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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

О глобальных изменениях климата (Climate Change)

Here's a blog entry on the BBC website about climate change. See below for vocab and language notes


изгнать -chase out

грешный -sinful

полон - full of (short form of полный)

несовершенство -imperfection (as in несовершенный вид - the imperfect aspect of verbs)

в качестве -as, as a kind of

наказание - punishment (as in Преступление и наказание - роман Фёдора Михайловича Достоевского)

заметно -noticeable (from замечать\заметить)

выпуск -edition (something that's "put out": выпускать)

показать -show

сюжет -piece, feature, story (this also means plot or storyline of a film or book)

изысканиe -research

ученый -scientist

во-первых, во-вторых

связаный с -connected with, related to (связь (ж) - a link, connection)

деятельность -activity

качель -swing

вот-вот -gradually

к 2050 году -by 2050 (к + dative case)

обратный -other, opposite, reverse (as in билет "туда и обратно" - a return ticket)


глобальное похолодание

Further vocab notes for this article will be added shortly...

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