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B2-C1 Ukraine. Talking About The Motherland Again
Let me introduce you to the Ukrainian writer Valentina Oseeva and to present a fragment from her book "Vasyok Trubachov and His Friends. A magic word, filled with humanism and love for her native country, for Ukraine, passionately proclaiming peace, understanding and brotherhood between people - that is what Valentina Oseeva's work is like.
Words that are not part of the minimum vocabulary of the level C1
беспризорный homeless;
бич whip;
будка hut
венок wreath;
вскидывать / вскинуть toss;
вышитый embroidered;
задорный perky cheerful playful
изумительный amazing, stupendous
картуз cap with a viso (old word)r;
клевер clover;
корень - root
крынка а tall clay vessel with a wide neck for milk;
кувшинка water lily
лакомиться treat oneself, eat something dainty, delicious
лукошко a hand basket of linden bark or twigs;
нагибаться / нагнуться bend down;
оторачивать / оторочить trim at the edges with braid, cloth or fur;
пересыпать pepper (one's speach);
пригоршня handfuls;
припоминать / припомнить remember, recover in memory;
пучок bundle;
приёмник here: reception centre;
проповедовать proclaim;
свешивать / свесить dangling (his head)
силиться try;
сливаться / слиться merge into;
тесьма ribbon, braid;
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Let me introduce you to the Ukrainian writer Valentina Oseeva and to present a fragment from her book "Vasyok Trubachov and His Friends. A magic word, filled with humanism and love for her native country, for Ukraine, passionately proclaiming peace, understanding and brotherhood between people - that is what Valentina Oseeva's work is like.
Words that are not part of the minimum vocabulary of the level C1
беспризорный homeless;
бич whip;
будка hut
венок wreath;
вскидывать / вскинуть toss;
вышитый embroidered;
задорный perky cheerful playful
изумительный amazing, stupendous
картуз cap with a viso (old word)r;
клевер clover;
корень - root
крынка а tall clay vessel with a wide neck for milk;
кувшинка water lily
лакомиться treat oneself, eat something dainty, delicious
лукошко a hand basket of linden bark or twigs;
нагибаться / нагнуться bend down;
оторачивать / оторочить trim at the edges with braid, cloth or fur;
пересыпать pepper (one's speach);
пригоршня handfuls;
припоминать / припомнить remember, recover in memory;
пучок bundle;
приёмник here: reception centre;
проповедовать proclaim;
свешивать / свесить dangling (his head)
силиться try;
сливаться / слиться merge into;
тесьма ribbon, braid;