чиркнуть спичкой, e, д. Somebody struck a match so that we couid see each other.
2. бить (о часах), е.g. It has just struck half past four. This tower clock strikes the hours.
3. поражать, удивлять, а д. We were struck by bis strange behaviour. It struck me that he
had grown so old. Many things might strike us as unusual in a foreign country.
Syn. to surprise, to astonish, to puzzle
Nоte: to be struck means "to be filled suddenly with a strong feeling of surprise". That
distinguishes the verb to strike from its synonyms to astonish and to surprise; to astonish is
stronger in meaning than to surprise, е.g. I shouldn't be surprised if it rained. I'm not surprised at
seeing you here, I've been told about your arrival. I was astonished at seeing him so changed. I was
struck by his sudden death.; to puzzle means "to make a person think hard before finding an
answer", e.g. His letter puzzled me. (= I didn't know why he had written it)
strikingadj, as striking likeness (news, contrast) strickenpp. terror-stricken; horror-
stricken; panic-stricken
Note: the verb to strike has homonyms: a) strikeυi бастовать, b) striken забастовка, е.g.
All the railway workers joined the strike.; to go on strike объявлять забастовку
6. circularadj круглый, круговой, е.g. There is a circular railway running round Moscow.
A circular staircase led to the top of the tower.
circulateυ 1. циркулировать, е.g. Blood circulates in the body.; 2. передаваться,
распространяться, е.g. Bad news circulates quickly.
circulationn 1. циркуляция, е.g. The circulation of air is rather bad here, that's why it is
stuffy.; 2. распространение, обращение ( денежное), е.g. Only silver and copper coins are in
circulation now.
blood-circulation n кровообращение
circlen 1. круг, окружность, е.g. It's almost impossible to draw a circle without a pair of
compasses (без циркуля).; 2. группа, круг людей, е.g. Не belonged to the business circle of the
town.
NOTES ON HOMONYMS
Homonyms are words that coincide in form, but have different meanings and. may (or may
not) belong to different categories or parts of speech. Homonyms may coincide both in phonetic and
in graphic form, as ball, n (мяч) and ball, n (бал) or fair, adj (светлый, справедливый и др. знач.)
and fair, n (ярмарка). They may coincide only in pronunciation, but have different graphic forms, as
sea, n and to see, v. They may coincide in spelling, but be differently pronounced, as lead [led] n
(свинец) and to