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Часть II / aggregate
A government body that provides fi nancial assistance to the af-
fi anced about 60% of women over 30 are unmarried— помолвленный.
Yet the distinction between illnesses of affl uence and illness-
es of poverty is misleading as a description of the world— богатство,
изобилие.
The ruling Islamist parties in Morocco and Tunisia have long
vaunted an affi nity with Mr Erdogan’s Justice and Development (AK)
party— близость, родство.
Typically, you were affrighted by an attack on that most sacred
of all sacred things: property!— пугать, ужасать.
Similar moves are afoot among other non-politicians— гото-
виться, назревать.
But none of that is likely to put off hardcore vampire afi ciona-
dos— ревностный поклонник, поборник.
They came as far afi eld as Chicago— вдали отдома, издалека.
An ambitious trade deal with Australia has Chinese businessmen
afl utter— взволнованный, возбужденный.
The debate and its aftermath dominated political news for se-
veral days and has transformed the race— последствия, состояние
после случившегося.
What a thoroughly ageist and offensive sub-title— дискрими-
национный.
The horn, which is merely agglutinated hair, the same stuff as fi n-
ger nails, has no pharmacological value— склеиваться (воднородную
массу).
It worked hard to prevent the countries challenging it over some or
all of its absurdly aggrandizing territorial claims in the sea from ganging up against it— увеличивать, усиливать.
When aggregate military spending in the US rises by 1% of GDP,
military spending in California on average rises by about 3%— общий,
итоговый.
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Часть II / aggrieved
American politicians, aggrieved at claims that victims of terrorism were targeted, are calling for investigations— огорченный, расстроенный.
For some, the annual July aggro is the most exciting event in their
alienated young lives— агрессивное поведение; уличная драка.
Aghast at the prospect of an American victory, panic-stricken Soviet bureaucrats turned to Nikita Khrushchev himself. “Is he (Van Cliburn)
the best?” asked the general secretary. Yes, came the answer. “Then give
him fi rst prize” — пораженный ужасом; ошеломленный.
It could take the brand back to its agitprop roots— агитация
ипропаганда.
The airline world is agog at the news that “something” is happening between British Airways, American Airlines and Continental—
возбужденный, сгорающий отлюбопытства.
The industry has, ahem, a long tail of thousands of smaller
ones— гм!
The loss of revenue is serious and should not be airily dismissed
as you have attempted to do— беспечно, беззаботно, легкомысленно.
The fi rms spend big sums on “thought leadership”: ie, papers,
books and conferences, this is not all airy-fairy theory— мечтательный;
причудливый.
A brochure for the SS Great Britain airbrushed out the offending
stump in the late 1990s— ретушировать.
His picture appeared on the cover of Time, chin high and arms
akimbo— руки вбоки, подбоченясь.
The alacrity with which people transition from enthusiasm to sour
entitlement when presented with free stuff is depressing— готовность
(как ответная реакция напредложение).
Yet for all the alarums and excursions, there are few hard conclu-
sions to draw— звон будильника.
Now that Mr Rodríguez is 38 and a shadow of the player he once
was, it has become a fi nancial albatross— пациент, который никак
непоправляется.
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Часть II / alumni
In local elections in 2007, the city elected a class of aldermen es-
pecially close to labour— ольдермен, член городского управления.
Human beings like to think of themselves as the animal kingdom’s
smartest alecks— самоуверенный наглец, нахал.
A report, the fruit of six years of investigations, tracks individual
members of one Chinese hacker group, with aliases such as Ugly Gorilla
and SuperHard— вымышленное имя, кличка.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has threatened an all-out assault
on those Sunni-majority cities— полный; с применением всех сил
иресурсов.
The July fi gures allay fears that this slowdown may have signalled
a change of trend, pointing instead to buoyant underlying demand—
смягчать, ослаблять.
Others, whose lives are blighted by childlessness or genetic dis-
ease, argue passionately for the right to alleviate suffering— облегчать
боль.
