Практический курс английского языка 2 курс (Аракин) - страница 62

worthadj predic стоящий; worth smth., е.g. This picture is not worth the money you've

paid for it. This problem is not worth our attention. This job is not worth the time we've spent on it.;

worth doing smth., е.g. This film is worth seeing. Books of that kind are not worth reading. This

problem isn't worth discussing. His illness is hardly worth troubling about.; worth while, е.g. It isn't

worth while seeing the film. It isn't worth while sitting here till 5 o'clock. It is worth while trying to

catch the train, I think it's worth while speaking to him about it. Cf.: This book is worth reading. — It

is worth while reading this book.

worthy adj достойный, е.g. She is a very worthy woman.; to be worthyof smth., smb., е.g.

His behaviour is worthy of great praise.

unworthyadj недостойный

3. masterpiecen шедевр

piecen 1. кусок, ps a piece of chalk (wood, paper, etc.)

Syn. lump, slice. A slice is a thin, flat piece cut off from anything, as a slice of bread (cheese,

lemon, ham, etc.). A lump is a small specially shaped or shapeless piece, as a lump of sugar (butter,

etc.).

to pieces на куски, е.g. The cup fell and was broken to pieces.

2. отдельный предмет, часть, е.g. a piece of furniture; a, piece of poetry (стихотворение); a

piece of painting (картина); a piece of advice (совет); apiece of news (новость);

3. монета, е.g. a two-shilling piece, a gold (silver) piece

Syn. coin (used more often than piece)

4. humanadj человеческий, свойственный человеку, е.g. a human nature, the human

body, human affairs, a human being (человек); hu'mane adj гуманный, человечный

Ant. cruel

inhumanadj бесчеловечный, as inhuman treatment

humanityn ( uncountable) 1. человечество, as a crime against humanity

Syn. man'kind n (uncounfable). But 'mankind мужчины, мужской пол

2. гуманность, человечность, as to treat people with humanity

the Humanities гуманитарные науки; syn. the Arts, е.g. Are you interested in the

Humanities (the Arts) or in the Exact Sciences (естественные науки) ?

5. to strike (struck, struck) υt 1. ударяться, бить; to strike smb., to strike smb. (smth.)

on smth. е.g. He struck the boy a violent blow. The man struck Lanny on the face. He struck his fist

on the table.

Syn. to hit (hit, hit), е.g. Why did he hit the boy?; to hit one's hand (foot, head, etc.) on

smth., е.g. I hit my head on the low shelf.

Note: strike and hit may be used in the same sense — to strike or to hit smb. — but care

should be taken to use the proper verb m traditional word combinations such as