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English Audio Request

Inna_G
331 Words / 2 Recordings / 5 Comments
Note to recorder:

It's for studying words. Please, make a pause after every part to give me a possibility to answer before you tell me the answer. Comments would be good too.
Please use your Russian in 3 points ;). Thank you very much!!!

against (especially in sporting and legal use)

versus; ex: England versus Australia

a pair of hinged panels fixed inside or outside a window

shutters

to declare

to claim = to state

'it turned out'

it appeared to be that....= it proved to be

mostly

largely

to notice

to spot

to approach

to come up

say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear

to mumble = to mutter = to murmur; ex: She looked at me, mumbled ‘I found you’; and lost consciousness.

the state of being aware of and responsive to one’s surroundings

consciousness

the five senses

sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch

(of spoken or written language) expressed in an incomprehensible or confusing way; unclear

incoherent = incomprehensible; ex: He was unstable on his legs and largely incoherent.

Mysterious

Enigmatic

Fast

rapidly = quickly

about room's dimentions

long; broad; high; ex: His cell was six or seven feet long, four feet broad, and five feet high.

dried stalks of grain

straw

a person or animal that catches or confines another

a captor

pass or cause to pass from place to place or person to person

to circulate = to spread

(of a child) born of parents lawfully married to each other

Legitimate

герцог, герцогиня

Duke, Duchess

граф, графиня

Count (Earl), Countess

a person's child or children
offspring

to protect

to secure = to guard

receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder

inheritance = legacy = heritage

an injury

a wound

opposite for 'to land'

to take off

a ship or large boat; a hollow container

a vessel

sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely

to be engulfed by/in

in a prison

behind bars

follow the course or trail of (someone or something), typically in order to find them or note their location at various points

to track

a paved path for pedestrians at the side of a road

a sidewalk

пугало

a scarecrow

Recordings

Comments

GrahamCates
Nov. 15, 2012

sweep over (something) so as to surround or cover it completely

to engulf (active)
The sea engulfed the island.

to be engulfed by (passive)
The island was engulfed by the sea.

GrahamCates
Nov. 15, 2012

I said "4 foot wide" and not "4 feet wide" - both are used.
I'm 6 foot tall - this may not be grammatically correct - but it is commonly used nonetheless.

Inna_G
Nov. 16, 2012

Chad, Craham, thank you very much! Now I have British and American variants of my lesson. It's amazing :)

zuruski
Nov. 16, 2012

Hi Inna! That was the first time I uploaded a recording. Did it work? Can you hear it? I tried listening to it after I uploaded it but it isn't working for me.

Inna_G
Nov. 16, 2012

Chad, it is great!
I had the same problem with the sound. Try to use another browser, it seems not to work with Firefox, for example. Now I use Google Chrome.