Unit 2c
A taxi rank – стоянка такси - a place where taxicabs park while waiting to be engaged.
* Thanks for booking with Taxi Rank
**There’s a taxi rank at the station.
Certainly – безусловно - undoubtedly; definitely; surely:
* The prestigious address certainly adds to the firm’s appeal.
** Certainly, sir.
To exact – принимать - demand and obtain (something, especially a payment) from someone:
* Tributes exacted from the Slavic peoples.
** No, sorry love, exact change only.
I’m used to that by now – я привык к этому в настоящее время - be or become familiar with someone or something through experience:
* She used to getting what she wanted by now.
** Oh well, I’m used to that by now.
Ten-pound note– десятифунтовая банкнота - British a banknote:
* A ten-pound note
** Have you got change for a ten-pound note?
A sense of smth – хорошее чувство чего-либо – a keen intuitive awareness of or sensitivity to the presence or importance of something:
* She had a fine sense of comic timing
** (…) Camilla has a good sense of humor.
To get out of – избегать - contrive to avoid or escape (a duty or responsibility):
* They wanted to get out of paying.
** You get out of doing your part of work!
To get in – попасть в … - of a train, aircraft, or other transport) arrive at its destination:
* the train got in late
** Allow you to get in.
Unit 3a
Spectacular – захватывающий – beautiful in a dramatic and eye-catching way:
* Spectacular mountain scenery
**Visitors come to enjoy the spectacular mountain scenery.
Scenery – пейзаж - the natural features of a landscape considered in terms of their appearance, especially when picturesque:
* Spectacular views of mountain scenery.
** Visitors come (…) or simply to enjoy the spectacular mountain scenery.
To stay for good – остаться навсегда - remain live permanently:
* I’m going to stay for good.
** Many people decided to stay for good.
Facilities – средства - space or equipment necessary for doing something:
* cooking facilities
** (…) they share ownership of the park and the common facilities.
Ownership – собственность - the act, state, or right of possessing something:
* The ownership of land
** (…) they share ownership of the park and the common facilities.
Concern – касаясь (относительно) – relate to; be about:
* The story concerns a friend of mine
** The most important decisions usually concern new friends.
To vote on – голосовать - give or register a vote:
* They voted against the resolution
** (…) but the whole community must vote on new families before they are allowed to join.
A helping hand – подать руку помощи - assistance:
* She was always ready to lend a helping hand.
** Everybody has to land a helping hand and (…)
Day-to-day - повседневный – ordinary; everyday:
* Our day-to-day domestic life.
** (…) and take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the community.
Repairs - ремонт - the action of fixing or mending something:
* The truck was beyond repair.
** That includes doing repairs, looking after the children (…).
Shortage of – нехватка чего-либо- a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts:
* A shortage of hard cash.
** But it seems that there is no shortage of families who want to join.