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The English Language and its Peculiarities 17
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Exercise 1
Study the use of the topical vocabulary and the derivatives.
Translate the sentences.
Accept, acceptance, acceptable, acceptability
1. An accepting- language easily absorbs or accepts words from otherlanguages.
2. Your argument cannot be accepted.
3. Slang is unacceptable in the official language.
4. One of the signs of a community is acceptance of certain rules.
5. Acceptability of a word depends on its register.
6. I had only to accept the terms.
7. The English language is accepted to have become international.
acquire, acquisition, acquirement / gain
А. aguire t
1. He never acquired a taste for serious music.
2. The older you grow, the harder it is for you to acquire friends.
3. Acquisition of fluency in English may be very helpful.
4. His latest acquisition was a Picasso.
5. One of his acquirements was appreciation of good music.
б. Drinking like smoking is an acquired habit.
7. In various usages words may acquire different meanings.
b. gain
1. It is easy to gain a reputation, but hard to get rid of it.
i 2. The matter seemed to be gaining in importance.
3. English has gained much popularity lately.
4. The idea was speedily gaining ground.
5. He managed to gain the upper hand over his counterpart
6. One's gains and losses are not always measured in terms of money.
7. The gains of the revolutions were to be protected.
UNIT I
8. 
He is known for his love of gain.
9. No gains, no pains.
10. All the gains of the past three centuries seemed tohave been lost.