Vocabulary Practice
I. Explain the meaning of the following words and word combinations and translate them into Russian.
1) to snatch (up)
2) kidnap(p)er
3) to pursue the raiders
4) ransom
5) intermediary
6) burden
7) benefit
8) obvious
9) adept at smth.
10) corollary
11) arrogance
12) humility
13) to hinder
14) solitary
15) insatiable thirst for learning
16) brief hiatus
17) to acquire smth.
18) avid correspondent
19) to inquire
20) apparently
21) quite at random
22) quite by accident
23) socially timid
24) to buoy
25) assiduous study
26) dedicated student
27) to lack in fundamentals
28) to make up the deficiencies
29) to enroll in
30) prestigious and lucrative positions
31) dissemination
32) to draw out/ to bring out
33) out of place
34) hostile
35) to rise up against smth.
36) superiority
37) total apathy
38) to conspire
39) to tumble over each other
40) to boost (the discoverer)
41) to survive
42) specimen
43) to be possessed by smth.
44) eminence
45) artifact
46) sample
47) ample proof
48) obstacle
II. Translate into English.
1) не предвещать ничего хорошего, служить дурным предзнаменованием
2) не говоря уже о
3) не иметь пристрастия
4) не иметь другого выхода, кроме
5) крыша над головой, кров
6) безопасность
7) быть искусным, знатоком в чем-либо
8) домашние ремесла
9) человек, легко находящий практическое решение проблемы
10) испытывать недостаток базовых знаний
11) наверстать, восполнить нехватку
12) поворотный момент
13) занимать пост
14) получить степень магистра в
15) никогда не терять из виду цель
16) специально оборудованный
17) воплотить в жизнь
18) стадия критики
19) новомодный
20) представление о
21) сомневаться в научной состоятельности подхода
22) последнее обвинение
23) необоснованный
24) ввиду чего-либо
25) обширные знания
26) бросить привычку
27) ни в какое другое время
28) остро чувствовать, понимать
29) не проходит ни дня
30) признание
31) подытожить
32) пренебрегать
33) быть очарованным
34) человеческие способности
35) цвет кожи
36) присуждать степень
37) почетная степень
38) свидетельствовать в пользу
39) преодолеть
III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs where necessary.
1. The poor child was snatched up … a group of criminals in order to get a large ransom for him.
2. He was valued by the slaves because he had no relish … cruelty.
3. Especially adept … science, he later excelled … botany.
4. After he finished a secondary school, he set … from his home town … the distant country he knew nothing of.
5. He chose number 13 quite … random (quite … accident) and won the first prize.
6. Rather an ugly boy in his childhood, at the age of 17 he turned … a handsome young man.
7. Nobody doubted … the honesty of the elderly woman.
8. A lot of people tried to oppose … his monstrous plans, but in vain.
9. The word ‘independent’ is derived … the word ‘dependent’.
10. George Washington Carver was a figure widely recognized for his art of painting, let … for his achievements in botany and education.
11. This school is famous for its classrooms specially equipped … the brand-new computers.
12. All his life he was possessed … the idea of turning ‘ugly’ into ‘beautiful’.
13. To understand how precious life is, one needs to pass … all the difficulties and mishaps.
14. The University was named … a world-famous writer who had graduated from it.
15. He tried to quit … smoking several times, but he couldn’t.
The article that you are going to read now comes from the Internet site of Tuskegee University where George Washington Carver worked for more than forty years. Read the text and translate it into Russian.