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2. Infirmary:a hospital; sick quarters at school.

3. Sevillef'sevil]: a town in the province of Andalusia [.aenda'lixzja] in the south of Spain.

4. patio['paeti3o]: an open courtyard within the walls of a Spanish house.

5. Silenus[sai'liings]: a Greek mythological character, the tutor and companion of Dionysus [.daia'naisss], the God of wine.

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY Vocabulary Notes

1. confide vi/t 1) to feel trust in smb., e. g. I can confide in him. 2) to tell secrets to, e. g. He confided his troubles (secret, plans, fears) to me.

confidence n 1) strong trust, e. g. I have no confidence in such people (in his ability, in his opinion). He enjoys everybody's

confidence. What she says does not inspire confidence. I shan't betray your confidence. She took me into her confidence. 2)

assurance, belief that one is right or that one will succeed, e. g. He has too much confidence in himself (self- confidence). His lack of

confidence is most annoying. His comforting words gave me confidence. 3) secret which is confided to smb. ( often in pi.), e. g. 1

listened to the girl's confidences with a mixed feeling of pity and disapproval.

confident adj 1) sure, e. g. We were not confident of success. 2) showing confidence, as a confident manner, smile, voice, tone.

confidential adj private or secret, as confidential information, matter, correspondence, voice, etc.

2. start vi/t 1)to begin to move; to set out; to begin a journey, as to start early (late, at 6 p. m., etc.); to start on a trip (a journey, an excursion) for the mountains; 2) to begin to do smth., as to start work (business, conversation); to start working, running, crying; 3) to

cause, to enable, to begin, e. g. How did the war (the fire, the quarrel) start? 4) to set going, as to start a car (a motor, a newspaper); 5)

to make a sudden movement (from pain, shock, etc.), e. g. He started at the noise.

starting-point n a place at which a start is made, e. g. The incident turned out to be a starting-point that set everything afloat.

start n 1) the act of starting, as the start of a race; at the journey's start, e. g. That gave her a start in life, from the startfrom the very beginning, e. g. Everything went wrong from the start, from start to finish.,e. g. This is the whole story from start to finish. 2) a sudden movement caused by pain (shock, etc.), e. g. He sprang up (awoke) with a start. You gave me a s^rt, I must say. by fits and starts

irregularly, e. g. Research work cannot be done by fits and starts.

3. confuse vt 1) to mistake one thing or person for another; to mix up, as to confuse names (words or persons); to confuse facts

(dates), e. g. They look so much alike that I always confuse them. Old people often confuse dates and figures. 2) to make a person

feel uncomfortable, e. g. Everybody's attention confused her and she was at a loss for words. syn. embarrass; to be (feel, seem, get)

confused (embarrassed),e. g. He

seemed a trifle confused (embarrassed).

confusion n 1)the state of being confused; disorder, as to lie (be, be thrown about) in confusion, e. g. His things lay in confusion on the sofa. His thoughts were in confusion. He remained calm in the confusion of battle, syn. mess;2) shame, embarrassment, e. g.

His confusion was obvious. 3) mistaking one thing for another, as the confusion of sounds, letters.

confusing adj embarrassing, e. g. An examiner must not ask confusing questions (not to put the student out). Don't ask embarrassing questions (not to make one uncomfortable).

confused adj 1)embarrased, e. g. The girl looked confused. 2) inconsistent or muddled, e. g. His tale (answer) was confused. He was unable to put his confused ideas into shape.

4. drop vt/i 1) to allow to fall, as to drop a glass (a handkerchief, etc.); to drop bombs; to drop a letter in a pillar-box (a coin in a

slot); 2) to give up, to stop doing smth., as to drop one's work (studies, a habit); to drop smoking, e. g. Let's drop the argument (the

subject). 3) (used with many different meanings) as to drop a subject; to drop a person at some place; to drop a line; to drop (smb.) a

hint (on smth.); to drop one's voice (eyes); to drop one's friends; to drop anchor; 4) to fall to the ground, to the floor, into smth., as to

drop with fatique; to drop into a chair; to drop on (to) one's knees; to drop dead; leaves (apples, blossoms) drop, e. g. It was so quiet,

you might have heard a pin drop. 5) to become less or smaller or weaker, as the temperature, the wind, one's voice, prices may drop;

to drop into see smb. at some place, e. g. Several friends dropped in to tea. to drop off1) to go away, become fewer, as one's friends (customers, the doctor's practice) may drop off; 2) to fall asleep, e. g. He dropped off during the performance, to drop behindto fall

behind, e. g. The two girls dropped behind the rest of the party.

drop nl)a small round portion of liquid, a small quantity of liquid, as drops of water (perspiration, rain, etc.); to drink smth. to the

last drop, take ten drops a day; 2) sudden fall, as a sudden (unexpected, sharp, slight) drop in prices (temperature, etc.).

