Unit 1, Writing Actiivity

Question 1

to gradually begin to like/know / understand someone or something

polyubyty kohos
piznaty kohos
porozumity komus

Answer 1

to get to like / know / understand somebody something

It’ll take a while for you to get to know everyone.

After a while, I got to like him.

Question 2

провести громадський захід

Answer 2

to hold a social event

Question 3

запустити / провести курс / vesty

Answer 3

to run a course

Question 4

залучитися до чогось

Answer 4

to get involved in something

Question 5

щорічний

Answer 5

an‧nu‧al / ænjuəl / adjective

1 happening once a year SYN yearly :

The school trip has become an annual event.

annual report/meeting/conference

Question 6

phrase

a few days ago

Answer 6

the other day

Mark called the other day.

Question 7

пересічний

Answer 7

average

Question 8

битися об заклад

Answer 8

to bet

I bet….

Question 9

очевидно

Answer 9

apparently

Question 10

phrasal verb

придумати ідею

Answer 10

to come up with an idea of doING sth

Question 11

висловлювати

ozvuchyty

Answer 11

to voice

Question 12

притягнутий за вуха

Answer 12

far-fetched adjective

extremely unlikely to be true or to happen :

All this may sound a bit far-fetched, but companies are already developing ‘intelligent’ homes.

Question 13

1 to start something, usually something big or important :

2 product to make a new product, book etc available for sale for the first time

zapustyty (proekt)

Answer 13

to launch / lɔntʃ $ lɒntʃ / verb [ transitive ]

1 The organization has launched a campaign to raise $150,000.

The book launched his career as a novelist.

Question 14

прилавок

ларьок

Answer 14

a stall

Question 15

verb

1to make a serious public request for help, money, information etc

3 be attractive [ intransitive ] if someone or something appeals to you, they seem attractive and interesting

zaklykaty
apelyuvaty
podobatys

Answer 15

to appeal verb

1 appeal for

Church and community leaders have appealed for calm.

appeal to

Farmers have appealed to the government for help.

appeal to somebody to do something

The police have appealed to anyone with information to come forward and talk to them.

3 appeal to

The programme appeals to young children.

The idea of working abroad really appeals to me.

Question 16

1 group of people [ also + plural verb British English ]

a) a group of people with skills or specialist knowledge who have been chosen to give advice or opinions on a particular subject
b) a group of well-known people who answer questions on a radio or television programme → panellist
c) American English a group of people who are chosen to listen to a case in a court of law and to decide the result SYN jury

Answer 16

pan‧el S1 W2 AC / pænl / noun [ countable ]

1 a) panel of
A panel of experts has looked at the proposal.

on a panel
There will be at least three senior doctors on the panel.

1 b) on a panel
We have two senior politicians on our panel tonight.

1 c) The panel spent 14 hours going over the evidence.

Question 17

spozhyvannya

Answer 17

consumption

Question 18

money that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc

subsydiya

Answer 18

sub‧si‧dy AC / sʌbsədi, sʌbsɪdi / noun ( plural subsidies ) [ countable ]

trade/agricultural subsidies etc

international disagreement over trade subsidies

Question 19

an additional sum of money, usually paid as a tax

Answer 19

levy / levi / noun ( plural levies ) [ countable ]

levy on
He wants to impose a levy on landfill waste.

Question 20

пішохід

Answer 20

a pedestrian