Define the type of super-neutral vocabulary according to the example
”yeoman”, “vassal”
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commence
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methinks = it seems to me
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bistro, koala
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'infant'
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C’est la vie!
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Thou – ты –
Thee – тебя
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matador
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'to commence'
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nay = no
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losel = a lazy fellow
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'maiden'
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Chao bombini!
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Verbal ending -est – he makest
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was assembled to
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A. Compare two variants of Canterbury Tales written in Middle English and translated into New English, find the obsolete, archaic words
When in April the sweet showers fall
And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all
The veins are bathed in liquor of such power
As brings about the engendering of the flower,
Whan that April with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour,
B. Read and suggest the modern variant of the underlined words. Use the prompts given.
tiny creatures * probably * between * leather jug * echo * completely * before * a comic figure with a quick tongue * thank you * perhaps * I think
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One day belike 1000 years ago there lived atomies. They were so little they could live even in the bombards. Betwixt those bombards they used to play cap-a-pie every day. Their favorite game was bruit. One person used to tell a word and another repeated it several times. But there was one fool among those atomies who used to tell ‘Gramercy’ instead of ‘Haply’. And when he was asked if he would go to the wood he replied ‘Gramercy’ but didn’t go anywhere. The other meaning of the word completely spoiled the atomies world. Methinks that you should think ere you utter something.
C. Match the given words with their translation. Define the type of the foreign words.
Chic / en passant / matador / croissants / bonmot / delicatessen / reprimand / boulangers / helicopter / marauder
выговор, внушение; изящество / булочная / шик / полумесяц / знатный человек / красное словцо / мимоходом/ гастроном
A. Explain the stylistic coloring of super-neutral words
B. Read an extract and tell what effect the elevated words have and why.
A young lady home back from school was explaining. «Take an egg», she said, «and make a perforation in the base and a corresponding one in the apex. Then apply the lips to the aperture, and by forcibly inhaling the breath the shell is entirely discharged of its contents».
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