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Hume exercise. Translate these sentences.
1. The properties of these compounds vary with the nitrogen. 2. With finer packing the pressure drop increases and the throughout decreases.
3. The steel industry is widely distributed over the country. 4. This method is favoured slightly over that one. 5. Balancing is done by adjusting the position of rods. 6. These substances differ in being mirror images. 7. The scale is so short that the relative error in reading the deflection becomes appriciable. 8. At this point the material under examination is fed. 9. This discovery was made in 1895, although it was not recognized until 20 years later. 10. We obtained these values in terms of the following formula. 11. Hydrogen was substituted by oxygen. 12. Hydrogen was substituted for oxygen.
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Read the words. Point out prepositions and adverbs. Give their Russian equivalents:
a) hitherto; b) now; c) since; d) with; e) to; f) already; g) never;
h) after; i) before; j) then; k) recently; 1) in; m) from; n) about;
o) immediately; p) exclusively; q) between; r) under; s) unfortunately; t) apparently; u) against; v) again; w) toward; x) backwards; y) however; z) nevertheless.
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Read the word-combinations and point out prepositional and adverbial ones. Give their Russian equivalents:
a) a view of; b) units with; c) in fact; d) on the other hand; e) vary from; f) tend forwards; g) suitable for; h) have previously given reasons; i) has been generally assumed; j) send for; k) rub against; 1) have only recently been reported; m) have long been known; n) satisfied with; o) rely upon; p) prior to; q) obey a Curie law quite closely; r) are
closely related; s) have never been satisfactorily explained; t) be a success; u) with a glance to; v) be of a certain nature; w) to a great extent; x) over a certain range of flow rates; y) not until later; z) in terms of.
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Give Russian equivalents for the following word-combinations: the established fact, the results achieved are important, the article translated by him, the data obtained are widely used, spoke of the results obtained.
Translate these sentences.
1. Some of the materials found in the earth crust are very important.
2. Some of the materials found are very important. 3. The fibres produced by our shop are of high quality. 4. The fibres produced are of high quality. 5. The methods improved by the workers brought good results.
6. The methods improved brought good results. 7. The phenomenon discovered by Petrov was named “the electric arc”. 8. The phenomenon discovered was of great importance for the development of science.