24. Relationships 2 Flashcards
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Phrase
- … means that it was your destiny to do that thing.
- Possessing an innate talent or ability in a particular area.
Вы рождены, чтобы быть художником, почему вы тратите свое время на работу здесь?
Born to do something
Born to be ..
You were born to be an artist,why you’re wasting your time working here?
Phrase
a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc.
Nuclear family
Phrase
субъективная ошибка, ошибка пользователя (оператора)
a person’s mistake rather than on the failure of a machine
- авария была обвинена в ошибка пользователя
Human error
The accident was blamed on human error.
Phrase Noun
национальные интересы
the interest of a nation as a whole held to be an independent entity separate from the interests of subordinate areas or groups and also of other nations or supranational groups
National interest
Idiom
used to say that something can be thought of in opposite ways depending on what one compares it to;
Everything is quantifiable in terms of individual perception.
- Машина может показаться дорогой, но все относительно
- Для него новый дом прекрасен; для меня он безобразный Это все относительно
It is (all) relative
The car might seem expensive, but it’s all relative
To him, the new house is beautiful; to me, it’s ugly. It’s all relative
Phrase
happening as the result of something
- С силой, рожденной отчаянием, он заставил открыть дверь.
- С храбростью, рожденной необходимостью, она схватила пистолет и побежала к нему.
Born of/out of something
With a strength born of desperation, he forced open the door.
With a courage born of necessity, she seized the gun and ran at him.
Noun
An ….. is a family group which includes relatives such as uncles, aunts, and grandparents, as well as parents, children, and brothers and sisters.
Extended family
Noun
человечество, род человеческий
human beings in general; humankind
история человечества
Human race
the history of the human race
Noun
государственный гимн, национальный гимн
National anthem
Noun
семья с одним родителем
Single-parent family
Phrase (2)
used for asking someone to give your greetings to someone else
Передай мою greetings твоей матери, когда увидишь ее в следующий раз.
Give / send your love to
Give my love to your mother when you next see her.
Noun
the total amount of money which a country’s government has borrowed
National debt
Idiom
To have a feeling of deferential admiration, esteem, or appreciation for someone or something as a particular kind of person or thing.
Я действительно уважаю его как автора, но он просто придурок лично.
Respect (someone or something) as (something)
I really respect him as an author, but he is just an jerk in person.
Idiom
закоренелый, завзятый; ≈ до мозга костей
used to say that someone was born and grew up in a particular place, and has the typical character of someone who lives there
— Он был игроком до мозга костей.
Born and bred
He was a gambler born and bred.
Idiom
Said of a person or animal who is so beloved and accepted by a family that it seems as if they or it were an actual member.
Мы относимся к нашей собаке как к одному из членов семьи.
Like one of the family
We treat our dog like one of the family.
Noun
- Любимый
a person who is a member of one’s family or a close friend.
Многие из ее друзей и близких навещали ее в больнице.
Loved one
Many of her friends and loved ones visited her in the hospital.
Phrase
(of a person living away from their own country or region) abandon one’s own culture, customs, or way of life and adopt those of the country or region one is living in
— Они полностью усвоили образ жизни местного населения
Go native
They’d gone completely native
Adj.
- Рожденные свыше
Relating to or denoting a person who has converted to a personal faith in Christ
Born-again
Noun
генеалогическое дерево
a diagram showing the relationship between people in several generations of a family.
Family tree
Idiom
- по браку - as a result of a marriage.
- Она моя тетя по браку.
- Они связаны браком.
(Related) by marriage
She is my aunt by marriage.
They are related by marriage.
Adj.
Natural, Normal
щедрость, которая была родной для него
Native to
a generosity that was native to him
Phrase (2)
- в отношении, 2. что касается
as regards; with reference to.
- две группы были похожи по возрасту, полу и диагнозам
- in respect of
- with respect to
the two groups were similar with respect to age, sex, and diagnoses
Adj, Noun
- Новорожденный
- (of a child or animal) recently or just born.
- a recently born child or animal.
“картина счастливой пары и их новорожденного ребенка”
Newborn
“a picture of the happy couple and their newborn baby”
Noun
… is advice given to couples who are having problems in their relationship. [British]
Marriage guidance
