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The word watchdog [наблюдатель] has another meaning: a dog trained to guard property [сторожевая собака]. Remember, everyone is watching you.
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Dear constituent [избиратель], did you vote yesterday? Did you cast a vote? [голосовать]
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And the economy? It's all about money, honey.💸
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If you describe something as economic [экономический], then it relates to the economy. Someone who is economical [экономичный, экономный] avoids wasting things, like money, food, etc.
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He cannot get used to waking up early [он не может привыкнуть]. So it will take him a long time to feel comfortable and get accustomed to it. [приобретать привычку к чему-либо, привыкать к]
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✔️ to be used to + noun/pronoun I have lived in London for three years and I am used to bad weather. [я привык к плохой погоде]
✔️ to be used to + gerund (-ing)
He has lived in London for three years and he is used to living in a big city. [он привык...
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My father had no experience using chopsticks = he wasn’t accustomed to it = he wasn’t used to using them [он не привык, у него не было привычки]
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➕I used to drink coffee
➖ I didn’t use to drink coffee
❓ Did I use to drink coffee?
[Выражение used to обозначает действия, которые часто происходили в прошлом, но сейчас уже не происходят. Обычно конструкцию переводят как «раньше», «когда-то»]...
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When I say “I used to drink coffee” I mean that I don't drink coffee anymore (because used to describes something that was true but is not true anymore).
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Look to the adjective ambiguous [двусмысленный, неоднозначный, противоречивый] when you need to describe something that's open to more than one interpretation.
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Things that are plausible [правдоподобный, вероятный] could easily happen. A woman becoming President is very plausible. A giraffe becoming President is not.
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An exact imitation of anything — a work of art, a ten dollar bill — is a counterfeit [подделка, фальшивка], and the act of creating the fake copy is the verb to counterfeit [фальсифицировать]
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Festive describes an event that’s full of joy, smiles, and excitement. [праздничный, торжественный, веселый]
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Happy new year!
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