Similarities vs. diferences

Passions

to be fond of interested in obsessed with crazy about
to have like prefer smth to do smth (generally) doing smth (in one particular case)
     

(to prefer doing smth to doing smth)

 

to go in for take up * be into

 

 

To go jogging fishing
It’s just the right sport hobby for
       

to have a wide range of interests(II)

to give one’s whole life to

* to look for ahappiness in life (aspective meaning)

to come first (“Family life comes first for her”)

“This is my idea of fun”- Это мое представление о развлечениях.

Her greatest passion is …

to do smth from morning till night

“I’m a real baby that way”(II)

to get serious about

 

Life-style. Habits

to keep things in order

to feel most comfortable in (some clothes)

to live locally – в небольшом городе, за городом

* to get intoEnglish habits

to have a family == to live alone

* a spinster – unmarried woman (often critical)

* a bachelor – unmarried man

to like a certain distance

to be regarded as (just another mother neighbour)

Socializing. Friends.

to deal with

to get intouch with(II)

to meet a lot of people through (work)

to mix with

* to start conversation with people in the street

* to be totally detached from

to grow apart away from
to make see friends
         

to socialize / to meet smb socially (not through work)

to overpower

to twist smb round one’s little finger

“He‘s everything I hate in people”

“I can’t stand her”

to share closely some interests

to miss smb

not to see smb for ages (with Present Perfect)

 

Similarities vs. diferences.

to look like

to be very similar with smb insmth

* to be closestto

* to be inseparable

to have one’s mother’s features

to be more like (father)

* to owe one’s remarkable looks to

* “No-one can tell them apart” – По отдельности их не различишь.

* “A bit like you, actually. Same…, same…, similar…”

 

 


Vocabulary "FAMILY"


*- advanced level

1. Relations by birth.

mother - father, parents, Mummy - Daddy, Dad – Mum

sister – brother

daughter - son

grandmother - grandfather, Grandma - Grandpa

grandchildren - grandparents children - parents

grandson - granddaughter

twins

niece - nephew

cousin

uncle – aunt

2. Relations by marriage.

wife - husband

mother

father in - law

sister

brother

 

father

step mother

son

daughter

 

*to be related to smb. - состоять в родственных отношениях

3. Age.

to be under— over

nearly

to be under age - not yet 16

to come of age - to become 16

to be in one's teens - from 13 to 19

to be a teen-ager

early

to be in

mid thirties

late teens

 

to be a middle-aged person

to look elderly

a five - year - old girl

a five - year - old - пятилетка(ний)

4. Dating

to date smb.

to go out with smb.

* to be in search for an ideal man

*to see up to a hundred men before choosing

to look around for an ideal husband

5. Engagement.

to be introduced to a future husband

to decide immediately

to see each other regularly

an engagement party

to refuse smb vs to say "yes”

to be pleased with smb's choice

a fiance / ее (a bit outdated)

a husband to be – in journalistic style

wife

       
   
 
 


single

to be

married

divorced

to get married


to be married to smb.

to arrange a marriage


to find out the family's background

to marry for love/money

a married couple

*to come from a good background

*to rush into a marriage

*to be integrated into one's new family

6. Similarity

to look like

to be very similar with

to be closest to smb.

to be inseparable

to have one's mothers features

to be more like (father)

to owe one's remarkable looks to

*no-one can tell them apart - по отдельности их не отличишь

7. Generation gap. Family relations.


to be superior - interior

to be a tormented child

to be totally detached from

to grow away

apart

to become more mature with time

to live at home for the rest of one's life

*to bring to an end an intolerable situation

*to put up with smth for years - мириться с

*to fight to get the most for oneself

8. Duties.

to be a house-wife

to goshopping

shopping

to do the cleaning

ironing, etc.

to pay thebills

to drive children to school

to save for ages to buy smth

to be thefamily breadwinner

9. A happy family

to develop with smb. spiritually

to marry for love

to be pleased with one's choice

to stay together in misery

a successful marriage

excellent

to be an protective father

involved

 

SEE also adjective describing people

*to be close both emotionally and geographically

 

10. Divorcing.

a divorce lawyer

a divorcee - разведенный муж или жена

to start divorce proceedings

reasons for divorce

to break down

up

to end relationship

one year's separation

 


Vocabulary

“HOME”

* - optional

I. House

small - big

clean - dirty

quiet - noisy

old - modern (modernized)

expensive - cheap

good - bad

cosy

convenient

comfortable

tiny - vast [va:st]

lovely

pretty [‘priti]

sunny

isolated - уединенный

exotic

economical - mind: an economical house, but: an economic problem

wife

well - planned

a two-storeyed semi-detached house cottage - дом на две семьи, соединенный только с одной стороны

Am. the first floor

первый этаж

Br. the ground floor

to be onthe ground 1st 2nd top floor
  to be tipically English French Russian  
         

to be difficult to look after

to keep house

to do jobs around the house

to have a woman in to do the cleaning

 

a nursery study kitchen living sitting dining bed breakfast bath a lounge - a comfortable room for sitting pantry - a small room with selves room attick - подвал (чаще жилой) garage a utility - комната для расстановки бытовой техники  

 

II. Conveniencies. Conditions. Equipment.

central heating -to heat the house

electricity

gas

running-water

telephone

toilet

lift

chute – мусоропровод (mind the prononciation)

tiled walls

to live in a one two room flat

a good-sized room

high low ceilings ceilings

double bedrooms - на двоих

to lead into (about doors)

to face south

to face north

to look out onto

 

III. Furniture

to be chosen to match the style of the house

a bed, divan-bed sofa chair arm-chair dressing stool table, desk, dressing table bookcase, cupboard, wardrobe mirror carpet, rug lamp, standart lamp curtain stool cabinet, bedside cabinet wall - furniture swite [swi:t] - мебельный гарнитур unit(s) a washing machine a frigde cooker radio TV set dishwasher stereo music-centre gas stove electric stove vacuum cleaner

 

IV. Renting and buying a house.

to move from ... (back to...)

to move house - to take one’s furniture, etc. to another house

(We are moving house this week)

*It seems mad to have moved somewhere from...

