A-1; A-2 (90) Flashcards

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среднее число
в среднем

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average

/ˈævərɪdʒ/ noun

an amount calculated by adding some amounts together and then dividing by the number of amounts
среднее число
* They work an average of 30.5 hours per week.

the usual or typical amount
среднее число
* well above/below average

в среднем
* Female workers earn, on average, a third less than men.

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избегать
уклоняться

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avoid

/əˈvɔɪd/ verb [ T ]

избегать
* He’s been avoiding me all week.
* Try to avoid the city centre.

избегать
* Book early to avoid disappointment.
* Pierre braked to avoid hitting the dog.

avoid doing sth
уклоняться
* She managed to avoid answering my question.

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награда
премия

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award

/əˈwɔːrd/ noun [ C ]

награда
* the award for best actress
* to receive/win an award

money given to someone because of a legal decision
* премия

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от, прочь
на каком-либо расстоянии
указывает на отсутствие кого-либо дома или на работе
на свое место

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away

/əˈweɪ/ adverb

от, прочь
* Go away and leave me alone.
* Fish and chips to take away, please.
* We’d like to move away from the town centre.

at a particular distance from a place
на каком-либо расстоянии
* The nearest town was ten miles away.
* How far away is the station?

not at the place where someone usually lives or works
указывает на отсутствие кого-либо дома или на работе
* Shirley’s feeding the cat while we’re away.

into a usual or safe place
на свое место
* Can you put everything away when you’ve finished?
* I keep all my papers safely locked away.

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ужасный
огромное количество

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awful

/ˈɔːfl/ adjective

ужасный
* an awful place
* The film was absolutely awful.

an awful lot (of sth)
огромное количество
* It cost an awful lot of money.

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задний

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back

/bæk/ adjective

[ always before noun ]

задний
* back door/page
* I put it in the back pocket of my jeans.
* We were sitting in the back row
* the back garden (= behind the house)

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обратно
назад
в ответ
снова
(много лет) назад

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back

/bæk/ adverb

обратно
* I’ll be back in Sydney on the 20th.
* When do you go back to college?
* put it back in the cupboard.

in a direction behind you
назад
* Anna stepped back.
* Flint leaned back in his chair.

в ответ
* to call back
* I signalled to her and she waved back.

to the state something or someone was in before
снова
* Hopefully things will get back to normal again now.
* I’m sure we can put it back together again (= repair it).
* Try to go back to sleep.

at or to an earlier time
(много лет) назад
* We first met back in 1973.
Looking back, I think we did the right thing.

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оборотная сторона,
задняя часть

спина
спинка
за, позади

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back

/bæk/ noun [ C ]

оборотная сторона, задняя часть
* He wrote his number down on the back of an envelope.
* We were sitting near the back and couldn’t see much.
* I always keep a blanket in the back of the car.

спина
* back injuries/pain
* He was lying on his back.

спинка
* the back of a chair

behind
за, позади
* They sat in back of us on the plane.

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задний план,
фон
происхождение
задний план

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background

/ˈbækɡraʊnd/ noun

задний план, фон
* background music/noise
* I could hear a baby crying in the background.

a person’s education, family, and experience of life
происхождение
* She came from a middle-class background.
* somebody’s ethnic/genetic/cultural background
* somebody’s family/educational background
* The job would suit someone with a business background.
* We come from very different backgrounds but we get on well.
* background in something* She has a background in journalism.*
* In the future, we will require background checks on airport employees.

he parts at the back of a picture, view, etc that are not the main things you look at
задний план
* gold stars on a black background

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сильно
плохо

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badly

/ˈbædli/ adverb worse | worst

сильно
* badly damaged/injured

плохо
* to behave badly
* Some of the animals were very badly treated.
* They played badly in the first half.

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