What a beautiful sounding. Beautiful phrases in English with translation

When simple words learned, common topics have found their place in the head, it's time to learn the words that every graduate should know.

Such vocabulary will be useful to those who are going to take or receive. That is why today's article will be devoted to those "non-obvious" rare English words that will help you take a step towards success.

A study of American students shows that, on average, out of more than 5,000 people, only 21 knew the meaning of all the words in the list in this article. 166 people passed 95% of the test, while 3254 people were able to deal with only 60% of the questions. At the end of the article, you will find out which words were recognized as the easiest and most difficult.

Abjure- to refuse, to deny
Abrogate- invalidate, cancel (synonym - nullify)
Abstemious- abstinent, moderate (synonym - moderate)
Acumen- discernment, quick-wittedness (synonym - perspicacity)
Antebellum- pre-war (meaning what happened before civil war in the USA (1861))
Auspicious- favorable (synonym - favorable)
Belie- distort; expose; to defame (synonyms - misrepresent, contradict, slander)
Bellicose- militant, aggressive (synonyms - militant, hostile)
Bowdlerize- to throw out everything undesirable from the book. The term originated from the name of Professor T. Bowdler, who in 1818 published a special edition of Shakespeare's plays, where words and expressions that cannot be pronounced aloud in front of children were omitted.
Chicanery- evasion, litigation
Chromosome- chromosome
Churlish- rude, unfriendly (synonym - boorish, vulgar)
Circumlocution- polyphony, allegory, paraphrase.
Circumnavigate- swim around
Deciduous- shedding, deciduous, shedding leaves, e.g. deciduous teeth- baby teeth.
Deleterious- harmful, dangerous (synonym - harmful)
Enervate- weaken, weaken (synonym - weaken)
Enfranchise- to provide electoral rights; give freedom
Epiphany- Epiphany, Baptism of the Lord; epiphany, insight
Equinox- equinox
Evanescent- disappearing; fleeting
Expurgate- cross off
Facetious- playful, joyful
Fatuous- meaningless, stupid (synonym - foolish, silly)
Feckless- weak, helpless (synonym - useless)
Fiduciary- keeper, trustee
Filibuster- pirate, piracy
Gauche- awkward, awkward. The word came from French, therefore, has an unconventional pronunciation for English.
Gerrymander- election fraud
Hegemony- domination, supremacy (synonym - supremacy)
Homogeneous- homogeneous
Hubris- arrogance, arrogance (synonyms - arrogance, conceit)
Inculcate- to instill, to instill
Jejune- poor; monotonous, meaningless
Kowtow- bow to the ground; bow low
Moiety- component, half, share

• chromosome
• photosynthesis
• respiration
• plagiarize
• hemoglobin
• metamorphosis
• oxidize

The most complicated words were recognized unctuous- unctuous, insinuating and pecuniary- monetary, financial, the value of which was known from about 29% to 34% of the respondents. , and let any words be on your shoulder!

Buzzfeed blogger and columnist Den Dalton polled his Twitter followers to discover the prettiest words in English language according to the majority. And here's what happened:

Aquiver -(adj.) quivering, quivering

mellifluous -(adj.) sweet, sweet

ineffable-(adj.) that which cannot be expressed, indescribable

hireath- (noun) a feeling of homesickness that you cannot return to or that has never been.

nefarious- vile, vile, dishonorable

somnambulist- a person walking in a dream

epoch- era

sonorous- voiced loud noise

serendipity- when everything coincided the best way, or unexpectedly happened important discovery; a pleasant surprise

limerence- a state that is often described as a passionate attraction to someone, obsession or romantic love. But it can be present without love

bombinate- hum, hum

ethereal- ethereal, airy, heavenly

illicit -(adj) illegal, prohibited, criminal

petrichor- pleasant smell of the earth after rain. I think such a word should be in Russian! A hundred times you experience such a feeling but how to describe not
you know, and here's to you, such a gorgeous word! =)

