definition: Anthropology is the study of people, society, and culture.
example: In anthropology class, I learned about simple tools that ancient cultures used.
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The study of humankind, in particular:
The comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development.
The science of human zoology, evolution, and ecology.
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The future of applied anthropology cannot ignore the past, just as applied anthropology should not ignore anthropology as a wider field.
The country has produced important work in biology, medicine, geology, mathematics, physics, genetics, psychology, and anthropology.
While she majored in dance in college, she also studied French, anthropology, and biology.
Had he drawn his explanation of the development of the human young from cultural anthropology rather than ethological studies, he might have constructed a different paradigm of the child's development of early bonds with others.
So he studied anthropology, inquisitive about human societies and their desires and needs.
Social and cultural anthropology is the study of common sense.
It provides a solid underpinning of evolutionary biology for those who want to explore ecology, anthropology and social evolution anywhere on earth.
Another important area that will be influenced is anthropology, evolution and human migration.
The new Cartesianism of cognitive science and biological anthropology provide some contemporary exemplars.
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антропология cultural anthropology — культурная антропология physical anthropology — физическая антропология social anthropology — социальная антропология
definition: To applaud means to clap in order to show approval.
example: Everyone cheered and applauded Manny’s efforts.
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Show approval or praise by clapping:
Show strong approval of (a person or action); praise:
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We got stiffly to our feet and clapped the encores, applauded and cheered the memory of what we once believed and wanted to be.
I began clapping to the music, and they started clapping and applauding.
Suddenly a loud clap came from one of the men, followed by another, and then another until his whole command was clapping and applauding.
You are applauded for your professional prowess and dexterity in a business venture.
It's the one job in the world that you can roll up to stoned out of your mind and you're actually applauded for it.
It was a display of pointless truculence and ignorance and he was applauded for it.
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clap, cheer, whistle, give a standing ovation to, put one's hands together;
hail, acclaim, hurrah, hurray, shout at;
show one's appreciation;
praise, commend, acclaim, salute, extol, laud, admire, welcome, celebrate, express admiration for, express approval of, look on with favour, favour, approve of, sing the praises of, pay tribute to, speak highly of, take one's hat off to, pay homage to, express respect for
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аплодировать , хлопать , рукоплескать to applaud an actor — аплодировать актеру Синоним: cheer, clap
восхищаться ; приветствовать , одобрять to applaud smb.'s skill — восхищаться чьим-л. мастерством to applaud smb.'s decision — одобрять чье-л. решение John applauded my decision. — Джон одобрил мое решение. I applaud you for your courage. — Хвалю вас за мужество. Синоним: approve
definition: To appoint someone to a job means to give the job to them.
example: Two students were appointed to help the scientists with their research.
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Assign a job or role to (someone):
Determine or decide on (a time or a place):
Decree:
Decide the disposition of (property of which one is not the owner) under powers granted by the owner:
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In 1988, he was appointed to the role of divisional director for the group's specialist cars division and in 1992 he was promoted to managing director.
He was appointed to this promotional role because of his high profile in the community.
A new board of directors was appointed to oversee the financially-troubled project.
In my view this document carries greater weight than others cited in the inquiry, for example the Tithe maps because it discharged an express obligation to set out and appoint roads.
Complaints against decisions pertaining to assemblies shall be filed directly to the Supreme Administrative Court within 3 days of the date of delivery of the decision concerned; unless hindered from doing so by formal obstacles, the Court shall appoint the date of the hearing no later than within 7 days of the date of filing the complaint.
On a document being tabled, a motion may be moved without notice to appoint a day for its consideration or for it to be printed.
It isn't as though the Ambassador issued a decree saying ‘I appoint such and such.’
As His sovereignty extends to His worship, so it is His sole prerogative to appoint the laws of His worship, to command of His subjects the way they ought to worship Him.
‘Let us now appoint the laws by which our country may remain in peace.’
So, our submission has always been that that is a beneficial interest in the sense that he has the ability through control of the trustee company to appoint corpus or income to himself.
The nephew had no child but purported to appoint the property by will.
The surviving spouse must have a power of appointment to appoint the property to the survivor's own self or estate.
