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[pronunciation] entrepreneurial skills

предпринимательские

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AmE /ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːriəl/

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[pronunciation] He’s got excellent culinary skills.

= cooking, кулинарные

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/ˈkʌlɪnəri/

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A good manager needs n_________ skills.

навыки ведения переговоров

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A good manager needs negotiating skills.
/nɪˈɡəʊʃieɪtɪŋ/

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Babysitters b______ from good artistic and medical skills.

выигрывают от

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Babysitters benefit from good artistic and medical skills.

/ˈbenɪfɪt/

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[pronunciation] analyst

аналитик (профессия)

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/ˈænəlɪst/

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How long does it take to m_____ MS Office?

= освоить

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How long does it take to master MS Office?

BrE /ˈmɑːstə(r)/, AmE /ˈmæstər/

= освоить

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Teaching r_______ excellent interpersonal skills.

требует

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Teaching requires excellent interpersonal skills.

/rɪˈkwaɪəz/

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Most positions in big companies require excellent o___________ skills.

организаторские

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Most positions in big companies require excellent organizational skills.

/ˌɔːrɡənəˈzeɪʃənl/

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In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email wh_ they wanted throughout the day …

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In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email wh_ they wanted throughout the day … (когда бы им ни захотелось)

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[sorting your email] Why are these tasks that seem really m_, why are they so stressful and anxiety inducing?

(= boring tasks that aren’t supposed to require skill or cognitive effort - like washing dishes and cleaning floors)

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Why are these tasks that seem really menial, why are they so stressful and anxiety inducing?

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The switching (of attention) in and of itself actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more d_ at the end of the day. [истощённый]

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The switching (of attention) in and of itself actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more depleted at the end of the day. [истощённый]

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There’s all these essentially micro decisions. Looking at this email, do I need this?

And so each of those decision _ (требует) a little bit more of _ _ (когнитивных усилий).

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And so each of those decision requires (требует) a little bit more of cognitive effort.

notice ‘effort’ is uncountable here!

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When you add 2,000 of those [micro decisions], you end up with no power to make any other important decisions after that, if you d_. (истощённым)

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When you add 2,000 of those [micro decisions], you end up with no power to make any other important decisions after that, if you depleted. (истощённым)

/dɪˈpliːtɪd/

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What we found was that checking email more frequently throughout the day was associated with feeling more stressed and o_. (= перегруженный информацией, тонешь в информации)

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What we found was that checking email more frequently throughout the day was associated with feeling more stressed and overwhelmed.

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In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email whenever they wanted throughout the day while the other group had to do it _ b_. (“партиями”, группируя похожую работу)

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In the study, one group of people were asked to check their email whenever they wanted throughout the day while the other group had to do it in batches. (“партиями”, группируя похожую работу)

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Why are these tasks that seem really menial, why are they so stressful and a_ _? (вызывающие тревогу?)

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Why are these tasks that seem really menial, why are they so stressful and anxiety inducing? (вызывающие тревогу?)

/æŋˈzaɪəti ɪnˈdjuːsɪŋ/
**Notice /ŋ/, not /ng/!

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The switching (of attention) _ and _ i_ (= само по себе) actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more depleted at the end of the day. [истощённый]

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The switching (of attention) in and of itself actually requires cognitive effort and so you end up more depleted at the end of the day.

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[Some things that I do] is I do have s_ (запланированные) ‘do not disturb’ times which you can set on your phone when you know basically no notifications come in.

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[Some things that I do] is I do have scheduled (запланированные) ‘do not disturb’ times which you can set on your phone when you know basically no notifications come in.