The supreme leader is supposed to stay aloof from the cut and
thrust of mundane politics— отчужденный, равнодушный.
The breadth of his friendships is testament to Lawrence’s compul-
sive, almosthypnotic allure— обаяние, очарование.
It lives in sal forest or on alluvial plains among the tall thatch-
grass, increasingly chased out of both by human beings and their fi res—
намывной; наносный.
This is an urgent, all-hands-on-deck moment— сигнал всеоб-
щего сбора.
Several wily also-rans may hold the fi nal balance of power—
серость, посредственность.
Connie Mack, a congressman and senatorial candidate, wound
up in an undignified altercation with Mr Gingrich’s spokesman—
перебранка, ссора.
There are few other sectors of education in which the alumni net-
work is quite so trumpeted as business schools— выпускники (колледжа
или университета.
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Часть II / ambient
Evolutionary difference caused by a feature of the environment—
in this case ambient temperature— окружающий, внешний.
Is God ambidextrous? Мany have some combination of being
gay, left-handed or ambidextrous, and poor in visual-spatial skills—
владеющий одинаково хорошо обеими руками; двуличный.
Because America is holding out for a narrow ambit for any new
provisions on compulsory licensing— границы.
She calls them “zombie nouns”, for their habit of ambling about in
packs, eating the brains of readers— неторопливая, неспешная прогулка.
The US might not fi nd its bully-boy tactics so amenable to the
world’s latest tax shelter— Singapore— подлежащий (наказанию);
подсудный.
Many of the stresses known to damage fetuses can be amelio-
rated by better health education, nutrition supplements and targeted
subsidies— улучшаться.
A weakened Pax Americana could fall apart, to be ruled by a varied set of despots— все, что ассоциируется свлиянием США вмире.
One hundred employers signed another amicus brief— беспристрастный советник всуде.
A display of amity points to tougher times ahead— дружеские,
мирные отношения.
Legislative business restarts amidst debate on constitution—
посреди.
You can be sure that the US will be seriously considering amping
up its semi-secret military campaign in Yemen— усиливать.
But Sunday’s failure is likely to give ammunition to these con-
gressional critics— средство нападения или защиты.
Explicit transcripts of exchanges between Mr Weiner and his virtual amores, one of them reportedly a porn star, are hard to live down—
любовницы.
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Часть II / anointed
Old-fashioned R&D is losing its ampersand— амперсанд, сим-
вол“&”.
Much of what Mr Van Rompuy has in mind should be anathema
to Mr Farage— проклятие.
It would tip the balance of the Supreme Court away from the nar-
row conservative majority once anchored by Mr Scal— быть ведущим,
вести.
Some drugmakers are beginning to sell ancillary services tied to
their wares— вспомогательный, добавочный.
Steve Fossett was half-man, half-android— андроид, человеко-
подобный робот.
The most popular genre by far is “boys love”, tales of naughty ro-
mances between androgynous males— обоеполый, гермафродитный.
Once all but unthinkable (for both sexes), strikes have become
increasingly common. Anecdotally at least, women appear as likely to
take part as men— случайный; несистематический.
He is angling for an invitation; customers were typically medical
researchers angling for promotion— напрашиваться.
It’s not angst that we feel here in Hamburg but plain anger— страх,
тревога, беспокойство.
How transparently his animus towards George Osborne, the
chancellor of the exchequer, motivated his accusations— враждебность,
неприязнь.
In the annals of political intransigence, few beat Senator Jesse
Helms of North Carolina— анналы, летописи.
Will 2013 turn out to be an annus horribilis for the offshore fi -
nancial world?— ужасный год.
Tourists have fl ocked to Bilbao in record numbers ever since the
Guggenheim anointed the rusty Spanish city— совершать миропомазание.
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Часть II / annuity
An attractive feature of the industry’s economics is the annuity-
like income generated from renewals— ежегодная рента, ежегодная
выплата.
Europe’s debt crisis and the BP oil spill sapped business confi dence
and an anomalous surge in imports ate into growth— аномальный,
ненормальный.
