- •BrE AmE Russian equivalent
- •Into a lighter modification.
- •Items that have been found in until they are collected
- •Into Lost Property.
- •Is more common to swim, to ∼ one’s eyes [a
- •Black or white? Black or regular?
- •1 A strong shoe that covers the foot and car so that it cannot be moved всех сил;
- •1 A short period of time when you in both countries to mean a ‘temporary перемена (в школе);
- •1. 1) Перерыв в работе
- •BrE AmE Russian
- •ˈcouncil chamber/offices
- •3 A group of people elected to the
11. British and American Culture-Specific Lexical Items Compared
BrE AmE Russian equivalent
access /ˈæk.ses/ [U] n. OALD, 8th ed., visitation [U] the right of a parent НБАРС visitation
2 the opportunity or right to use sth who is divorced or separated from 1 2) юр. право посещения
or to see sb/sth: Many divorced his or her partner to visit a child (ребёнка, оставленного
fathers only have access to their who is living with the partner: судом у одного из супругов)
children at weekends (= they are She is seeking more liberal
allowed by law to see them only visitation with her daughter.
at weekends)
N. Schur. British English, A to Zed: Term used in matrimonial law
referring to the right of the parent without custody (custody OALD, 8th ed.:
the legal right or duty to take care of the child or children) to visit the children of the
marriage. Staying access means ‘temporary custody’, as when the party
with visitation rights is authorized to have the minor child (the child who is
under the age at which you legally become an adult and are responsible for your actions)
stay with him or her for limited periods, e.g., during every other weekend
or on certain holidays.
accomodation 1 [U] n. (BrE) a place accomodations 2 ~ [pl.] (AmE) НБАРС 2. 1) amer. часто pl.
to live, work or stay in: rented / somewhere to live or stay, often приют, пристанище; стол
temporary / furnished accomodation also providing food or other и ночлег; помещение;
◇ Hotel accomodation is included services: More and more travelers furnished ~s меблирован-
in the price of your holiday. ◇ The are looking for bed and breakfast ные комнаты; hotel ~
building plans include much needed accomodations in private homes. номер в гостинице;
new office accomodation. ◇ First ~ allowance квартирное
class accomodation is available on пособие, квартирные…;
all flights. hotel ~ was scarce в
N. Schur: “In the sense of ‘food and lodgings’, the British use гостиницах мест не
the singular.They seem not to use the word at all as the Americans было
to include travel facilities, such as train and ship staterooms, plane seats, 3. pl. амер.место (в
etc.”As we can see from the last example in the left-hand OALD entry, поезде, на пароходе
at present BrE usage does include plane seats, so ‘seem’ in the sentence и т.п.)
‘They seem not to use the word at all as the Americans…” is appropriate.
aga (Aga) /ˈɑ:gə/, n. kitchen stove
The full name is Aga cooker (see cooker), a proprietary name (DGB:
Glynwed Group Services company) of a kitchen stove. Aga seems
well on the way to achieving the same generic status that hoover and
li-lo enjoy in Britain.
anorak /ˈænəræk/ light waterproof jacket НБАРС: анора́к; тёплая
OALD, 8th ed. noun 1 (especially BrE) (N. Schur. British English, куртка на молнии с
a short coat with a hood that is worn as A to Z) капюшоном
protection against rain, wind and cold DGB: анорак (водо-
AHD, 3rd ed.: A heavy jacket непроницаемая тёплая
with a hood; [Greenlandic куртка с капюшоном;
Eskimo annoraaq] первоначально
There is some disagreement between N. Schur’s definition of anorak as использовалась для
‘light’ and AHD’s ‘heavy’ (as well as ‘тёплая’ in DGB and НБАРС). работы в Арктике).
The solution seems to be the development of the original heavy anorak