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1 making
1. n создание, становлениеmaking room — создающий место; создание места
2. n производство, изготовление; процесс изготовления, фабрикация; переработка3. n количество изготовленного, произведённого4. n форма, сложение, строение5. n задатки, необходимые качестваto have the makings of a great man — иметь все данные, чтобы стать великим человеком
6. n разг. заработок7. n амер. разг. принадлежности для свёртывания сигарет8. n как компонент сложных словshoemaking — сапожное дело, ремесло сапожника
army was the making of him — в армии он стал человеком, армия сделала из него человека
how is he making out? — как он живёт?, как у него идут дела?
Синонимический ряд:1. creating (adj.) building; creating; fabricating; fashioning; forming; generating; manufacturing; producing; shaping2. fabrication (noun) composition; conception; devising; fabrication; fashioning; forging; formulation; producing; shaping3. clearing (verb) cleaning up; clearing; gaining; netting4. constituting (verb) composing; comprising; constituting; forming; make up; making up5. designating (verb) appointing; designating; fingering; naming; nominating; tapping6. drafting (verb) drafting; drawing up; formulating; framing7. earning (verb) acquiring; bringing in; draw down; drawing down; earning; knocking down; pull down; winning8. effecting (verb) bring about; bringing about; causing; drawing on; effecting; effectuating; engendering; inducing; lead to; occasioning; producing; result in; securing9. establishing (verb) enacting; establishing; legislating10. fathering (verb) creating; fathering; generating; hatching; originating; parenting; procreating; siring; spawning11. forcing (verb) coercing; compelling; constraining; forcing; obliging; pressuring; shotgunning12. heading (verb) bearing; heading; lighting out; set out; setting out; strike out; striking out; taking off13. inferring (verb) collecting; concluding; deducing; deducting; deriving; drawing; gathering; inferring; judging; making out14. passing (verb) covering; passing; traversing15. preparing (verb) fitting; fixing; getting; preparing; readying16. running (verb) extending; going; reaching; running; stretching17. shaping (verb) assembling; building; constructing; erecting; fabricating; fashioning; forging; manufacturing; molding; moulding; put together; putting together; shaping -
2 Verb + ing-form
Глагол с дополнением, выраженным герундием1) Следующие английские глаголы в качестве дополнения могут присоединять к себе герундий (Ing-form): advise, admit, allow, avoid, appreciate, can't bear, can't help, can't stand, consider, delay, deny, detest, dislike, dread, enjoy, escape, excuse, fancy, finish, forbid, forgive, give up, imagine, insist on, involve, keep, keep on, like, mean, mind, miss, object to, pardon, permit, postpone, practice, prevent, propose, recollect, recommend, remember, resent, resist, risk, stop, suggest, understand.I enjoy travelling — Мне нравится путешествовать.
He detests writing letters — Он ненавидит писать письма.
She admitted taking the money — Она признала, что взяла деньги.
2)а) Если герундий непосредственно следует за глаголом или сочетанием глагол + предлог, то логическое подлежащее (Logical subject) герундиального оборота чаще всего совпадает с подлежащим главного предложения. Об исключениях см. пункт 2б ниже.I regret having bought the car — Я жалею, что купил эту машину (Я жалею, что я купил эту машину).
I dislike working late — Мне не нравится работать допоздна (Мне не нравится, когда я работаю допоздна)
He insists on reading the letter — Он настаивает, что должен прочесть письмо.
I avoid over-eating — Я стараюсь не переедать.
They couldn't resist making fun of him — Они не смогли удержаться и не посмеяться над ним.
He can't bear being alone — Он не выносит одиночества.
б) Логическое подлежащее герундиального оборота при глаголах advise, allow, forbid, suggest, permit, propose, recommend не совпадает с подлежащим главного предложения (см. также advise, allow, permit, forbid + to-infinitive or ing-form).I suggest waiting — Я предлагаю подождать (я предлагаю, чтобы мы подождали)
3) Если логическое подлежащее герундиального оборота не совпадает с подлежащим главного предложения, оно может быть выражено сущ/мест в объектной форме либо сущ в притяж падеже/притяж мест (см. regret his leaving / regret him leaving)John resented George's losing the papers / John resented George losing the papers — Джон обиделся на то, что Джордж потерял бумаги.
4) Глаголы excuse, forgive, pardon, prevent, understand не используются в конструкции глагол + ing-form. Перед герундием обязательно должно идти сущ/мест в объектной форме либо сущ в притяж падеже/притяж мест (см. regret his leaving / regret him leaving)Excuse me/my ringing you up so early — Прости, что звоню тебе так рано.
