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Часть II / bedding down
Why mate with a second-class beau who cannot be bothered to
bring you the fi shy equivalent of roses and diamonds?— денди, франт,
щеголь.
Users book a space in a co-working offi ce, plonk themselves down
where they can and start beavering away— усердно работать.
Relations between the two governing parties have soured since
the beatifi c early months of the coalition— блаженный.
They wanted to keep them at their beck and call— and not stand-
ing on some distant peak with an ice-pick raised triumphant in the air—
быть напобегушках.
The extra taxes levied to build the stadium will mainly come out
of tourists’ bedazzled pocketbooks— ослеплять блеском.
Troubles on the way to Postbank’s share issue have not been the
only problem bedevilling Germany’s fi nancial markets— терзать.
Even at the village level there were factions: common purpose was
bedeviled by factional divides— навести порчу, сглазить.
He is a fat, bedraggled former terrorist who has been in Ameri-
can custody for years— замарать, запачкать.
The trademark bedlam of a Marx Brothers scene was in fact tight-
ly controlled— бедлам, хаос; Бедлам (психиатрическая больница
им.Святой Марии Вифлеемской, вЛондоне).
Sport and the media are natural bedfellows— компаньон, парт-
нер.
Mr Mattis said that the administration strongly supports the alli-
ance, which remains the “fundamental bedrock” for the United States—
краеугольный камень, устои.
Mr Romney’s campaign at fi rst dismissed the carpers as “bedwet-
ters”— мочащийся вкровать.
Despite the violence, democracy in Pakistan may be bedding
down— улечься, устроиться наночь.
191
Часть II / Beelzebub
But he did nothing publicly to undermine his image as Beelzebub
or Mephistopheles— or as the man who, by ringing his little bell, could
regularly remind Italians where the real power lay— Вельзевул, глава
демонов (одно изимен сатаны вБиблии).
My two biggest beefs with the proposed plan: One: Why the hell
should employers be on the hook for providing health insurance?—
жалоба, недовольство.
This may seem small beer given Britain’s target of an 80% cut in
greenhouse gas emissions by 2050— мелочь.
Biologists have long been befuddled by the causes of ageing—
одурманенный, сбитый столку.
The British political class is befogged— запутывать.
Don’t befooled by rising travel numbers— airlines, especially big
American ones, remain in deep trouble— одурачивать, надувать.
As Mises and Hayek frequently wrote, one intervention by the state
into the market begets another in order to attempt to fi x the distortions
the fi rst— вызывать, порождать (эффект, результат).
The yoke of colonisation that has beggared them for a century or
more— разорять; доводить донищеты.
Beguiled by a pro-Kremlin broadcast media, ordinary Russians
have been willing to trade material comfort for national pride— отвлекать
внимание.
China, North Korea’s closest ally and begrudging patron, has,
at the urging of Pyongyang, ratifi ed the ascension in its offi cial condolences— ворчать; выражать недовольство.
Too many non-European commentaries follow a beguilingly sim-
ple logical path— заманчивый, привлекательный.
The country has actually suffered more because of these two
‘begums’ than all other natural disasters combined since the Inde-
pendence— бегума (замужняя женщина знатного происхождения
вИндии).
192
Часть II / bemedalled
Many of these killings were investigated by courts on the behest
of victims’ families— повеление, распоряжение, приказ.
But whatever the reason, it behoves those unwilling to wait for
websites to get their acts together— надлежать, следовать.
As for the bejeweled wives, there should legal recourse to es-
tablish the cost of their jewelry and that it was legitimately acquired—
вукрашениях.
The order of the belaboured transition has been reshuffl ed, with
the presidential poll coming fi rst, then a constitution, then a parliament—
лупить, колошматить.
A series of choreographed horrors belies an overall drop in kill-
ings— давать неверное представление, искажать.
The same show also has advice for Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s
bellicose young despot— воинствующий; враждебный.
