C. Translate the phrases into English.

стая птиц a flock of birds, капитан корабля the captain of the ship, фунт клубники a pound of strawberries, овечья шерсть sheep wool, секреты вселенной the secrets of the universe, ведро молока a bucketful of milk, агентство новостей a news agency, земляной орех a pea nut, мировой чемпионат a world championship, дно реки the bottom of the river, край земли the edge of the land, важность этого явления the importance of this phenomenon, отдел продаж a sales department, серия выстрелов a series of shots, мировой кризис a world crisis, база данных a data base, брюхо кота the cat’s belly, кошачьи когти cat claws, информационный центр an information centre, товарный поезд a goods train, голубизна неба the blue of the sky, пение птиц birds’ singing.

D. Give the correct collective noun for the following.

1. a number of people listening to a concert; the audience

2. a number of people at a football match; fans

3. sailors on a ship; the crew

4. father, mother, son and daughter; a family

5. a large number of people together but without order or organization; a crowd

6. the military forces of the country organized for fighting on land; the army

7. a group of war ships; a flotilla

8. players in a game of football; a team

9. a group of people who share a learning experience about a particular subject; a class

10. usually an appointed group of people who review particular subjects and make recommendations; a committee

11. a group of birds; a flock

12. a group of people forming a committee to judge; the jury

13. a political; ethnic or family division of ancient cultures; a tribe

14. a number of animals, especially cattle herded by man; a herd

15. all the people who act in a firm or a play a cast

Hints: class, committee, flock, jury, tribe, herd, cast, family, crew, fans, army, team, flotilla, audience, crowd

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