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121 unsettled
нерешенный имя прилагательное: -
122 void
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123 waste
отходы имя существительное:отребье (rubbish, waste)глагол:тратить впустую (waste, throwaway)терять время (waste, loiter away one's time)приходить к концу (waste, waste away)имя прилагательное:отработанный (waste, used)бракованный (waste, no-good)бросовый (waste, cast-off)выхлопной (exhaust, waste) -
124 bereft
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125 dialectical\ words
such special colloquial words which- are normative and devoid of any stylistic meaning in regional dialects, but used outside of them, carry a strong flavour of the locality where they belong;- markedly differ on the phonemic level: one and the same phoneme is differently pronounced in each of them;- differ also on the lexical level, having their own names for locally existing phenomena and also supplying locally circulating synonyms for the words, accepted by the language in general."son of a bitch", "whore", "whorehound"
A hut was all the (= the only) home he ever had.
Mary sits aside (= beside) of her sister on the bus.
Source: V.A.K.English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > dialectical\ words
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126 features\ of\ scientific\ style
- logical sequence of utterances with clear indication of their interrelations and interdependence; logical coherence of ideas expressed;- objective, precise, unemotional, devoid of any individuality, striving for the most generalised form of expression.- developed and varied system of connectives;- use of terms specific to each given branch of science;- direct referential (and primary logical) meaning of the general vocabulary; self-explanatory terms; neutral and common literary words; the possibility of ambiguity is avoided;- hardly a single word will be found here which is used in more than one meaning, nor will be any words with contextual meaning;- sentence-patterns (postulatory, argumentative, formulative);- based on facts already known, on facts systematised and defined;- quotations and references;- foot-notes, digressive in character;- impersonality: frequent use of passive constructions;- impersonal passive constructions are frequently used with the verbs suppose, assume, point out;- far greater amount of preliminary knowledge;- there may be hypotheses, pronouncements and conclusions, (backed up by strong belief);Source: I.R.G.English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > features\ of\ scientific\ style
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127 eyes reddened from lack of sleep
eyes reddened from lack of sleep (devoid of any expression) глаза, красные от бессонницы (лишённые какого бы то ни было выражения)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > eyes reddened from lack of sleep
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128 full of charm
full (devoid) of charm полный (лишенный) очарования
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