1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452550403321

Autore

Murray John (John Damian)

Titolo

Intermediate Russian : a grammar and workbook / / John Murray and Sarah Smyth

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-415-69824-3

0-203-55881-2

1-136-76556-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Grammar workbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

SmythSarah

Disciplina

491.782/421

Soggetti

Russian language - English

Russian language - Grammar

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Intermediate Russian; Title page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Sources; Part 1 Counting the years; 1 Counting things; сколъко; много/мало; Numerals and nouns; Collective numerals; 2 Dative case; Expression of age; Adverbs of time; Expressing the interval of time prior/subsequent to an event; 3 Ordinal numbers; Dates; Telling the time; 4 Aspect; Imperfective in a general enquiry or statement; так и не + perfective; 5 Revision; Part 2 Making plans; 6 Plans for the future

Imperfective and perfective future tense Suggesting a course of action or inviting someone to do somethingSuggesting a course of action or inviting someone to do something; Reaching a consensus; 7 Expressing possibility and impossibility; можно/нельзя; Expressing pleasure/displeasure; 8 Expressing desire; хотеть/хотеться; собираться + infinitive; 9 Expressing necessity; надо/не надо; нельзя + imperfective/perfective; надо + imperfective/perfective; должен; 10 'If' and 'when' (naming conditions); когда; если/как только; 11 Revision; Part 3 Getting things done; 12 Expressing desire: subjunctive

чтобы13 Imperative; Imperfective imperative; Perfective imperative; Speaking on the telephone; пусть/пускай; 14 Asking for and giving



directions; через; 15 Giving advice, suggesting and agreeing; советовать/посоветовать; не стоит; чтобы; 16 Revision; Part 4 Going places; 17 Past tense; ходил vs. пошёл;  ездил vs. поехал; 18 'On one's way'; идти/ехать; Adverbs: ещё, ещё не, уже, уже не(т); 19 Time spent travelling; идти/ехать in past tense (2); Indefinite pronouns: -то and -нибудь; 20 Stages in a journey; Prefixed verbs of motion; 21 Revision; Part 5 Describing (1); 22 Asking for details

The interrogative: какойRelative clauses: который; Asking questions: ли; 23 Adjectives and adverbs; Hard and soft adjectives; Comparative adjectives; Superlative adjectives; Comparative adverbs; в три раза больше; на три года старше; 24 Long and short adjectives; Adjectives: long and short form; The reflexive pronoun: себя; 25 The weather; Short-form neuter adjective/adverb as predicate; Talking about the weather; 26 Revision; Part 6 Describing (2); 27 Locating things; лежать, стоять and висеть; Adverbs of place; 28 Relocating things; класть/положить, ставить/поставить, вешать/повесить

29 Prepositional phrasesSelection of phrases; 30 Revision; Key to exercises; Glossary of proper names; Glossary of acronyms and abbreviations; Glossary of websites; Vocabulary; Grammar index; Russian index

Sommario/riassunto

<EM>Intermediate Russian</EM> provides a reference grammar and related exercises in one volume. Varied texts from Russian sources give an insight into contemporary Russian society and culture. Features include: <BR>* texts and exercises reflecting contemporary Russian<BR>* concise grammar explanations<BR>* full exercise key <BR>* detailed index.<BR><EM>Intermediate Russian</EM>, and its sister volume, <EM>Basic Russian</EM>, are ideal both for independent study and use in class. Together the books provide a compendium of the essentials of Russian grammar.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455607603321

Autore

Steffen Robert

Titolo

Manual of travel medicine and health [[electronic resource] /] / Robert Steffen, Herbert L. DuPont, Annelies Wilder-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamilton, Ont., : BC Decker, 2007

ISBN

1-282-27426-0

9786612274268

1-60795-072-3

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (608 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DuPontHerbert L. <1938->

Wilder-SmithAnnelies

Disciplina

613.68

Soggetti

Travel - Health aspects

Tropical medicine

Medical geography

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title and Front matter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the First Edition""; ""Preface to the Second Edition""; ""Preface to the Third Edition""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part 1: Basics""; ""1. Travelers and their Destinations""; ""2. Epidemiology of Health Risks in Travelers""; ""3. Principles of Pretravel Counseling""; ""4. Legal Issues""; ""5. Basics of Immunization""; ""6. Basics of Malaria Prophylaxis""; ""7. Options for Self-Therapy and Travel Medicine Kit""; ""8. Water Disinfection""; ""9. General Strategies in Environment-Related Special Risks""

""A. Duration of Exposure""""B. Essentials of Aviation Medicine""; ""C. Essentials of Maritime Medicine""; ""D. The Hajj: Pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia""; ""10. General Strategies in Host-Related Special Risks""; ""A. Principles of Migration Medicine""; ""B. Female and Pregnant Travelers""; ""C. Male Travelers: Corporate Travelers""; ""D. Infants and Children""; ""E. Parents Planning International Adoption""; ""F. Athletes""; ""G. Preexisting Health Conditions and Elderly Travelers""; ""H. HIV Infection and Other Immunodeficiencies""; ""I. Handicapped Travelers""; ""J. Pets""



""Part 2: Infectious Health Risks and their Prevention""""Angiostrongyliasis""; ""Anthrax""; ""Arenaviral Hemorrhagic Fevers""; ""Avian Influenza""; ""Bartonellosis""; ""Botulism""; ""Brucellosis""; ""Chikungunya""; ""Cholera""; ""Dengue""; ""Dermatologic Infections""; ""Diphtheria""; ""Dracunculiasis""; ""Ebola Fever""; ""Echinococcosis""; ""Fasciola Hepatica""; ""Filariasis""; ""Filovirus Infections""; ""Gnathostomiasis""; ""Hantavirus""; ""Hepatitis""; ""Hepatitis A""; ""Hepatitis B""; ""Hepatitis C""; ""Delta Hepatitis""; ""Hepatitis E""; ""Hepatitis G""; ""Human Immunodeficiency Virus""

""Influenza, Seasonal""""Japanese Encephalitis""; ""Lassa Fever""; ""Legionellosis""; ""Leishmaniasis""; ""Leprosy""; ""Leptospirosis""; ""Lyme Borreliosis""; ""Malaria""; ""Measles""; ""Meningococcal Meningitis""; ""Monkeypox""; ""Norovirus/Norwalk Agent Disease""; ""Pertussis""; ""Plague""; ""Poliomyelitis""; ""Rabies""; ""Relapsing Fever""; ""Respiratory Tract Infection""; ""Rickettsial Infections""; ""Rift Valley Fever""; ""Sandfly Fever""; ""Schistosomiasis""; ""Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome""; ""Sexually Transmitted Diseases""; ""Smallpox""; ""Soil-Transmitted Helminths""

""Tetanus""""Tick-Borne Encephalitis""; ""Travelers' Diarrhea""; ""Trypanosomiasis, American (Chagas Disease)""; ""Trypanosomiasis, African (African Sleeping Sickness)""; ""Tuberculosis""; ""Tularemia""; ""Typhoid Fever""; ""Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease""; ""Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, Other""; ""West Nile Virus""; ""Yellow Fever""; ""Part 3: Noninfectious Health Risks and their Prevention""; ""Accidents""; ""Altitude""; ""Animal Bites and Stings""; ""Antarctic and Arctic Travel""; ""Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism""; ""Dermatologic Problems""; ""Diving""

""In-Flight Incidents""