Really Want That Job? Don’t Make These Six Mistakes. Mistake #1: Overselling Your Strengths If you want to avoid turning hiring managers off with an excessively keen attitude, make sure to fix these bad habits.1. Overselling your strengths Have you ever been to a department store where the salespeople keep trying to push the store…
The pictures show signs of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the post-Soviet period As the world teetered (балансировал) on the brink of war and revolution, photographer Sergey Produkin-Gorsky travelled the length of the Russian Empire to pioneer a radical new invention: colour photography.His images, created (созданный) in their hundreds between 1905 and 1915…
Compound Words. Tip #2: Closed Compound Words Closed compound words look like one word. At one point, these words weren’t used together, but they’re now accepted as a “real word” in the English language. Closed compound words are usually made up of only two words. Here are some closed compound examples. Example: notebook- тетрадьExample: waistcoat-…
Today’s Word of the Day is: “serene” (adj.) Transcription: [sɪˈriːn] Translation: спокойный, безмятежный Meaning: peaceful and calm; worried by nothing Example: Her eyes were closed and she looked very serene. – Ее глаза были закрыты, и она выглядела очень умиротворенной. Synonyms: calm, peaceful