Compare. Clothes, cloth, material, fabric, clothing, garment, dress Clothesis the usual word for things we wear

Clothes, cloth, material, fabric, clothing, garment, dress Clothesis the usual word for things we wear. Clothes(одежда) are made from various kinds of fabric(ткань), cloth(ткань, часто шер­стяная), or material(материал). Clothingis a more formal word for clothes. A garment(предмет одежды) is a single article of clothing. A dressis a kind of outer garmentworn by women. But sometimes dressis used for a particular type of clothing.

For example: evening dress - фрак, смокинг, вечернее платье

formal dress - официальный костюм

casual dress - неформальная, в свободном стиле одежда

fabulous adj, fabulously adv, fable n

1. Aesop ['i: sDp] wrote some very well known fables.

2. The dragon is a fabulous creature. No such animal has ever existed.

3. The bride looked fabulous in her wedding dress.

4. The painting was sold for a fabulous (an enormous) sum.

5. He is said to be fabulously wealthy.

fake v, n, adj

1. He faked the results of the experiment to prove his theory.

2. She faked illness (= pretended to be ill) so that she didn't have to go
to school.

3. He denied faking my signature.

4. A fake is a person or thing that is not what he / she / it looks like or
pretends to be.

5. He claimed to be a doctor, but he turned out to be a fake.

6. We thought we had bought an antique vase, but it was only a fake.

7. Fake fur coats are often worn because people do not agree with killing
animals for their fur.

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fake - поддельный, фальшивый, false - ложный, ненастоящий, под­дельный, imitation - искусственный, поддельный imitation (fake) jewellery, imitation leather, a fake (фальшивый, неис­кренний) laugh, false teeth, a false alarm

edge n, v

1. Be careful! This knife has a very sharp edge.

2. She was standing by the water's edge, deep in her thoughts.

3. He felt he was on the edge of madness.

4. I'm exhausted. I feel I'm on the edge (на грани срыва)!

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5. Some linguists think that the Russian language is 'on the edge of a ner­
vous breakdown' and needs protection.

6. His question had the cutting edge of a razor.

7. She was wearing a white jacket edged with blue.

8. Fame fired their courage, freedom edged their swords.

fasten v, fastener n, fastening n

1. Mother asked the children to fasten their coats.

2. The plane is landing. Please, fasten your seat belts.

3. There are different kinds of fasteners (or fastenings) for example: zip­
pers, buttons, buckles (пряжки) etc.

4. Could you do up the fasteners on the back of my dress, please?

trim v, n

1. Her new sports car was dark blue with a white trim.

2. I'm having my hair trimmed tomorrow.

3. His beard is always neatly trimmed.

blunt adj (ant. sharp), bluntly adv, bluntness n

1. My knife is blunt. Its edge isn't sharp enough. May I borrow your
sharpener?

2. A blunt person is someone who doesn't try to be polite or to hide
unpleasant facts.

3. To be quite blunt, I think the government has made a complete mess of
things. (To put it bluntly,...)

4. Her bluntness was well-known.

rumour n, v

1. All sorts of rumours are going round the office about him and his
secretary.

2. Rumour has it (= People say) that he's going to get married again.

3. He is rumoured to have left the country.

4. The rumoured marriage between the prince and the dancer did not in
fact take place.

5. There's a rumour circulating (being spread) that the factory is going to
shut down.

scent n, v

1. A scent is a particular, usually pleasant smell, for example the scent of
roses.

2. Scent can also mean perfume.

3. A scent can be left by an animal and followed by hunting dogs.

4. The air was scented with spring flowers.

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