“Get out! Get out!” bellowed the vast throng in Tahrir— орать;
вопить.
When commercial radio took off, musicians bellyached that it
would destroy them— хныкать, скулить.
The global economy is sicker than a man with a bellyful of bad
oysters— пресыщенный, переполненный.
A former Republican governor of Utah whose 2012 presidential am-
bitions were undone by wonkishness and a general lack of belly-fi re—
комбинация из танца живота и трюков с огнем.
To discuss Thailand’s future without considering its monarchy is it-
self to belittle an important national institution— занижать, принижать.
Millions of housewives joined in, clanging their pans in solidarity
and belying government claims that the protests had been pre-planned
rather than spontaneous— изобличать, разоблачать.
This year’s revolt against the bemedalled despot will reduce Fin-
meccanica’s revenue by some €300m— увешанный медалями.
193
Часть II / bemoaned
The Financial Times recently bemoaned the green movement’s
failure to offer accommodation relevant to business travellers— стенать,
горевать.
To his bemusement, workers at one of the nationalised companies, a co-operative in Cochabamba, staged a protest sit-in— ошеломлять;
потрясать, смущать.
When Boris Johnson was elected as mayor of London in 2008, he
promised to rid the city of “bendy” buses— гибкий.
The outlook appears so tediously benign it verges upon the panglossian— добрый, милостивый.
In the supposedly benighted music business, a lot of things are
making money— разочаровывающий, неразвитый.
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— бентосный, обитающий надне.
Mostly what I saw were benumbed shoppers standing for
ahalf-hour at the register to pay for their 54” fl at panel TV— онемелый;
затекший (оруке, ноге).
Most of the Met’s Picassos came as bequests or gifts— акт завещания, наследство.
But the credit binge has bequeathed serial infl ation problems,
the collapse of Vinashin, a state-owned shipbuilder, and overextended
banks— завещать.
Last year berserk bargain-hunters in the suburbs of New York
City trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death— берсеркер (древне
скандинавские витязи, отличавшиеся невероятной яростью вбою).
And the torrent of bloodshed in which they were bereaved has
never been offi cially acknowledged— лишать, отнимать, отбирать.
Gordon Brown is simultaneously at the peak of his power and be-
reft of it— лишенный, утративший.
194
Часть II / bestirring
He stood still and watched as hundreds of Republicans— berib-
boned and besigned— streamed by him on the club level— украшенный
лентами.
Louisiana offi cials want to start building sand berms as barrier
islands— уступ; обочина.
The dispute over inventorship has caused some, though not all,
potentially interested companies to give the technology a wide berth—
причал; место упричала.
Margaret Thatcher, their leader, campaigned in a hideous sweater
bespangled with European fl ags and railed against “the parochial politics of ‘minding our own business’ ”— осыпать блестками.
Beset by scandal, Najib Razak nevertheless seems safe in his job
as Malaysia’s prime minister— осаждать.
In recognition of Pennsylvania’s potential importance as a swing
state— she beseeched Democrats, independents and even “thoughtful
Republicans” to rally to her standard— заклинать, молить.
Your attempt to besmirch them and their sacrifi ce against fascism
is obscene— бесчестить; пятнать.
Dickens was suffi ciently besotted to banish his wife— влюблен-
ный, потерявший голову отлюбви.
That, in turn, would bespatter shale oil’s reputation among inves-
tors— порочить, чернить.
In debates the marble-smooth Mr Garcetti bests Ms Greuel, whose
bland patter is so repetitive— взять верх над кем-л.
Old fi rms such as A. T. Kearney and Booz & Company (which con-
sidered but abandoned the idea of a merger in 2010) are seen by some
potential clients as too small to bestride the globe but too big to be nimble— сидеть верхом.
Jordan is the Arab country most susceptible to the two major issues
bestirring the Middle East— шевелиться, энергично браться задело.
195
Часть II / besuited
The besuited dealmaker hunched over a Blackberry is a common
sight in airports around the world— вкостюме.
