B. Complete the following words and word combinations.
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She has worked, on and off, as a freelance proof reader and c_______ e_______ for a national publisher.
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D_______ n_______ were especially popular in the United States from about the mid-19th century to the early 20th often featuring a Western theme.
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I am an a_______ r_______ of your magazine and eagerly look forward to each month’s issue.
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He undid the top and drew out a thick, yellowing roll of p_______.
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You wouldn’t think that college students could be so j_______.
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The two books you need for the regular assignment are both inexpensive and in p_______.
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Higher education is a continuing d_______ process.
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Everything l needed was right here libraries, newspapers, p_______ h_______, lectures, even a Writers’ Club.
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We sat on a bench, and the s_______ wrote with a goose-quill pen.
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The PowerShot is a c_______ unit that weighs less than 11 ounces and fits easily in your pocket.
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New technology has s_______ new business opportunities.
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Speech became eternal, thanks to certain marks on stone and clay and p_______.
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Dictionary c_______ recognize this problem and provide separate definitions for such compounds.
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Most economics t_______ skip over the subject of investing and financial markets.
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Simon’s r_______ for the book will go to charity.
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From the kitchen Jenny’s p_______ radio began to play a selection of brass-band music.
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re available for projects which are socially desirable, but not c_______ v_______ without support.
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Pupils learn about how a p_______ p_______ works.
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The new resort area has b_______ tourism.
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The programme brought an i_______ response.
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Descriptions or drawings of ideas are also afforded some protection under c_______ law.
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Here there are 100,000 old books and i_______ m_______, some dating back to the tenth century.
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A c_______ gives children the opportunity to retreat into their own world; it is a very private thing.
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The function of the library as a r_______ of archival documents had not been clearly recognised hitherto.
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The price of petrol has s_______ in recent weeks.
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Crichton’s novels are available in m_______-m_______ p_______ editions.
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You’re still dreaming this impossible dream about you and some fantastic job in b_______.
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C. Give the derivatives of the following words.
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synergy
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copy editor
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copyright
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compactness
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developmental
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viable
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instant
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compiler
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boost
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VI. Translation
A. Translate the following words and word-combinations from Russian into English using active vocabulary.
Страстный читатель; компактность; резко возрасти; пергамент; способствовать увеличению книжных продаж; витиевато украшенные рукописи; редактор-оформитель; писари; литературный редактор; печатные машины; гонорар; бульварные романы; способствовать; издательство; офсетная печать; книги в твёрдом переплёте; издательский редактор; комиксы; портативность; учебники; закон об авторском праве; книги-молнии; хранилище; составители; литература в бумажной обложке; ксилография; книги для детей и юношества; папирус; «прибыльный автор»; создание книг; электронные книги; книги для широкой публики; книги массового производства в мягкой обложке.
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