назначать (на пост) ; утверждать (в должности) to appoint smb. ambassador — назначать кого-л. послом to appoint smb. to a post — назначать кого-л. на пост /на должность/ they appointed White manager /to be manager, as manager/ — Уайта сделали управляющим to appoint smb. professor of the university — назначить кого-л. профессором университета He was appointed manager. — Его назначили управляющим. He was appointed to the position. — Его назначили на эту должность. We must appoint our representative on the board. — Мы должны выдвинуть своего представителя в совет. appoint provisionally — назначать (кого-л.) временно to be appointed to the commission — быть назначенным в комиссию In August of 2002 the Board of Directors appointed him to the position of General Manager. — В августе 2002 г. совет директоров назначил его на пост генерального директора. The company appointed him manager of its Chicago office in March of the following year. — В марте следующего года компания назначила его на должность управляющего в чикагском отделе компании. The council has appoited a race relations adviser. — Совет назначил советнка по вопросам расовых взаимоотношений. to appoint a committee — учреждать [создавать, назначать] комитет to appoint a day for the meeting [for the trial] — назначить день собрания [суда] Синоним: assign, designate, name Антоним: discharge, fire, suspend, withdraw
упр. создавать , назначать (напр., комиссию) to appoint a committee — создать комиссию They found it necessary to appoint the exact time and place of their meeting. — Они посчитали необходимым назначить точное время и место встречи. The time appointed for the meeting was 7 p. m. — Собрание было назначено на семь. Синоним: assign, designate, name
договариваться , условливаться (о месте или времени) ; назначать to appoint a day for the wedding — назначить день свадьбы
предписывать ; поручать law appoints that the criminal shall be punished — по закону преступник должен понести наказание to appoint smb. a task — поручить кому-л. задание They appointed him to conduct the negotiations. — Они поручили ему вести переговоры.
определять (время, место) Синоним: assign, designate, name
устраивать , приводить в порядок to appoint smth. magnificently / lavishly — обставлять что-л. пышно / с размахом
definition: Competence is the ability to do something well or effectively.
example: The job was easy because the group had enough competence to do it well.
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The ability to do something successfully or efficiently:
The legal authority of a court or other body to deal with a particular matter:
A person’s subconscious knowledge of the rules governing the formation of speech in their first language.
Often contrasted with performance.
Effective performance of the normal function.
An income large enough to live on, typically an unearned one:
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Some employees are enthusiastic about their supervisor's competence and skills.
She had many friends and related openly and well to me, implying skills in social competence.
In our experience, the competence and skills of traditional birth attendants may vary widely across settings.
A court's competence to grant an anti-suit injunction seems to derive from its jurisdiction to adjudicate.
But the courts have no competence to nullify, repeal or amend the legislation in question.
The Assembly is given competence to exercise legislative authority in respect of those matters falling under the responsibility of the six Northern Ireland Government Departments.
Most testing instruments rely on the assumption that it is possible to separate analytically different aspects of language competence without reference to the context of use.
When assessments are aligned with a prescriptivist view of language ability, many proficient or competent speakers of the language will not fare well on the test for reasons unrelated to language competence.
Communicative competence is a theory of the nature of such knowledge and proficiency.
Circumstances that upset the balance of immunologic competence, such as stress, can impair the local inflammatory response.
In the bacteria Haemophilus influenza and Bacillus subtilis, starvation has been shown to increase competence for DNA uptake.
Alterations in a normal response to inflammatory challenge may impact immune competence and overall animal performance.
умение , способность competence to direct the enterprise — способность /умение/ руководить /управлять/ предприятием he drives with competence — он уверенно ведет автомобиль competence to govern — способность руководить competence in handling computers — умение пользоваться компьютером Синоним: ability, talent
способность , данные , знания, компетентность (достаточные для осуществления какого-л. вида деятельности) The goal is to focus attention on competencies that really affect competitive advantage. — Нужно концентрировать внимание на знаниях, которые действительно формируют конкуретное премущество. immunologic competence — иммунологическая компетентность transcriptional competence — транскрипционная компетентность embryogenic competence — эмбриогенная компетентность Синоним: ability, talent
достаток , материальное обеспечение to enjoy a modest competence — иметь скромный достаток /скромное материальное обеспечение/ He could provide his family with a comfortable competence. — Он мог обеспечить достойное материальное положение своей семьи. to provide one’s family with a comfortable competence — обеспечить своей семье достаток to enjoy a comfortable competence — жить в достатке
юр. компетенция , правомочность , правоспособность , дееспособность under the competence — ответственный; подсудный within the competence — ответственный; подсудный the court's competence — компетенция данного суда Синоним: jurisdiction
лингв.; = language competence языковая компетенция, знание законов языка круг ведения, компетенция геол. мощность , емкость (потока) биол. компетентность , мутантность микроорганизмов
definition: To confer with someone means to discuss something with them to make a decision.
example: I will have to confer with my wife before I can purchase a new car.
