E (10 a) Flashcards

(29 cards)

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Push back the frontiers/limits/boundaries

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2
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Exploit

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використовувати, експлуатувати

to use something in a way that helps you;
to use someone or something unfairly for your own advantage

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Utilise

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використовувати, застосовувати
to use something in an effective way

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Harness

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використовувати
to control something, usually in order to use its power;
to collect and control something so that it can be used effectively

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5
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Cutting-edge

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передовий

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Pioneering

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новаторський, піонерський
using ideas and methods that have never been used before;
being the first to do or use a particular new idea

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Groundbreaking

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новаторський, революційний, проривний, переломний

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Trailblazing

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новаторський, прокладає нові шляхи
being the first to do or use something, in a way that is an example for other people

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9
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To tackle (climate change)

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боротися, взятися за
to try to deal with something or someone

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10
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Catch on

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приживатися, ставати популярним, захопити, користуватися популярністю; доганяти, доходить, стає зрозуміло
to become fashionable or popular;
(inf) to understand, especially after a long time

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(Pave the way for/)herald

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знаменувати, віщувати, оповіщати, повідомляти
to be a sign that something important, and often good, is starting to happen, or to make something publicly known, especially by celebrating or praising it;

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Spearhead

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очолити, керувати; ініціатор
to lead something such as an attack or a course of action;
a person or group that leads something such as an attack or a course of action;
a person or group that leads an organized activity or project

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Spur

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сприяти, підштовхувати, спонукати; пришпорювати
to encourage an activity or development or make it happen faster;
to push spurs into the side of a horse to make it go faster

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State-of-the-art

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сучасний, новітній, передовий, найсучасніший
very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods

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Represent a new dawn/era

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уособлювати новий світанок/епоху

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16
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(Flood-proof) pod

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будиночок, капсула
a small simple building, or a small simple structure in a building, often rounded in shape

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Get a foot on (the housing ladder) – get a/your foot in the door

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отримати доступ, стати першим кроком, відкрити двері; зробити перший крок до досягнення мети; розпочати виконання чого-небудь, що приведе до успіху в майбутньому
to enter a business or organization at a low level, but with a chance of being more successful in the future

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The housing ladder/the property ladder

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«сходи власності» «сходи ринку нерухомості»; житлова драбина, ринок нерухомості; просуватися/рухатися вгору на ринку нерухомості; покращення/поліпшення житлових умов
(real estate) hierarchy of owned housing in increasing value;
(sequence) the sequence of buying and selling homes;
another term for property ladder; a series of stages in owning houses in which you buy a small house or apartment first and then buy a bigger or more expensive house when you have enough money: get on/get a foot on the property ladder

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the very idea of

20
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(be) not my idea of (fun)

21
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the big idea (What’s the big idea doing smth)

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в чому прикол, який сенс

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bright idea

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геніальна ідея, кому стукнуло

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a crackpot idea

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божевільна ідея

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give smb an idea as to

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to toy/flirt with the idea of
подумувати, спокушатись, підкуповувати
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bounce ideas around/off each other
обмінюватися ідеями, накидати ідеї
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to stem from the idea
випливати
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the faintest/foggiest idea
не мати ідеї/поняття
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come up with idea