Note: Don't confuse the words different and another which may be translated by the same

Russian word другой; е.g. I want another (другой = еще один) piece of cake. I want a different

(другой = другого copra, вида и т. д.) piece of cake. Let's try another (еще один) variant Let's by a

different (иного рода) variant.

2. разный, различный, е.g. A department store sells many different things. Every day our

students get different written assignments.

difference n разница, различие, е.g. The difference between our views is not very great. I

don't find much difference in the styles of these writers.

to make some (no, not much) difference (to smb.), е.g. It won't make much difference

whether we do it today or tomorrow. You may stay or leave, it makes no difference to me.

3. rest υ i/t 1. отдыхать, лежать, спать; давать отдых, е.g. Не rested for an hour before

going on with his work. She likes to rest after dinner. They stopped to rest their horses.

2. опираться, покоиться, держаться на чём- n., е.g. The roof rests on eight columns. There

is always a cloud resting on the top of this mountain.

3. оставаться (лежать); класть, прислонять, е.g. Her fingers touched his forehead and

rested there. She sat with her elbows resting on the table.

Note: The Russian word оставаться has several English equivalents, е.g. Пусть все

остается как есть. Let the matter rest. Я не хочу здесь оставаться. I don't want to stay here. У нас

осталось только 5 рублей. Only 5 roubles are left Все остается без изменений Everything

remains without any changes.

rest n покой, отдых, сон, е.g. Rest is necessary after work. I had a good night's rest. We had

several rests on our way up the mountains. But: Он отдыхал на юге. Не spent his holiday in the

South.

rest n (always with def. article) остаток, остальное, остальная часть чего-л.

the rest of (the time, the books, etc.), е.g. Have you written all the exercises? — No, only

half of them. The rest (of the exercises) may be done orally. Only five of us were present at the

lesson, the rest (of the group) went to the meeting. I'll take an apple and you may take the rest.

4. comfortable adj 1. удобный; комфортабельный; уютный, е.g. a comfortable chair,

room, bed, house; comfortable shoes, etc.; 2. predic разг. довольный, спокойный, чувствующий

себя удобно, е.g. I'm sure you'll be very comfortable there.

to make oneself comfortable, е.g. Mr. Murdoch made himself comfortable in a chair and

ordered a strong black coffee.

Ant. uncomfortable

comfort n 1. утешение, поддержка, е.g. The news brought comfort to all of us. He was a

great comfort to his parents.; 2. успокоение, покой, отдых, е.g. to be fond of comfort, to live in

comfort

Ant. discomfort

comfort υt утешать, успокаивать

comforting adj утешительный, успокоительный, е.g. comforting words.

Note: convenient adj means suitable, handy, serving to avoid trouble or difficulty; е.g.

convenient time, method, tool, place, etc. Will this bus be convenient to/for you? Let's arrange a

convenient time and place for the conference.

Ant. inconvenient

convenience n 1. удобство (the quality of being convenient or suitable), е.g. at your earliest

convenience; for convenience; 2. (pl.) удобства (device, arrangement, etc. that is useful or

convenient, е.g. central heating, hot water supply), е.g. The house has all modern conveniences. Ant.

inconvenience

5. to run (ran, run) υi/t 1. бежать, бегать, е.g. 1 ran all the way for fear of being late. As

soon as we fired, the enemy ran.

2. ходить, плыть, курсировать (о трамваях, автобусах и пр.), е.g. Trams run on rails.

Motor cars ran along ordinary roads. The buses run every five minutes.

3. течь, литься, е.g. Torrents of water ran down the streets. Rivers run into the sea. Don't you

hear the water running in the kitchen? If you have a bad cold, your nose runs.

4. тянуться, е.g. For several miles the road ran across a plain.

Note: For the Russian тянуться = простираться the verb stretch is used, е.g. The forest

stretched to the South for many miles.

5. гласить, рассказывать, говорить(ся), е.g. So the story runs. The story runs ....

to run into smb. случайно встретиться с кем- n.; to run into smth. натолкнуться на что-

л., е.g. Our car ran into the bus. I ran into a friend of mine on my way-home.; to run across

smb./smth. случайно встретить (натолкнуться на что-л.), е.g. The other day I ran across a very

interesting article in the newspaper.: to run over smb. переехать, задавить кого-л., also: to be run

over (by a car), е.g. But for the skill of the driver the man would have been run over by the bus.

runner n бегун

6. join υt/i 1. соединять(ся), объединяться), е.g. I couldn't join (together) the two halves of

the vase, because a small piece was missing. Where do the two streams join (each other)?

Syn. unite

N о t e: to join usu. means "to put two things together", е.g. The island was joined to the

mainland with a bridge.; to unite usu. means "to join together (by a common aim or bond) several

objects so as to form one new unit", е.g. We united all our forces to drive the enemy out of our

country. Workers of the world, unite! The United Nations Organization (UNO) was formed in 1945

in San Francisco.

2. присоединяться (к), е.g. Will you join me in my walk? We'll join you in a few minutes.

3. входить в компанию, вступать в члены, е.g. If I were you I should join this club. He was

twenty-two when he joined the array.

7. depend υi 1. зависеть от (on/upon smb. for smth.), е.g. We depend on the newspapers for

information about world events. He depends on his sister for a living. Children usually depend on

their parents (находятся на иждивении родителей).; 2. полагаться, рассчитывать на кого-л., что-

л., е.g. You can depend upon the man. I depend on you to do it. Can I depend on this time-table or is

it an old one?

It (all) depends как сказать; в зависимости от обстоятельств, е.g. Will you finish your

work on time? — It depends.

NOTES ON SYNONYMS AND ANTONYMS

1. Synonyms are words expressing the same notion, but differing by certain additional

characteristics. E.g. to look, to stare and to gaze express the same notion of turning one's eyes on

something or somebody, but stare and gaze differ by their emotional colourings (see item 1 of

Vocabulary Notes) whereas look describes the notion generally, without any additional

characteristics. Such a general word in the group of synonyms is called the synonymic dominant.

To glance is another synonym of this group which differs from the rest of them by duration: it

means looking at something briefly, passingly, a moment only.

2. Antonyms are words with contrasted meanings. E. g. different — alike; convenient —