English and Academic Preparation - Pre-Collegiate. Week 1. Article "It’s time to end the debate about video games and violence" #2

Question 1

подразумеваемый, не выраженный прямо - suggested but not stated directly

Answer 1

implicit

/ɪmˈplɪsɪt/

Question 2

бурная история

Answer 2

troubled history

Question 3

противоречивый - if two statements about the same subject or two actions by the same person are contradictory, they are very different

Answer 3

contradictory

/ˌkɑːntrəˈdɪktəri/

Question 4

сомнительный - thought not to be completely true, honest, or legal

Answer 4

dubious

/ˈduːbiəs/

Question 5

крошиться, разрушаться - to break into small pieces, or to make something break into small pieces;
разрушаться, распадаться - if a relationship, system, or feeling crumbles, it fails or ends

Answer 5

crumble

/ˈkrʌmbl/

Question 6

обследовать, рассматривать - to look at someone or something very carefully, especially to try to discover something;
экзаменовать - to test someone to see how much they know or how well they can do something;
рассматривать, изучат - to consider a plan or an idea carefully

Answer 6

examine

/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/

Question 7

градус - a unit for measuring temperature, shown by the symbol ° written after a number; a unit for measuring angles, shown by the symbol ° written after a number;
ученая степень, диплом - a qualification given for completing a university course;
степень - an amount or level of something

Answer 7

degree

/dɪˈɡriː/

Question 8

предубеждение, пристрастие - a situation in which you support or oppose someone or something in an unfair way because you are influenced by your personal opinions

Answer 8

bias

/ˈbaɪəs/

Question 9

искажать - to change the shape, sound, or appearance of something so that it seems strange;
to change information so that it is not true or realistic

Answer 9

distort

/dɪˈstɔːrt/

Question 10

экспернментальные исследования

Answer 10

experimental studies

Question 11

из-за чего-либо

Answer 11

due to sth

Question 12

различать - to recognize the differences between two people, ideas, or things;
выделять, делать особенным - to make one person or thing seem different from another;
различать, распознавать - to be able to see, hear, or understand something

Answer 12

distinguish

/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

Question 13

убедительные доказательства;
достоверные данные;
надежные данные

Answer 13

consistent evidence

Question 14

ложный, вымышленный - not true or correct;
поддельный, искусственный - not real, but made to look or seem real;
неискренний, притворны - not sincere or expressing real emotions

Answer 14

false

/fɔːls/

Question 15

зубец, шип - a long, thin piece of metal, wood, etc with a sharp point at one end

Answer 15

spike

/spaɪk/

Question 16

существенный, значительный - large in amount;

прочный, солидный - large and strong

Answer 16

substantial

/səbˈstænʃl/

Question 17

намек - something you say that suggests what you think or want, but not in a direct way;
совет - a small piece of advice

Answer 17

hint

/hɪnt/

Question 18

понижаться - if the amount, number, or quality of something drops off, it becomes less;
засыпать - to start to sleep

Answer 18

to drop off

Question 19

сообщать, обнародовать - to let the public have news or information about something;
выпускать (фильм или музыкальный альбом) - to make a record or film available for people to buy or see;
сбрасывать, выбрасывать (вредные вещества) - to let a substance flow out from somewhere;
освобождат - to allow a prisoner to be free;
отпускать - to stop holding someone or something

Answer 19

to release

/rɪˈliːs/

Question 20

готовность - the quality of being happy and ready to do something

Answer 20

willingness

/ˈwɪlɪŋnəs/

Question 21

программное заявление

Answer 21

policy statement

Question 22

противоречие - if there is (this one) between two statements, etc, they cannot both be true because they give the facts in a different way; the fact of not matching a set of standards, ideas, etc.

Answer 22

inconsistency

/ˌɪnkənˈsɪstənsi/

Question 23

вызывать, становиться причиной - to cause an argument, fight, etc to start happening

искра - a very small, bright piece of burning material; a small flash of light caused by electricity;
проблеск - a small idea or event that causes something bigger to start

Answer 23

spark

/spɑːrk/

Question 24

спор - a lot of disagreement and argument about something

Answer 24

controversy

/ˈkɑːntrəvɜːrsi/

Question 25

совсем - completely;
всего - in total;
в целом - used to make a statement about several things that you have mentioned

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altogether

/ˌɔːltəˈɡeðər/

Question 26

возражать - to feel or say that you do not like or do not approve of something or someone

Answer 26

object

/ˈɑːbdʒɪkt/, /ˈɑːbdʒekt/

Question 27

возражать против

Answer 27

to object to

/ˈɑːbdʒɪkt/, /ˈɑːbdʒekt/

Question 28

воспринимать, считать - to think of something or someone in a particular way;
различать, ощущать - to notice something that is not easy to notice

Answer 28

perceive

/pərˈsiːv/

Question 29

предполагаемый конфликт интересов

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perceived conflicts of interest

/pərˈsiːvd/

Question 30

порочить - to spoil people’s opinion of someone;

портить, заражать - to spoil something, especially food or blood, by adding a harmful substance

Answer 30

taint

/teɪnt/

Question 31

ложь - a lie

Answer 31

falsehood

/ˈfɔːlshʊd/

Question 32

инициативные группы, группы активистов, лоббистские группы

Answer 32

advocacy groups

/ˈædvəkəsi/

Question 33

изменять, смещать - to change something;
перемещать, передвигать - to change something;
перемещаться, передвигаться - to move into a different position;
переключать скорость - to change the position of the gears in a vehicle

сдвиг, изменение - a change in something;
смена (рабочая) - a period of work in a place such as a factory or hospital

Answer 33

shift

/ʃɪft/

Question 34

адресовать - to write a name or address on an envelope or parcel;
браться за - to deal with a problem;
выступать с речью - to speak to someone, or to give a speech to an audience

Answer 34

address

/əˈdres/, /ˈædres/