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Grant (a title, degree, benefit, or right):
Have discussions; exchange opinions:
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Finally, has any valuable benefit been conferred on either party?
Chief among these is the question of whether any benefits were conferred on the generous donors.
The ceremony in which SFU will confer the honorary degrees, will be held on the last day of the Dalai Lama's visit.
There on the road, the woman is conferring with Henry.
‘After conferring with my colleagues, several of them asked me to run for chair,’ he said.
After conferring with flight controllers and three doctors who happened to be on board, the pilot decided to land in Newfoundland's capital.
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bestow on, present with/to, grant to, award to, decorate with, honour with, give to, give out to, gift with, endow with, vest in, hand out to, extend to, vouchsafe to, accord to
consult, have discussions, discuss things, exchange views, talk, have a talk, speak, converse, communicate, have a chat, have a tête-à-tête;
negotiate, have negotiations, have talks, parley, palaver
informal have a confab, chew the fat/rag, jaw, rap, powwow
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даровать , жаловать , предоставлять ; давать (кому-л.) to confer a title upon smb. — давать титул кому-л. to confer a degree — присудить ученую степень to confer knighthood — пожаловать рыцарство your trust confers an honour on me — вашим доверием вы оказываете мне честь The President of France conferred the Legion of Honour on seven war veterans. — Президент Франции наградил орденом Почетного легиона семерых ветеранов войны. The system had conferred great benefits. — Система дала большие прибыли. Синоним: grant
(confer with) обсуждать , совещаться ; вести переговоры с (кем-л.) to confer with one's lawyer — советоваться с юристом The prisoner asked permission to confer with his lawyer. — Задержанный попросил разрешения посовещаться со своим адвокатом. Синоним: consult
definition: When things are consecutive, they happen one after another without interruption.
example: The king ruled for ten consecutive years.
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Following each other continuously:
In unbroken or logical sequence:
Expressing consequence or result:
Denoting intervals of the same kind (especially fifths or octaves) occurring in succession between two parts or voices.
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Last month's hike is the first following five consecutive months of falling rates.
Economists said this ninth consecutive rise would be followed by further increases in the months ahead.
He followed up with three consecutive Championship wins and was runner-up three times in succession.
You can also look for sequences of consecutive primes in arithmetic progression.
A quantitative comparison of the flickers observed in the two consecutive image sequences was performed.
A Terz is a sequence of three consecutive cards; it is worth 20 points.
In its role as a consecutive connector and as a punctuation marker, it corresponds to other markers in English than well or cos, eg. then or therefore.
The consecutive connector can be omitted.
Consecutive adverbial subordinate sentences are those that express a consequence of what the main clause says.
Since a majority of Dixieland numbers have long chains of secondary dominants you end up using the following scale respectively over each consecutive chord.
For this particular pattern there is a classical fingering pattern which is repeated over each consecutive octave.
As the player went higher, more notes were available in each consecutive octave.
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successive, succeeding, following, in succession, running, in a row, one after the other, back-to-back, continuous, solid, straight, uninterrupted, unbroken
informal on the trot
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последовательный ; консекутивный ; ( непрерывно ) следующий друг за другом for the fifth consecutive time — пятый раз подряд consecutive reaction — хим. последовательная ступенчатая реакция consecutive whorls — следующие друг за другом витки спирали You must get a doctor's certificate if you're off work sick for more than three consecutive days. — Если вы пропустите по болезни больше трех рабочих дней подряд, вам придется принести справку от врача. The company has made a profit for seven consecutive years. — Компания получает прибыль семь лет подряд. consecutive reaction — %% хим. консекутивная реакция, последовательная реакция
definition: When something is crude, it is not exact or detailed, but it can still be useful.
example: She drew crude hearts on the ground to show how much she loved him.
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Natural mineral oil:
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During the same period, China exported 4.3 million tonnes of crude for US $1 billion.
