Word combinations

Exercise 7. Translate the following word combinations.

A. 1) an unusual ring …………………………………………….

2) a large wooden table ……………………………………………...

3) an intelligent young man …………………………………………….

4) a small black plastic bag ……………………………………………..

5) a big fat black cat ……………………………………………..

6) a small black metal box ……………………………………………...

7) a brutal decade ……………………………………………………...

8) central planning ……………………………………………………..

9) an accurate barometer of mood and activity …………………………

10) Soviet kitsch ………………………………………………………..

11) the most interesting thing …………………………………………..

12) new technology …………………………………………………...

13) the underlying structure of computing …………………………….

14) super-rich people …………………………………………………..

15) huge new opportunity ……………………………………………...

B.

1) a small device, a small electronic device, a smaller device, the smallest

possible device

2) any complex function, more complex function, a most c0omplex function, the most complex function

3) good shapes, better shapes, the best shapes, bad shapes, worse shapes, the worst shapes

4) extremely high cost, entirely new application, increasingly complex technology, highly important invention

5) credit money

credit card money back

credit card details money back guarantee

6) a large time interval, a high flow temperature, different air speeds, low temperature growth

7) high-speed computers, high-quality device, thin-film technology, single-layer structure.

8) an increasing size, a decreasing number, an operating device, a constantly increasing size, a steadily decreasing number, a slowly operating device.

9) achieved results, changed operations, produced devices, quickly achieved results, partially changed operations, commercially produced devices

10) several basic functional units, semiconductor device fabrication, progressively thinner layers, widely used methods, power-produced element, commercially produced microelectronics.

Exercise 8. Translate the following word combinations

A 1. the first media business …………………………………………………….

2. music privacy ………………………………………………………………

3. the supposed achievements of an economy ………………………………..

4. the market economy ……………………………………………………….

5. a raw autumn afternoon …………………………………………………….

6. car ownership ……………………………………………………………….

7. state-controlled economy …………………………………………………...

8. aero-plane manufacturers …………………………………………………...

9. hand-held devices ……………………………………………………………

10. computing power …………………………………………………………….

11. an award-winning Automobile Association …………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………...

12. the auction site’s first chief executive ………………………………………..

13. newly wealthy people ………………………………………………………..

14. the emerging world …………………………………………………………..

15. the world’s leading car maker ………………………………………………..

B. 1. business innovation C. 1. job participation

2 lean manufacturing 2. employee motivation

3. entirely new business models 3. money market

4. supply-chain management 4. decision-makers

5. the most obvious reason 5. problem solving technique

6. pyramid-shaped tea-bags 6. human resource manager

7. material improvement 7. supply curve shift

8. a flourishing economy 8. win-win relationships

9. well-made watch 9. cash-flow forecasting

10. little practical benefit 10. industrial relations history

11. five-blade shaving system 11. nominal interest rate

12. big technology firms 12. lower income car buyers

13. long-awaited decision 13. interest rate determination model

14. the world’s biggest chipmaker

C…1) job participation…………………………………………….

2)employee motivation………………………………………..

3) do-gooding …………………………………………………

4) do gooders’ status…………………………………………..

5) decision-makers ………………………………. ………....

6) problem solving techniques ……………………………….

7) human resource manager ………………………………….

8) win-win relationships ……………………………………...

9) cash-flow forecasting ……………………………………...

10) industrial relations history………………………………..

11) lower income car byers…………………………………...

12) today’s competitive job market ………………………….

13). an American corporate governance consultancy………..

……………………………………………………………

14) operating systems benefits

D. 1. ever-increasing capital requirements ………………………………………..

2. online advertising …………………………………………………………

3. the European Commission’s current investigation …………………………..

4. the biggest short-term uncertainty …………………………………………..

5. precise-looking forecasts ……………………………………………………

6. existing employees …………………………………………………………..

7. ill-understood reasons ……………………………………………………….

8. an expanding workforce……………………………………………………...

9. the technology ladder ………………………………………………………..

10. the world’s top computer brands ……………………………………………

11. foreign-owned production networks…………………………………………

12. talented staff …………………………………………………………………

13. an essential tool of management ……………………………………………..

14. newly released figures ……………………………………………………….

15. the high spending days ………………………………………………………

Exercise 9. Translate the following compound nouns. Use a dictionary to define

the meaning of the below words.

Examples:

1.warfare (war, fare)- struggling, fighting

2.battlefield (battleground) 1) a place where a battle is being

fought or has been fought

2) a subject that people disagree or

argue a lot about;

3.roadside ……………………………………………………………

4.road-sign ………………………………………………………….

5.road work (Br. road works) ………………………………………

………………………………………………………………………

6.roadblocks 1) a place where the police are stopping the traffic

2) Am. E. something that stops the progress of a plan (mental

roadblocks)

7.road -house ……………………………………………………………...

8.road manager …………………………………………………………….

9.a flower bed ………………………………………………………...........

10. footpath, footprint …………………………………………………….

11.foot-work ……………………………………………………………….

12.paperclip ………………………………………………………………..

13.paper girl/ boy …………………………………………………………..

14.paper pusher …………………………………………………………….

15.shop-window ……………………………………………………............

16.pencil sharpener …………………………………………………………

17.day dreamer ……………………………………………………………..

18.holidaymaker, policymaker ……………………………………………..

19.hearsay …………………………………………………………………..

20.heavyweight ……………………………………………………………..

21.mother-to-be (mothers-to-be) …………………………………………..

22.watchdog …………………………………………………………………

23.watch-word ……………………………………………………………… 24.powerhouse ………………………………………………………………