Mrs Clinton triumphed, and became an even scarier bete noire for
conservatives— предмет особой ненависти или отвращения.
But woe betide them if they then hung on to the funds all the way
through 2012 — горе тому, кто…
Much of this betokens what Atul Hatwal, a Labour commentator,
calls the victory of the “Stalinists”— символ, олицетворение.
It is unlikely that your betrothed will scarper on horseback, as
Julia Roberts did in “Runaway Bride”— обручить, помолвить.
A line is designed to entice an equal number of bettors on either
side— держащие пари.
Google has been castigated by a bevy of privacy regulators
for inadvertently collecting data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks—
совокупность, группа.
Republicans gleefully bewailed the tax on Christmas, with much
invocation of Grinches and Scrooges— оплакивать; скорбеть.
Its leader, Beppe Grillo, a bewhiskered comedian, thinks the euro
has choked Italy’s exporters by blocking devaluation— бородатый.
Japan urgently needs to increase its tax base, given the bewilder-
ingly high level of public debt— удивительно, парадоксально.
Moldovans are the most bibulous, getting through 18.2 litres each,
nearly 2 litres more than the Czechs in second place— любящий выпить,
выпивающий.
Leaders bicker as the economy sinks— пререкаться, спорить to
bicker about, bicker over— спорить очем-л.
Insects are not nearly as biddable as dogs or horses— послушный,
податливый.
Mr Walker, a governor best known for curbing trade unions
in Wisconsin, says that the success of Reagan, a former governor of
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Часть II / birdbrains
California, shows that those who run states make splendid foreignpolicy leaders, especially those with experience of biffi ng unions—
ударять (кулаком).
A bifurcated structure; this bifurcation occurred ar every level—
вилкообразный, раздвоенный.
Her bigamist husband’s second wife, Mary Wambui, persecuted
her— двоеженец.
Bigotry and social graces aren’t necessarily correlated with each
other; he dismissed Evangelicals as backwoods bigots— фанатизм;
нетерпимость.
The bijou capital of Vermont, with its little gold-domed capitol
backed by woods, is not opposed to commerce— маленький иизящный.
Gram for gram, bear-bile fl akes or powder sell in Japan for more
than cocaine in Asia— желчь.
That Mr Bakiyev bilked the country is not in doubt— потерпевший
отжульничества.
Using his Microsoft riches, Mr Allen has also accrued some of the
typical trappings of billionairedom: professional sports teams, famous
friends such as Bono, and a mega-yacht, the Octopus— стиль жизни
миллиардера.
The bilious argument over American health care has not helped—
желчный.
Britons bin food— хранить взакромах.
It would be idiotic to claim that Britain is perfect. The vomitous
binge-drinking mainly by the young— кутеж, попойка.
Vincent Van Gogh seemed made for a bittersweet Hollywood bio-
pic— байопик (фильм-биография, биографический фильм).
He was an unrelenting thorn in the hierarchy’s side, a lifelong
crusader against the rigid canon lawyers and “mitred birdbrains”—
придурок.
197
Часть II / birdshot
Police attacked them with tear-gas and birdshot— smallest size
of shot for sporting rifl es or other guns.
To Mr Tata’s right, watching it all, was Cyrus Mistry, twirling a biro
and wearing a poker face— шариковая ручка (поназванию торговой
марки).
And further east in Asia, though ties with Japan have improved,
India has been a bit-player— актер, исполняющий эпизодическую
роль; статист.
The people who will vote for The Donald are the disaffected bit-
ter-clingers whom the last candidate you passionately begged us to
vote— фанатики.
Bizarrely, each side, in some respects, feeds the other’s appetite—
очень странно.
By now proving immune to Mr Sanders’s left-wing blandish-
ments, they appear to have done Mrs Clinton much the same service—
упрашивание, обольщение.