Officials from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries expressed concern of pumping too much crude in the second quarter.
Oil prices also settled back once the Opec cartel stressed that it would pump additional crude into the market and thereby safeguard western economies from the additional threat of higher inflation.
definition: A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces that are all the same size.
example: Please get me some ice cubes to put in my soda.
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Raise (a number or value) to its cube:
Cut (food) into small cubes:
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But in any standard treatment, squaring or cubing an infinite number gives the same infinite number.
Canadian lotteries also require a skill testing question to claim your prize by adding all numbers chosen for the draw, cubing the total and finding the nearest prime number.
He has seen the link between squaring the circle and cubing the sphere, and has been able to translate progress on the first of these two problems into progress on the second.
It was laden with two bowls of steaming chilli, a monstrous plate of salad, and several side dishes of onion, cheese, sour cream, and cubed bread.
Add cubed potatoes, cook for a while, add chick peas, and garden peas, and some torn basil leaves.
Place peeled and cubed sweet potatoes in a large saucepan and add enough water to cover.
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мат. куб куб , третья степень the cube of 5 is 125 — 5 в кубе равняется 125 the cube of 2 is 8 — два в кубе равняется восьми
объем торг. емкость , вместимость (внутренний объем контейнера или склада) high cube container — контейнер повышенной вместимости
брусок (для мощения) дор. мостить брусчаткой мат. возводить в куб , в третью степень вычислять кубатуру, объем разбивать или резать на куски кубической формы to cube ice — колоть лед на кубики to cube the apples — нарезать яблоки кубиками
брикетировать (корм) рубить кубиками, нарезать в форме кубиков Синоним: dice
мат. возводить ( число ) в третью степень вычислять кубический объем кул. надрезать бифштекс, чтобы сделать его более мягким
definition: Feedback is comments to a person about how they are doing something.
example: I asked my boss for feedback on my work.
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Information about reactions to a product, a person’s performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement.
The modification or control of a process or system by its results or effects, for example in a biochemical pathway or behavioural response.
See also negative feedback, positive feedback.
The return of a fraction of the output signal from an amplifier, microphone, or other device to the input of the same device; sound distortion produced by this.
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We improve our products, based on feedback, until they're the best.
It has many ideas for better consultation, more information and feedback, but its most radical call goes far beyond these.
After the performance, the group held a dialog with visitors to get feedback on their performance.
These internal forcings result from feedback within the climate system.
End-product synthesis can exert short-term metabolic feedback control through Pi recycling.
We thus decided to eliminate feedback pathways from the hyolingual to the jaw system.
I do not want to interrupt the debate, but there is a bit of feedback coming through the microphones.
They heard a loud feedback from a microphone and turned around to see where it was coming from.
She switched on the microphone from the booth and it whined with tangy feedback.
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спец. обратная связь ; взаимное усиление (в концепции path dependence: связь между спросом на технологически связанные продукты; если потребители выбрали платформу DOS, они будут предъявлять повышенный спрос на приложения для этой платформы, и наоборот) ; (ответная) реакция feedback amplifier — усилитель обратной связи feedback control — управление с обратной связью negative feedback — отрицательная обратная связь positive feedback — положительная обратная связь feedback channel — канал с обратной связью direct feedback — безредукторная [жесткая] обратная связь bit oriented feedback — обратная связь от битов шифротекста bit-cipher feedback — обратная связь от битов шифротекста block-chaining feedback — обратная связь со сцеплением блоков cipher feedback — обратная связь от шифротекста cipher text feedback — обратная связь от шифротекста non-linear feedback — нелинейная обратная связь output block feedback — обратная связь от выходного блока (в алгоритме DES) output feedback — обратная связь от выхода (в алгоритме DES) single bit cipher feedback — побитовая (однобитовая) обратная связь от шифротекста feedback effect — эффект взаимного усиления Positive feedback creates path dependence. — Положительная обратная связь является причиной эффекта зависимости от выбранного пути.
