strikingadj, as striking likeness (news, contrast) strickenpp. terror-stricken; horror-stricken; panic-stricken Note: the verb to strike has homonyms: a) strikeυi бастовать, b) strikenзабастовка, е.g. All the railway workers joined the strike.; to go on strike объявлять забастовку
6. circularadj круглый, круговой, е.g. There is a circular railway running round Moscow. A circular staircase led to the top of the tower.
circulateυ 1. циркулировать, е.g. Blood circulates in the body.; 2. передаваться, распространяться, е.g. Bad news circulates quickly.
circulationn 1. циркуляция, е.g. The circulation of air is rather bad here, that's why it is stuffy.; 2. распространение, обращение (денежное), е.g. Only silver and copper coins are in circulation now.
blood-circulation n кровообращение
circlen 1. круг, окружность, е.g. It's almost impossible to draw a circle without a pair of compasses (без циркуля).; 2. группа, круг людей, е.g. Не belonged to the business circle of the town.
NOTES ON HOMONYMS Homonyms are words that coincide in form, but have different meanings and. may (or may not) belong to different categories or parts of speech. Homonyms may coincide both in phonetic and in graphic form, as ball, n (мяч) and ball, n (бал) or fair, adj (светлый, справедливый и др. знач.) and fair, n (ярмарка). They may coincide only in pronunciation, but have different graphic forms, as sea, n and to see, v. They may coincide in spelling, but be differently pronounced, as lead [led] n (свинец) and to lead [li:d] υ (вести).
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY (I) Words ancient adj finance n piece n astonish υ flood n possibility n built-up adj historic adj pound n circle nhistorical adj puzzle υ circular adj human adj sea level
circulation n humanity n settlement n coin n (the) Humanities slice n commerce n lump n stretch υ currency n mankind n strike υ double-decker n masterpiece n striking adj entertainment nParliament n traffic n exhibit υ parliamentary adj worth n, adj worthy adj
