"Learning another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but learning another way to think about things."

Flora Lewis

Amelia

Amelia is a 2009 biographical film of the life of Amelia Earhart, directed by Mira Nair and starring Hilary Swank as Earhart and Richard Gere as husband George Putnam, along with Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor.It was written by Ronald Bass and Anna Hamilton Phelan, using research from sources including East to the Dawn by Susan Butler and The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell. Te film has garnered predominantly negative reviews. Read more

 

 

Vocabulary Focus

  • to traverse - перетинати
  • to travel light - подорожувати без нічого
  • to take the orders - виконувати накази
  • to pop off - помирати
  • to start the engine - запускати двигун
  • to start a clock - засікати час
  • to be stumped for a word - бракувати слів
  • to be vagabond of the air - бути мандрівником неба
  • to be taken with smb - захопитися кимось
  • to get a word in - вставити своїх 5 копійок; замовити за когось слівце (тут)
  • to earn the spotlight - заробити увагу, славу
  • to point out of smb - вирізнятися з-поміж інших
  • to embark on a new life - розпочинати нове життя
  • to pursue one's passion - слідувати своєму захопленню (тому, що любиш)
  • to show up - з'являтися
  • to call off - скасовувати
  • well-spoken - що чемно розмовляє, балакучий
  • reckless - безрозсудний, сміливий
  • tip-top - першокласний
  • sober - тверезий
  • overcast - хмарний, затуманений
  • slight experience - невеликий досвід
  • like a small particle of dust - непомітний (як пилинка)
  • like a grain of sand - малесенький (як мачинка)

Focus on Translation

Look at the expressions given below. Identify whom they belong to and translate them taking into account the context they were used in.

1. Pray I make it! Tip your head and cross your fingers.

2. We're up!

3. The fog comes on little cat feet.

4. Like it or not = take it or leave it

5. Flying makes me move in three dimensions

6. If you do make it, you'll the first woman that has ever tried it. 

7. Pretty girls command more attention.

8. I look my fears right into the face.

9. I can't have it!

10. You can't mean that!

11. Meaning?

12. If you have a point, make it!

13. I can handle it!

14. Should I let you go now?

15. Over!

 

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