Unit 10 Culture

 Fast-paced – швидкий - happening very quickly

 Touching – зворушливий - making you feel sadness, sympathy
 Gripping – захоплюючий - Something that is gripping is so interesting or
exciting that it holds your attention completely
 Gory –кривавий - involving violence and blood
 Hysterical –- істеричний - unable to control your feelings or behaviour
because you are extremely frightened, angry, excited
 Creepy –моторошний - strange or unnatural and making you feel frightened
 Controversial –суперечливий - causing disagreement or discussion
 Full of suspense –сповнений тривог
 Outstanding –знаменитий/видатний - clearly very much better than what is
usual
 Thought-provoking –спонукає до роздумів
 Offensive – наступальний - causing offence
 Superb –чудовий - of excellent quality; very great
 Stunning –приголомшливий - extremely beautiful or attractive
 Poignant –зворушливий - causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness
 Intense –інтенсивний - extreme and forceful or (of a feeling) very strong
 Plot summary –короткий зміст сюжету
 Recommendation –рекомендація - a suggestion that something is good or
suitable for a particular purpose or job
 Ticket prices –ціни на квитки
 Convincingly – переконливо - in a way that is convincing (= making you
believe that something is true or right)
 Harshly – сурово - in an unkind or severe way
 Skilfully – вміло - with great skill
 Widely –широко - including a lot of different places, people, subjects
 Sensitively –чутливий - in a careful way to avoid upsetting people
 Overwhelming – переважний - difficult to fight against
 Highly – високо - very, to a large degree, or at a high level
 Poignantly – in a way that causes or has a very sharp feeling of sadness
 Heavily – to a great degree
 Alternative - An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do
not want to use another one
 ground-breaking – новаторський
 created a stir – створити ажіотаж
 mainstream – основний напрям - considered normal, and having or using
ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by most people
 flop - to fall or drop heavily
 hype - a situation in which something is advertised and discussed in
newspapers, on television, etc. a lot in order to attract everyone's interest
 letdown -розчарування - a disappointment
 alternative – An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do
not want to use another one
Two – part phrases:
 Sick and tired – to have experienced too much of someone or something with
the result that you are annoyed
 Ups and downs – If someone or something experiences ups and downs, a
mixture of good and bad things happens to him, her, or it
 On and on – continuing for a long time
 Leaps and bounds – very quickly
 Pros and cons – an advantage to or a reason for doing something
 Rough and ready – simple but good enough
 Through and through – completely
 Give and take – willingness to accept suggestions from another person and
give up some of your own
 Now and then – sometimes, but not regularly
Giving a tour:
 Apparently – мабуть - used to say you have read or been told something
although you are not certain it is true
 Interestingly – цікаво - used to introduce a piece of information that the
speaker thinks is strange or interesting
 Strangely – як не дивно - in a way that is unusual, unexpected, or difficult to
understand
 Believe it or not – хочеш – вір, хочеш - ні
 It’s well worth – це варто
 It was burnt down – спалено
 It was restored – відновлено

 Pleasing on the eye – радує око

 Delicate – делікатний - needing careful treatment, especially because easily
damaged
 Too elaborate – занадто продуманий
 Unsightly – неестетично - not attractive; ugly
 Closure – закриття - the fact of a business, organization, etc. stopping
operating

 Cutting- edge – передовий край

 Taxpayers – платники податків - a person who pays tax
 Heritage – спадщина - features belonging to the culture of a particular
society, such as traditions, languages, or buildings, that were created in the
past and still have historical importance
 Investment – інвестиції - the act of putting money, effort, time, etc. into
something to make a profit or get an advantage, or the money, effort, time, etc.
used to do this
 Austerity – суворість - the condition of living without unnecessary things and
without comfort, with limited money or goods, or a practice, habit, or
experience that is typical of this
 Individual – індивідуальний - a single person or thing, especially when
compared to the group or set to which they belong
 User-friendly – зручний
 Especially – особливо - very much; more than usual or more than other
people or things

 Awe-inspiring structure – вражаюча структура

 Valley – долина - an area of low land between hills or mountains, often with a
river running through it
 Graceful – витончений - a quality of moving in a smooth, relaxed, and
attractive way
 Conceive – зачаття - to imagine something
 Masterpiece – шедевр - a work of art such as a painting, film, or book that is
made with great skill