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Часть II / assiduousness
He decried their “indefensible” conceptual basis, and ascribed
their popularity to “extraordinary” American credulity— приписывать.
Yet at this moment of ascendancy in the business world, share-
holder value is under fi erce attack— влияние, господство.
China, North Korea’s closest ally and begrudging patron, has, at
the urging of Pyongyang, ratifi ed the ascension in its offi cial condolenc-
es— вознесение; приход квласти.
At remote Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh, Sai Baba’s birthplace
and the site since 1948 of His ashram, He established an airport— ашрам
(хижина отшельника).
And in the rush to get absolutely everything in, the narrative leans
too heavily on audience asides— отступление, отклонение оттемы.
Baby boomers may look askance at Snapchat, just as millen-
nials may wonder how their peers survived without smartphones—
неодобрительно, сподозрением.
But, more than others, Mr Obama looked aslant at American
power, seeing a need, as he put it in his fi rst inaugural address— косо,
наискось.
Govt keeps an asphyxiating foot on currency — вызывать удушье.
It made a nonsense of the much-repeated Republican refrain that
he is soft on terrorism or— a favourite aspersion— “in over his head” on
national security— клевета.
Do the EU members interests run parallel to those of the specula-
tors and wish to see Greece kept like a fl y in aspic?— заливное (блюдо).
Others see them as aspirational, embodying the poor’s entrepre-
neurial spirit and ambitions for the future— мечтающий добиться более
высокого социального положения.
This was partly because she wanted a smoke and was seeking
alarge aspidistra— азиатский ландыш.
Your grasp of the actual numbers, in this, and other respects, is only
matched by your assiduousness in digging them out— прилежание,
старание, усердие.
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Часть II / assegais
An advancing wall of Zulu warriors, armed with shields and the
stabbing assegais, short spears, that Shaka had invented— ассагай,
дротик уафриканских племен.
Russia is becoming more assertive by the day— агрессивный,
чрезмерно настойчивый.
It is hard to read Churchill’s words and not hear their assonance—
ассонанс, неполная рифма (одних гласных).
Such anxieties are not easily assuaged by economic logic—
успокаивать (гнев ит. п.), смягчать.
Yulia Tymoshenko, and her ally, Yuriy Lutsenko, are imprisoned
and were barred from the ballot means “there will be an asterisk” after
the election— сноска.
The deaths in a house of prayer come at a time when Jerusalem is already astir over the status of holy sites— взволнованный,
возбужденный.
This is bright orange, more like a puree than a juice, and has an
incomparable astringent and invigorating kick— вяжущий.
But Castile’s place astride the pilgrimage route to Santiago de
Compostela helped it grow richer and more important— напути.
It was politically astute to use that quote against Mike Huckabee
last Christmas — умный, проницательный.
White South Africans the absolute pinnacle of sport, to prevent the
veneer of social unity from being rent asunder— далеко друг отдруга.
Many obstacles stand athwart the EU ambitions of Montenegro
and Macedonia, as well as Bosnia, Kosovo and Albania— наклонно,
косо; поперек.
But Russian social protests remain mostly atomised, posing little
real threat to the Kremlin— распылять; разъединять.
That would be out of character in a people who have, since the second world war, been eager to atone for the past and be good European
partners— заглаживать, искупать.
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Часть II / austere
While the recession certainly feels like a period of atonement for
past sins, it’s not clear what the actual dynamics of this atonement—
расплата; искупление (греха, вины).
Workers, whose skills have atrophied from long spells of unem-
ployment, out of the labour force— изнурять, переутомлять.
“Ministers, mistresses, priests, were kept in good humour by pre-
sents of shawls and silks, birds’ nests and attar of roses, bulses of diamonds and bags of guineas”— розовое маслo.
The attenuated primary schedule this year makes it impossible
for any candidate to clinch the nomination before April— ослаблять;
уменьшать.
San Franciscans may hold out their arms to the world, but many
do so standing athwart their single-family homes and yelling “Stop!”—
против; вопреки, наперекор.
