Operations

1. to install – (v.t.) – to set (an apparatus) up, ready for use – устанавливать;

монтировать

installation man

Do not install the unit near heat sources.

2. to operate – (v.t.) (v.i.) – to (cause to) work, be in action, have an effect,

manage - управлять; работать

He could not operate the radio/television.

You can’t operate the unit on these batteries.

This unit operates on AC power.

The radio/television was not operating properly.

ITV operates for 24 hours a day.

3. to connect (up) (v.t.) – to join sth. to sth. else; to join sth. to a supply of

hook up (v.t.) electricity – соединять; подключать; включать

to plug in (v.t.)

to plug into (v.t.) (v.i.)

to put/insert/push a plug into a socket

He connected his radio/TV set (up) to the serial/electricity supply.

He connected up the radio/TV set.

The TV set has arrived but it hasn’t been hooked up to the

electricity supply yet.

He plugged in the TV set.

No wonder the lamp didn’t come on, it’s not plugged in !

He plugged the lamp into this receptacle.

The lamp plugs into this receptacle/the mains.

4. to disconnect (v.t.) – to remove (sth.) from being joined by or as by a wire to

to unplug (v.t.) (sth. such as electricity), to remove a plug from –

to remove/pull out the plug отключать; отсоединять; выключать

He disconnected the TV set (from the electricity supply) before he

made adjustments inside it.

Unplug the unit (from the wall outlet) when it is not to be used for

as extended period of time.

5. to play (1) (v.i.)– to produce esp. musical sounds – работодатель; играть

The radio was playing very loudly.

(2) (v.t.) – to cause sth. to produce esp. musical sounds – слушать

He played the radio all evening.

6. to adjust (v.t.) – to change slightly, esp. in order to set right or make suitable for a particular job or new conditions – регулировать; настраивать

Please do not adjust sets. (A warning on a TV screen)

To adjust sound level and tone quality, adjust the VOLUME and TONE.

He adjusted the tuning dial to the correct wavelength.

He adjusted the set to a particular frequency.

adjustment – adjusting; an act of adjusting – настройка; регулировка

an adjustment of the aerial/aerial adjustment

The repairman made all the necessary adjustment in/inside the unit.

Volume adjustments will not affect recording level.

No volume adjustment is necessary.

7. to fiddle with (v.t.) – to move the parts of a machine in an undirected way, so

to tinker with (v.t.) as to discover a fault

to twiddle with (v.t.)

Sometimes when the television set doesn’t work, you can fiddle

with the wires inside and it comes right!

He always had the ability to tinker with an engine and set it going

again, even when he didn’t know what was wrong.

Perhaps if you twiddle with the controls for a few minutes you

could make the television work better.

8. to switch on (v.t.) (v.i.) – (to cause sth. electrical) to start working -

to turn on (v.t.) (v.i.) включать(ся)

to put on (v.t.)

to stick on (informal) (v.t.)

to snap on (v.t.) – to put (a light) on suddenly

He switched the light/radio/television on.

He switched on the light/radio/television.

We switch on to the nine o’clock news.

We turn on the TV set at news time.

Note: The phrasal verbs SWITCH ON, PUT ON, STICK ON, SNAP ON are used only with reference to electricity, whereas the phrasel verb TURN ON is used in regard to electricity , water, gas, etc.