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In general, I do k_ my phone _ s_. (держу в беззвучном режиме)

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In general, I do keep my phone on silent. (держу в беззвучном режиме)

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Today, 35 percent of Americans practice cognitively d_ professions. (= когнитивно сложные, требующие умственного труда)

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Today, 35 percent of Americans practice cognitively demanding professions. (= когнитивно сложные, требующие умственного труда)

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I actually am like most people a little _
to my email and a little _ to social media. (зависимый, не могу жить без них)

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I actually am like most people a little addicted
to my email and a little addicted to social media. (зависимый, не могу жить без них)

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_ skills (MANAGEMENT&raquo_space; adjective)

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managerial skills
/ˌmænəˈdʒɪriəl/

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[pronunciation] finance management skills

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/ˈfaɪnæns/ or /fəˈnæns/ - both correct

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I needed to r_ my diving skills if I was going to dive into the ocean. (освежить свои навыки)

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I needed to refresh my diving skills if I was going to dive into the ocean.

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two verbs that mean 'отточить навыки', 'отточить мастерство': h\_ your writing skills sh\_ your negotiating skills
two verbs that mean 'отточить навыки', 'отточить мастерство': **hone** your writing skills **sharpen** your negotiating skills
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How are you \_? [=Hello]
How are you **doing**? [=Hello]
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How are you doing? D\_ g\_.
How are you doing? **Doing good.**
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How are you doing? P\_ g\_.
How are you doing? **Pretty good.** /ˈprɪti/
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How are you doing? S\_ o\_, s\_ o\_. (= всё как обычно - чуть-чуть иронично)
How are you doing? **Same old, same old.**
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How are you doing? B\_ b\_ (бывало и получше)
How are you doing? **Been better**. (бывало и получше)
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How \_ \_ g\_ (= How are you doing?)
How is it going? (= How are you doing?)
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[a real question about news] What h\_ you b\_ u\_ \_?
[a real question about news] What have you been up to?
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We did a study not in an organization but on campus where we asked students to find a building **\_ (или)** with their phones **\_ (или)** without the help of their phones.
We did a study not in an organization but on campus where we asked students to find a building **either** with their phones **or** without the help of their phones.
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Every time you get distracted by a notification you have to **\_ your attention (переключить)** and **\_ it \_ (переключиться обратно)**.
Every time you get distracted by a notification you have to **switch your attention (переключить)** and **switch it back (переключиться обратно)**.
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Notifications on our phones **\_ our attention \_ \_** (отвлекают наше внимание от) the task at hand so completing it may ultimately require more effort.
Notifications on our phones **draw our attention away from** (отвлекают наше внимание от) the task at hand so completing it may ultimately require more effort.
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Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from **the task \_ \_** (=задача, которой вы в данный момент занимаетесь) so completing it may ultimately require more effort.
Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from **the task at hand** (=задача, которой вы в данный момент занимаетесь) so completing it may ultimately require more effort. also: concentrate on the **problem at hand**, instead of dealing with the **issues at hand**,
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Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from the task at hand so completing it may **u\_ (в конечном счёте)** require more effort.
Notifications on our phones draw our attention away from the task at hand so completing it may **ultimately (в конечном счёте)** require more effort. /ˈʌltɪmətli/
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\_ (чем выше) the cognitive load, \_ (тем более подвержены, уязвимы - susceptible) we are to new distractions.
**The higher** the cognitive load, **the more susceptible** we are to new distractions.
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Even when **you \_ (clean)** your mailbox and **you \_ (not actually do)** hard cognitive work, you kinda actually \_.
Even when **you're cleaning** your mailbox and **you're not actually doing** hard cognitive work, you kinda actually **are** (notice the short form here!).
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The brain is deciding what's important and what's not and that **\_ effort**. (требует усилий, расходует их)
