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MODULE 7
Charles Babbage
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Progress test
Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and phrases.
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crackpot
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critical tolerances
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dislike for a subject
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downfall
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footnotes of history
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groundbreaking design
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inaccuracy of calculations
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irascible genius
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life-threatening fever
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lifetime interest
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the method of differences
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to apply for funding
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to be ahead of one’s time
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to be disappointed in the mathematical instruction
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to carry out complex operations
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to credit a scientist with an invention
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to dabble in cryptography
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to envisage a completely new machine
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a penchant for
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to graduate with honours
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to make sense
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to obtain results
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to prompt (one’s) love of sth
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to receive instruction from
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to recognize inventor's insights
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to revile for careless spending of public funds
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to suffer from ridicule
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to vindicate mathematician's reputation
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to write a remarkably deep work
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viable model
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Contents
Charles Babbage
Reading
Pronunciation
Comprehension check
Word formation
Vocabulary
Grammar
Lexis in Context
Summary
Progress test