English and Academic Preparation - Pre-Collegiate. Week 2. Thesis Statements

Question 1

подробно излагать - to give a detailed explanation of something

Answer 1

expound

/ɪkˈspaʊnd/

Question 2

диссертация - a long piece of writing that you do as part of an advanced university course;
тезис - a theory that is suggested and can then be argued with or agreed with

Answer 2

thesis
/ˈθiːsɪs/
plural - theses /ˈθiːsiːz/

Question 3

заявление - something that someone says or writes officially;
изложение - something that you say or write that gives information or an opinion;
утверждение - a clear expression of an opinion or attitude that you make through your actions or appearance;
выписка счета - a piece of paper that shows how much money you have put into your bank account and how much you have taken out

Answer 3

statement

/ˈsteɪtmənt/

Question 4

предполагать - to think that something is likely to be true, although you have no proof

Answer 4

assume

/əˈsuːm/

Question 5

брать на себя управление/руководство/ответственность и т. д.

Answer 5

assume control/power/responsibility, etc

Question 6

притворяться, напускать на себя

Answer 6

assume an air/expression, etc

Question 7

принимать чужое обличье/вымышленное имя и т. д.

Answer 7

assume a false identity/name, etc

Question 8

цель - why you do something or why something exists;

целеустремленность - the feeling of knowing what you want to do

Answer 8

purpose

/ˈpɜːrpəs/

Question 9

умышленно, нарочно

Answer 9

on purpose

Question 10

выполнять функцию

Answer 10

serve a purpose

Question 11

смутный, туманный - not clear or certain;

рассеянный, отсутствующий - showing that someone is not thinking clearly or does not understand

Answer 11

vague

/veɪɡ/

Question 12

очерк, сочинение - a short piece of writing about a particular subject, especially one written by a student

Answer 12

essay

/ˈeseɪ/

Question 13

ключевой, решающий - extremely important, because it will affect other things

Answer 13

crucial

/ˈkruːʃl/

Question 14

охрана природы - the protection of nature;

сохранение - the careful use of energy, water, etc so that they are not wasted

Answer 14

conservation

/ˌkɑːnsərˈveɪʃn/

Question 15

изображать - to represent someone or something in a picture or story

Answer 15

depict

/dɪˈpɪkt/

Question 16

изображение - the act of showing what somebody/something is like in words or pictures, especially in a work of art

Answer 16

depiction

/dɪˈpɪkʃn/

Question 17

предубеждение, предрассудок - the feeling of not liking a group of people or unfair treatment of them because they are a different race, sex, religion, etc

Answer 17

prejudice

/ˈpredʒədɪs/

Question 18

узнавать о чем-либо - to hear facts or information that you did not know

Answer 18

learn about sth

learn of sth

Question 19

умственные способности - the ability to learn, understand, and think about things;
разведывательные данные, разведка - secret information about the governments of other countries, or the group of people who get this information

Answer 19

intelligence

/ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/

Question 20

умный - able to learn and understand things easily

Answer 20

intelligent

/ɪnˈtelɪdʒənt/

Question 21

причина, основание - the facts about why something happens or why someone does something; something that makes it right for you to do something;
разум, здравый смысл - the ability to think and make good decisions

Answer 21

reason

/ˈriːzn/

Question 22

в разумных пределах

Answer 22

within reason

Question 23

уместный, актуальный - related or useful to what is happening or being talked about

Answer 23

relevant

/ˈreləvənt/

Question 24

краткое изложение - a short description that gives the main facts or ideas about something

Answer 24

summary

/ˈsʌməri/

Question 25

осведомленный - interested in and knowing a lot about a particular subject

Answer 25

aware

/əˈwer/

Question 26

сознавать - to know about something

Answer 26

be aware of/that

/əˈwer/

Question 27

конкретный, особенный - used to talk about one thing or person and not others;
особый, заслуживающий внимания - special;
привередливый - choosing things carefully and not easily satisfied

Answer 27

particular

/pərˈtɪkjələr/

Question 28

особенно, очень - especially

Answer 28

particularly

/pərˈtɪkjələrli/

Question 29

поддерживать, сохранять - to make a situation or activity continue in the same way;
содержать - to keep a building or area in good condition;
утверждать - to say that you are certain something is true

Answer 29

maintain

/meɪnˈteɪn/

Question 30

обслуживание, содержание - the work that is done to keep something in good condition;
алименты, содержание - regular amounts of money that someone must pay after they have left their family so that the family still has money to live on

Answer 30

maintenance

/ˈmeɪntənəns/

Question 31

обычно, как правило - usually, or in most situations;
большей частью, в большинстве случаев - considering the whole of someone or something, and not just a particular part of them;
принято считать - by most people, or to most people

Answer 31

generally

/ˈdʒenrəli/

Question 32

общий, основной - not detailed, but including the most basic or necessary information;
общий, повсеместный - relating to or involving all or most people, things, or places;
общий, общего характера - including a lot of things or subjects and not limited to only one or a few

Answer 32

general

/ˈdʒenrəl/

Question 33

вообще, в целом;

обычно, как правило

Answer 33

in general

Question 34

утверждать, констатировать - to officially say or write something

состояние - the condition that something or someone is in;
штат - one of the parts that some countries such as the US are divided into;
государство - a country

Answer 34

state

/steɪt/

Question 35

способствовать развитию - to encourage a particular feeling, situation, or idea to develop
воспитывать (чужого ребенка) - to look after a child as part of your family for a time, without becoming their legal parent

опекаемый, опекающий (приемный) - if smb take another person’s child into the home for a period of time, without becoming his or her legal parents

Answer 35

foster

/ˈfɑːstər/

Question 36

изобретение - something that has been designed or created for the first time; the process of designing or creating something new

Answer 36

invention

/ɪnˈvenʃn/