Unit 1. Why I like country music
Vocabulary list 1 p.35-40
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The English word/phrase |
Its Ukrainian equivalent |
1 |
сountry music, hillbilly, bluegrass |
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2 |
scoff, v |
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3 |
blues; bebop |
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4 |
buckdancing |
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5 |
The New York Stock Exchange |
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6 |
tend, v |
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7 |
argue the point |
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8 |
the only index |
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9 |
perceptions |
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10 |
be shaped |
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11 |
gauge [] economic flux |
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12 |
give tips |
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13 |
frustration |
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14 |
capitulate emotionally to |
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15 |
refugee, n |
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16 |
third generation Northern born |
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17 |
despite |
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18 |
protestations |
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19 |
ancestors |
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20 |
strumming, strum |
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21 |
the fiddlelike refrain |
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22 |
Dixie (land) |
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23 |
square dance, square dancing |
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24 |
the interplay between |
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25 |
fiddle; caller |
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26 |
stomping, stomp |
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27 |
swishing, swish |
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28 |
strutting, strut |
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29 |
draw no general conclusions |
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30 |
affirm the truth of sth |
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31 |
grow stiff as a winter cornstalk |
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32 |
harmonize |
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33 |
stand on the sidelines |
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34 |
atonic detachment |
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35 |
shimmy, v |
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36 |
jerk in lack–luster imitation |
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37 |
relate the facts |
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38 |
in remorse or self-castigation |
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39 |
true confession |
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40 |
proficiency in dance |
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41 |
make love to sb |
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42 |
communicate |
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43 |
graceful jiggles |
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44 |
intricately coordinated sweeps |
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45 |
ministrations |
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46 |
riff on sth |
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47 |
prowl [l] dirt streets |
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48 |
rented Cadillacs |
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49 |
parade brick sidewalks |
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50 |
abstract from |
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