Владимир Аракин - Практический курс английского языка 3 курс [calibre 2.43.0]

students, he is well-read, to have the advantage ofto be in a better position because of smth., as to have the advantage of being

modern (being cheap, etc.), e. g. He has the advantage of being young. 2) benefit, profit; to take advantage of smth.to make good use

of smth., to profit by smth., as to take advantage of an opportunity (of smb.'s weakness, ignorance, absence, etc.), e. g. Jack took

advantage of the opportunity to speak to Gwendolen, to advantagein a way that shows its good points, as to be seen (heard, shown,

exhibited) to advantage, e. g. The picture is seen to (better) advantage from a distance, ant. disadvantage.

3. admit vt/i 1)to allow a person to enter, e. g. The woman opened the door and admitted me into the house. Children are not

admitted. 2) to accept as a member of, as to be admitted to an institute (school, party), e. g. Only one hundred boys are admitted to

the school every year. 3)to have enough space for, e. g. The theatre admits only 200 persons. 4) to acknowledge, confess, accept as

true, as to admit one's mistake (fault, that one's wrong), e. g. You must admit that the task is difficult, ant. deny, e. g. I deny that the statement is true.

admission n 1)allowing to come, go in, being admitted, as admission is free, admission by ticket, price of admission; to apply for

admission to an institute (party), e. g. Admission to the school is by examination only. 2) statement admitting smth., as an admission

of guilt, e. g. The accused refused to make an admission of his guilt.

4. waste vt/i 1) to use without a good purpose or result; to spend uselessly, as to waste one's time (energy, money, work), e. g. All his efforts were wasted. 2) to lose strength by degrees, e. g. He was wasting away.

waste n unprofitable use; useless remains of smth. e. g. It's a waste of time to wait any longer. There is too much waste in the

house, to lay wasteto ravage, to destroy, as to lay waste a country, a city, a village.

waste adj useless; unwanted; thrown away, as waste paper, a waste paper basket, waste effort.

wasteful adj using or spending too much or uselessly, as a wasteful man, wasteful habits, wasteful process.

back vi/t 1) to go, or cause to go backwards, e. g. Montmorency would growl and back at a rapid pace. 2) to give support to, to

help (with money, arguments, etc.), as to back smb. or smb.'s proposal (plans, etc.)

backn 1) the hinder part of the body, as to stand with one's back to the window; to turn one's back to(the audience, the window,

etc.), e. g. Turn your back to me, I'll put your collar straight, to turn one's back on smb.to turn away or run away from smb., e. g. It

was mean of you to turn your back on her when she needed your help, to do smth. behind smb.'s backto do smth. without smb.'s

knowledge, e. g. You ought not to criticize her behind her back. 2) the part of a thing which is farthest from the front, as the back of

the house, the back of one's head, the back of a chair, at the back of one's mind; 3) (modifying other nouns) away from the front, as a

back seat (street, vowel), back teeth (rows, etc.)

backadv to, in or into an earlier position or state, as to go (run, turn, be, come) back; to go back on one's wordto fail to keep a

promise, e. g. One cannot rely on a person who goes back on his word, to keep smth. back from smb.to conceal, e. g. You needn't

keep this news back from him. back fromat a distance from, e. g. The house stood back from the road, back and forthto and fro,

as to walk (run, fly) back and forth, backbreaking adj very hard, as backbreaking work, backbone n the row of bones joined together along the back; to the backbone (fig.) completely, e. g. He is Russian to the backbone.

background n 1) contrasting surface; on (against) the background of smth., e. g. The white house stood out on the background

of the green trees, on (against) a white (black, red) background,e. g. The girl wore a dress with white spots on a blue background.

2) the part which is at the back, as in the background (foreground) of a picture; to keep (stay, remain, be) in the backgroundto

keep where one will not be noticed, e. g. She is very shy and always keeps in the background. 3) origin, social status and

qualifications of a person, e. g. Tell me your background (tell me about yourself).

backward adj behind others, as a backward district (child, people), backwards adv with the back coming first, e. g. Can you spell the word "backwards" ?

5. require vt to ask for, to need, as to require extra help, e. g. The matter requires great care. He did all that was. required of him.

syn. demand(to ask for with authority, to insist on having), e. g. The policeman demanded his name. The strikers demanded

immediate payment.

requirement n thing required, as the requirements of the law, to meet the requirements of people, e. g. What are the requirements

for entering this institute?

6. reference n 1) (instance of) alluding, e. g. You should make reference to a dictionary. The book is full of references to places

that I know well. 2) a statement about a person's character or abilities, e. g. The clerk has excellent references from former

employers. 3) note, direction, telling where certain information may be found, e. g. He dislikes history books that are crowded with

references to earlier authorities.

refer vt/i 1) to send, take, hand over (to smb. or smth.), e. g. I was referred to the manager. 2) to speak of, allude to; to apply to, e.

g. Don't refer to this matter again, please. Does that remark refer to me? 3) to turn (to), go (to) for information, etc., e. g. The speaker

often referred to his notes.

8. temper n 1) a disposition, as a person of even (pleasant, fiery, etc.) temper; to have an even (sweet, uncertain, quick, etc.)

temper; hot- tempered

good-tempered, bad-tempered; 2) a mood, as to be in a good (bad, forgiving, calm, friendly) temper.

Note: When the word is used without an adjective, the meaning is always "an angry state of mind".

to lose one's temper, to control (to keep) one's temper, to get (to fly) into a temper about smth., to be in a temper,e. g. I was

surprised but I did not lose my temper. There is nothing to fly into a temper about. Joseph saw that she was fighting to keep her

temper.

9. display vt 1) to show, esp. spread out or place so that there is no difficulty in seeing, as to display pictures (paintings) in a