ENCOUNTER

[ɪn`kaʊntə]

случайная встреча

первый опыт, первое знакомство

столкновение, стычка

схватка, бой

(неожиданно) встретить(ся), столкнуться

наталкиваться, столкнуться

сталкиваться; иметь столкновение

encounter: translation

▪ brief

▪

I did not see him again, except for a brief encounter on a train.

▪ first, initial

▪ last, previous

▪ early

▪

her early encounters with contemporary art

▪ recent

▪ final

▪ casual, chance, random, unexpected

▪

It was a chance encounter that led to the setting up of the new political party.

▪ close, intimate

▪

I decided not to risk a second close encounter with the snakes.

▪ face-to-face, personal

▪ direct

▪

The press conference was her first direct encounter with the media.

▪ fateful, strange

▪ aggressive, armed, dangerous, unpleasant, violent

▪ cultural, social

▪

the language we use in everyday social encounters

▪ colonial

▪

the colonial encounter of indigenous craftsmen with Europeans

▪ erotic, sexual

▪ romantic

▪ homosexual

▪ alien

▪

examination of UFO sightings and alien encounters

▪ have

▪

I had my first encounter with him two years ago.

▪ survive

▪

Few men survive an encounter with her!

▪ win

▪ avoid

▪ recall, remember

▪ describe

▪ occur, take place

▪ result in sth

▪ encounter between

▪

violent encounters between police and protesters

▪ encounter with

▪

my first encounter with my new boss

▪ commonly, frequently, often, regularly

▪

Walruses were commonly encountered in the Shetland Islands until recently.

▪ normally

▪ occasionally

▪ rarely

▪ never

▪ first

▪

an idea I first encountered when I was in the army

▪ previously

▪ be likely to

▪

What are the difficulties you are most likely to encounter?

Encounter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑barrier, ↑delay, ↑difficulty, ↑discrimination, ↑hazard, ↑hostility, ↑interference, ↑obstacle, ↑opposition, ↑prejudice, ↑problem, ↑resistance, ↑roadblock, ↑situation

encounter: translation

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