5. mind vt 1) to attend to or take care of, e. g. Mind your own business. Please, mind the baby (the fire). 2) to obey, e. g. The child won't mind his granny. 3) to be careful of, e. g. Mind the step (the dog). Mind! There is a bus coming. Mind the traffic rules. 4) to

object to, be afraid of, e. g. Do you mind my smoking (if I smoke)? — I don't mind it a bit. (Yes, I mind it very much.) Would you

mind closing the window? — Never mind (an answer to an apology).

mindn 1) intellectual faculties, as the great minds of the world; to be in one's right mind, e. g. Lomonosov was one of the greatest

minds of the world of his time. Are you in your right mind to say such things? 2) memory or remembrance, as to come to one's mind;

to bear in mind, e. g. The incident gradually came to my mind. Bear in mind that you are to be here at six sharp. 3) one's thoughts,

opinions, wishes, as to make up one's mindto come to a decision, e. g. I've made up my mind and I'll stick to my decision, to change one's mind.,e. g. Iwon't change my mind whatever is said, to be in two mindsto hesitate, e. g. I'm in two minds and can 'tgive you a definite answer now. to speak one's mindto say what one thinks, e. g. Don't beat about the bush, speak your mind, to give a person a

piece of one's mindto tell him frankly what one thinks of him, e. g. I shall give you a piece of my mind, unpleasant as that may be. to

have a (no) mind toto be disposed to, e. g. She had no mind to answer such questions, to have smth. on one's mindto be anxious about

smth., e. g. She seemed to have something on her mind and could not concentrate.

-minded adj in compounds having the kind of mind indicated, as absent-minded, fair-minded, broad-minded, narrow-minded, e. g.

She is very absent-minded and always leaves her things behind.

6. practise vt 1) to do regularly, as practise early rising, a method of work; to practise what one preaches, e. g. If only he'd practised what he'd preached! 2) to pursue the profession (of a lawyer or a doctor), as to practise law, medicine, e. g. It has been long

since I practised medicine. 3) to do again and again, as to practise tennis, the piano, e. g. She practises the piano for an hour every

day.

practice n 1) action as opposed to theory, e. g. The method is rather simple in practice, and very effective, to put into practiceto

carry out, as to put into practice a theory, a plan, an idea, a suggestion, e. g. The theory seems right, but we must think of how to put

it into practice. 2) systematically repeated action, as much, regular, constant, sufficient practice, e. g. What you need is more practice.

Look how precise the movements of the worker are, practice shows, to be in (out of) practiceto be able (unable) to do smth. well, e. g. I

used to be a good chessplayer, but I'm out of practice now. 3) habit or custom, e. g. It was then the practice (or a common practice).

After supper Dad went for a walk as was his usual practice. 4) the work of a doctor or a lawer, e. g. Doctor N. has retired from

practice. Manson had a large practice. He was a young lawyer with no practice at all.

practitioner n practising doctor or lawyer, e. g. Andrew Manson worked as a general practitioner.

practical adj useful, as practical advice, results, benefit, help, matters, use, application, considerations, difficulties (difficulties in

putting smth. into practice), e. g. It's of no practical use. There were practical difficulties. They used to play practical jokes on each

other and neither ever got offended.

practically adv virtually, e. g. Practically everyone was willing to help.

7. odd adj 1) (of numbers) not even, e. g. 1, 3, 5 are odd numbers.

2) used of one of a pair when the other is missing, as an odd shoe or glove;

3) used of one or more members of a set when separated from the rest, as two odd volumes of an encyclopaedia; 4) extra, over, as

thirty odd years, fifty and some odd miles; 5) occasional, not regular, as odd jobs; 6) strange, not ordinary, surprising, as an odd

person (way, manner; look, appearance, behaviour), e. g. How odd!

N o t e : strange, oddand queerare synonyms; strangemeans out of the natural order of things; oddrefers to what one does not ordinarily see and is surprised at; queerimplies some doubt as whether all is well, e. g. a queer feeling, a queer affair.

oddly adv in an odd manner; oddly enoughstrange to say, e. g. Oddly enough, she did not turn up at the party.

odds n pi. the chances in favour, e. g. The odds are against us. odds and endsremnants, e. g. What's to be done with all these odds and ends of the paper?