The brain is deciding what's important and what's not and that **takes effort**. (требует усилий, расходует их)
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The frontal cortex which is involved in **cognitively d\_** tasks (когнитивно сложные задачи) helps us **m\_** focus (сохранять, поддерживать фокус внимания).
The frontal cortex which is involved in **cognitively demanding tasks** helps us **maintain focus**.
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On average we **\_ \_ (переключаемся между задачами)** every three minutes.
On average we **switch tasks** every three minutes.
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By some measures **we're \_ \_** more than 63 notifications a day. = нас постоянно забрасывают оповещениями
By some measures **we're bombarded by** more than 63 notifications a day.
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learn how to be more focused and **b\_ our productivity**. (сильно увеличить)
learn how to be more focused and boost our productivity.
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Attention, much like your daily allowance of money, is a **\_ \_ (ограниченный ресурс)**.
Attention, much like your daily allowance of money is a **limited resource**.
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[professions] гинеколог
gynaecologist /ˌɡaɪnəˈkɒlədʒɪst/ OR OB-GYN (
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[professions] терапевт
GP (short for 'general practitioner' /ˌdʒenrəl prækˈtɪʃənə(r)/)
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[professions] пожарный
firefighter /ˈfaɪəfaɪtər/
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[professions] a \_-\_-\_ mum
a stay-at-home mum
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[professions] психолог
psychologist /saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst/
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[professions] археолог
archaeologist /ˌɑːkiˈɒlədʒɪst/
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[professions] футбольный тренер
football coach /kəʊtʃ/
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[professions] психотерапевт
therapist (also: psychotherapist) /ˈθerəpɪst/
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[professions] архитектор
architect /ˈɑːkɪtekt/
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[professions] бухгалтер
accountant /əˈkaʊntənt/
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[professions] юрист
lawyer /ˈlɔɪə(r)/
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[professions] стюардесса, стюард - a gender neutral word
flight attendant /ˈflaɪt ətendənt/ Notice that the stress is on the FIRST word
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[professions] полицейский - a gender neutral word
police officer /pəˈliːs ɒfɪsə(r)/
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[professions] монах
monk /mʌŋk/
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[professions] монахиня
a nun
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Do you often get d\_ (отвлекаетесь) by notifications that you're getting?
Do you often get **distracted** (отвлекаетесь) by notifications that you're getting?
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She's feeling \_ (= there's too much information to process).
She's feeling **overwhelmed** (= there's too much information to process).
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He often feels d\_ at the end of the day.
He often feels **depleted** at the end of the day. /dɪˈpliːtɪd/
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He's \_ to Facebook.
He's **addicted** to Facebook. /əˈdɪktɪd/
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I got a \_ \_ psychology in 2005. (получила диплом)
I **got a degree in** psychology in 2005. (получила диплом) NOT 'a diploma'!
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What did you do after you \_ (окончила школу)?
What did you do after you **left school**?
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[correct the mistake] I graduated university in 2012.
[add a word] I graduated **from** university in 2012. Or: I graduated in 2012.
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Last year I t\_ a trip to Cuba.
Last year I **took a trip to** Cuba.
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У нас только что родился ребёнок.
We’ve just had a baby.
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Я получила права (водительские).
I got a driver’s license.
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Мы переехали (в другую квартиру) в 2020 году.
We moved house in 2019
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Мы переехали (в другую страну) в 2020 году.
We moved (to Spain) in 2020. or: We relocated in 2019.
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After I graduated, I \_ (переехала от родителей/начала жить одна).
After I graduated, I left my parents' place / left my parents' flat I got my own place place = flat
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t\_ \_ your password = введите пароль
type in your password /ˈpɑːswɜːd/
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I've just got an email that my password has been stolen. I need to r\_ my password! (поменять)
I've just got an email that my password has been stolen. I need to **reset my password**! /ˌriːˈset/
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Do not download and **\_** programs from websites that you are unfamiliar with. (устанавливать)
