- •Методичні вказівки та рекомендації до лінгво-стилістичного аналізу художніх творів. Зразок аналізу текстів публіцистичного стилю.
- •7.010103 «Філологія ( англійська)» окр “Спеціаліст”
- •Approximate Scheme of the Analysis of a Fiction Text
- •Types of Stylistic Devices Phonetic Stylistic Devices
- •Lexico-semantic Stylistic Devices (Figures of substitution)
- •Figures of combination
- •Syntactic stylistic devices
- •Art for heart’s sake
- •The analysis of the text “Art for heart’s sake”
- •British and american newspapers
- •Vocabulary parameters of English newspaper style.
- •2. Grammatical parameters of newspaper English.
- •3. Stylistic devices.
- •4. Specific compositional design of newspaper articles.
- •Translation of newspaper headlines
- •The scheme of rendering the newspaper article
- •Words and phrases used in the rendering
- •The sample of rendering the newspaper article
- •External Tests or University Exams?
- •The Model
- •Lexical minimum for English practical course
- •If you want a thing well done, do it yourself. - proverb
- •4. Somebody's studies
- •I just wanted to take him in my arms.
- •It can be seen that/we can see that
- •In confidence
- •In strict/the strictest confidence
- •I feel quite confident about the future.
- •It is doubtful if/whether
- •It is doubtful that
- •It pains somebody to do something
- •It is/seems odd (that)
- •In colour
- •In admiration
- •Inspire somebody to do something
- •Inspire somebody to something
- •It's turned 2 o'clock/5/midday etc
- •Список рекомендованої літератури
- •7.010103 «Філологія ( англійська)» окр “Спеціаліст”
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It is doubtful if/whether
It was doubtful whether the patient would survive the operation.
It is doubtful that
It is doubtful that the missing airmen will ever be found.
2. not sure that something is true or right
'Everything's going to be all right, you'll see.' Jenny looked doubtful .
doubtful if/whether
I'm still doubtful whether I should accept this job.
doubtful about (doing) something
At first we were doubtful about employing Charlie.
3. unlikely to be successful
Already the whole scheme was looking increasingly doubtful.
4. probably not good
ᅳsynonym dubious Here the tap water is of doubtful quality.
ᅳdoubtfully adverb
Protect verb
1. [intransitive and transitive]to keep someone or something safe from harm, damage, or illness
ᅳsee also protection, protective
Are we doing enough to protect the environment?
protect somebody/something from something
The cover protects the machine from dust.
protect somebody/something against something
Physical exercise can protect you against heart disease.
protect against
Waxing your car will help protect against rust.
2. [transitive usually passive]if an insurance company protects your home, car, life, etc, it agrees to pay you money if things are stolen or damaged or you are hurt or killed
ᅳsynonym cover
Unemployment insurance means that you are partially protected if you lose your job.
3. [transitive] to help the industry and trade of your own country by taxing or restricting foreign goods
Protection noun
1. [uncountable] when someone or something is protected
protection of the protection of the environment
protection against/from evidence that vitamin C gives protection against cancer
protection for This law provides protection for threatened animals and plants.
for protection
The police were issued with body amour for extra protection.
2. [uncountable and countable] something that protects
as (a) protection (against something)
Magee pulled up his collar as protection against the breeze.
3. [uncountable]the promise of payment from an insurance company if something bad happens
ᅳsynonym coverage
4. [uncountable] contraception
Do you have any protection?
5. [uncountable] when criminals threaten to damage your property or hurt you unless you pay them money
protection money
Protective adjective
1. [only before noun] used or intended for protection
protective clothing
2. wanting to protect someone from harm or danger
protective towards
I can't help feeling protective towards my kids.
protective of
He's very protective of his younger brother.
3. intended to give an advantage to your own country's industry
protective tariffs
ᅳprotectively adverb
ᅳprotectiveness noun [uncountable]
Contribute verb
1. [intransitive and transitive] to give money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in
contribute to/towards
City employees cannot contribute to political campaigns.
contribute something to/towards something
The volunteers contribute their own time to the project.
2. [intransitive]to help to make something happen
Stress is a contributing factor in many illnesses.
contribute to
Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths a year in the US.
contribute substantially/significantly/greatly etc to something
Enya's success has contributed substantially to the current interest in Celtic music.
