Unit 3a (part2)
Suburbs – Пригород – an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one:
* The formation of suburbs is not simply based on geographic location (...)
** British families often prefer to live in the suburbs (…)
Semi-detached – соединенный - (of a house) joined to another house on one side only by a common wall:
* A semi-detached house.
** (…) in detached or semi-detached houses with gardens.
Apartment blocks – Жилые дома - a large building divided into separate apartments:
* An apartment block located on a side street in China.
** (…) In apartment blocks or rows of old terraced houses.
Terraced – с террасами - chiefly British (of a house) in the style of a row house:
* In architecture and city planning, a terraced house a style of medium-density housing that originated in Europe in the 16th century.
** (…) In apartment blocks or rows of old terraced houses.
Rows – Улица - a street with a continuous line of houses along one or both of its sides, especially when specifying houses of a particular type or function:
* fraternity row.
** (…) In apartment blocks or rows of old terraced houses.
Houseboat – Плавучий дом – a boat that is or can be moored for use as a dwelling:
* Some houseboats are not motorized (…)
** A houseboat is a boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a human dwelling. (en.wikipedia.org)
Lighthouse – Маяк - a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn or guide ships at sea:
* The Lighthouse line of particle counters is composed of a complete (…)
** A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light (…) (en.wikipedia.org)
Windmill – Ветряная мельница - a building with sails or vanes that turn in the wind and generate power to grind grain into flour:
* Construction details for a windmill are presented.
** The secret lies in the way a windmill harnesses (…) (aermotorwindmill.com)
Unit 3b
Stranger – незнакомец– a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar:
* She remained a stranger to him.
** Sleeping with strangers(…)
Arsenic – мышьяк- the chemical element of atomic number 33, a brittle steel-gray metalloid. (Symbol: As):
* Arsenic compounds (and their poisonous properties) have been known since ancient times, and the metallic form was isolated in the Middle Ages.
** (…) because the green contained arsenic, a poisonous chemical.
Poisonous– ядовитый- (of a substance or plant) causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body:
* poisonous chemicals
** (…) because the green contained arsenic, a poisonous chemical.
Incense – благовония - a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces.
* the smoke or perfume of incense.
** (… )or burn incense to hide the smell.
To conduct – проводить что-либо - organize and carry out:
* In the second trial he conducted his own defense.
** (… )and he conducted the day’s business from his bed.
Conviction – судимость – a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, made by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law:
* She had a previous conviction for a similar offense.
** (…) because he had a conviction for drugs.
Dormitory – общежитие - a large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.
* A dormitory is a residence hall consisting of sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people.
** Early Christian monks in Europe slept in long dormitories (…)
Monk – монах - a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
* Person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or with any number of other monks.
** Early Christian monks in Europe slept in long dormitories (…)
Inn - гостиница - an establishment providing accommodations, food, and drink, especially for travelers:
* The Waterside Inn.
** (…) people in Shakespeare’s time stayed at an inn (…)
Refugee – беженец - a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
* Tens of thousands of refugees fled their homes.
** Political refugee, Alfred Mehran, lost his travel documents in Paris (…)