241. SPORTS CENTRE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A large sports centre has been made at Aviemore, mainly for winter skiing but also for the use of summer tourists. ▪ At the time I had a job as youth ...
242. STREAM(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a flood/stream of inquiries ▪ The special offer has produced a flood of inquiries from interested customers. a mountain stream ▪ ...
243. TOWN CENTRE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All species showing from Northwich town centre , but no quality fish. ▪ Claims that people would be put off travelling to the town centre because of ...
244. VERY(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a great many/a good many/very many (= a very large number ) ▪ Most of the young men went off to the war, and a great many never came back. ...
245. BIRMINGHAM(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) second largest city of the United Kingdom and a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands metropolitan county. It lies near the geographic centre of England, at the crossing points of the national railway ...
246. CENTRE PARTY(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) German Zentrumspartei, in Germany, political party active in the Second Reich from the time of Otto von Bismarck in the 1870s to 1933. It was the first party of imperial Germany to cut across class and ...
247. CHI-NAN(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Pinyin Jinan, conventional Tsinan city and provincial capital of Shantung sheng (province), China. Chi-nan lies in the northern foothills of the T'ai Mountains, on the high ground just south of the Huang ...
248. CHIANG MAI(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) also spelled Chiengmai, largest city in northern Thailand and the third largest city in the nation after metropolitan Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima. It is located on the Ping River, a major tributary of ...
249. HAMILTON(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) large burgh (town), South Lanarkshire council area, historic county of Lanarkshire, west-central Scotland, situated near the junction of Avon Water and the River Clyde, just southeast of the metropolitan ...
250. KYOTO(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) The upper levels of the pagoda at Yasaka Shrine standing out against the skyline of Kyoto, city, seat of Kyoto fu (urban prefecture), west-central Honshu island, Japan. It is located some 30 miles (48 ...
251. LEUCAS(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Leo V byname Leo The Armenian ( b. Armeniad. Dec. 25, 820, Constantinople), Byzantine emperor responsible for inaugurating the second Iconoclastic period in the Byzantine Empire. When Bardanes Turcus and ...
252. MEXICO CITY(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) The early period Origins The Aztecs arrived in the Valley of Mexico in the 13th century. According to tradition, they founded Tenochtitln (Place of the High Priest Tenoch) after much wandering when they ...
253. OSAKA-KOBE METROPOLITAN AREA(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) second largest urban and industrial agglomeration in Japan, located on Osaka Bay in west-central Honshu at the eastern end of the Inland Sea. The cities of Osaka and Kobe are at the centre of what is called ...
254. PEKING(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Wade-Giles romanization Pei-ching, Pinyin Beijing, city, province-level shih (municipality), and capital of the People's Republic of China. Peking is located in northeastern China at the northern end of ...
255. SHANGHAI(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) also spelled Shang-hai, city, and province-level shih (municipality), east-central China. It is one of the world's largest seaports and a major industrial and commercial centre of China. The city is located ...
256. TARIFF(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) ... Tariffs may be levied either to raise revenue or to protect domestic industries, but a tariff designed primarily to raise revenue may exercise a strong protective influence and a tariff levied primarily ...
257. TROPICAL CYCLONE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) severe atmospheric disturbance in the tropical oceans between latitudes of approximately 5 and 30 in both hemispheres. These storms are characterized by very low atmospheric pressures in the calm, clear ...
258. REVENUE BOND(Англо-Русские словари. English-Russian dictionaries./Новый Англо-Русский толковый словарь по финансовым рынкам) ... для финансирования которого она была выпущена; напр., для финансирования строительства стадиона, мостов, больниц и т. п.) Syn: municipal revenue bond, self-supporting bond See: full faith-and-credit obligation, ...
259. DAY CENTRE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A segregated unit within an existing day centre has just opened at Stockbridge House, Edinburgh. ▪ About two to three of the residents go to the day ...
260. FITNESS(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary) noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fitness test ▪ Walcott will have a fitness test this morning to decide whether he can play. energy/fitness level ▪ Her fitness ...