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Describing change

Verbs

Examples

to modify to transform to convert to fluctuate to adopt to amend

The researcher decided to modify the course of the experiment. Literacy transformed millions of people’s lives. Some European mid-sized factories are converting now to using solar power. The exchange rate between the euro and the dollar has fluctuated recently. Most employees became dependent on large corporations and had to adopt to new social environments. The company’s lawyers amended the contract to take account of new situations.

Translate the sentences in which you can use the words and word-combinations expressing “change”.

1. 
   Парламентарии имеют право вносить поправки в действующее законодательство.
   
2. 
   Мировоззрение светского человека часто трансформируется под влиянием религиозных вероучений.
   
3. 
   Служащим придется приспособиться к стилю нового руководства.
   
4. 
   Внесение некоторых модификаций имело целью усовершенствование работы механизма.
   

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