Will you not whistle him back, attaboy— молодец!
Does Microsoft still have a big, hairy audacious goal?” —
бесстрашный, храбрый.
Few elected politicians match the audacity of those who govern
Vanuatu, in the Pacifi c islands— отвага, смелость, храбрость.
To clean up the Augean murk of Russian banks— грязный,
запущенный.
Planting two bombs at the Boston Marathon is a sick, twisted act
of mass murder, but it doesn’t necessarily augur any more widespread
campaign of terrorism— пророчить, предсказывать.
For their part, the Chinese get one of the most august brands in
the business— благородный; величественный.
On Apr. 4th Barack Obama announced, to no one’s surprise, that
he would seek a second term in 2012. The timing was auspicious—
благоприятный.
An austere individual would be someone who lives within their
budget: that is, who spends less than their annual income— аскетический,
суровый.
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Часть II / autarky
If the US had remained in fi nancial autarky, the credit boom would
have been smaller— автаркия, изоляционистское государство.
This week his optimistic pragmatism was tested in a chilly,
autum nal Moscow— осенний.
No other section of the population avail themselves more read-
ily— помогать, приносить пользу.
Mysterious, suspicious, avaricious, cold, the fi gure of Henry VII
has long been skipped over or ignored— алчный; жадный.
Now populated by no more than 84000 avatars at a time—
«аватар» синтетический (анимационный) интерактивный объект,
представляющий пользователя ввиртуальном мире.
A prominent commentator recently averred that Mr Netanyahu
is not fi t to hold his job— утверждать, заявлять.
Employers are risk-averse, says Mr Stacey, and often assume that
if something is fl agged on a background check they cannot hire the applicant— питающий антипатию, неприязнь.
His slow, avuncular tones were those of the middle class in the
middle shires; Romantic-era Poland avuncularly ignored local diffi culties
in places like Lithuania— добрый, покровительственный.
The country has become so awash in the stuff since “fracking” (hy-
draulic fracturing of gas-bearing shale deposits) began barely fi ve years
ago— пустая болтовня, переливание изпустого впорожнее.
Awestricken visitors peered at them with delight; it was awestruck
by iPhone— трепещущий отстраха.
Mr Bush went AWOL during his last 18 months of service in the
Texas National Guard— отabsent without offi cial leave; находящийся
всамовольной отлучке.
If things go awry, the government would simply print (well, not
really printing just computer operations) more yens to pay the deb—
кривой; искаженный.
It was once regarded as axiomatic that globalisation would marginalise politics— самоочевидный, нетребующий доказательства.
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Часть II / backstab
B
The bicentennial of his birth was the occasion for academic bac-
chanalias on both sides of the Atlantic— вакханалия; пьяный разгул.
A small group of bacchanalians started opening offbeat organic
wine bars across Paris— гуляка, кутила.
Backbiting could grow, not least over the young prince’s readi-
ness to cash in the family silver— клеветать зачьей-л. спиной.
The family fi rms that form the backbone of the German economy
have more to worry about than recession— хребет.
Given the “lies and backfl ipping” from major-party politicians,
and the number of prime ministers Australia has churned through (fi ve
in the past decade), why should she vote for either of them?— сальто
назад, задний кульбит.
Lines of back-to-back houses in the title sequences of “Corona-
tion Street”, a television series, are the visual cliché— непрерывный,
последовательный.
These backwoodsmen whisper in the president’s ear— дикарь,
провинциал.
Frances’s routine is simple: chores in the daytime and “playing a
couple of games of backgammon taking a cup of watery cocoa— нарды.
Many, if not most, of the graduates from the Southern California
School of Architecture ended up wandering the backlots of Hollywood
studios— площадка рядом скиностудией, где снимаются эпизоды
вне павильона.
They don’t care how many people die, because the Nationalists
love the United States even after the US was about to backstab them,
what a loyal dog— поступить поотношению ккому-л. предательски.
