Занятие 1 31. Read the following proverbs. Give their Russian equivalents or explain their meanings

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12. a) Iron and lead are base metals, b) Where does the road lead?

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13. Kikanius invited him and a couple of the other boys to join him for a drink, and while Hugo didn't drink, he went along for the company.

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3. Find the homonyms proper for the following words; give their Russian equivalents.

1. band — a company of musicians. Band – strip, runway группа – скопление людей группа – тип крови

2. seal — a warm-blooded, fish-eating sea animal, found chiefly in cold regions. Seal – as in stamp or to seal something печать – на бумаге печать – для закрытия письма

3. ear — the grain-bearing spike of a cereal plant, as in corn. Ear – the thing you listen with, an organ ухо орган для слуха ухо элемент, характерный для строчной буквы «g» в некоторых начертаниях.

4. cut — the result of cutting. Cut – lowering of payment резать разделять на части резать ограничивать доступ к чему то

5. to bore — to make a long round hole, esp. with a pointed tool that is turned round. Bore being boring сверлить пристально смотреть сверлить надоедать

6. corn— a hard, horny 3 thickening of the skin, esp. on the foot. Corn food мозоль болячка мозоль постоянно быть перед глазами

7. fall — the act of falling, dropping or coming down. Fall season of the year падать упасть на землю падать опускаться ниже

8. to hail — to greet, salute, shout an expression of welcome. Hail to be from somewhere приветствовать махать рукой приветствовать быть положительно настроенным к чему то

9. draw — something that attracts attentiоn. Draw making a painting привлекать возбуждать интерес привлекать вызывать к себе симпатию

4. Find the homophones to the following words, translate them into Russian or explain their meanings in English.

Dye, die умирать

cent, sent посылать

tale, tail хвост

sea, see видеть

week, weak слабый

peace, piss моча

sun, son сын

meat, meet встречать

steel, still до сих пор

knight, night ночь

sum, some некоторые

coarse, course курс

write, right право

sight, site место

hare. Hair волосы

10. Find antonyms for the words given below.

good adj, bad

deep adj, shallow

narrow adj, wide

clever adj, stupid

young adj, old

to love v, to hate

to reject v, to accept

to give v, to take

strong adj, weak

joy n, sadness

evil n, good

up adv, down

slowly adv, fast

black adj, white

sad adj, happy

to die v, to live

to open v, to close

clean adj, dirty

darkness n, light

big adj small

16. Rearrange the loan words listed below into eight groups according to their source language:

Arabic, giraffe harem

Chinese, ketchup tea

Dutch/Flemish, boom caravan cruise, delicatessen, yacht

German, frankfurter hamburger noodle quartz sauerkraut

Italian, icon(is actually latin/greek) mosque motto prima donna sketch studio , violin

Japanese, geisha judo tsunami

Russian, glasnost perestroika

Spanish. Barricade cannibal guitar , tornado