Лучший Учебник Английского Языка. Георгий Гранкорд
This clinic provides the best medical treatment in the city.
23. stuff – вещи, начинка; персонал.
€ What’s the stuff of this pie? I like the stuff of your company, it is very polite and professional.
24. gorgeous – шикарный, великолепный, роскошный.
€ Her gorgeous dress drives me crazy.
25. bullshit – чушь собачья, ерунда, фигня, бред.
€ All his political speeches are bullshit and nothing else.
26. instead of – вместо.
€ Instead of going to London we want to go to Berlin.
27. heir – наследник.
€ He is the only heir in the family and many beautiful girls want to marry him.
28. unfortunately – к несчастью.
€ Unfortunately, he can’t marry her because she loves another man.
29. impossible – невозможный; невозможно.
€ This mission is impossible but not for me.
30. come true – исполниться.
€ If you believe in yourself all your dreams come true.
31. cool – круто; крутой, классный.
€ John is as cool as a cucumber.
32. pussycat – кошечка, киска; милашка.
€ I want to kiss you, pussycat!
33. neighbouring – соседний, близлежащий, смежный.
€ She lives in a neighbouring town and I can easily give her a lift.
34. appearance – внешность.
€ This blonde with deep blue eyes and tender skin has a really sexy appearance.
35. unfathomable – непостижимый, необъяснимый; неизмеримый, бездонный.
€ Her unfathomable love to hedgehogs touches me deeply.
36. violin – скрипка.
€ I know him as one of the best violin players in the world.
37. science fiction – научная фантастика.
€ Can you recommend me a good science fiction book?
38. personality – личность, индивидуальность.
€ I’m a unique and extraordinary personality who loves life in all its colors.
39. pleasure – удовольствие.
€ What is the greatest pleasure for?
40. quantity – количество.
€ What quantity of roses are you ready to present to your girl-friend?
41. wealth – богатство.
€ Wealth is nothing without health.
42. properly – должным образом, правильно, корректно, грамотно.
€ If you act properly you get what you want.
USEFUL PHRASES
be interested in – интересоваться.
€ What are you interested in? – I am interested in traveling and literature.
be in – работать в какой-то сфере.
€ He is in finance and I am in art.
be good at – хорошо разбираться в чем-либо.
€ I am good at poetry and my wife is good at making money.
throw dust in one’s eyes – пускать пыль в глаза.
€ She likes throwing dust in her friends’ eyes driving her boy-friend’s Porsche and telling that it is hers.
be like – представлять собой; быть человеком с определенными чертами характера.
€ What is he like? – He is kind and generous. What is the weather in Rome like?
look like – выглядеть, иметь определенную внешность.
€ What does she look like? – She is tall with wavy brown hair and green capricious eyes.
be alike – быть одинаковыми, подобными.
€ All happy families are alike.
pass laws – принимать законы.
€ Politicians pass laws in the interests of oligarchs and the White House.
EXERCISES
Ex.1. Answer the questions. Consult the text if necessary.
1. What is the student’s name? 2. What is his surname? 3. Where does he live? 4. Where does he study? 5. In his opinion, is he an ordinary student? 6. Is his family poor? 7. What is his father’s position?
8. Is his father as rich as the well-known oligarchs? 9. What does the young man tell about his father’s wealth? 10. How old are his father’s paramours? 11. Why does his mother keep silence about his father’s infidelity? 12. What is his dad interested in? 13. What does his dad like more than anything else in the world? 14. Why is he in politics? 15. For what