Vocabulary. Unit 1

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To culminate in a new invention
A mathematical genius
mankind
To live nearby
To achieve fame, to achieve popularity, to achieve fortune
A great achievement, a remarkable achievement
To be available to somebody/ for something
To be aware of something/ to become aware of something
To be beneficial to something/ to be mutually beneficial
Benefit/benefited/benefiting, to benefit something/somebody, to
benefit from something
To capture criminals, to capture somebody’s imagination/attention

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Contemporary art, contemporary music, contemporary literature
Contemporary - contemporaries
To contribute something to somebody/to something
An efficient secretary
To establish a firm, to establish a university, to establish good relations
A research establishment, an educational establishment, a training
establishment
Future generations, the previous generation, a generation gap
To develop gradually, to ruin gradually
A wonderful opportunity, to take the opportunity of doing something,
to have an opportunity to do someting
Rapid progress, a rapid movement, a rapid growth

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To record historical events, to record a song, a concert, a speech
A subsequent interview, a subsequent event, a subsequent generation
To tame animals, to tame the might of the river