I cannot understand him/his behaving like that — Не могу понять, почему он себя так ведет.
•— инфинитивный оборот см. ing- clause
— like в комбинации с герундием и инфинитивом см. like + to-infinitive or ing-form
— try, mean в комбинации с герундием и инфинитивом см. try, mean + to-infinitive or ing-form
— remember, forget, regret в комбинации с герундием и инфинитивом см. remember, forget, regret + to-infinitive or ing-form
— stop, go on в комбинации с герундием и инфинитивом см. stop, go on + to-infinitive or ing-form
— advise, allow, permit, forbid, recommend в комбинации с герундием и инфинитивом см. advise, allow, permit, forbid + to-infinitive or ing-form
— need, deserve, require, want в комбинации с герундием и инфинитивом см. need, deserve, require, want + to-infinitive or ing-form
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3 going
1. n отъездgoing abroad — выезжающий за рубеж; отъезд за рубеж
2. n скорость передвиженияfor a car 40 miles an hour is pretty good going — 40 миль в час — довольно хорошая скорость для машины
3. n ходьба4. n ходa story is going about — ходит слух, что …
going into — входящий в; вход в
5. n состояние дорогиthe going is rough — дорога в плохом состоянии;
6. n спорт. состояние беговой дорожки7. n разг. продвижение к целиI hear the bells going — я слышу, как звонят колокола
8. n стр. проступь9. n обыкн. дела, обстоятельстваrough goings — трудности, затруднения; неприятности
10. a работающий, действующийin going order — в исправном состоянии, исправный
a going concern — действующее предприятие; преуспевающее предприятие
11. a существующий12. a вет. забеременевшая, понёсшаяСинонимический ряд:1. bound (adj.) bound; destined; directed2. working (adj.) active; alive; functioning; live; operative; running; working3. leaving (noun) departure; egress; exit; exodus; leaving; withdrawal4. agreeing (verb) according; agreeing; checking; checking out; cohering; comporting; conforming; consisting; consorting; corresponding; dovetailing; fitting in; harmonizing; jibing; marching; rhyming; squaring; suiting; tallying5. bearing (verb) abiding; bearing; brooking; digesting; enduring; lumping; standing; sticking out; suffering; supporting; sustaining; swallowing; sweating out; taking; tolerating6. becoming (verb) becoming; coming; getting; growing; waxing7. consuming (verb) consuming; exhausting; expending; finishing; running through; spending; using up; washing up8. departing (verb) departing; exiting; get away; getting away; getting off; going; leaving; moving; popping off; pull out; pulling out; pushing off; quitting; retiring; run along; running along; shoving off; taking off; withdrawing9. dying or dieing (verb) cashing in; conking; deceasing; demising; dropping; dying; dying or dieing; elapsing; expiring; go away; go by; pass away; passing away; passing out; pegging out; perishing; pipping; succumbing10. enjoying (verb) enjoying; liking; relishing11. faring (verb) faring; hying or hieing; journeying; passing; proceeding; push on; pushing on; traveling or travelling; travelling; wending12. fitting (verb) belonging; fitting13. functioning (verb) acting; functioning; operating; working14. giving (verb) bending; break down; breaking; buckling; cave in; caving; collapsing; crumpling; folding up; giving; yielding15. happening (verb) befalling; betiding; chancing; developing; doing; falling out; happening; occurring; rising; transpiring16. making (verb) heading; making; set out; strike out17. offering (verb) bidding; offering18. resorting (verb) applying; recurring; referring; repairing; resort to; resorting; turning19. running (verb) carrying; extending; leading; making; ranging; reaching; running; stretching; varying20. setting (verb) betting; gambling; laying; risking; setting; staking; venturing; wagering21. succeeding (verb) arriving; clicking; come off; come through; coming off; flourishing; go over; going over; making out; panning out; prospering; proving out; scoring; succeeding; thriving; work out -
4 getting
1. n приобретение; получение2. n обыкн. уст. приобретение; прибыль; выигрыш3. n редк. порождение; произведение4. n горн. выемка, добычаСинонимический ряд:1. purchasing (noun) bargaining; buying; investing; obtaining; paying for; procuring; purchasing; trafficking2. receiving (noun) acceptance; acquiring; acquisition; intake; possession; receipt; receiving; taking in3. acquiring (verb) acquiring; annexing; chalking up; come by; compassing; having; landing; obtaining; procuring; pulling4. affecting (verb) affecting; carrying; impressing; influencing; inspiring; moving; striking; swaying; touching5. becoming (verb) becoming; going; growing; running; turning; waxing6. bothering (verb) aggravating; annoying; bothering; burning up; chafing; disturbing; exasperating; fretting; galling; grating; inflaming; irking; irritating; nettling; peeving; piquing; provoking; putting