Lexicology 2

The main types of dictionaries are general and special;

• general and special

• general and smart

• bestseller and special

• professional and special

• general, mixed and special

Synonyms for the word "to hope" is

• to expect, to look forward, to anticipate

• to expect, to look for, to anticipate

• to explain, to look forward, to anticipate

• to escape, to look for, to anticipate

• to appear, to look for, to anticipate

The following words dormitory, fall, elevator, apartment are typical for

• American English

• British English

• Standard English

• Just English

• Normal English

Red tape, mare's nest are

• phraseological fusions

• lexical fusions

• morphological fusions

• phrase fusions

• logical fusions

Which of the following words have derived stems?

• beautiful, girlish, activate

• beauty, girlish, activate

• beautiful, girlish, active

• beautiful, girl, activate

• beauty, girl, active

Varieties of the English language peculiar to some districts and having no normalized literary form are

• local dialects

• regional dialects

• various dialects

• mixed dialects

• different dialects

The words glamour, kilt, raid, came into English from

• the Scottish dialect

• the Irish dialects

• the British dialects

• local dialects

• regional dialects

Which of the following words is the case of a metaphor?

• the bonnet of the car

• the bonnet of the house

• the bonnet of the dog

• the bonnet of the school

• the bonnet of the book

Which of the following homonyms are partial?

• match (n) -match (v)

• came (n) -came (v)

• go (n) -go (v)

• sit (n) -sit (v)

• make (n) -make (v)

Which of the given words stand for the American variant of the word "flat"?

• apartment

• flower

• face

• book

• beauty