эк. обратная связь , связь производителя с потребителем, информация от потребителя feedback effect — эффект обратной связи
используемые результаты, полученные в другой области знания радио самовозбуждение (усилителя) упр. (регулярные отчеты исполнителей о текущей деятельности; информация о результатах определенных действий для внесения поправок в будущие решения) марк. (связь с потребителями, клиентами; информация от потребителей, клиентов) тех. (автоматическое поступление данных о работе оборудования в контрольное устройство) тех. (положительное или отрицательное влияние изменяемого параметра системы на скорость его изменения)
unfamiliarity with, lack of enlightenment about, lack of knowledge about, lack of information about
informal cluelessness
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ˌignorance is ˈbliss if you do not know about something, you cannot worry about it
невежественность , невежество , необразованность complete ignorance — полное невежество militant ignorance — воинствующее невежество to betray / demonstrate ignorance — обнаруживать невежество to display / show ignorance — проявлять невежество abysmal / profound / total / complete ignorance — безграничное / глубокое / полное невежество blatant / crass / rank — грубое невежество
неведение , незнание , неосведомленность ignorance of law — юр. незнание права ; юридическая ошибка ignorance of fact — юр. фактическая ошибка to plead ignorance — юр. ссылаться на незнание закона или факта ignorance of the law is no excuse — незнание закона не является оправданием to keep smb. in ignorance of smth. — держать кого-л. в неведении относительно чего-л. I am in complete ignorance of his plans — я ничего не знаю о его планах he did it from /through/ ignorance — он сделал это по неведению /незнанию/ from / through ignorance — по неведению blissful ignorance — блаженное неведение in ignorance of smth. — в неведении относительно чего-л. ignorance about smth. — незнание чего-л.
definition: When something is masculine, it is a quality or thing related to men.
example: American football is usually considered a masculine sport.
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The male sex or gender:
A masculine word or form.
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The result seems very much a mix of the two genders, with the emphasis on the masculine.
It differentiates the masculine from the feminine, the child from the adult and the human from the animal.
It must be part of an inclusive approach to discussing a new history, which integrates the feminine with the masculine.
In dictionaries, adjectives are always given in the masculine singular and this may not be the form in which you need the adjective and you may have to change it.
The Masculine of either the Adjective or the Participle is freely used in any Case and in any construction.
It will be observed that the masculine of the adjective is declined exactly like a masculine noun of the second declension, the feminine exactly like a feminine noun of the first declension, and the neuter exactly like a neuter noun of the second declension.
definition: A monument is a structure that is built to remind people of a person or event.
example: A large monument was built to honor the brave soldiers.
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A statue, building, or other structure erected to commemorate a notable person or event:
A statue or other structure placed over a grave in memory of the dead:
A building, structure, or site that is of historical importance or interest:
An enduring and memorable example of something:
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After his death, the Athenians honored his memory with a statue, and a monument to him was erected in his own country.
They begin with the proposal to erect a monument to a famous figure.
A dream of erecting a monument to the Battle of Britain is now one step closer after fundraisers hit the halfway mark £600,000.
They're monuments to dead climbers - not gravestones per se but carefully constructed shrines.
The late sculptor James McKenna was hailed as one of the best sculptors of the millennium at the unveiling of a monument at his grave in Newbridge last week.
‘There have been some times in the past when people have damaged graves and monuments, but this hasn't happened recently,’ he said.
Historical monuments, sites and buildings also came under the scrutinising eye of the engineers preparing the draft plan.
But Zambia offers other attractions like wildlife, a rich cultural heritage and its people, historical sites and monuments.
Our individual histories reside in monuments and sites; our collective histories reside in places where we live together.
Like an old stone barn with hand-hewn beams, they were built to last, enduring monuments to craftsmanship and common sense.
Pat also contributed his expertise voluntarily over the years and the designs of the buildings are a monument to his skill.
The building was a monument to gloomy Edwardian luxury, with a hallway of marble and panelled wood.
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memorial;
statue, pillar, column, obelisk, cross;
cairn, dolmen, cromlech, monolith, megalith, henge, stone circle;
example, exemplar, model, archetype, pattern, nonpareil, paragon
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памятник ; монумент to build /to erect/ a monument — воздвигнуть памятник a monument to smb., smth. — памятник кому-л., чему-л. a monument of literature — памятник литературы ancient monuments — древние /исторические/ памятники monuments of the past — памятники старины to build / erect a monument — воздвигнуть памятник ancient monument — древний памятник literary monument — литературный памятник national monument — национальный памятник the Monument — колонна в Лондоне в память пожара 1666 г. Синоним: memorial, tombstone
( the Monument ) колонна в Лондоне в память о пожаре 1666 г. уст. надгробный памятник (скульптура)
мышечный , мускульный muscular activity — мышечная работа muscular tissue — анат. мышечная ткань muscular system — мускулатура
мускулистый ; крепкий , сильный muscular man — мускулистый /сильный/ человек to be muscular — быть мускулистым /сильным/ Синоним: strong, brawny, vigorous
definition: A person’s posture is the position in which they stand or sit.
example: Your back will feel better if you improve your posture.