Do not download and **install** programs from websites that you are unfamiliar with. (устанавливать) /ɪnˈstɔːl/
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Be careful about the \_ (приложения) you install **on** your device.
Be careful about the **apps** (приложения) you install **on** your device. Pronunciation: 'app', not 'up'! /æp/
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Please \_ your phone \_ s\_. (поставьте ваш телефон на беззвучный режим)
Please **put your phone on silent**. (поставьте ваш телефон на беззвучный режим)
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'Where can I find some information about this?' 'L_ it \_ online'. = посмотрите в интернете
'Where can I find some information about this?' '**Look it up** online'.
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r\_-\_ the icon. (= кликните иконку правой кнопкой мыши)
right-click the icon. (= кликните иконку правой кнопкой мыши)
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[pronunciation] email
/ˈiːmeɪl/
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[pronunciation] What do you use as your default **browser**?
/ˈbraʊzə(r)/
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[pronunciation] I looked it up on the **internet.**
/ˈɪntənet/
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[pronunciation] password
/ˈpɑːswɜːd/
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[pronunciation] **share** a video
/ʃer/
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[pronunciation] my **Chrome** is not responding
Ch = /k/ /krəʊm/
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I \_ (reset >> past) my password yesterday.
I **reset** my password yesterday. set-set-set
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Sorry, my Chrome just f\_ (завис). I'll have to restart it.
Sorry, my Chrome just **froze** (завис). I'll have to restart it.
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Sorry, my Chrome froze. Please b\_ \_ me. (потерпите, не кидайте тапками)
Sorry, my Chrome froze. Please **bear with me.**
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I spend **way too much** time \_ (worry) about my children's future. (ну слишком много)
I spend **way too much time** worry**ing** about my children's future. (ну слишком много)
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I probably should \_ (cook / намного чаще).
I probably should cook **a lot more often**.
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I have \_ \_ screen time (время за экраном компьютера и телефона).
I have way too much screen time.
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I try to go for a walk in a park e\_ o\_ in a wh\_ (=время от время).
I try to go for a walk in a park every once in a while (=время от время).
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I have work meetings almost every s\_ day. (= почти каждый божий день)
I have work meetings almost every single day. (= почти каждый божий день)
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I try to go to the gym **on \_ r\_ b\_** (= regularly).
I try to go to the gym **on a regular basis** (= regularly).
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[pronunciation] on a regular **basis**
/ˈbeɪsɪs/
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I probably should \_ (звонить маме намного чаще).
I probably should call my mom a lot more often. should call (no 'to'!!)
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\_ (wish) a M\_rry Christmas to all my friends, family and colleagues who celebrate.
Wish**ing** a M**e**rry Christmas to all my friends, family and colleagues who celebrate.
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What can you say if you want to поздравить с Рождеством but you're not sure the person celebrates it?
Happy Holidays! Season's Greetings.
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How else do they spell 'Christmas' in 'Merry Christmas'?
Merry Xmas.
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Happy Holidays \_ you and your family!
Happy Holidays **to** you and your family!
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Вays that are important for a person/family, e.g. birthdays, weddings, wedding anniversaries, graduation days, are **s\_ o\_**.
Вays that are important for a person/family, e.g. birthdays, weddings, wedding anniversaries, graduation days, are **special occasions**. /ˈspeʃl əˈkeɪʒnz/
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I had a headache, so I \_ \_ \_ \_ (= взяла выходной).
I had a headache, so I **took a day off** (= взяла выходной). 'off' is stressed in 'a day OFF'
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Days that are traditionally celebrated by many people, e.g. New Year’s Day, Christmas, Easter are called \_.
Days that are traditionally celebrated by many people, e.g. New Year’s Day, Christmas, Easter are called **festivals**. /ˈfestɪvlz/
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Days when people don't work (but not because of a traditional festival) - ‘праздники’ like March, 8 or the Independence day - are called **a \_ holiday** in the UK, or **a \_ holiday** in the US.
Days when people don't work (but not because of a traditional festival) - ‘праздники’ like March, 8, Independence day - are called **a bank holiday** in the UK, or **a national holiday** in the US. Notice they both have the same vowel (гласная): /b**æ**ŋk/, /ˈn**æ**ʃnəl/ (not 'bunk')
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I don't know what to **\_** my dad **for Christmas**. [= подарить]