iridescent-(adj) iridescent, iridescent, rainbow-like

epiphany- (noun) moment of sudden insight

supine- (adj) lying horizontally on the back

luminescence -(noun) light produced by electricity, chemicals or other means

solitude -(noun) a state of isolation and solitude

aurora - (noun) dawn

syzygy -(noun) alignment celestial bodies... When, for example, the planets line up

phosphines- light (specks) that occurs when you rub your eyes

oblivion -(noun) a state when everyone around everyone knows everything except you

ephemeral - ephemeral, not lasting very long

incandescence -(noun) light produced by high temperatures

denouement -(noun) completion, summing up, final

vellichor -(noun) strange nostalgia for old books

eloquence -(noun) oratory, eloquence

defenestration -(noun) throwing someone out of the window.
Here it is interesting to think that for some concept to enter the language and be fixed there, this event must happen hundreds of times ..

sonder- the realization that every passer-by also has his own life as full and rich as yours

effervescence - bubbles in water

cromulent -(adj) acceptable, acceptable

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English is one of the most widely spoken languages. Almost every person tries to master it at first. Its popularity is not the only reason, as English contains a large number of beautiful words, and listening to which evokes positive emotions.

The beauty of English vocabulary

The presence of beautiful words in English in terms of sound is due to the peculiarities of phonetics. For example, in the words of this language there are almost no hissing sounds located nearby, there are no difficult to pronounce sounds. However, there are a huge number of long and open vowels, combinations of voiced consonants and vowels. In addition, a lot of vocabulary has been borrowed from other languages, so it is not difficult to learn and find out the meaning without having previously encountered translation. For example, liberty, fantastic, galaxy and others. This is another reason that English seems beautiful - it consists of a mass of borrowed words that have retained the most valuable linguistic forms.

A characteristic feature of the language is high emotional level vocabulary... With the help of colloquial slang, idiomatic expressions, diminutive words, you can fully describe feelings, express emotions.

Linguists from Britain have repeatedly conducted surveys among the population to find out which words are considered the most beautiful. At the same time, only foreigners took part in the survey. Native speakers of the language, accustomed to it since childhood, are not able to objectively assess the beauty of words, since, first of all, they associate it with meaning. According to the results of the survey, leading position among beautiful English words it turned out "Mother"... Otherwise, various factors influenced lexical preferences: age category people, habitual among habitats, etc. For example, words related to romance and music turned out to be popular among young people; older participants named words from philosophical topics.

Ratings of the most beautiful and melodic words with translation

Based on the survey results, a list of about a hundred English words was compiled, here are ten of the most popular ones:

1. Mother - mother;
2. Love - love;
3. Freedom - freedom;
4. Grace - grace;
5. Moment - moment;
6. Blue - blue;
7. Smile - smile;
8. Hope - hope;
9. Bubble - bubble;
10. Peace is peace.

Obviously, calling beautiful word in English, a person, consciously or not, associated it with meaning, therefore, the rating includes a vocabulary that is perfect both in sound and in meaning. Each of these words has a positive connotation. The survey was useful for linguists, as well as for representatives of other fields: psychologists, marketers, etc. In the psychological aspect, it became clear that people associate beauty with good.

When it comes to marketing, first of all, you should use melodic English words for names, slogans and commercials, potential buyers will pay attention to them.

If you evaluate the beauty of a word only by sound, then you can form a new one, guided only by the phonetic features of the vocabulary:

• Golden - gold
• Luminous - luminous
• Camellia - camellia;
• Melody - melody;
• Rosemary - rosemary
• Eternity - eternity;
• Destiny - destiny;
• Sunshine - sunlight;
• Blossom - bloom;
• Rainbow - rainbow;
• Smashing - awesome
• Coconut - coconut;
• Giggle - giggle;
• Paradox is a paradox;
• Felicity - happiness

It is noteworthy that the most elegant words were not root, but borrowed... This emphasizes the multinationality of people or the development of speech, its expansion. In addition, words that contain the letters "s" or "q" are popular. Among such vocabulary, verbs are practically absent - most are represented by adjectives and nouns.
The melodiousness of English words is a good reason to master this language. What is nice to say

Not only textbooks will help you learn English, but also your favorite musical groups. Some of them tried very hard to come up with their names. In this article, we have selected collectives for each letter english alphabet from A to Z. Hopefully the stories and explanations for the team names will inspire you to learn and discover a lot.

