Подборка цитат на английском # 2⁠⁠

📗 A2 (Elementary):

“Here and now, boys,” chanted the bird. “Here and now, boys.”
The words pressed a trigger, and all of a sudden he remembered everything.” (ref)
- Aldous Huxley, Island.

Vocabulary:
- Chant / tʃænt / (Verb) - a word or phrase that is repeated many times; to sing a prayer or song to a simple tune, or to repeat or sing a word or phrase continuously (воспевать, монотонно распевать)
- All of a sudden / ɔːl ʌv ə ˈsʌdn / (Idiom) - very quickly and without warning (внезапно)

📙 B1 (Intermediate):

“But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.” (ref)
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince.

Vocabulary:
- Tame / teɪm / (Verb) - to make a wild animal tame (приручать)

📕 С1 (Advanced):

“You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too.” (ref)
- James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

Vocabulary:
- Confess / kənˈfes / (Verb) - to admit that you have done something wrong, or to admit unwillingly that something is true (признавать)
- Spurn / spɜːrn / (Verb) - to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having (отвергать)
- Eternity / ɪˈtɜːrnətɪ / (Noun) - time that never ends or that has no limits (вечность)

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