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Общая лексика: литература для избранных -
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1. [ʹhaıbraʋ] n разг.1. человек, претендующий на интеллектуальность, на утончённость вкуса, «умник», «интеллектуал»; сноб2. далёкий от жизни учёный, интеллигент2. [ʹhaıbraʋ] a разг.1) высокоинтеллектуальный; доступный лишь избранным2) заумный; с претензией на учёность; снобистский -
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1. n литература, печатные трудыtravel literature — путешествия, литература путешествий
2. n разг. литература, печатные материалы3. n музыкальная литература4. n литературная деятельность, профессияto be engaged in literature — заниматься литературным трудом; быть литератором
5. n редк. общая образованность,general literature — общая литература, литература общего содержания
Синонимический ряд:1. the written word (noun) account; excerpt; material; passage; printed matter; reading; the written word2. writings (noun) books; classics; humanities; letters; poetry; prose; writings -
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1. n разг. человек, претендующий на интеллектуальность, на утончённость вкуса, «умник», «интеллектуал»; сноб2. n разг. далёкий от жизни учёный, интеллигент3. a разг. высокоинтеллектуальный; доступный лишь избранным4. a разг. заумный; с претензией на учёность; снобистскийСинонимический ряд:1. bookish (adj.) bookish; cultured; erudite; scholarly2. elitist (adj.) elitist; haughty; pretentious; snobbish3. intellectual (adj.) cerebral; highbrowed; intellectual; intellectualistic4. brain (noun) Brahmin; brain; double-dome; egghead; high-brow; intellectual; professor; scholar; thinkerАнтонимический ряд:ignoramus; illiterate; modest
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