< Workbook Lesson 0A—Cognates Exercise
< Workbook Lesson 0A—Cognates Exercise
Workbook Lesson 0A—Cognates Exercise |
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Sound out the words in this exercise with the help of your alphabet chart. All of the words in this exercise are shared by English and Russian. Sound out each Russian word and then write its English form in the center column. If you are stuck, look at the hint.
Russian Word |
Write the English Equivalent |
Hint |
мама |
mama |
granny's kid |
папа |
the other granny's kid |
|
акт |
part of a play |
|
парк |
a rest area |
|
порт |
any is fine in a storm |
|
террор |
Stalin's forte |
|
метеор |
falling star |
|
доктор |
has infinite patients |
|
трактор |
what farmers ride |
|
термометр |
it has a lot of degrees |
|
математика |
the unnatural science |
|
Арктика |
go there for goosebumps |
|
радио |
it talks and rocks |
|
радиатор |
a source of warmth |
|
драма |
unfunny stuff |
|
Африка |
a major continent |
|
факт |
something undeniable |
|
фронт |
put up a good one |
|
танк |
heavy-duty vehicle |
|
патент |
protector of inventions |
|
Антарктика |
opposite of Арктика |
|
капитан |
the boat's boss |
|
митинг |
let's all get together |
|
план |
a good idea |
|
гранит |
a hard stone |
|
грамм |
European measure |
|
гол |
what you score |
|
металл |
heavy stuff |
|
телефон |
distant sound machine |
|
телеграф |
Western Union |
|
телеграмма |
a wire |
|
лампа |
it sheds much light |
|
ангел |
a feathered friend |
|
Италия |
the boot country |
|
армия |
big bunch of fighters |
|
салат |
uncooked greens |
|
аспирин |
headache medicine |
|
министр |
government official |
|
система |
organization |
|
сигнал |
it let's you know |
|
авиатор |
a flier |
|
ветеран |
he's been around |
|
витамин |
health pills |
|
веранда |
where southern belles sit |
|
студент |
an easy job |
|
университет |
sports-fraternity complex |
|
аудитория |
a good place to spectate |
|
литература |
like, uh, novels & poems |
|
август |
a summery month |
|
вулкан |
a geological zit |
|
табак |
avoid this |
|
бар |
an urban oasis |
|
банан |
fruit with appeal |
|
балет |
home of the tutu |
|
парламент |
British legislature |
|
крокодил |
Capt. Hook's nemesis |
|
президент |
US head honcho |
|
физика |
a natural science |
|
базар |
a bizarre market |
|
кризис |
a major problem |
|
виза |
you need it to travel |
|
визит |
the shorter the better |
|
фантазия |
like, unreal! |
|
формула |
chemical recipe |
|
апрель |
a springy month |
|
культура |
I ain't got none of it |
|
календарь |
where you get dates |
|
техника |
technical stuff |
|
механик |
the car-fixer |
|
характер |
personality |
|
хоккей |
ice game |
|
медицина |
what doctors do |
|
цемент |
heavy stuff |
|
цивилизация |
results of civil engineering? |
|
машина |
mechanical device |
|
галоши |
rubbers |
|
шарлатан |
an insincere guy |
|
борщ |
Russian soup |
|
экспорт |
take it away! |
|
эскалатор |
the way upstairs |
|
экватор |
some like it hot |
|
поэт |
writes poems |
|
нюанс |
it's easy to miss |
|
мираж |
it's not what it seems |
|
журнал |
a magazine |
|
журналист |
a journal worker |
|
жасмин |
tea flower |
|
Женева |
Swiss city |
|
жакет |
goes with a tie |
|
жираф |
an excellent necker |
|
чемпион |
the guy with the gold |
|
Шанхай |
city in China |
|
Нью-Йорк |
The Big [Red Fruit] |
|
май |
another spring month |
|
гейзер |
a worthless gusher |
|
Чайковский |
big Russian composer |
|
музыка |
tunes |
|
зоопарк |
where animals live |