{"id":12840,"date":"2025-04-09T09:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/?p=12840"},"modified":"2025-03-17T17:22:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:22:59","slug":"collocations-melting-thawing-softening-hardening-texture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/archives\/12840","title":{"rendered":"Collocations: melting, thawing, softening &#038; hardening (texture)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12841\" src=\"http:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ice-melts.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ice-melts.jpg 780w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ice-melts-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ice-melts-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zinaida-english.mamchenkov.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ice-melts-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ice melts<\/strong> (\u043b\u0451\u0434 \u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442)<br \/>\n<em>The ice melts quickly in the sun. (\u041b\u0451\u0434 \u0431\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e \u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435.)<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>snow melts\/ thaws\u00a0<\/strong> (\u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442)<br \/>\n<em>By midday, the snow had melted completely. (\u041a \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0434\u043d\u044e \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430\u044f\u043b.)<br \/>\nIn early spring, the snow thaws and turns into slush. (\u0420\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0435\u0439 \u0432\u0435\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0432\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0432 \u0441\u043b\u044f\u043a\u043e\u0442\u044c.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>goes soft<\/strong> (\u0440\u0430\u0437\u043c\u044f\u0433\u0447\u0430\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f, \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c\u0441\u044f \u043c\u044f\u0433\u0447\u0435)<br \/>\n<em>The peaches went soft after a few days. (\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u043c\u044f\u0433\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c \u0447\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0437 \u043d\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043a\u043e \u0434\u043d\u0435\u0439.)<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>go hard<\/strong> (\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0442\u044c)<br \/>\n<em>If you leave the bread out, it will go hard. (\u0415\u0441\u043b\u0438 \u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0445\u043b\u0435\u0431 \u043d\u0430 \u0432\u043e\u0437\u0434\u0443\u0445\u0435, \u043e\u043d \u0437\u0430\u0447\u0435\u0440\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u0435\u0442.)<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>a voice softens<\/strong> (\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441 \u0441\u043c\u044f\u0433\u0447\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f)<br \/>\n<em>His voice softened when he spoke to the child. (\u0415\u0433\u043e \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441 \u0441\u043c\u044f\u0433\u0447\u0438\u043b\u0441\u044f, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u043d \u0437\u0430\u0433\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043b \u0441 \u0440\u0435\u0431\u0451\u043d\u043a\u043e\u043c.)<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>a voice hardens <\/strong>(\u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0436\u0451\u0441\u0442\u0447\u0435)<br \/>\n<em>Her voice hardened as she became more serious. (\u0415\u0451 \u0433\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0441 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b \u0436\u0451\u0441\u0442\u0447\u0435, \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u043e\u043d\u0430 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u044c\u0451\u0437\u043d\u0435\u0435.)<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>an attitude softens<\/strong> (\u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u043c\u044f\u0433\u0447\u0430\u0435\u0442\u0441\u044f)<br \/>\n<em>Over time, his attitude softened towards his colleagues.(\u0421\u043e \u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0435\u043c \u0435\u0433\u043e \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043a \u043a\u043e\u043b\u043b\u0435\u0433\u0430\u043c \u0441\u043c\u044f\u0433\u0447\u0438\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044c.)<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>an attitude hardens<\/strong> (\u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u0441\u044f \u0436\u0451\u0441\u0442\u0447\u0435)<br \/>\n<em>After the argument, her attitude hardened towards him. (\u041f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0435 \u0441\u0441\u043e\u0440\u044b \u0435\u0451 \u043e\u0442\u043d\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u043a \u043d\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u043e \u0436\u0451\u0441\u0442\u0447\u0435.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ice melts (\u043b\u0451\u0434 \u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442) The ice melts quickly in the sun. (\u041b\u0451\u0434 \u0431\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0440\u043e \u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043e\u043b\u043d\u0446\u0435.) snow melts\/ thaws\u00a0 (\u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u0442\u0430\u0435\u0442) By midday, the snow had melted completely. (\u041a \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0443\u0434\u043d\u044e \u0441\u043d\u0435\u0433 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c\u044e \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0430\u044f\u043b.) 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