*There are all sorts of places to choose from.

a mansion in... acres of land in (some place)

to rent to buy a house a flat

an advertisement for a room

The rent includes - плата включает

*There’s nothing extra to pay - все входит в ренту

To be payable in advance

a one-week deposit - плата вперед за неделю

to pay a deposit for a front key

to share a room the bathroom

to have one’s own room

a single room - на одного

 

V. Design. Decoration.

the west east wing of the house

open fire (place)

converted loft - жилой (переделанный) чердак

to convert - переделать (е.д. a bedroom into a sitting-room)

an oak-panelled room

to fix smth. (to fix a shelf, to fix a radio)

to knock down the wall


VI. Neighborhood.

to be situated

to live in the country town
Country hills woods farm field lake village mountains cottage fresh air Town traffic lights bridge car park factory tall buildings tram polussion river bank concert hall theatre
     

to be in a central position - to live in the centre

to live in the surburbs (mind the prononciation)

  to live in a southern countryside city   atmosphere
  to be in a good bad much better   location
to be a dangerous safe place for living
         

A residential street - a lane - with only private houses, no business buildings

to live in a flat house in the South North Of  
a cosmopolitan mixed city
           

to stay in one’s own area (about nationalities)

the Russian German section of the city

to be a long way from

  to be ... (kilo) meters from the sea shops town cetre
to be next to the park sea
to be quite near public transport the tube station
       

to be next to

to use the Underground

 

VII. A Proper House.

a swimming pool

shed - сарай

tennis court

green house

golf lawn

orchard

to catch the sun - располагаться на солнечном месте

to have lovely views from ... (the window)

over ... (the garden and river)

to grow flowers, vegetables, plants

to keep things in order

 

 


 

JOBS

 

Being on a job

 

business

Ø to be in education

medical science

food industry

 

 

food processing

modelling

Ø to work in marketing

publishing

advertising

 

British Petroleum

Ø to work for the Times

IBM

Central Bank

 

 

 
 


an efficient worker

Ø to establish the reputation of a skilled employee

a qualified specialist

 

 

Ø to be a top trouble shooter

To cope with difficulties

 

modelling

Ø to get serious about designing

computing

 

Ø to do a correspondence course witha college

 

 

Duties in a job

 

 

food supplies

responsible for designs of clothes

public relations in the company

 

Ø He is the accounts department

personnel department

in charge of advertising department

loan department in a bank

public relations department

 

 

17 officers

Ø He is responsible for many clerks

in charge ofemployees

trainees

 

 

a chain of shops

a restaurant

a bank

Ø He runs a big company

an insurance company

a hotel

a travel agency

 

 
 


travelling

dealing with people

a lot of public speaking

Ø The job involves some spontaneous decisions

a considerable doing paperwork

number team work

city driving

 

 

Pay

 

Ø a salary – pay for people who have professional education

 

Ø (a) wage – (usually plural) for workers His wages are 100$ a week.

Ø a fee – usually received by lawyers, doctors, writers and people of other creative professions

Ø an income – pay one gets from all the jobs he may have during the year, the total amount of money

Ø income tax– is paid on the income you get

 

a pay rise a 7% pay(wage) rise

a wage rise

 

Ø to get a bonus

Ø to getholiday pay

sick pay

Ø to be onsick leave

to takematernity leave

How much holiday do you get?

How many weeks’ holiday do you get?

Working Hours

 

Ø a nine-to-five job/to work nine-to-five

 

Ø to work flexi-time/to be on flexi-time

 

Ø to do shift work/to work shift work/to work in shifts

 

Ø to work overtime/ to do overtime/to work extra hours

 

Loosing a job

 

Ø to be dismissed (formal)

Ø to be fired (less formal)

Ø to be sacked/to get the sack (informal) – to be thrown out of a job

Ø to make smb. redundant/to be laid off

 

Ø to be out of work

Ø to be unemployed

Ø to be on the dole

 

 

Giving up a job

 
 


Ø to give upa job

work

 

a job

Ø to resign from a company

a post

 

a job

Ø to retire from a company

a post

 

to take early retirement

Looking for a job

 
 


Ø to look fora job

To seek for

 

Ø to turn toa firm of occupational consultants

To appeal to

Ø to match people to jobs (scientifically)

Ø to be well suited to a job

Ø to suit smb. (about a job) Does the job suit you?

Ø to suite the requirements of one’s personality

 

Ø to look for a career in the medical field

education

 
 


assistant manager

Ø to apply for a job as junior clerk

manager of a department

 

Ø to go to a job interview

Ø to have an interview for a job as (personnel consultant)

Ø to have references

to produce

Ø to fill in an application form

 

Ø an employment agency

Ø a job agency

Ø a job placement specialist

Ø a list of job openings/vacancies

 

Ø to give smb. a job as(a) junior clerk

to be given a job as (a) trainee (a junior person who is given

help, advice and training)

 

Ø to offer smb. a job

Ø to take on a job (includes the idea of personal responsibility)

She doesn’t feel ready to take on this challenging job.

Ø to finda job with a big company

to look for a small agency