Task 2. Give Russian and / or English equivalents for the following words and expressions from the text: |Russian| |English|
1 retail business
2 put his stamp on things
3 (his father) grew to accept
4 consumer boom
5 took hold
6 took over
7 stock exchange
8 floating
9 eventually
10 a pioneer
11 share scheme
12 state-of-the-art
13 joint venture
14 trade fair
15 establish a factory / branches

— Hi, it’s great that you come back. I’m glad to see you.
— Hi, yeah, thank you, either me
— What airport did you arrive?
— This airport called “London-city”.
—Great. What means of transport did you use in the city?
— I used a lot of types of transport, but I can call you some of them : car, bus, subway.
— How long have you been in the city?
— I have been in the city one week.
— Who you came to?
— I visited my sister there. I haven’t seen her for 2 years.
— Oh, it’s quite a lot. What is the most interesting you did?
— You know, I like simple things. I enjoyed walking. And of course i visited Madame Tussaud’s museum. It was amazing.
— Why did you visit London at school time?
— Because my sister is very busy and I wanted to see her so much.
—When did you come back?
— I came back just yesterday.
— How did you feel about it?
— About returning home?
— Yes.
— I felt so upset, because I really like London.

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1) It is very convenient when next to your house is the "House of Life", where you will perform minor repairs urgently or for some time.2) A small service fee is charged in the repair shop.3) In the beauty salon you can cut your hair, make hair, make a curl, manicure, not to mention different types of massage.4) My older sister wears long loose hair and a bang, and the younger sister wears two pigtails.5) I would like to comb my hair back without parting.6) My shoes were badly worn: the seam burst in two places, and almost the entire sole went away. I'll take them to the workshop.7) Before washing, you need to pay attention to the labels on the clothes: some things need to be washed by hand, and others - in washing machines8) After washing, some things can fade, sit down and crumble.9) My watch is in a hurry. I need to clean them, change arrows and insert a new glass.10) We need to stop at the gas station: I want to fill a full tank of gasoline, pump up the wheels, change the engine oil. In the meantime, we'll wait, I'll wipe the windshield.