Technology

Unit 5

WORD	TRANSLATION	DEFINITION
accessory	аксессуар	something added to a machine or to clothing, which has a useful or decorative purpose
alert	тревога	quick to see, understand and act in a particular situation
appliance	прибор	device, machine or piece of equipment, especially an electrical one that is used in the house, such as a cooker or washing machine
astounding	поразительный	very surprising or shocking
avoid	избегать	to stay away from someone or something, or not use something
boast	похвастать	to speak too proudly or happily about what you have done or what you own
boost	повышение, рост	to improve or increase something
briefing	инструктаж	information that is given to someone just before they do something, or a meeting where this happens
browse	обзор	to look through a book or magazine without reading everything, or to walk around a shop looking at several things without intending to buy any of them
chief technology officer	Главный технический директор	the manager with the most authority concerning technology
clamshell	раковина моллюска	1. The hard outer covering of a mollusk 2. Any of a variety of objects hinged like the shell of a clam, such as a portable computer
convergence	конвергенция	the combining of different forms of electronic technology
coverage	охват	the reporting of a particular important event or subject
dispense	распределять	to give out things, especially products, services or amounts of money, to people
download	скачивать	to move computer software or information from one computing device to another
endow	наделять	to give a large amount of money to pay for creating a college or hospital, etc. or to provide an income for it
endowment	фонд	money that is given to a college or hospital, etc. in order to provide it with an income, or the giving of this money
entrepreneur	предприниматель	someone who starts their own business, especially when this involves seeing a new opportunity
frantic	неистовый, безумный	almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry
handset	телефонная трубка	the part of a telephone that you hold in front of your mouth and against your ear
impact	воздействие	the force or action of one object hitting another
intersection	пересечение	when two lines cross, or the point where this happens
invention	изобретение	something which has never been made before, or the process of creating something which has never been made before
invention	изобретение	something which has never been made before, or the process of creating something which has never been made before
jackknife	карманный нож	to attack someone using a jack knife
landfill	закапывание мусора	getting rid of large amounts of rubbish by burying it, or a place where rubbish is buried
laptop	ноутбук	a computer which is small enough to be carried around easily and is designed for use outside an office
loan	кредит	a sum of money which is borrowed, often from a bank, and has to be paid back, usually together with an extra amount of money that you have to pay as a charge for borrowing
margin	маржа	the amount by which one thing is different from another
nanotechnology	нанотехнологии	an area of science which deals with developing and producing extremely small tools and machines by controlling the arrangement of separate atoms
rapid	быстрый	fast or sudden
rely	полагаться, надеяться	to need a particular thing or the help and support of someone or something in order to continue, to work correctly, or to succeed
rent	аренда	a fixed amount of money that you pay regularly for the use of a room, house, car, television, etc. that someone else owns
returns	возвращаться	to come or go back to a previous place
reveal	раскрывать	to make known or show something that is surprising or that was previously secret
revenue	доход	the income that a government or company receives regularly
ridiculous	смешной	stupid or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at
saturated market	перенасыщенный рынок	where there are more goods than people who want to buy them
shrink	сокращаться	to become smaller, or to make something smaller
start-up	пуск	a small business that has just been started
subscriber	абонент	someone who subscribes to a product, service or organization
to come up with	чтобы придумать	to produce or find
untapped market	неосвоенный рынок	market that is not yet used or taken advantage of
upload	загрузить	to copy or move programs or information to a larger computer system or to the Internet
victim	жертвы	someone or something which has been hurt, damaged or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance

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