Практический курс английского языка 2 курс - [19]
dog's feet are called paws.; 2. фут (около) 30,5 см, pl часто без изменений, е.g. The boy was too
tall for his age and he was three foot two in his shoes.; 3. подножие, нижняя часть, основание, as
the foot of the mountain, at the foot of the page, the foot of the bed, е.g. This boy is at the foot of his
class.
Ant. top, head, as the top of the mountain, the top (head) of the page, at the head of the bed,
etc. е.g. This boy is at the head of his class.
on foot (= walking, notriding), е.g. When people are having their walking holiday they
cover long distances on foot. ( Cf.: by train, by bus, etc.)
footnote n сноска
6. prescribe υi прописывать лекарство, е.g. Doctor, will you prescribe a tonic for me? What
can you prescribe for my headache (cold, etc.) ?
prescription n рецепт; to make up a prescription for smb., е.g. Please call in at the chemist's
and have this prescription made up for me; to write out a prescription.
7. bare adj 1. обнаженный, голый, непокрытый (usu. about some part of our body), е.g.
His head was bare.
Syn. naked (= having no clothes on), е.g. Victorine was shocked when she learned that she
would have to sit for the painter quite naked.
barefoot adj predic, adv = with bare feet, without shoes and stockings, е.g. Children like to
go (run, walk) barefoot.
barefooted adj, attr. Barefooted people were standing on the bank.
bare-legged (-armed) adj = with bare legs (arms), е.g. When we speak of bare-legged
children we mean children wearing shoes, but no stockings; bare-footed children wear neither shoes
nor stockings.
bare-beaded, adj = without a hat, е.g. It's already too cold to go bare-headed.
2. пустой, голый, лишенный чего-л., as a bare room (with little or no furniture), bare walls
(without pictures or wallpaper), bare trees (without leaves), bare facts (only facts; nothing but facts).
Cf.: a bare room (no furniture), an empty room (no people), a vacant room (a room in which
either no one is living at present or no one is working; a room which can be occupied), е.g. After the
piano was taken out, the room seemed quite bare. I thought I heard voices in the next room, but it
was empty. "Won't you look for a vacant room in which we could have a consultation?" — "I'm told
that all the rooms are occupied."
8. refuseυt/i отказывать(ся), е.g. She refused my offer. She can't refuse her children
anything. He refused to do what I asked him.
N о t e: In the meaning of sacrificing smth., parting with smth., the English verb to give up is
used, е.g. He gave up the idea of going there. Roger promised to give up smoking, but he didn't keep
his promise.
refusaln, е.g. He answered her invitation, with a cold refusal,
9. likeadj похожий, подобный, е.g. They are as like as two peas. What is he like? (= What
sort of person is he?) What does he look like? ( = What kind of appearance has he got?) How does
she look today? (= What is her appearrance today?) It looks like gold. (= It has the appearance of
gold.) It looks like rain. It was just like him to take the biggest piece of cake. There is nothing like
home.
likeprep or adv подобно, как, е.g. I can't do it like you. They are behaving like little
children, I've never heard him sing like that.
Note: to act like means to do smth. in the same way or in the manner of other people, е.g. She
can play like a real pianist.; to act as means acting in the capacity of smb., e g. Some of our students
act as guides during summer.
alikeadj predic одинаковый, похожий, подобный, е.g. The houses in this street are alike.
(Cf.: The houses in this street are like those in the next street.)
likeness n сходство, е.g. I cannot see much likeness between the twins.
unlike adj непохожий, е.g. She was unlike all other girls.
unlike prep в отличие от, е.g. Unlike other girls she was not at all talkative.
NOTES ON STYLE
A. The terms style, stylistic are generally used in two different meanings. In lexicology the
term functional style is used which may be defined as a system of expressive means peculiar to a
specific sphere of communication. Otherwise speaking, the choice of words and of modes of
expression depends on the situation in which the process of communication is realized, whether it is
a friendly talk, an official letter or report, a poem, a scientific article, etc. According to the situation
(or the sphere of communication) we may distinguish formal (bookish, learned) and informal
(colloquial) words. The former are peculiar to fiction, scientific prose, lectures, official talks; the
latter are used in everyday talks with friends and relatives. One should also keep ip mind that there
are a great number of words that are independent of the sphere of communication, i. e. that can be
used in a lecture, in an informal talk, in a poem, etc. Such words are stylistically neutral ( е.g. bread,
word, book, go, takes, white, etc.).
Students should be warned against taking the term colloquial