• AC / DC

Alternating current / direct current, which in English means alternating current / D.C.... In slang, this concept refers to a bisexual.

• the black Eyed Peas

The translation of the group's name in Russian does not sound so musical - Cowpea, by the way, is a very productive plant belonging to the legume family.

• The Cranberries - cranberries

• Deep Purple - deep purple / deep purple / dark purple

Evanescence | ˌiːvəˈnesns | - disappearance, ephemerality, transience

• Franz Ferdinand

The group is named after the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
His assassination in Sarajevo in 1914 prompted the declaration of the First World War.

• Genesis | ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs | - Being, Genesis, birth

In the early 90s, the group began their musical career with the name His Infernal Magesty (His Devilish Majesty), which was later shortened to the acronym HIM.

• Iron Maiden - iron maiden

• Kasabian

Once, the former guitarist of the group Chris Karloff, saw the name Linda Kasabian in one of the books he was reading. It is so engraved in his memory that it later became the name of the group. Linda, in turn, received her surname by marrying Robert Kasseibian, of American-Armenian descent. It is not difficult to guess that the original surname sounds like “Kasabyan”.

• Led zeppelin

Several legends are associated with the name of this foreign group. One of them says that initially the participants used Lead | ˈled | Zeppelin (Lead Zeppelin, type of airship). In order to avoid mistakes in pronunciation, some read the word Lead as | ˈli: d |, the letter -a- was removed from the name. According to another version, the front of The Who wanted to name their solo project that way, which they told in the future to the manager of the group Led Zeppelin.

• Marilyn manson

The name of the group comes from the merger of the names of actress Marilyn Monroe and maniac Charlie Manson.

• Nightwish - night desire

• OutKast | ˈaʊtkɑːst |

The name of this American duo owes to the word ‘outcast’ - translated from English it means “outcast”, “homeless”, “expelled”. Replacing letters with phonetically similar ones is very popular in creative circles - it makes the name special.

• Placebo | pləˈsiːbəʊ |

Placebo, a harmless drug prescribed to calm the patient

• Queens of the Stone Age - Queens of the Stone Age

• The Rolling Stones [ˈrəʊ.lɪŋ stəʊnz]

The name is an idiomatic expression and is translated as “free wanderers”, “tramps”, “tumbleweed”, although some still persistently call them rolling stones.

• Slipknot [ˈslɪp.nɑːt] - noose, loop, “sliding” knot

• The Thrills - thrill, nervous excitement, deep excitement

• The Undertones | ˈʌndətəʊn | - shade, subtext

Please note that in English name group stands plural; this emphasizes that there are several members in the team.

• Vice Squad | skwɒd | - vicious squad

• Wye oak

This American band is named after a centuries-old white oak (‘Wye Oak’ probably comes from the ‘white oak’) in Maryland.

• Yeah yeah yeahs

The name refers to New York jargon. The word ‘yeah’ is translated from English as “yes, yes”

• ZZ Top

According to band member Billy Gibbons, the name is a tribute to B.B. King, as the band originally planned to be named Z. Z. King. But due to the consonance, the members changed their name to Top, as B.B. King was the "top" musician. In short, a game of association.

We hope you enjoy learning our alternate alphabet. By the way, there is no letter X in it. Let this be its highlight.

We wish you interesting English and success in your studies.

Victoria Tetkina

Nowadays, a person has nowhere without English, because it is everywhere: music, movies, the Internet, video games, even inscriptions on T-shirts. If you are looking for an interesting quote or just a nice phrase, then this article is for you. From it you will learn famous movie quotes, useful colloquial expressions and just beautiful phrases in English (with translation).

About love

This feeling inspires artists, musicians, poets, writers, filmmakers and others in the creative world. How many wonderful works are dedicated to love! For centuries, people have tried to find the most accurate formulations that would reflect the essence of this spiritualizing feeling. There are poetic, philosophical and even humorous phrases. A lot has been written and said about love in English, let's try to collect the most interesting examples.

