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Очередной диалог с живой разговорной речью на английском языке. Продолжаем улучшать понимание и восприятие беглой речи на слух, знакомимся с различными акцентами, диалектами и сленгом. Ссылка на плейлист Key Vocabulary gone dead notoriety the state of being famous for something bad to achieve notoriety means to become well-known for something bad withstand to stand up to forcefully; resist nudge if you nudge someone, you push them gently, usually with your elbow, in order to draw their attention to something roll in (phrasal verb) to arrive in great numbers or amounts label a piece of paper or other material that gives you information about the object it is attached to tin a closed metal container in which food is sold ingenious (of a person) very intelligent and skilful, or (of a thing) skilfully made or planned and involving new ideas and methods wi’ with ‘em them bid to offer (an amount) in attempting to buy something, esp in competition with others as at an auction flair if you have a flair for a particular thing, you have a natural ability to do it well on the threshold of if you are on the threshold of something exciting or new, you are about to experience it VAT inspector a government official who examines VAT returns and checks that VAT is being paid VAT value added tax (= a type of tax in European countries that is paid by the person who buys goods and services) don’t you worry “Don’t you worry” places more emphasis on the person (“Don’t you worry, you’re going to be okay”), while “don’t worry” places more emphasis on the issue (“Don’t worry, I’m sure the presentation will go well”), but essentially they mean the same thing trade a trade is a particular area of business or industry
