We use as + adjective/adverb + as to make comparisons when the things we are comparing are equal in some way:
The world’s biggest bull is as big as a small elephant. The weather this summer is as bad as last year. It hasn’t stopped raining for weeks. You have to unwrap it as carefully as you can. It’s quite fragile. Not as … as We use not as … as to make comparisons between things which aren’t equal:
It’s not as heavy as I thought it would be, actually. Rory hasn’t grown as tall as Tommy yet. She’s not singing as loudly as she can. They didn’t play as well as they usually do. We can modify notas … as by using not quite as or not nearly as: The second race was not quite as easy as the first one. (The second race was easy but the first one was easier.)
These new shoes are not nearly as comfortable as my old ones. (My old shoes are a lot more comfortable than these new shoes.)
We can also use not so … as.Not so … as is less common than not as … as: The cycling was good but not so hard as the cross country skiing we did.
Vocabulary an organic reaction органическая реакция
a redox reaction реакция восстановления /окисления (редок реакция)
carbon углерод
hydrogen водород
a functional group функциональная группа
Lewis basicity льюисова основность
to determine определять
electrophillic электрофильные
nucleophillic нуклеофильные
a region область
an excess избыток
to act as вести себя как
whereas тогда как
an area область
a Lewis base основание Льюиса
to attract притягиваться
electron deficient электроноакцепторный
species (pl.species) молекула, разновидность, вид
to reduce восстанавливать
to oxidize окислять
to happen происходить
between между
to involve включать
a gain of electrons получение электронов
a loss потеря
to transfer переносить, передавать
a half-reaction полуреакция
reduction восстановление
oxidation окисление
separately отдельно
to balance уравнять, расставить коэффициенты в химическом уравнении
to add together складывать вместе
conversely наоборот
magnesium магний
to lose терять
to gain получать
however несмотря на
to show показывать
to burn гореть
a concept понятие
key ключевой
hardly soluble трудно растворимый
readily soluble легко растворимый
slightly soluble слабо растворимый
scarcely soluble плохо растворимый
manganese марганец
to occur протекать
to proceed протекать (процесс)
to predict прогнозировать
oxygen кислород
exactly точно