Brushing up my English

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Хочу попробовать использовать дайри как средство запоминания новых (и не очень новых слов). Короче, побалуюсь, посмотрим насколько меня хватить. За основу беру Advanced Everyday English Стивена Коллинза. Книжка представляет собой уроки с неким количеством интересных и актуальных слов и выражений to remember с английскими дефинициями и контекстными примерами. Моя тактика (единственное отличие от книги) будет в сочинении собственных примеров и собственных дефиниций. Примеры будут пополняться с апдейтом постов через определенное время (а может не будет) ака возвращение-повторение-запоминание.

Опыт составления собственных примеров был на 2-ом курсе и зарекомендовал себя хорошо при освоении лексики. Ключевой момент - время от времени возвращаться к ним. С учетом того как долго, в среднем, я зависаю на дайри - попытка не пытка.

В двух словах - если попрет - тут будет некоторое количество английского, в чисто учебных целях.

Попробуем-с

1. OUTGOING
- 1) a sociable person, one who can easily be talked into smth., smb. talkative.
She is so outgoing. I'm sure she'll be good at children.

- 2) a definition for smb. who is going to quit his position at work, to retire.
Look! That is our outgoing chef. He's already packing his things.

- 3) letters that are to be sent.
Please, put outgoing letters here.

INCOMING - an antonym - letters that one receives.
All incoming letters are to check up.

NB:
OUTGOINGS - personal expences on renting or paying bills.
Pay attention to all your outgoings.

2.OFF THE RECORD
- something which is said in an unofficial way, not to be published.
She will never get this job but it's off the record. Remember!

ON RECORD - an antonym, something to be said in an official way.
You've told that on record you can't deny your statement now.

3. TO GO BY
1) to be sure about smth. which is told in a book or said by smb.
Don't go by her words. She is a real liar.
He went by the book though he didn't share the point of view of its author.

2) to pass by
The time in the summercamp went by very quickly.
ONLY FOR TIME!

4. TO BAFFLE
- to be confused by smth., don't get the idea of smth.
He was baffled by her behaviour.

5. HARDSHIP
- the period of time when one experiences lack of smth., when one has to give up smth. pleasant.
To live abroad became a real hardship for me.

6. TO BE IN ONE'S ELEMENT
- to be good at smth., when smth. is your cup of tea.
When I see how she works it's clear that she's definitely in her element.

7. TO BRUSH UP
- to repeat/revise some information.
I need to brush up the classification of parts of speech before my exam.

8. TOUCHY
- to be very sensetive; a theme that you have to be very careful talking on.
Be careful telling him that news he's so touchy.
This issue is very touchy she has to think over how to talk about that.

BE THICK-SKINNED - to be not that sensetive.
You are unlikely to upset him he's quite thick-skinned.

9. CLICHé
- a statement which is often and widely-used, so often, that its meaning is fading away.
Don't use in your CV these awful clichés

10. TO LAY OUT

1) to put things the way that everything will be obvious, understandable.
He laid out everything having hidden hothing.

2) LAYOUT, n. - a plan of some building, a map of some town.
Look at the layout we probably can use this road.

3) - to spend a lot of money without withing it.
I have laid out pretty much to have my car repaired.

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