3. [intransitive and transitive] to write articles, stories, poems etc for a newspaper or magazine
ᅳsee also contributor
contribute to
one of several authors contributing to the book
Contribution noun
1. [countable]something that you give or do in order to help something be successful
contribution to/towards
Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to Quantum Theory.
The school sees its job as preparing students to make a contribution to society. significant/substantial/valuable etc contribution
Wolko made outstanding contributions to children's medicine.
2. [countable] an amount of money that you give in order to help pay for something
a campaign contribution
contribution of
A contribution of £25 will buy 15 books.
contribution to/towards
Contributions to charities are tax deductible.
You can make annual contributions of up to $1000 in education savings accounts.
3. [countable] a regular payment that you make to your employer or to the government to pay for things that you will receive when you are no longer working, for example health care, a pension etc
income tax and national insurance contributions
contribution to
Have you been making regular contributions to a pension plan?
4. [countable] a piece of writing, a song, a speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc
contribution from
a magazine with contributions from well-known travel writers
a Christmas album featuring contributions from Carly Simon, Amy Grant, and others
5. [uncountable] when you give money, time, help etc
All the money has been raised by voluntary contribution.
Contributor noun (countable)
1. someone who gives money, help, ideas etc to something that a lot of other people are also involved in
campaign contributors
contributor to
Dr Win was a major contributor to the research.
2. someone who writes a story, song, speech etc that forms part of a larger work such as a newspaper, book, broadcast, recording etc
contributor to
a regular contributor to Time magazine
3. formal someone or something that helps to cause something to happen
contributor to
Cars are still one of the principal contributors to air pollution.
Shiver verb [intransitive]
to shake slightly because you are cold or frightened
ᅳsynonym tremble
Jake stood shivering in the cold air.
shiver with cold/fear/delight etc She shivered with fear and anger.
see usage note shake
Shiver noun [countable]
1. a slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear
ᅳsynonym tremble
A shiver ran through (=went through) me.
shiver of
She felt a shiver of apprehension.
2. give you the shivers
informal to make you feel afraid
ᅳsee also send shivers (up and) down your spine
Shivery adjective [not before noun]
trembling or shaking because of cold, fear, or illness
He felt shivery and nauseous.
Strain noun
1. WORRY
[uncountable and countable]worry that is caused by having to deal with a problem or work too hard over a long period of time
ᅳsee also stress
I couldn't look after him any more; the strain was too much for me.
Did you find the job a strain ?the stresses and strains of police life
strain for
The trial has been a terrible strain for both of us.
strain on
It's quite a strain on me when he's drinking heavily.
put/place a strain on somebody
The long working hours put a severe strain on employees.
under (a) strain
I know you've been under a lot of strain lately.
crack/collapse/buckle etc under the strain (=become unable to deal with a problem or work)
I could see that she was beginning to crack under the strain.
2. DIFFICULTY
[uncountable and countable]a difficulty or problem that is caused when a person, relationship, organization, or system has too much to do or too many problems to deal with
strain on
The dry summer has further increased the strain on water resources.
put/place (a) strain on something
The flu epidemic has put a huge strain on the health service.
strain in
The attack has led to strains in the relationship between the two countries.
under (a) strain
His marriage was under strain.
break/crack/collapse etc under the strain
The party split under the strain.
3 FORCE
[uncountable]a situation in which something is being pulled or pushed, or is holding weight, and so might break or become damaged
strain on
The strain on the cables supporting the bridge is enormous.
put/place (a) strain on something
Some of these exercises put too much strain on the back muscles.
These four posts take the strain of the whole structure.
break/snap/collapse etc under the strain The rope snapped under the strain.
4. INJURY
[uncountable and countable] an injury to a muscle or part of your body that is caused by using it too much
Long hours working at a computer can cause eye strain. The goalkeeper is still out of action with a knee strain.
5. PLANT/ANIMAL
[countable] a type of animal, plant, or disease
strain of
different strains of wheat a new strain of the flu virus
6. QUALITY
[singular] a particular quality which people have, especially one that is passed from parents to children
strain of
There's a strain of madness in his family.
7. WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING
[singular] formal an amount of a feeling that you can see in the way someone speaks, writes, paints etc
a strain of bitterness in Young's later work
8. strains of something
literary the sound of music being played
We sipped wine to the strains of Beethoven.
Strain verb
1. INJURE
[transitive] to injure a muscle or part of your body by using it too much or making it work too hard
I've strained a muscle in my leg You'll strain your eyes trying to read in this light.
2. EFFORT
[intransitive and transitive]to try very hard to do something using all your strength or ability
strain (something) to do something
She was straining to keep her head above the water.
strain for
Bill choked and gasped, straining for air.
strain your ears/eyes (=try very hard to hear or see)
I strained my ears, listening for any sound in the silence of the cave.
3. LIQUID
[transitive] to separate solid things from a liquid by pouring the mixture through something with very small holes in it
ᅳsee also sieve She strained the pasta.
4. DIFFICULTY
[transitive] to cause difficulties for something by making too much work or too many problems which it cannot deal with easily
The increased costs will certainly strain our finances.
The incident has strained relations between the two countries.
5. PULL/PUSH
[intransitive] to pull hard at something or push hard against something
strain against
Buddy's huge gut strained against the buttons on his shirt.
strain at
a dog straining at its lead
6. strain every nerve
to try as hard as possible to do something
He was straining every nerve to impress the judges.
7. be straining at the leash
to be eager to be allowed to do something
There are 30,000 troops in the area, all straining at the leash.
8. not strain yourself
to not work too hard or do too much physical activity
Don't strain yourself.
Strained adjective
1. a strained situation or behaviour is not relaxed, natural, or friendly
ᅳsynonym tense
I couldn't stand the strained atmosphere at dinner any more.
the increasingly strained relations between the French and German governments
2. showing the effects of worry or too much work
Nina's voice sounded strained. Alex's pale, strained face
Abandon verb [transitive]
1. to leave someone, especially someone you are responsible for
How could she abandon her own child?
2. to go away from a place, vehicle etc permanently, especially because the situation makes it impossible for you to stay
ᅳsynonym leave
We had to abandon the car and walk the rest of the way.
Fearing further attacks, most of the population had abandoned the city.
3. to stop doing something because there are too many problems and it is impossible to continue
The game had to be abandoned due to bad weather.
4. to stop having a particular idea, belief, or attitude
They were accused of abandoning their socialist principles. Rescuers had abandoned all hope of finding any more survivors.
5. abandon yourself to something
literary to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely
She abandoned herself to grief.
6. abandon ship
to leave a ship because it is sinking
ᅳabandonment noun [uncountable]
abandon noun (uncountable)
if someone does something with abandon, they behave in a careless or uncontrolled way, without thinking or caring about what they are doing
with reckless/wild abandon
They drank and smoked with reckless abandon.
Abandoned adjective
1. an abandoned building, car, boat etc has been left by the people who owned or used it
The car was found abandoned in Bristol. the demolition of abandoned buildings
2. [only before noun] an abandoned person or animal has been left completely alone by the person that was looking after them
3. literary behaving in a wild and uncontrolled way
Pain noun
1. [uncountable and countable] the feeling you have when part of your body hurts
pain in
The pain in her jaw had come back.
I had a nasty pain in my leg. Greg was in a lot of pain .
ᅳsee also growing pains
2. [uncountable and countable]the feeling of unhappiness you have when you are sad, upset, etc
the pain and grief of bereavement
cause (somebody) pain/inflict pain on somebody
She hated to say the words, for fear of causing pain.
3. be a pain (in the neck)
spoken also be a pain in the ass/backside/butt not polite
to be very annoying
There were times when Joe could be a real pain in the neck.
It's a pain, having to go upstairs to make the coffee every time.
4. take/go to (great) pains to do something
also take pains with/over something
to make a special effort to do something
He's taken great pains to improve his image.
5. be at pains to do something
to be especially careful to make sure people understand what you are saying or what you plan to do
Roy was at pains to point out that English was the only exam he'd ever failed.
6. for your pains
as a reward for something you worked to achieve - used especially when this is disappointing
I fetched the file, and all I got for my pains was a dirty look from Simon.
7. on/under pain of death
at the risk of being killed as punishment, if you do not obey
Communist activity was prohibited on pain of death.
pain verb [transitive]