I don't know what to **get** my dad **for Christmas**. [= подарить]
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Here's **a l\_ \_** for you. (= кое-что)
Here's **a little something** for you.
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Y\_ food (=tasty), ch\_ (= too romantic) and possibly the stranges I've seen) film.. It felt c\_ (= comfortable) and happy.
**Yummy** /ˈjʌmi/ food, **cheesy** (and possibly the stranges I've seen) film.. It felt **comfy** /ˈkʌmfi/ and happy.
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[pronunciation] comfy
/ˈkʌmfi/
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What kind of quote is this? It's a bit \_
What kind of quote is this? It's a bit **cheesy.** (too romantic OR not very good or original, and without style, in a way that is embarrassing but funny)
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**H\_'\_ \_** (=будем надеяться) next year we get to spend Christmas with family in person.
**Here's hoping** next year we get to spend Christmas with family in person.
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**[grammar: perfect tenses]** я уже неделю не могу вызвать ремонтника (call in a specialist) - but I just haven't had the time to do that.
**I've been meaning to** call in a specialist for a week now
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**[grammar: perfect tenses]** I've been meaning to call in a specialist for a week now, but ____ (всё времени не хватает это сделать).
I've been meaning to call in a specialist for a week now, but **I just haven't had the time to do that.**
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‘but I haven’t had the **time** to do that’? what other words collocate with this phrase? (не хватило денег / решимости / сил)
I haven't had * the **fi**nances to do that / the cash to do that * the chance to do that / the opportunity to do that * the guts to do that / the courage to do that * the energy to do that
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I've been meaning to \_ \_ my flat, but I haven't had the finances to do that. (отремонтировать)
I’ve been meaning to do up my flat, but I haven’t had the finances to do that.
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I’ve been meaning to call my ex to ask him to pick up his stuff, but I haven’t had the \_ to do that. (сила воли)
I’ve been meaning to call my ex to ask him to pick up his stuff, but I haven’t had the **willpower** to do that. /ˈwɪlpaʊə/
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Formulate ideas with ‘I’ve been meaning to’ and ‘but I haven’t had the.. to do that’.
I’ve been meaning to try paragliding but I haven’t had the courage to do that. /ˈpærəɡlaɪdɪŋ/, /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/
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[pronunciation] courage
/ˈkʌrɪdʒ/
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Formulate ideas with ‘I’ve been meaning to’ and ‘but I haven’t had the.. to do that’. pitch my idea to an investor
I’ve been meaning to pitch my idea to an investor, for example to Bill Gates, but I haven’t had the opportunity to do that.
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I’ve been meaning to \_ \_ \_ (= заполнить налоговую декларацию) but I haven’t had the energy to do that.
I’ve been meaning to **do my taxes** but I haven’t had the energy to do that. /t**æ**ks/ - налог
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Formulate ideas with ‘I’ve been meaning to’ and ‘but I haven’t had the.. to do that’. sort my socks
I’ve been meaning to sort my socks but I haven’t had the time or the willpower to do that.
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I’ve been meaning to \_ my zip \_, but I haven’t had the time to do that. = заменить/починить молнию (не самостоятельно, а отнести в ремонт)
I’ve been meaning to **get my zip fixed**, but I haven’t had the time to do that. pronunciation: /fɪkst/
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I’ve been meaning to \_ my car \_, but I haven’t had the time to do that. = починить машину (не самостоятельно, а отвезти в ремонт)
I’ve been meaning to **get my car fixed**, but I haven’t had the time to do that. pronunciation: /fɪkst/
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I’ve been meaning to get a \_ \_ fixed, but I haven’t had the time to do that. (= протекающий кран)
I’ve been meaning to get **a leaky tap** fixed, but I haven’t had the time to do that. BrE tap /tæp/ AmE faucet /ˈfɔːsɪt/
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I’ve been meaning to **ch\_ \_ (= сходить, попробовать)** the new restaurant that opened near my building but I haven’t had the chance to do that.
I’ve been meaning to **check out** a new restaurant that opened near my building but I haven’t had the chance to do that.
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I've been meaning to fill in my tax \_ \_ (= ), but I haven't had the energy to do that. (налоговую декларацию, подаваемую для возврата налогов)
I've been meaning to fill in my **tax return form**, but I haven't had the energy to do that. tax return = возврат налогов a form = формуляр, анкета и т.п.
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Sorry for not calling you earlier. I've been meaning to do that f\_ a\_ (= уже очень давно).
Sorry for not calling you earlier. I've been meaning to do that **for ages** (= уже очень давно). pronunciation: fa_RAges

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