5B Conversation with Kelsey - Pets and Animals Flashcards
to show or find the difference between things that are compared
отличает
выделяет
дифференцировать
разграничивать
differentiate /ˌdɪfəˈrenʃieɪt/ between
OR
differentiate sth from sth
OR
simply differentiate (дифференцировать)
If you differentiate between things or if you differentiate one thing from another, you recognize or show the difference between them.
- And how does your accent differentiate to mine then? (“to” can also be used, but “from” is more common)
- It differentiates them from their friends.
- It’s easy to differentiate between the Johnson twins because Bobby has a small mole on his left earlobe and Jimmy doesn’t.”
- It can be hard for Americans to differentiate between an English and an Australian accent.
- A child may not differentiate between his imagination and the real world.
- At this age your baby cannot differentiate one person from another.
- Thanks to their chemical receptors, the equivalent of the sense of smell in humans, while still out at sea they detected the waters of their own rivers, much like people differentiate one perfume from another.
- We do not differentiate between our employees on the basis of their race, religion, or national origin.
“Between” here is used just for emphasis. We can also say “We don’t differentiate our employees on the basis of their race or religion.” - Most consumers have no trouble differentiating our brand’s cereal
UK /ˈsɪə.ri.əl/ US /ˈsɪr.i.əl/
from our leading competitor’s.
n
a dream that is not practical or unattainable
несбыточная мечта
пустая мечта
воздушные замки
pipe dream /ˈpaɪpdriːm/
- So, I just thought it was a pipe dream, really. I never really thought that I’d end up working here.
- She was afraid that was just a pipe dream that wouldn’t come to fruition due to lack of confidence.
idiom
принести плоды
осуществиться
реализоваться
увенчаться успехом
come to fruition
- My ideas have come to fruition with your help.
v
to offer or suggest a plan or action for other people to consider
to propose (/prəˈpəʊz/
- And then when he proposed that he might be wanting to go to the Cotswolds, I thought I could make it work.
- We propose starting early on this project in the morning.
adv
in the building, house, apartment or room immediately beside another
next door
- And yeah, we moved here, and I got my job next door.
- This dog belongs to the guy next door, I think.
adj
-suitable for growing crops
пахотный
сельскохозяйственный
обрабатываемый
возделываемый
arable /ˈærəbl/
*arable crops - сельскохозяйственные культуры
arable soils - пахотные почвы
arable areas - пахотные земли
n
-a baby cow
теленок, также голень
calf /kɑːf/
- I spent a lot of time growing up on the farm, outdoors, playing with the calves and things.
phrase
-to follow a particular course of action
- to lead one down that route
- Growing up in a family of artists led me down that route.
- to go down that route
- advice for anyone who’s kind of planning to go down that route..
n
-the medical study and profession of caring for the teeth and mouth
dentistry /ˈdentɪstri/
- I did think about dentistry for a bit, but I just like being outdoors too much
- Ken studied dentistry for years before realising it wasn’t for him.
adj
an adjective to signify that something is relevant to horses, or horse-like.
лошадиный
конский
equine /ˈekwaɪn/
- I work at an equine hospital, so it’s just horses.
- The portraits showed an aristocratic family with long equine faces.
adj
a male horse-rider.
can also be used as an adjective to signify something related to horse-riding
конный, наездник
equestrian /ɪˈkwes.tri.ən/
- equestrian sport - конный спорт
n
-a horse that is bred and trained to compete in races
беговая лошадь, скаковая лошадь
a racehorse /ˈreɪshɔːs/
- He spent much of his career breeding world-champion racehorses.
n
-a horse that is trained to jump over walls and fences in competitions
a show jumper /ʃəʊˈʤʌmpə(r)/
- The show jumpers were always my favourite at equestrian events.
n
-a baby horse (less that 1 year)
жеребенок, жеребец
foal /fəʊl/
- He started training Mary-Beth when she was just a foal.
n
-a horse kept for breeding (разведение) or a place where horses are kept for breeding
жеребец,
конный завод
stud /stʌd/
- You’ve got all the major things around here, you’ve got your cross-country, you’ve got your eventers, you’ve got dressage
US /dresˈɑːʒ/ UK /ˈdres.ɑːʒ/ riders out here, racing, studs, a lot of foals. - He runs a stud farm in Ireland.
