functions Flashcards
a situation in which something is not needed or used because there are other similar or more modern things
an occasion when your employer makes you stop working because there is not enough work
redundancy
излишек, чрезмерность
сокращение штатов, увольнение
There have been a lot of redundancies in the mining industry.
larger or richer than necessary:
swollen and rounded because of containing too much air, liquid, or food:
bloated
a bloated bureaucracy
a bloated capitalist
a bloated stomach
a bloated (= uncomfortably full) feeling
easy to understand or see
obvious
очевидный
an obvious choice/answer
[ + (that) ] It’s obvious that he doesn’t really care about her.
Возведение в степень
exponentiation
to search in a container to try to find something
delve
рыться, копаться в поисках чего-либо
He delved in his pocket and pulled out a pen.
to not include something or someone
omit
не включать, пропускать
[ often passive ] He was omitted from the team because of his behaviour.
not changing, or unable to be changed:
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immutable
an immutable law
Some people regard grammar as an immutable set of rules.
to live somewhere
dwell
обитать, жить
dwell in/among/with, etc
the period of time that something exists or happens
the length of something from one end to the other
to exist or continue for a particular distance or length of time
span
интервал, промежуток времени
a short attention span
an average life span of seventy years
размах, ширина
a wing span of five metres
продолжаться, охватывать
Her acting career spanned almost forty years.
events, numbers, or periods of time come one after the other.
consecutive
последовательный, происходящий подряд
the third consecutive day of rain
последовательно, подряд
Tickets are numbered consecutively from 1 to 100.
If a container or a place overflows, the thing that is inside it starts coming out because it is too full.
overflow
переливаться (через край), быть переполненным
The bath overflowed, and there’s water all over the floor!
The bin was overflowing with rubbish.