out; riling; roiling; ruffling; vexing7. coming (verb) arriving; coming; contacting; getting in; reaching; showing; showing up; turning up8. fathering (verb) begetting; breeding; fathering; procreating; siring9. inducing (verb) arguing into; bringing around; convincing; deriving; drawing; drawing in; drawing on; inducing; persuading; prevailing on; prevailing upon; prompting; talking into; winning over10. learning (verb) learning; mastering; pick up; picking up11. making (verb) bringing in; deserving; draw down; drawing down; earning; gaining; knocking down; making; meriting; pull down; winning12. memorizing (verb) conning; memorizing13. nonplusing (verb) beating; buffaloing; nonplusing; sticking; stumping14. preparing (verb) fitting; fixing; making up; preparing; readying15. taking (verb) bagging; capturing; catching; collaring; coming down with; contracting; developing; nailing; netting; securing; sickening; sickening of; sickening with; taking -
5 gaining
получать; получениеСинонимический ряд:1. accomplishing (verb) accomplishing; achieving; racking up; reaching; realizing; scoring2. attaining (verb) arrive at; attaining; get to; hit on3. earning (verb) acquiring; bringing in; drawing down; earning; knocking down4. getting (verb) annexing; chalking up; come by; compassing; getting; having; landing; obtaining; pick up; picking up; procuring; pulling; securing5. increasing (verb) accruing; build up; developing; growing; increasing6. making (verb) deserving; draw down; making; meriting; pull down7. paying (verb) bring in; cleaning up; clearing; drawing; grossing; making; netting; paying; producing; realising; repaying; returning; yielding8. rallying (verb) ameliorating; come around; convalescing; improving; looking up; mending; perking up; rallying; recovering; recuperating9. taking (verb) capturing; taking; winning -
6 establishing
1. установление; создание; порождение2. устанавливать; устанавливающийСинонимический ряд:1. founding (noun) beginning; constituting; founding; implementing; inaugurating; instituting; originating; setting up; starting2. substantiating (noun) authenticating; confirming; corroborating; demonstrating; proof; proving; substantiating; validating; verifying3. erecting (verb) building up; constructing; erecting; hammering out; setting up4. founding (verb) basing; bottoming; building; creating; founding; grounding; instituting; organizing; predicating; resting; root in; starting; staying5. making (verb) constituting; enacting; legislating; making; promulgating6. setting (verb) fixing; installing; laying; placing; putting; seating; setting; settling; sticking7. showing (verb) authenticating; bear out; confirming; corroborating; demonstrating; determining; making out; proving; showing; substantiating; validating; verifying8. starting (verb) creating; instituting; organising; originating; set up; starting -
7 passing
1. n прохождение2. n протекание3. n книжн. прекращение, исчезновение, уходI do not like to see the passing of these old customs — мне неприятно видеть, как эти старые обычаи уходят в прошлое
passing away — уходящий; уход
passing go — решающий ход в настольной игре «го»
4. n книжн. кончина, смерть5. n книжн. брод, переправа6. n ж. -д. запасный путь7. n ж. -д. следование поездов; сквозной проход8. n текст. декоративная шёлковая нить9. n текст. прогон ткани10. n спорт. обгон11. n спорт. пасование12. a проходящий мимо; обгоняющий13. a проходящий, мимолётный, мгновенный14. a беглый, случайный15. adv уст. очень, чрезвычайноСинонимический ряд:1. going by (adj.) crossing; departing; disappearing; dissipating; flashing by; gliding by; going by; speeding by2. transient (adj.) ephemeral; evanescent; fleeting; fugacious; fugitive; impermanent; momentaneous; momentary; mortal; short-lived; temporal; temporary; transient; transitory; vanishing; volatile3. death (noun) curtains; death; decease; defunction; demise; dissolution; extinction; grim reaper; quietus; silence; sleep; the Pale Horse4. adopting (verb) adopting; approving5. bucking (verb) bucking; handing; reaching6. clearing (verb) carrying; clearing7. dying or dieing (verb) cashing in; conking; deceasing; demising; departing; dropping; dying; dying or dieing; elapsing; expiring; go away; go by; pass away; passing away; passing out; pegging out; perishing; pipping; popping off; succumbing8. falling (verb) devolving; falling9. going (verb) faring; going; hying or hieing; journeying; proceeding; push on; pushing on; repairing; traveling or travelling; travelling; wending10. happening (verb) befalling; betiding; chancing; come about; come off; coming; coming off; developing; doing; falling out; happening; occurring; overtaking; passing; rising; transpiring11. leading (verb) leading; living; pursuing12. making (verb) covering; making; traversing13. neglecting (verb) blinking at; blinking away; discounting; disregarding; eliding; failing; forgetting; ignoring; missing; neglecting; omitting; overleaping; overlooking; passing by; passing over; slighting; sloughing over; slurring over14. posing (verb) impersonating; masquerading; posing; posturing15. promising (verb) engaging; pledging; promising; undertaking16. spending (verb) put in; spending; whiling away17. surpassing (verb) beating; besting; bettering; capping; eclipsing; exceeding; excelling; outdoing; outgoing; outshining; outstripping; overshadowing; surpassing; topping; transcending; trumping18. telling (verb) breaking; communicating; conveying; disclosing; get across; giving; imparting; reporting; sending; spreading; telling; transmitting -
8 forging
1. n метал. ковка2. n метал. поковкаСинонимический ряд:1. fabrication (noun) composition; conception; devising; fabrication; fashioning; formulation; making; producing; shaping2. beating (verb) beating; hammering; pounding3. driving (verb) driving; lunging; pitching; plunging4. faking (verb) counterfeiting; faking; falsifying5. making (verb) assembling; building; constructing; erecting; fabricating; fashioning; forming; framing; making; manufacturing; molding; moulding; producing; put together; putting together; shaping6. pirating (verb) pirating; plagiarising -
9 constituting
Синонимический ряд:1. component (adj.) combining; component; constituent; elemental; forming; fundamental; integral2. amounting (verb) amounting; corresponding; equalling3. composing (verb) composing; comprising; forming; make up; making up4. founding (verb) creating; founding; instituting; organising; organizing; originating; set up; setting up; starting5. making (verb) enacting; establishing; legislating; making; promulgating -
10 erecting
Синонимический ряд:1. building (noun) building; construction; creation; erection; fabricating; fabrication; making; manufacture; roadwork2. building up (verb) building up; constructing; establishing; hammering out3. exalting (verb) aggrandizing; dignifying; distinguishing; ennobling; exalting; glorifying; honoring; magnifying; pedestaling or pedestalling; subliming4. making (verb) assembling; fabricating; fashioning; forging; forming; framing; making; manufacturing; molding; producing; putting together; shaping5. raising (verb) building; pitching; put up; putting up; raising; rearing; set up; setting up -
11 framing
1. n создание, выработка2. n сооружение, конструирование3. n структура4. n рама, обрамление5. n сруб6. n каркасframing scaffold — леса, подмости
plank framing — дощатый каркас, каркас из досок
7. n кино. тлв. установка в рамку8. n спец. обмер леса рамой9. n горн. установка оклада10. n горн. заделка крепи11. n горн. мор. наборСинонимический ряд:1. upright beam (noun) joist; post; rafter; stud; timber; two by four; upright; upright beam2. contriving (verb) concocting; contriving; cooking up; dreaming up; hatching up; inventing; making up; vamping up3. laying (verb) drafting; draw up; drawing up; formulating; laying; preparing4. making (verb) assembling; building; constructing; erecting; fabricating; fashioning; forging; forming; making; manufacturing; molding; moulding; producing; put together; putting together; shaping5. planning (verb) blueprinting; casting; charting; designing; devising; planning; projecting -
12 producing
производить; производственныйСинонимический ряд:1. generating (adj.) bearing; bringing forth; creating; fertile; generating2. productive (adj.) bounteous; fruitful; luxuriant; productive; profitable; prolific; yielding3. effecting (verb) bring about; bringing about; causing; drawing on; effecting; effectuating; engendering; inducing; lead to; occasioning; result in; securing4. generating (verb) developing; fathering; generating; getting up; hatching; mustering up; originating; parenting; provoking; siring; spawning; working up5. making (verb) assembling; building; constructing; erecting; fabricating; fashioning; forging; forming; framing; making; manufacturing; molding; moulding; put together; putting together; shaping6. paying (verb) bearing; bring in; clearing; drawing; earning; gaining; giving; grossing; netting; paying; realising; repaying; returning; turning out; yielding7. procreating (verb) begetting; breeding; cultivating; growing; multiplying; procreating; propagating; raising; reproducing8. staging (verb) mounting; putting on; showing; staging9. writing (verb) composing; creating; writing -
13 covering
