British Studies

 

Course Materials

(PetrSU, 14301 & 14304, 68 academic hours)

Course Vocabulary

Class 1 (21 September)

reasonable
affair
current
humid
latitude/longitude
to extract/mine resources
iron ore
canal/channel
cliff
iconic
to appear/to emerge
emergence
peninsula
to cease to exist
bagpipe
kilt
to maintain/maintenance

Class 2 (28 September)

landmark
BC/AD
tip (2 meanings)
heyday
artificial
revival
to maintain
deposit (geology)
coal
iron ore
mine/to mine
mining industry
maritime
merchant fleet/navy
naval
HMS (ship)
fortified

 

Class 4 (12 October)

to occupy
to impose on
short-term/long-term
offensive (both n. and adj.)
adjacent
indecent
intact (adv.)
stronghold
subordinate (both n. and adj.)

 

Class 5 (19 October)

fabric
to devastate
the House of (Windsor, Romanov, etc.)
to identify/to define/to determine
dairy (adj)
revenue
curve
famine
to abdicate
heir
succession
pasture/meadow
linen (adj., e.g. linen industry)
to exert (influence)
to carry out/to implement/to execute
domain
scarce
annual
access

 

Class 6 (26 October)

to land
to retreat/to withdraw
the Neolithic
elaborate (adj.) - to elaborate
to cast iron

 

Class 7 (9 November)

to annihilate
dominance/superiority
sacrifice
sacred
raid
mercenary


Class 8 (16 November)

census
subject (n.)
rival


Class 9 (23 November)

fiance
to outdo
to mint
servant
clergy
to excommunicate
to execute/execution
illegitimate
adultery
to ascend
to irradicate

Class 10 (30 November)

to assume (assumption)
heresy
to claim power
secular
parish
conventional

Class 13 (21 December)

to sentence smbd
job interview
conscription
to convene/dissolve parliament/
to swear an oath
traitor
(high) treason
(court) trial
to charge smbd with

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