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Behave in a way that is intended to impress or mislead:
Adopt (a particular attitude) so as to impress or mislead:
Place (someone) in a particular attitude or pose:
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I find the only way to challenge the chauvinism, sexism, sexual innuendo and macho posturing there, is to be more rude and more graphic than the guys.
Many people were disquieted about the macho posturing about the fire-fighters.
Unity, when it comes naturally, would be of far more value to the Party and the country as a whole, if it is meaningful and not simply posturing to impress the masses.
The film's web site is remarkably preachy, posturing the movie as a landmark in the battle against sexual harassment.
The Army Campaign Plan provides the necessary strategic vision and direction to execute today's missions while posturing the Army for the future.
I wondered if she was posturing herself like that on purpose.
In a rarely seen move, she postures the father with his back to the audience as soon as the diplomat proposes the arrangement.
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pose, strike an attitude, put on airs, attitudinize, behave affectedly, strut
informal show off
North American informal cop an attitude, hot-dog
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поза , положение ; позиция in a sitting posture — в сидячем положении from the posture of strength — с позиции силы relaxed / comfortable posture — расслабленная, удобная поза upright posture — вертикальное, стоячее положение sitting posture — сидячее положение supine posture — положение лежа на спине to adopt / maintain a posture — принять, сохранять позу He sat in a posture of absolute respect. — Он сидел в позе, выражающей абсолютное почтение. Синоним: pose, attitude
осанка ; постав bad / poor posture — плохая, неправильная осанка good / correct / perfect posture — хорошая, правильная, идеальная осанка She has a very good posture. — У нее очень хорошая осанка.
положение , состояние the present posture of affairs — настоящее /нынешнее/ положение дел Синоним: stand
отношение , позиция , подход total American posture toward Taiwan — общая позиция Америки по отношению к Тайваню to adopt an aggressive posture in the negotiations — занять агрессивную позицию на переговорах a neutral posture toward the discussions — равнодушное отношение к спорам Синоним: attitude, position
состояние (нравственное, духовное) ; расположение духа in moody posture — в дурном настроении
состояние дел, текущая ситуация a competitive posture in the market — конкурентное положение на рынке
тех. станина ставить в позу принимать позу , позировать Синоним: sit, pose
рисоваться , вставать в позу; вызывающе вести себя Синоним: attitudinize
definition: To situate something means to place or build it in a certain place.
example: The road was situated between the forest and the lake.
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создавать (определенные) условия ; помещать в определенные условия или в определенную среду помещать , располагать London is situated on the Thames — Лондон стоит на Темзе
definition: To supervise something means to make sure that it is done correctly.
example: Allen supervised the construction workers to ensure everyone’s safety.
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Observe and direct the execution of (a task or activity):
Observe and direct the work of (someone):
Keep watch over (someone) in the interest of their or others' security:
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Its objective is to win hearts and minds not to supervise the activities that need to be carried out to make the changes effective.
Our artists are directly involved in supervising the printing process.
He was later promoted to senior vice president supervising global growth and technology initiatives.
But more often the causes were informational: it was too costly to monitor quality on the output side, and firms needed to observe and supervise workers in the plant itself.
Will the company then be held liable for improperly supervising its employee on the property in question?
The shift to an increasingly mobile workforce means that many managers supervise employees they rarely see face-to-face.
The families said if he had employed three more security staff to supervise exit doors on the night of the fire, it would have cost him £50 more in wages or about £1 for each life lost.
There are now-classic images of field labor gangs supervised by mounted guards.
First, the more compact spatial organization of the house reduces staff time spent on supervising and escorting prisoners.
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superintend, oversee, be in charge of, be in control of, preside over, direct, administer, manage, run, look after, be responsible for, govern, operate, conduct, organize, handle, guide, steer, pilot
definition: Symmetry is the state of having two halves that are exactly the same.
example: The artist made sure to use perfect symmetry when painting the butterfly.