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Часть II / back-story
He is determined, audacious and, in a parliamentary party dominated by privileged white men, has a very compelling back-story—
предыстория оказывает решающее воздействие насобытия, происходящие всамой пьесе.
Tanzania is still a backwater compared with its Kenyan neighbour to the north— тихая заводь; рутина; болото.
India has reservations in jobs, education for lower castes, tribes,
backward caste all on the basis of race— отсталый, отстающий
вразвитии.
The man could be just as perplexing, and played it up — was he really a badass city boy?— отморозок, подонок.
The six Bonds, Pierce Brosnan was the most bloodthirsty, bumping off an average of 19 baddies per fi lm— отрицательный герой;
злодей.
Mr Cameron paused to take an icy dip in a nearby lough, then he
badgered Mr Putin some more— травить.
Finland, with its baffl ing language and culture of reserve, is not
an easy place for outsiders to penetrate— непостижимый, загадочный.
TV executives responded to Tania Alexander, the programme’s
creator, with baffl ement— сложность, трудность.
Thirty billion dollars is a lot of money for anyone except America’s
government and in Washington it is a bagatelle— пустяк; безделушка.
In spite of the enormous losses that took place in his bailiwick,
it is odd that the FSA has chosen to single out Mr Cummings— сфера
компетенции; знакомая область.
This extrapolates to about $2.5 billion worth of baksheesh nation-
ally every year— бакшиш, чаевые, взятка.
Gone was all that balderdash about the sacred mystique of the
Russian state— вздор, чепуха, ерунда.
Bodies were stacked up like bales of hay— укладывать втюки.
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Часть II / bandy
The desire for male descendants has had many baleful conse-
quences in China— гибельный; губительный.
They may even benefi t from the new age of activism, which obliges
managers to refi ne their strategies, boards to be on the ball and fi rms to
stay close to all of their shareholders— расторопный; толковый.
Another sees two handball players snapped from behind, aloft and
balletic— балетный.
The fi rst is an essay about three people who loved ballooning in
the 19th century— раздуваться, увеличиваться.
Russia’s much-ballyhooed turn towards China is less than it
seems — шумиха, ажиотаж.
The goalposts were already in the wrong ballpark— поле для
игры вбейсбол.
No one knows the amounts of money going through the hands of
Singapore Pools, but Iwon’t be surprised, just a ballpark guessing, $100—
грубая оценка; примерное количество.
Vietnam Net and Tuoi Tre, two of Vietnam’s more ballsy state-
controlled publications, have run exposés of fake telepaths and spirit mediums— напористый, пробивной.
On March 1st he dismissed dire government warnings about the
risks of Brexit as baloney— чушь, вздор.
Trumpian success, in essence, rests on a talent for bamboozling
rubes— сбивать столку; разыгрывать.
The Liberal Democrats want to add one percentage point to each
band of income tax to pay for extra spending on health care— диапазон,
интервал.
In distressed clothing and workman’s boots, his scraggly hair often
tied up in a bandanna, he looked every bit the grubby savant— бандана
(косынка c цветным рисунком).
Freedom is one of those words that politicians bandy around
agreat deal over the July 4th holiday— передавать из уст вуста;
распространять (слух).
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Часть II / bandoleers
Gunmen wrapped in bandoleers of ammunition charged into
crowds of Saturday shoppers— патронташ.
A bantamweight female guards at New Orleans airport; In almost
every respect it is managing, as the diplomatic jargon goes, to punch far
above its bantam weight— легчайший вес; «вес петуха».
When Shinzo Abe resigned after just a year as prime minister, in
September 2007, he was derided by voters, broken by chronic illness, and
dogged by the ineptitude that has been the bane of so many recent Japanese leaders— бедствие, бич, проклятие.
Under the baneful infl uence of racing, modern sailing yachts exchange stability for speed— бедственный, губительный.
Thanks to the growing renewable-energy market and the subsidies that come with it, smart investors are now getting even more bang
for their bark— окупать вложенные средства.
Tom Cruise was the most bankable asset— прибыльный.