Love is blind. - Love is blind.

It is difficult to argue with this statement, but there is another one that can better clarify the expressed thought.

Love isn’t blind, it just only sees what matters. - Love is not blind, it only sees what is really important.

The next aphorism continues the same theme. Originally it sounds in French, but here it is presented English translation... These beautiful and precise words belong to Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. - Only the heart is sharp. You cannot see the main thing with your eyes.

Another beautiful saying characterizes not only the feeling itself, but also loving people.

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. - To fall in love does not mean to find and therefore to learn to accept the imperfect.

And finally, we will give a humorous one.However, it has a rather serious meaning.

Love me, love my dog ​​(literal translation: love me - love my dog ​​too). - If you love me, then you will love everything that is connected with me.

For movie fans

People who love to watch movies will surely be interested in quotes from popular American films of different times. There are interesting and even very beautiful phrases there. In English with translation, you can find a list of the hundred most famous film quotes. It was compiled by leading American critics 10 years ago. The first place in it is occupied by the words spoken in the scene of the breakup of the main characters of the film "Gone with the Wind": Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. “Honestly, honey, I don't give a damn about that.

The list also includes many other recognizable quotes from classic films. Some of these tapes are quite old, filmed in the middle of the twentieth century. Phrases from them are now usually used in a humorous quality.

Quotes from other famous American films made relatively recently, from the 80s to the 2000s, are no less popular. Those of them that were especially fond of the audience became the sources of wonderful quotes.

To better understand humor on foreign language, it is good to know at least some famous quotes from film classics, since they are heard by the English-speaking population of the world as well as by the inhabitants of the CIS - phrases from Soviet films.

For tattoos

What phrases can you use? For example, generalizing life experience... Such a tattoo is suitable for a person who has recently experienced a difficult situation, but has managed to learn a lesson from his troubles.

You can also make tattoos from words that will inspire you. By applying such a pattern to your skin, you will, as it were, “recharge” the energy that the words that are important to you carry in them.

When choosing a tattoo with an inscription, it is important to find one that you want to wear on your skin at all times. The good thing about the English language is that you can choose a saying that will contain a minimum of letters and words, but a maximum of meaning. For a text tattoo, this is the perfect formula.

On a T-shirt

The inscriptions on the clothes look very interesting. You can pick up something suitable in the store, but if you want real originality, then it is better to choose a personal motto for yourself, and then order such an inscription on a T-shirt. Beautiful phrases in English work well for this purpose. Choose any or come up with your own, and sample options are presented below.

• Music is my language.
• I always get what I want (I always get what I want).
• Forever young (Forever young).
• Follow your heart.
• Now or never.
• Don’t judge me by my clothes.
• I love chocolate (I love chocolate). Instead of chocolate, there can be any other words: music - music, tea - tea, etc.

In status

For social networks, you can also use beautiful phrases in English. With translation, you don't have to post them together: those who know the language will understand the same way, and those who do not know can ask you. With such a question, acquaintance and communication may well begin. Which of English phrases good for social media status? First of all, those that will reflect the current attitude of the owner or mistress of the page. In the list below, you will find phrases with both life-affirming meaning and those suitable for a bad mood.

Communication

If you are learning English, you have the opportunity to practice your skills through communication in special chats, on forums, as well as in in social networks... To make the conversation easier and more natural, it is useful to remember at least a few. You can always have a list at hand and read it periodically.

Useful colloquial phrases in English can range from the most basic, informal and friendly, to flowery, polite formulas that are good for talking to a stranger or unfamiliar person.

Below are examples of some of the colloquial clichés. The first group consists of those that allow you to thank the interlocutor or respond to thanks.

Another group is phrases that allow you to calm down and support a person during a conversation.

The following set of expressions can be used to express a polite refusal or agreement with the proposal (invitation) of the communication partner.

And the last small list of phrases allows you to ask the interlocutor questions to clarify a particular situation, learn the latest news, etc.

This article presented well-known, useful and simply beautiful phrases in English with translation. They will help you better understand humor, express your thoughts and enjoy communication in a foreign language.