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The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis:
Correct or pleasing proportion of the parts of a thing:
Similarity or exact correspondence between different things:
A law or operation where a physical property or process has an equivalence in two or more directions.
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In principle, it is possible that the hexagonal symmetry of the inner structure is a result of superposition of stacks of membranes oriented at different angles.
When an egg is spun on its side, its axis of symmetry - a line stretching between the eggs' two tips - starts off by being horizontal.
Certain corals, for example, build structures with hexagonal symmetry, but not in seafloor sediment.
Sometimes he identifies the beautiful with the typical in nature, but in De re aedificatoria he constructs a theory of beauty around mathematical symmetry and proportion of parts.
The judges were more interested in size than overall balance, proportion and symmetry.
This claim uncovers why we find certain formal properties such as symmetry and regularity aesthetically pleasing.
There was too great a link and matching symmetry between the different movements, each one anchored by a duet.
The key point is its re-establishment of symmetry between social relations.
There is a significant lack of symmetry between the two acts of the play, separated by a fifteen minute interval, which I found a distraction.
The usual group of spacetime symmetries in relativistic quantum field theory is called the Poincaré group.
The mathematical beauty and experimental success of this idea have led physicists to extend it to higher energies and possible higher symmetries, as will be described below.
String theory and/or supersymmetry, for example, involve higher dimensions of space that introduce new degrees of freedom and possible violations of space-time symmetries such as Lorentz symmetry.
симметрия bilateral symmetry — двухсторонняя /билатеральная/ симметрия axis of symmetry — ось симметрии centre of symmetry — центр симметрии first symmetry — симметрия первого порядка (между двумя последовательными уровнями иммуногенеза в теории сети, напр. идиотип-антиидиотип) second symmetry — симметрия второго порядка (между тремя последовательными уровнями иммуногенеза в теории сети, напр. антиидиотип-идиотип-антиидиотип)
соразмерность частей; гармония the story lacks symmetry — отдельные части рассказа несоразмерны друг с другом the stately symmetry of her figure — гармоничная величавость ее фигуры Into that disorderly mass, did Adam Smith introduce symmetry, method, and law. — В этот беспорядочный хаос Адам Смит привнес гармонию, метод и закон.
definition: A tattoo is a design that is drawn permanently on the skin with needles.
example: The surfer had tattoos on both his arms.
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A design made by tattooing:
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But for soldiers, getting tattoos has for many years been a way of nurturing a sense of solidarity with their fellow troops.
We must be prepared for all possibilities, not just the ones that play into reporters' preconceived notions about hunters, soldiers, tattoos and guns.
It has also been believed that someone with a tattoo in a certain pattern calls upon the spirit corresponding to that image.
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воен. сигнал вечерней зори to beat /to sound/ the tattoo — играть /бить/ вечернюю зорю to beat the tattoo — играть вечернюю зорю
барабанная дробь to beat a tattoo of triumph on one's chest — с торжествующим видом отбивать барабанную дробь у себя на груди
стук to beat a tattoo on the door — стучать /барабанить/ в дверь ; стучать в дверь to beat a tattoo on the table, to beat the devil's tattoo — барабанить пальцами по столу
татуировка индийский пони время вечерней зори воен. разг. показательные выступления, демонстрация ружейных приемов и т. п. отбивание такта (ногой, пальцами и т. п.) барабанить барабанить пальцами татуировать ; наносить татуировку играть или бить вечернюю зорю отбивать такт воен. играть зорю отбивать такт ногой стучать , ударять (несколько раз) чернить , поносить , позорить
definition: An undergraduate is a student at a college who is studying for a bachelor’s degree.
example: She was excited to finish high school and enroll as an undergraduate in the fall.
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Denoting or relating to an undergraduate:
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In the autumn of 2001, I was teaching an undergraduate class on modern political and social theory.
Our most competitive subjects at undergraduate level are medicine, law, English, computer science, history, engineering, geography, economics, physiotherapy and midwifery.
The book is aimed at undergraduate students in the life sciences, and will also be invaluable for many graduate students.
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новичок , начинающий студент college undergraduate — студент колледжа university undergraduate — студент университета Синоним: student
студент последнего курса an undergraduate at Oxford — студент Оксфордского университета
