Математика. Числительные. Аристова В.М. - 14 стр.

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Beware of using abbreviations:
,10 m— ten million pounds, and
,10 k — ten thousand pounds where they might be misunderstood (k<kilo —
meaning thousand).
If you want to say about maney as about the whole sum the singular verb is used:
"Fifty pounds is all I have and I need it". "Five roubles is quite enough" — Cр.: Пять
рублей будет
вполне достаточно.
The sign @ often shows the price or the limits of price: vegetable oil @ 3 s. 2p. per
quart. — Растительное масло по 3 шиллинга 2 пенса за кварту. Vegetable oil 3s
@ 5s. — Растительное масло от 3 до 5 шиллингов.
In the USA the word "buck"
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(dollar) and the word "dime" (10 cents) are widely
used in speech. So the Americans now have some phaseological units with these
monetary terms: To be in the bucks — быть при деньгах and Not to care a dime —
ни в грош не ставить, не ценить; A dime a dozen — дайм за дюжину, очень де-
шево, дешевле пареной репы.
Be careful in translating: the letter "d" serves as abbreviation to several words
denoting money:
d — denarius — penny, pence пенс (устар.)
— dollar доллар
— dime 10 центов
Numerals with the Names
Numerals with the Names: are read as ordinal numbers and Roman figures are
used after a proper name:
Peter I — Peter the first — Петр Первый
Catherine II — Catherine the second — Екатерина II
Elizabeth II — Elizabeth the second — Елизавета II
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This slang word is supposed to have come into American English from the Nothern American-Indian
language where it meant buckskin — оленья шкура, кожа; which had been used as a unit of barter at that time. 
    Beware of using abbreviations:
    ,10 m— ten million pounds, and
    ,10 k — ten thousand pounds where they might be misunderstood (k

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