English and Academic Preparation - Pre-Collegiate. Week 1. Article "Action video game play facilitates the development of better perceptual templates"

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и другие - ​(used especially after names) and other people or things (from Latin ‘et alii/alia’)

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ET AL

/ˌet ˈæl/

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облегчать, способствовать - to make something possible or easier

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facilitate

/fəˈsɪlɪteɪt/

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перцептивный, относящийся к восприятию - relating to the ability to notice something or come to an opinion about something using your senses

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perceptual

/pərˈseptʃuəl/

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важность, значение - the importance or meaning of something

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significance

/sɪɡˈnɪfɪkəns/

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прогресс - new discoveries and inventions;
аванс - a payment given to someone before work has been completed, or before the usual time;
наступление - a movement forward, especially by an army

продвигать(ся) - to develop or progress, or to make something develop or progress;
наступать - to move forward to a new position, especially while fighting

предварительный - happening or ready before an event

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advance

/ədˈvæns/

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лежащий в основе чего-либо - important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly

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underlying

/ˌʌndərˈlaɪɪŋ/

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улучшение, усиление - the act of increasing or further improving the good quality, value or status of somebody/something

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enhancement

/ɪnˈhænsmənt/

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улучшать, усиливать - to increase or further improve the good quality, value or status of somebody/something

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enhance

/ɪnˈhæns/

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опознавать, устанавливать личность - to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are;
называть, указывать - to tell people who someone is;
устанавливать, определять - to find a particular thing or all the things of a particular group

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identify

/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/

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отождествлять, соединять - to connect one person or thing with another

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identify sb/sth with sb/sth

/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/

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солидаризироваться с кем-либо, хорошо понимать что-либо - to feel that you are similar to someone, and can understand them or their situation because of this

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identify with sb/sth

/aɪˈdentɪfaɪ/

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нервный, невральный, относящийся к нервной системе - connected with a nerve or the nervous system

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neural

/ˈnʊrəl/

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привлекать внимание, занимать - to interest someone in something and keep them thinking about it;
нанимать - to employ someone;
вступать в бой, открывать огонь - to begin fighting with somebody

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engage

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/

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участвовать, принимать участие - to take part in something

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engage in sth

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/

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привычный - usual or typical;

закоренелый, отъявленный - done, often in a way that is annoying or difficult to stop

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habitual

/həˈbɪtʃuəl/

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посредничать - to try to find a solution between two or more people who disagree about something

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mediate

/ˈmiːdieɪt/

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новый, свежий - new or different from anything else

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novel

/ˈnɑːvl/

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составлять - to be part of a total number of something;

объяснять - to be the reason for something, or to explain the reason for something

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account for sth

/əˈkaʊnt/

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широкий - wide

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broad

/brɔːd/

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аннотация, краткое изложение содержания - short piece of writing containing the main ideas in a document

отвлеченный - relating to ideas and not real things

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abstract

/ˈæbstrækt/

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оценивать (качество, результат и т. д.) - to judge the quality, effect, importance, or value of something;
измерять - to find the size, weight, amount, or speed of something;
иметь размер - to be a certain size

мера - a way of achieving something or dealing with a situation;
мера - a unit used for stating the size, quantity or degree of something; a system or a scale of these units

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measure

/ˈmeʒər/

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порог, предел - the level at which something starts to happen;
порог - the floor of an entrance

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threshold

/ˈθreʃhəʊld/

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на заре, на пороге чего-либо - at the start of a new and important time or development

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on the threshold of sth

/ˈθreʃhəʊld/

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высвобождать - to separate someone or something that is connected to something else in a complicated way;
распутывать - to separate things such as pieces of string, hair, or wire that have become twisted together

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disentangle

/ˌdɪsɪnˈtæŋɡl/

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подход - a way of doing something;
обращение - an occasion when you speak or write to someone, often asking to buy something or offering them work;
приближение - a movement towards something, in distance or time;
подступ - a path or route that leads to a place

приближаться - to come close in distance or time;
браться, взяться - to deal with something;
обращаться - to speak or write to someone, often asking to buy something or offering them work

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approach

/əˈprəʊtʃ/

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пояснять, разъяснять - to explain something, or make it clear

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elucidate

/ɪˈluːsɪdeɪt/

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взвешивать(ся) - to measure how heavy someone or something is;
взвешивать, обдумывать - to consider something carefully, especially in order to make a decision

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weigh

/weɪ/

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угнетать, лежать бременем - to make somebody worried and unhappy

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weigh on/upon sb/sth

/weɪ/

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сопоставлять что-либо с чем-либо - to judge which of two things is more important before making a decision

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weigh sth against sth

/weɪ/

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взвешивать, отвешивать - to measure an amount of something

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weigh sth out

/weɪ/

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неразличимый, неотличимый - impossible to see or hear as different or separate

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indistinguishable

/ˌɪndɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəbl/

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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

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distinguish

/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

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выделяться, отличаться - distinguish yourself

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distinguish yourself

/dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

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вывод, заключение - a fact that you decide is true because of the information that you have

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inference

/ˈɪnfərəns/

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для конкретной задачи

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for the task at hand

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следовательно - used after saying a fact to introduce what then happened as a result;
таким образом - in this way

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thus

/ðʌs/