Let us hope that blabbermouth politicians, bureaucrats, media
‘moguls’ and, more than any other, the UNO, appreciates and follows
the craft of ‘economics’; sit next to tedious blabbermouths— нудный,
скучный трепач.
How long after exposure to blackleg would you expect to see symptoms?— черная ножка (болезнь крупного рогатого скота, растений).
Some backbenchers also blanched at the micro-managing zeal
with which Mr Osborne announced a slew of infrastructure projects both
large and tiny— бледнеть (отстраха, холода, голода).
Beer fl ows cheaply, but Isee little else to cheer in their deliberate
blandness— банальность.
Mr Moon knew he was mocked, but smiled blandly through it—
любезно, обходительно.
Your fl irtation with Mr Dworkin’s elitist theories suggests that you
are susceptible to anti-democratic and Utopian blarney— подхалимство,
низкопоклонство.
198
Часть II / blithe
Morris Chang, the master of contract chip manufacture, is bla-
sé about the semiconductor crash— пресыщенный, утративший вкус
кжизни.
Blatancy is a means of weeding out all but the most credulous
respondents— вульгарность.
They see it less as an example to be copied than as a tiresome
nag, forever blathering about fiscal probity— болтовня, пустой разговор.
The agreement on the EU reform treaty may have left Europe’s lea-
ders bleary eyed with its late fi nish— сзатуманенным взором.
And so far the world has made barely a bleat of protest— блеяние;
мычание.
The Republicans who have been bleating about the border are far
from satisfi ed— говорить глупости.
Instead, the death of old television has been a slow bleed— исте-
чение кровью.
But here’s a question: should it still be a blemish?— деффект, не-
со вершенство, изъян.
A world where there may soon be no way to disconnect, Blimey!—
Чтоб мне провалиться! Иди ты!
China’s domestic market for bling will be bigger than Japan’s—
дорогие, броские ювелирные украшения.
Only a blinkered partisan would believe any of these charges—
ограниченный, зашоренный.
For months fi nancial markets have been speculating about the
size of the capital hole in Slovenia’s blitzed-out banks— cтремительно
инеожиданно атаковать, разрушать.
Yet the blithe premise of Mr Cameron’s decision to call a refer-
endum— that the vote would “clear the air” in the Conservative Party—
жизнерадостный, счастливый.
199
Часть II / blithering
They’re assuming another 1994, when a blithering Democratic
president got shredded on his controversial proposals— несущий чепуху;
законченный, полный.
The public has seemed blithely confi dent that the share of the
nation’s wealth taken by government has been more or less correct—
веселый, жизнерадостный.
A bloated state saps public fi nances— swollen, take away somebody’s energy— жирный, обрюзгший.
The party’s president Tim Farron— a blokeish populist who, given a guitar, would make a fi ne youth-club leader— поведение, вкусы
ипристрастия, которые принято считать традиционно мужским.
Everyone’s copybook has thus been blotted over the past few
years— ложка дегтя вбочке меда.
To impose sanctions on those who deliberately attack hospitals, or
otherwise treat the Geneva conventions as blotting paper— промокашка.
Britain has a big drink problem and like most chilly north European
countries, it has an ancient tradition of getting blotto— одурманенный,
пьяный.
A former general, John Kelly started well by using his fi rst day
to fi re the bloviating Mr Scaramucci — рассуждать с видом знатока.
Mr Trump is a blowhard who even now seems unaware of the
magnitude and complexity of the offi ce he holds— хвастун.
What bothers the Fed is the price it paid: political blowback from
foreign governments, Republicans on Capitol Hill, and even from inside
the Fed itself— непредусмотренный результат.
It took two months of verbal bludgeoning by senior European
politicians and central bankers; Juan José Gerardi was bludgeoned to
death two days after its publication— бить дубинкой.
This blunderbuss of innovation produced such products as
camphene, derived from turpentine, an oil from trees— мушкетон
(короткоствольное ружье сраструбом).
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