Vocabulary

NOTES

1. College: here a school of higher learning giving a Bachelor's degree (a first university degree). During this time certain courses in English, social science, natural science, and so forth must usually be completed before a student may begin an intensive study of his special field.

2. Gothic; Tudor Romanesque: styles of 15th century European architecture

3. infirmary: a room used for people who are ill or injured (in a school, institution, etc)

4. Maurice Maeterlinck, 1862-1949, a Belgian dramatist and poet, author of "The Blue Bird," who received the Nobel prize for literature in 1911.

5. Freshman: a student of the first year. An American university student, in the typical case, has four years of college, known as freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years. The British university student typically takes three years: these are known as the first, second and final years.

6. Michelangelo, 1475-1564, an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet "Michael Angelo" is the way Dan hears the name, he has never seen it written.

7. Middle Ages: the period of European history between about 500 A.D. and 1650 A.D. (Anno Domini — in the year of our Lord)

8. catalogue (AmE): University course list (BrE,) curriculum

9. P.S.: postscript, a short addition to a letter, below the place where one has put one's name

disappoint vt разочаровывать; огорчать The book disappointed me. His refusal disappointed us. We were disappointed in him(with his answer; about the arrangement); disappointment n

imagine vt представлять себе, воображать; полагать I can't imagine how I'll do it. Don't imagine that it's easy to do; imagination n воображение have much (little; a rich, a poor, etc) imagination

remind vt напоминать; напомнить remind sb to do sth He reminds me of his father. They reminded me about our arrangement.

sound vi звучать; казаться Her voice sounded strange over the telephone. His argument (explanation, suggestion, etc) sounds alright; sound n звук the sound of an instrument (the sea, voices, etc)

graduate vt/vi кончать, оканчивать (учебное заведение); выпускать (из учебного заведения) graduate (from) a college (institute, university, etc); How many students did the University graduate last year? graduate n окончивший учебное заведение; выпускник; graduation n окончание учебного заведения graduation paper дипломная работа

education n образование; воспитание a good (excellent, poor, etc) education; an elementary education начальное образование; a secondary education среднее образование; a higher education высшее образвание; compulsory education обязательное обучение; free education бесплатное образование Phr receive an education получить образование Phr have the right to education иметь право на образование

interest vt интересовать, заинтересовывать The new project interested them. Phr be (get) interested in sb/sth (за)интересоваться кем-н/ чем-н; take an interest in sb/sth проявлять интерес к кому-н/чему-н; be of interest (to sb/sth) представлять интерес (для кого-н/чего-н)

term n 1. семестр (учебный); 2. срок Phr a term of office срок пребывания у власти (правительства, президента и т. п.)

fun n веселье; забава; шутка We had a lot of fun at the party. Phr make fun of sb/sth подшутить над кем-н/чем-н; do (say, etc) sth in (for) fun делать (говорить и т. п.) что-н в шутку (ради шутки); funny а 1. смешной, забавный a funny story (joke, hat; question, idea; fellow, face, etc); 2. странный, непонятный a funny feeling (business, etc); There is something funny about the affair.

fail vi/vt 1. потерпеть неудачу, не иметь успеха; провалиться на экзаменах (разг провалить экзамен) Why did the plan (attack, play, etc) fail? He failed in physics. She failed the examination; 2. не исполнить, не сделать, забыть fail to do sth; Don't fail to write to us; failure n неудачник The play was a failure. Пьеса не имела успеха (провалилась); Phr end in failure = meet with failure потерпеть неудачу; проваливаться

fault n 1. вина It's your own fault that we are late. Phr It's my fault. Виноват. Извините; 2. недостаток, дефект True, he has a lot of faults, but he's a nice fellow all the same. Phr find fault with sb/sth придираться к кому-н/чему-н

luck n счастье, удача Good luck to you! Желаю вам удачи! Phr good luck везение; bad luck невезение It's good luck that I've met you; (un)lucky а (не)счастливый, (не)удачный, (не)удачливый a lucky person (day, chance, etc); He was lucky. Ему повезло.

warn vt предостеречь, предупреждать warn sb of (about, against) sth/sb warn sb not to do sth; warning n предупреждение, предостережение Phr take the (sb's) warning учесть, принять во внимание (чье-н) предупреждение

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