1 A short period of time when you in both countries to mean a ‘temporary перемена (в школе);

stop what you are doing and rest, eat, suspension of activities’ generally. a ~ in the song пауза

etc.: a coffee / lunch/ tea break ◊ Recess usually refers to Parliament in в песне или пении;

Let’s take a break. ◊ a break for Britain, and the term is not used to without a ~

lunch ◊ She worked all day without refer to the daily pause at school. беспрерывно; a ~ for

a break. 2 (also ˈbreak time) (both commercial перерыв

BrE) (NAmE recess) [U] a period в программе для

of time between lessons at school: передачи рекламы

Come and see me at break. recess I /rɪˈses; ˈri:.ses

‖ ˈri:.ses; rɪˈses/

1. 1) Перерыв в работе

или в заседаниях

(парламента, между-

народных организаций

и т. п.; 2) амер.

каникулы (в школе,

университете) 3)

амер. перемена в

школе; noon [little] ~

большая [маленькая]

перемена

BrE AmE Russian

caravan n /ˈkær.ə.væn/ (house) trailer; camper caravan НБАРС I 4. жилой

OALD, 8^th ed. noun 1 (BrE) (Norman Schur. British автоприцеп; дом-фургон

(NAmE camper) a road vehicle English, A to Zed). (часто летний; тж. ~

without an engine that is pulled home)… ~ site место

by a car, designed for people стоянки домов-фургонов;

to live and sleep in, especially посёлок из домов-фургонов

when they are on holiday/ vacation:

a caravan site/ park

caravan LDOCE, 5^th ed.

1 BrE a vehicle that a car can pull

and in which people can live and

sleep when they are on holiday;

= trailer AmE: caravan site/park

(=area of land where people can

park their caravans)

2. BrE a covered vehicle that is

pulled by a horse, and in which

people can live

camper noun OALD, 8^th ed. RV, recreational vehicle, camper¹ n 3. авт. жилой

2 (also ˈcamper van) (both BrE) motorhome автофургон; дача-прицеп

(NAmE RV, recreational vehicle) motor home авт. жилой

(also ˈmotorhome NAmE, BrE) a автофургон, дом на колёсах

large vehicle designed for people (смонтированный на шасси

to live and sleep in when they are грузового автомобиля или

travelling автобуса)

ˈmotor home LDOCE, 5^th ed.

a large vehicle with beds, a kitchen,

a toilet etc, used for traveling and

holidays

camper LDOCE, 5^th ed.

2 (also camper van BrE) a vehicle

that has cooking equipment and beds in it

3 AmE a special type of tent on wheels

that has cooking equipment and beds in it

4 AmE a child who is taking part in a camp

5 happy camper spoken someone who

seems to be happy with their situation

camp LDOCE, 5^th ed.

3 [C,U] a place where young people go

to take part in activities, and where they

usually stay for several days or weeks:

The camp offers hiking fishing, canoeing,

and boating.

cat’s-eyes n pl. surface road reflectors НБАРС cat’s-eye /ˈkætsaɪ/

OALD, 8^th ed. Cat’s-eye /ˈkætsaɪ/ N. Schur: Reflector studs, set 3. авт., дор. катафот,

noun (BrE) one of a line of small at close intervals into road световозвращатель

surfaces along the white lines marking the lanes. Enormously DGB cats-eyes

objects that are fixed into a road helpful on unlighted roads and /ˈkætsaɪz/ «кошачьи глаза»

and that reflect a car’s lights in foggy nights, they are mounted (утопленные в резиновые

order to guide traffic at night in depressible rubber frames so подушки зеркальные

that they can be driven over рефлекторы на дорогах;

without harm. обеспечивают видимость

разметки при свете фар)

council n CEPD, 17^th ed. /kaʊnt.s^əl/ N. Schur: approx. town НБАРС council n

OALD, 8^th ed. council noun /ˈkaʊnsl/ Literally, a local administrative 1. 2) орган местного

2 (BrE) the organization that provides body of a village, town, borough, самоуправления;

services in a city or county, for city, county, etc. But the word is местный совет; city /

example, education, houses, libraries, used, particularly in the country, town/ ~ городской

etc: council workers/services exactly as Americans use town, совет, муниципалитет;

LDOCE, 5^th ed. /ˈkaʊnsəl/ in the sense that it is the council county ~ совет

2 the organization that is responsible to which you apply where there графства (в Велико-

for local government in a particular is a problem about schools, британии); Greater

area in Britain: local council elections| sewage, roads, and that sort of London C. Совет

He sent a letter to the council to thing. There are now more Большого Лондона

complain about the noise.| County/ extensive bodies called district (лондонский

District/City etc Council councils. муниципалитет)

Northampton Borough Council |

council leader/officer/worker etc |