English Language Flashcard

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A proverb is …

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a saying expressing some well-known truth

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Define the somatic idiom

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jump out one's skin

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It is a transfer of the meaning on the basis of comparison

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metaphor

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Give the English equivalent for the phrase "важная шишка"

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a big shot

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Metonymy is based on …

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contiguity of meaning

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The only existing classification system of synonyms was established by…

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V.V. Vinogradov

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«Mother-in-law, Jack-of-all trades, forget-me-not» are the examples of… composition.

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morphological

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What are hybrids?

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words made up of elements derived from two or more different languages

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Choose the definition of a phraseological unit

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functionally and semantically inseparable word-groups

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The American word «fall» is …

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Autumn