On a therapist’s couch, a patient complains of heartache, work
stress and a creepy sense of anomie— психологическое состояние личности, характеризующееся чувством потери ориентации
в жизни.
The West’s response was feeble. It made anodyne pleas to both sides
to refrain from using forcepurely anodyne— утешение, успокоение;
отвлечение.
To stand in his anorak waiting at the bus stop, comme tout le
monde— анорак, куртка скапюшоном.
In continental Europe and jurisdictions such as Panama, foundations and anstalts serve a similar purpose— институты.
The government’s talk of a criminal investigation ups the ante in
its high-stakes clash with BP— вносить долю, делать взнос.
Antipathy to the traditional role of the Fed is, quite simply, one
of the worst intellectual developments to occur in either major party—
неприязнь, отвращение.
It’s been ten days since the last Republican debate and Rick Perry
is getting antsy— беспокойный, дерганый.
Tax increases, trade deals and antidisestablishmentarianism—
движение засохранение заАнгликанской церковью государственного статуса вВеликобритании вXIX в.
Mr. Murdock sealed his defeat by making an antediluvian statement of his own about rape— допотопный; старомодный.
Africa could be the anvil on which a new Chinese foreign policy
begins to be forged— наковальня.
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Часть II / apologist
Robert Hardman, a royal correspondent for the Daily Mail, offers
a convincing tour of the British monarchy as an institution, apeing the
vantage point of the fl y-on-the-wall documentary; They aped the Maidan
protesters in Kiev with barricades made of car tyres and the distribution
of food— обезьянничать; имитировать, копировать.
Each aphid commulity is founded by a single, asexually reproduc-
tive female at the end of winter— тля растительная (Aphididae).
Henry Kissinger may have thought that power is the ultimate aph-
rodisiac— стимулирующий, возбуждающий.
The school is also the apex of the vast global industry devoted to
teaching business— высшая точка, вершина.
Dying bees are a problem, and not just for apiarists— пасечник,
пчеловод.
But there are rumours aplenty of mergers and takeovers among
the world’s big stock exchanges— визобилии.
It escaped no visitor that not since Mao Zedong has a Chinese
leader conducted foreign affairs with such eye-catching aplomb— уверенность всебе, умение себя подать.
He has picked a fi ght over an issue that has assumed apocalyp-
tic proportions for many devout Americans: gay marriage— катастрофический, трагический.
This is almost surely apocryphal because anyone who knew
Rand’s work would know how much she disliked religion in almost any
form; China insists that virtually all the sea belongs to it, citing historical
apocrypha— апокрифический, неканонический.
The apogee came in 1980 in a hot tub at Caesars Palace in Las Ve-
gas— апогей, наивысшая точка.
Derek Chollet’s apologia for what he sees as Mr Obama’s distinc-
tive approach to grand strategy— апология; оправдание.
He harried and skewered fellow-travellers and wishful think-
ers, reserving particular scorn for apologist historians— защитник
идеологии, доктрины.
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Часть II / apoplectic
McCain looked apoplectic and befuddled throughout the debate—
раздраженный.
The freeing of Ingrid Betancourt and other guerrilla hostages is a
political apotheosis for President Álvaro Uribe— культ, обожествление.
Converts from Islam to any other faith are regarded by the state as
apostates who can be put to death— отступник; изменник.
Documents are in the process of being legalised and apostiled—
замечание наполях, заметка.
Mrs Clinton has now revealed that two aspects of the Trump phenomenon appal her— ужасать; потрясать.
And to them are appended new diffi culties that he never foresaw— добавлять, прибавлять.
White Southern Democrats have met their Appomattox: they will
account for just 24 of the South’s 155 senators and congressmen in the incoming Congress— городок вцентральной части штата Вирджиния;
9апреля 1865 вздании суда Аппоматтокса командующий армией
Конфедерации генерал Ли сдался генералу Гранту.
