Lesson 13.05.22 Flashcards
to delegate sth to
[ˈdel·ɪˌɡeɪt]
to give a job or responsibility to someone in a lower position instead of doing it yourself (доручати роботу):
Personnel matters made him uncomfortable, and he increasingly delegated them to others.
to collaborate
співпрацювати
Repetitive, time-consuming work
Повнорна, трудомістка робота
to get goose(_)bumps
мурашки по шкірі
I got goose bumps watching that scary movie last night!
Like-minded
однодумці
Minute
[maɪˈnuːt]
крихітний
What is the right order of description adjectives
size (shape) -> age -> colour -> origin -> material
Satin
[ˈsæt̬.ən]
Атлас (a shiny material)
Grotesque
[ɡroʊˈtesk]
extremely ugly or strange
Confessional
[kənˈfeʃ.ən.əl]
telling personal secrets
We live in a confessional culture, provoked by social media and the internet and the warmth of the human impulse to share and … commiserate
Devoted to
присвячений чомусь
to be intent on/upon
: giving all of one’s attention and effort to a specific task or goal
She seems intent on destroying our credibility.
They were intent on their work.
to be restricted to sb/sth
бути обмеженим для когось/чогось
When you have two or more adjectives together, adjectives of opinion come …
… before adjectives of description
Worship
[ˈwɝː.ʃɪp]
поклоніння
daily acts of worship
On the island the people worshipped different gods.
How to make gradable adjectives (eg attractive, painful, unpleasant, angry, busy, happy, deep, popular, quiet, rich, weak, fast, happy) stronger or weaker?
a bit, pretty, very, a little, quite , really, extremely, slightly, dreadfully, rather, reasonably.
quite painful -> very painful -> extremely painful
Thought you cannot make non-gradable adjectives (furious, horrified, terrifying, awful, excellent, superb, unique, unknown) weaker, how can you make them stronger?
Absolutely, completely, really, totally
to drown in tedious work
тонути в нудній роботі
Mundane task
[mʌnˈdeɪn]
Буденне завдання
Superb accuracy
Бездоганна точність