It is fi tting that 2014 should be a banner year for global trade—
образцовый, показательный.
But now he is campaigning like a banshee, if such a term can be
applied to such an impeccably coiffed fi gure— банши (фольклорный
персонаж: привидение-плакальщица, чьи завывания под окнами
дома предвещают обитателю этого дома смерть).
Facebook, Twitter and the like allow the kind of unimportant ban-
ter that binds old friends together, and sometimes helps you make new
ones— добродушное подшучивание.
Ms Fields had accused Mr Lewandowski of grabbing her and barg-
ing her out of the way— вытолкнуть.
A mature fi rm that cannot make a profi t using standard accounting
rules should be approached with a bargepole— шест для отталкивания
баржи.
The prime minister had promised a fresh start to 2015 by “scraping one or two barnacles off the ship”— наросты.
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Часть II / battering
But the barrage of grim statistics about the horrors the sequester
will infl ict has diminished somewhat in recent days— шквал (критики,
жалоб).
Clinton and Obama traded witty barbs— обмен колкостями, шип.
Russia has us over a barrel — быть совершенно беспомощным
(как утонувший человек, которого положили сверху набочку, чтобы
вода могла вытечь излегких).
By insuring a barrelful of policies, it matters less if one of them
is bad— изобилие.
They insist it is barmy to start fi ddling with the constitution
when the country faces “a howling economic gale”, as one Tory puts it—
придурковатый; чокнутый; идиотский.
Depicting Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the president of Turkey, en-
grossed in a series of athletically challenging sexual activities with barn-
yard animals— скотный двор.
Obama’s quixotic dash to Copenhagen bashed his reputation—
нанести сильный удар.
The economy of the euro area is basking in a rare period of opti-
mism— греться (насолнце, уогня).
No, no,” he answered, laughing, turning his head as if to bat off
atroublesome fl y— наносить удар.
Right off the bat, you’re spending a fi fth of your income on health
insurance — немедленно ибез подготовки; сместа вкарьер.
Only a few weeks after Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s boss, batted
away criticism of the company’s election coverage— отбить.
Darling’s budget was a fi ttingly bathetic end to Labour’s time in
offi ce— неожиданно переходящий отвозвышенного стиля квульгарному (отгреч. bathos, «самое дно»).
First the dollar took a battering, then the euro got pummelled and
fi nally sterling hit the canvas— бепощадная критика, разгром.
189
Часть II / batten down
When student activists start trumpeting new causes, university
administrators usually batten down— принимать жесткие меры.
He was to receive the presidential sash and baton in the Casa Rosada from the provisional president of the Senate— жезл, эстафетная
палочка.
“Outsidethebox” must win some kind of prize for pseudonymic bathos— неожиданное появление банальностей впроизведении
возвышенного стиля.
For anyone in any doubt, the crimes of these Union offi cials include
battery, assault, attempted murder and murder— побои, оскорбление
действием.
The eccentric who is considered a genius rather than a batty recluse— сумасшедший, тронутый.
Insurers and their policyholders batten down the hatches as
America’s hurricane season begins— принимать жесткие меры.
He rolled out the latest bauble with usual fl air; iPhone metal fi nish
and high-quality components, allied with a big advertising push from Apple, all helped establish it as a desirable consumer bauble— шутовской
жезл спогремушкой, кисточкой.
Women were seen as vulnerable to male seduction, particularly by
unscrupulous rakes who plotted with bawds to ensnare the innocent—
сводник, сводница.
For FIFA to be under the referee’s beady eye would be precisely
the point— как бусинки.
Arriving in Argentina without a bean in 1948, he had worked his
way up to become a pillar of Bariloche society— неиметь нигроша.
In Russia the main intrigue is why Ms Vasilyeva, who got her legal
qualifi cations only in 2009 after working as a cook (among other jobs),
chose to spill the beans— выдать секрет, проболтаться.
America bearded China’s leaders by sending a warship close to one
of their newly built islands— смело выступать против, бросать вызов.
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