I shouldn't be surprised if it rained. I'm not surprised at seeing you here, I've been told about your arrival. I was astonished at seeing him so changed. I was struck by his sudden death.; to puzzle means "to make a person think hard before finding an answer", e.g. His letter puzzled me. (= I didn't know why he had written it)

striking adj, as striking likeness (news, contrast) stricken pp. terror-stricken; horror-stricken; panic-stricken

Note: the verb to strike has homonyms: a) strike υi , b) strike n , .g. All the railway workers joined the strike.; to go on strike

6. circular adj , , .g. There is a circular railway running round Moscow. A circular staircase led to the top of the tower.

circulate υ 1. , .g. Blood circulates in the body.; 2. , , .g. Bad news circulates quickly.

circulation n 1. , .g. The circulation of air is rather bad here, that's why it is stuffy.; 2. , (), .g. Only silver and copper coins are in circulation now.

blood-circulation n

circle n 1. , , .g. It's almost impossible to draw a circle without a pair of compasses ( ).; 2. , , .g. belonged to the business circle of the town.





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