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Na´do sosta´vit; spiśok vsex prisu´tstvu[]ix.

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It is necessary to draw up a list of all those present.

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Sostavlq´t; / sosta´vit; also means ‘to constitute, make up’: 8

He´tvert; poĺ;zovatelej Interne´tom sostavlq[t

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Students make up a quarter of Internet users.

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Soglaśno demo´grafam naseleńie miŕa skoŕo sosta´vit 10

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milliaŕdov helove´k.

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According to demographers the population of the world will 5

soon constitute a billion people.

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Note also sostavlq´t; kompańi[ komu´-nibud; ‘to keep someone 7

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Sostoq´t; iz (+ gen. ) ‘to consist of, comprise’: 30

Fil;m sostoi´t iz dvux seŕij.

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The film consists of two parts.

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Auditoŕiq sostoqĺa v osnovno´m iz studeńtov.

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The audience consisted basically of students.

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Sostoq´t; v (+ prep. ) ‘to be, to be a member of’: 6

Proble´ma sostoi´t v tom, hto v Rossií do six por net 7

zakońa ob \migraćii.

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in Russia.

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V moĺodosti on sostoqĺ v Kompaŕtii.

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In his youth he was a member of the Communist Party.

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Sostoq´t; v bra´ke ‘to be married’:

Toĺ;ko 5% studeńtov sostoqĺi v bra´ke.

Only 5% of the students were married.

Sostoq´t; (+ instr.) or na doĺ'nosti (+ gen. ) ‘employed as’: Pohti´ 10 let on sostoqĺ na doĺ'nosti dire´ktora

(sostoqĺ dire´ktorom) zavo´da.

For almost 10 years he was a director of the factory.

Sostoq´t;sq means ‘to take place’:

Konfereńciq sostoqĺas; v konce´ maŕta.

The conference took place at the end of March.

Prem;eŕa fiĺ;ma sostoi´tsq v no´vom kinoteátre.

The premiere of the film will take place in the new cinema.

Exercise 11

Decide which verb to use.

1 @eń]iny . . . 53 proceńta naseleńiq Rossií. 2 Proble´ma . . .

v tom, hto ni´kto ne xo´het prinq´t; reweńie. 3 Slovaŕ;, kotoŕyj on . . . 7 let naza´d, vseë]e¨ populqŕen. 4 Na´wa kvartiŕa . . . iz 3

ko´mnat. 5 Vs[ 'izn; on . . . sekretare¨m pri re´ktore universite´ta.

6 V bu´du]em godu´ v Mośkve . . . teatraĺ;naq Olimpia´da.

Exercise 12

Translate into Russian.

1 The number of Internet-users is increasing all the time. E-commerce is the fastest developing sector of the Russian economy.

2 Most people in a recent poll felt that there should be control over socially dangerous sites.

3 In Russia, even in Moscow, use of the Internet lags behind that of Western countries. Nonetheless, the problem of Internet addiction already exists.

4 The Internet is still very expensive for many Russians; you have to pay 50 dollars a month for unlimited access.

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5 A businessman friend of mine uses the Internet daily in his work.

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He says that he cannot survive without it.

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6 Working at my computer I often get so carried away that I forget 4

about everything, even about food.

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7 There is a lot of varied information on the Net, but I am mostly 6

interested in the mass media.

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through the Internet.

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9 I never thought that I would become an Internet addict but I 10

automatically switch the computer on as soon as I come home.

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