2B Coversation Video Social event (talking about appearance and Lucy’s Wedding) Flashcards
кремовый
The colour between white and yellow. It’s not light enough to be white and not bright enough to be yellow.
- На мне было довольно длинное белое платье, такое кремового оттенка.
- Используйте число белый или молочно-белый, слегка кремовый фон.
cream OR creamy (more UK),
beige /beɪʒ/
off-white
We could just use the word ‘cream’ and it has the same meaning, but it’s common for British people to add the ‘y’ to the end.
It makes the word a bit more informal, and gives more of an approximation of the colour than a definitive description.
- I had quite a long white dress, sort of creamy colour.
- Use a plain white or off-white background.
бирюзовый, цвета морской волны - общий, UK and US versions
- Море сегодня приятного бирюзового цвета.
turquoise UK /ˈtɜː.kwɔɪz/ US /ˈtɝː.kɔɪz/bluey /ˈbluː.i/ green (UK), bluish UK
/ˈbluː.ɪʃ/ green (US)
Also, when talking about colours in English, it is common for British people to use the ‘y’ ending; especially when giving a rough description of the colour.
- The sea is a lovely bluey green colour today.
In this sentence, you can see that the person is saying that the colour of the sea is somewhere between blue and green. This colour is often referred to as turquoise, but ‘bluey green’ is a more common way to say it in BrE.
желтоватый
Описывая что мы используем -ish и когда -y?
- Лампа дает теплый, желтоватый свет.
It’s also quite common to add ‘-ish’ to the end of colours. It functions in the same way as ‘y’.
Both ‘y’ and ‘ish’ are interchangeable, although
‘ish’ is more common in spoken English and it is used in more situations like
around a particular time, number, age, etc.:
• She was oldish - about 60, I’d say.
• We’ll start at sevenish.
• She must be 30-ish now.
• He had a sort of reddish beard.
We can also use just ish as a separate word, which means that something is not completely true or exactly right:
• “You drink about a bottle of wine a day?” someone said. “Ish,” he answered.
•Asked if he was happy with his performance in the game, he paused for a moment and said: “Ish.”
• We’ve got solid answers for 10 of the questions and sort of “ish” answers for a further 7.
‘Y’ is most commonly used for colours - цвета.
- That lamp gives off a warm, yellowish light.
многоцветный, разноцветный
something that contains a lot of colours
multicoloured
/ˌmʌl.tiˈkʌl.əd/
красочный, яркий, цветастый
colourful
It is very similar to the word ‘multicoloured’ although the difference between them is that ‘colourful’ means to be full of colour, while ‘multicoloured’ means to have many colours.
много-
многоязычный
a person can speak several languages, at least three.
- Я встретила ученика, который знает несколько языков.
многокультурный
many different cultures mix together
- Лондон - многокультурный город.
‘Multi-’ is a common prefix which is used to describe that there are more than 2 or 3 of something;
- I met a student who was multilingual.
- London /ˈlʌn.dən/ is a very multicultural place.
‘multi’ means ‘many’.
цветочный, растительный
something that has pictures of flowers on it
- Для дневного образа у меня было длинное платье с цветочным принтом.
floral
or flowery, but it’s less common
- For my day look I had a long floral dress.
with stripes/lines
Полосатый, в полоску
striped/ strip(e)y
/straɪpt/ /ˈstraɪ.pi/
пятнистый
with spots
spotty/spotted
клетчатый (2 варианта)
a pattern of squares and lines on cloth, or cloth with this pattern
- Красно-белая клетчатая скатерть.
plaid, checked
- A red and white checked tablecloth.
/ˈteɪ.bəl.klɒθ/
to describe that sb hasn’t paid much attention to trends for some time and so it feels like their understanding of it is a little dated.
to fall/get behind
• After I went abroad, I really got behind with the political news, and now I really don’t know what’s going on at all!
opposite to fall/get behind. It means that you follow news and information related to something.
Следить за, успевать за, быть в курсе, идти в ногу с, не отставать
keep up with
- Someone who can keep up with you intellectually.
- I try to keep up with news about celebrities.
paying attention to trends in fashion by paying attention to what people are wearing in the street or in popular media.
обращать внимание на влияние/тренды
look out for influences
- We do not have to look out for western influences. - Не нужно обращать внимание на западные тренды.
*Rob is always on the look out for new styles and techniques.
- Wherever you end up, look out for local delicacies like flying fish. - Где бы вы ни оказались, обратите внимание на местные деликатесы, такие как летучая рыба.
It’s similar to how older people tend to view technology.
Быть потерянным в мире чего-то
to feel lost in a world of..
Older people nowadays often feel lost in a world of technology.
a person who follows the current trends in fashion; someone who keeps up with the latest news about it.
Последователь моды, тот, кто следует моде
a fashion follower
- I will be honest, I may be a girl but I am in no way a fashion follower. - Я буду честной, я могу быть девушкой, но я никоим образом не следую моде.
a person wears something that looks strange, perhaps because it is out of fashion as in this case, or not suitable for the occasion.
Выгладеть, смотреться неуместно
to look out of place
- He looked out of place at the wedding in a T-shirt.
the style of clothes or fashion that is popular right now. The newest and coolest trend in fashion.
the latest look
a school where students live and study (Compare
“day school”)
школа-интернат, школа-пансион
boarding school /ˈbɔːr.dɪŋ ˌskuːl/
- I was sent to boarding school as a child as both my parents were working.
a type of school where the students are all one gender
a single-sex school
- Were you at a single-sex school or was it co-ed?
- There is evidence to suggest that single-sex schools perform better in exams than mixed ones.
a type of school where boys and girls are taught together. Both UK and US.
mixed school or co-ed adj /ˌkəʊˈed/
- More and more parents see the advantages of co-ed schools.