And we’re glad Banyan has returned to keep us apprised of the
situation— извещать, объявлять.
The opposition is weak, though Mr Biya excoriated “the apprentice
sorcerers in the shadows”— подмастерье, ученик (времесле).
But that historical comparison, though apposite, does too little justice to the momentousness of this year’s choice— подходящий, годный,
соответствующий.
This criticism would be apt if America were deliberately contriving
a depreciation, but Idon’t believe that’s what is happening— уместный;
удачный.
Your cover of January 29th was very apropos, depicting a map of
the American states with corny new names— своевременный.
This aqueous liquid then passes through tubes whose cells absorb valuable chemicals, such as salt and glucose, and also some of the
water— водянистый.
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Часть II / arrest
Paget denied having a model other than the text— but he himself
had a long jaw, aquiline nose and high temples— орлиный.
The chairman of SVG Capital, set pinstripes aquiver when he said
that private-equity executives were “paying less tax”— содрогаться.
But many have arbitrageurs routing cheap calls— лицо, зани-
мающееся арбитражными операциями.
Laws and institutions seem to make more difference to people’s
worldly chances than the arcana of theology— секреты, тайны.
Intelligence agencies are using new software to handle the arcane
business of comparing lists of names— тайный, скрытый.
Henry responded archly that “he had not in his realm so many
persons so honestly maintained in living by so little land and rent”—
лукаво, насмешливо.
At its meeting, SAFE concluded that the next phase of foreign-
exchange management will be “glorious and arduous”— трудный,
тяжелый.
Dissenting colleagues at the Supreme Court had their opinions
described as “argle-bargle”, “jiggery pokery” and “pure applesauce”—
см.ниже.
Compared with the argy-bargy over health-care reform, this sum-
mer’s public conversation about controlling carbon emissions has been
a model— перепалка, спор.
Ads in Cockney argot miss the fact that it’s supposed to be con-
fusing — арго; жаргон.
That was a reaction to the arid logical positivism he was taught
as a student— скучный, бессодержательный.
It also marked the moment when maths began to slip away from
being part of the armamentarium of any educated person and towards
the dizzyingly abstruse fi eld it has become today— невразумительный,
трудный для понимания.
It helped arrest its slide into anarchy— останавливать, тормозить.
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Часть II / arresting
The skyline of Paris has just acquired yet another arresting feature— приковывающий внимание; захватывающий.
My brain hums with the difference between an electoral and a judicial arrondissement— отдел местной администрации.
In this company, the Pussy Riot case is distinguished by the fact
that its members actually committed the act over which they were ar-
raigned— singing in a church— even if the interpretation of it by the
court, and the sentence imposed, were unjust— предъявлять обвинение.
He also dismissed the Club of Rome’s prediction that the world was
about to run out of food as arrant nonsense— сущий.
Now the United Arab Emirates is Berbera’s latest arriviste—
выскочка, парвеню.
Mr Obama’s lawyers complained that Arizona was in effect attempting to set its own immigration policy, and thereby arrogating apower
the constitution gives to the federal government— нагло требовать.
Mr Andrew recounts how the founder of MI5, Vernon Kell, tried to
dissuade Neville Chamberlain from appeasing Hitler with a report of the
dictator’s dreams for Napoleonic conquest, peppered with tales of Hitler
mocking Chamberlain as an Arschloch (arsehole)— тупица.
George Washington was also the father of his country and the chief
artifi cer of its independence— ремесленник; мастер.
Small groups of artisanal fi shermen, registered as co-operatives,
had exclusive rights to harvest loco and other benthic creatures in a defi ned area of seabed— производимый нефабричным способом.
The average hourly wage for an intern studying for a bachelor’s
degree in America is $16.21, though arty organisations typically pay nothing— претендующий нахудожественность.
The aristos are paternalistic, the staff deferential and devoted—
аристократы.
But the Harvard-educated, arugula-munching Mr Obama is
hardly a man of the people either— пережевывающий листовой салат
аругула.
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