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1 age
[eɪdʒ]n1) возраст, года́- man of my age- at an early age
- at an old age
- at an advanced age
- at a middle age
- at the age of five
- be of the same age
- be under age
- be of age
- come of age
- look young for one's age2) век, эпоха- golden ageI haven't seen you for ages. — Я не видел вас целую вечность.
- Stone Age
- Middle Ages
- Dark Ages
- Bronze Age- Ice Age- Iron Age- nuclear age
- late Stone Age culture
- age of chemistry
- survivor from the Stone Age
- for ages
- in the nuclear age
- usher in an age
- usher in the computer age•USAGE:Сочетание at the age of в предложении может быть только обстоятельством времени, а не частью сказуемого, поэтому русское словосочетание "он начал читать в пятилетнем возрасте/он начал читать, когда ему было пять лет" соответствует английскому he began to read at the age of five или he began to read when he was five, но нельзя сказать began to read when he was at the age of five -
2 age
n 1. возраст, года; 2. век, эпоха (1). Сочетание at the age of в предложении может быть только обстоятельством времени и не может быть ни частью сказуемого, ни определения. Поэтому русскоеон начал читать в пятилетнем возрасте, когда ему было пять лет
соответствует английскомуHe began to read at the age of five (at an early age) или He began to read when he was five,
но неHe began to read when he was at the age of five.
(2). Название определенной эпохи употребляется с определенным артиклем:the Stone Age — Каменный век;
the Middle Ages — средневековье;
the age of chemistry (of computers) — век химии (компьютеров).
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