1. n покрышка; чехол; оболочка2. n укрытие, покров3. n воен. прикрытие4. n спец. обшивка, облицовка; покрытие5. n спец. изолирующая обмотка6. n спец. мазь, замазка7. n спец. с. -х. случка; спаривание8. n спец. бирж. покупка для покрытия обязательств по срочным сделкамСинонимический ряд:1. concealment (noun) concealment; tegument; top2. cover (noun) attic; case; ceiling; cover; hatch; integument; roofing; umbrella3. blanketing (verb) blanketing; capping; crowning; overcasting; overlaying; overspreading; spread over4. defending (verb) bulwarking; defending; fending; guarding; protecting; safeguarding; screening; securing; shielding5. hiding (verb) burying; caching; cloaking; concealing; ensconcing; enshrouding; hiding; masking; occulting; planting; secreting; shrouding; stashing; veiling6. making (verb) making; passing; traversing7. setting (verb) brooding; setting; sitting8. traveling or travelling (verb) doing; passing over; tracking; traveling or travelling -
14 traversing
1. n воен. горизонтальная наводка2. n геод. горизонтальная съёмкаСинонимический ряд:1. denying (verb) contradicting; contravening; crossing; denying; gainsaying; impugning; negating; negativing; transiting2. making (verb) covering; making; passing3. perambulating (verb) perambulating; walking4. pivoting (verb) pivoting; swivelling; zigzagging5. resisting (verb) bucking; challenging; combating; combating or combatting; contesting; disputing; dueling or duelling; fighting; opposing; repelling; resisting; withstanding6. traveling or travelling (verb) doing; passing over; tracking; traveling or travelling -
15 forming
1. n образование, составление2. n воен. выстраивание3. a образующий, формирующийforming unit — формирующее звено; формирующий элемент
Синонимический ряд:1. component (adj.) combining; component; constituent; constituting; elemental; fundamental; integral2. developing (verb) acquiring; developing3. making (verb) assembling; building; composing; comprising; constituting; constructing; erecting; fabricating; fashioning; forging; framing; make up; making; making up; manufacturing; molding; producing; putting together; shaping4. modelling (verb) modelling; moulding; shaping -
16 building
1. n здание, строение, постройка, сооружение2. n службы, надворные постройки3. n строительство, сооружениеbuilding berth, building slip — стапель
Синонимический ряд:1. edifice (noun) aerie; alcazar; construction; edifice; erection; fabric; pile; structure2. facility (noun) equipment; facility; machinery; plant; tools3. building (verb) building; constructing; erecting; put up; raising4. founding (verb) basing; establishing; founding; grounding; predicating; resting; root in; seating5. increasing (verb) aggrandizing; augmenting; beefing up; boosting; burgeoning; compounding; enlarging; escalating; expanding; extending; growing; heightening; increasing; magnifying; mounting; multiplying; pushing; rising; running up; snowballing; waxing6. making (verb) assembling; constructing; erecting; fabricating; fashioning; forging; forming; framing; making; manufacturing; molding; moulding; producing; put together; putting together; putting up; raising; rearing; shaping -
17 constructing
создавать; созданиеСинонимический ряд:1. construction (noun) barn-raising; building; construction; erecting; erection; raising2. building (verb) building; put up; putting up; raising; rearing3. erecting (verb) building up; erecting; establishing; hammering out; setting up4. making (verb) assembling; fabricating; fashioning; forging; forming; framing; making; manufacturing; molding; moulding; producing; put together; putting together; shaping -
18 effecting
Синонимический ряд:1. fulfillment (noun) accomplishment; attainment; completion; effect; execution; fulfillment; fulfilment2. bringing off (verb) bringing off; carrying out; carrying through; effectuating3. executing (verb) bring off; carry out; carry through; enforcing; executing; implementing; invoking; put through4. making (verb) bring about; bringing about; causing; drawing on; engendering; inducing; lead to; making; occasioning; producing; result in; securing -
19 generating
a производящий, образующийСинонимический ряд:1. conceiving mentally (noun) conceiving mentally; conception; devising; drafting; imagining; initiating; innovating; inventing; originating2. causing (verb) breeding; causing; engendering; getting up; hatching; inducing; mustering up; provoking; spawning; stirring; touch off; working up3. making (verb) creating; developing; fathering; hatching; making; originating; parenting; siring; spawning4. procreating (verb) bearing; begetting; multiplying; procreating; producing; propagating; reproducing -
20 obliging
1. a обязательный, услужливый, любезный2. a обязательный, обязывающийСинонимический ряд:1. amiable (adj.) accommodating; agreeable; amiable; complaisant; considerate; easy; good-humored; good-natured; good-tempered; helpful; indulgent; kind; lenient; mild; neighbourly2. favouring (verb) accommodating; favoring; favouring; obliging3. humouring (verb) cater to; gratifying; humouring; indulging4. making (verb) coercing; compelling; constraining; forcing; making; pressuring; shotgunning
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