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Часть II / cavorting
Its product launches are choreographed like catwalk shows –
подиум.
With precious few weeks remaining before the Iowa caucus; When
the party’s parliamentary caucus gathers on August 30th there will be no
repeat of Mr Ignatieff’s bold call at the same event last year— закрытое
собрание членов политической партии или фракции, фракционное
совещание (для выдвижения кандидатов напредстоящие выборы
или выработки политической линии).
Yet he seems bent on emulating Hugo Chávez, the caudillo of Cara-
cas— каудильо, диктатор (политический лидер или государственный
деятель вряде стран Латинской Америки).
The business world has always been a cauldron of personal an-
imosity; when the internet took off in the 1990s, it was demonised as
asteaming cauldron of porn— кипение (эмоций, страстей).
Lyndon Johnson’s caustic tongue; Уou’ve certainly heard the caus-
tic joke, “Pakistan can have Kashmir, but only if they’ll take Bihar along
with it!” — язвительный; колкий.
Mr Shein has become a cause célèbre of the Moscow-based op-
position— знаменитость.
Events in Bahrain, an island kingdom that is linked to Saudi Arabia
by a causeway and whose Sunni royal family has long been buttressed by
Saudi aid, have understandably alarmed Prince Nayef— насыпная дорога.
Congress approves austere budget, but caveats remain —
предостережение, предуведомление.
Adding a few caveats would have provided some foundation to
think critically about what they were seeing; Caveat investor; There is
acaveat down there— предостережение, предуведомление.
When the tribal council cavilled about her disregard for ceremony,
she turned off their microphones— находить недостатки, придираться.
The brand damage done by Mr Sarkozy’s early blunders— celebrat-
ing victory in a fancy restaurant on the Champs-Elysées, cavorting on
a illionaire friend’s yacht— has proved lasting in French minds— вести
себя легкомысленно, забавляться.
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Часть II / cavilling
Completing his misery, cavilling over chemical weapons in
Syria places in peril Mr Obama’s credibility— находить недостатки,
придираться.
The elite fl y about, cavort in hot tubs and leave the lights on—
вести себя легкомысленно, резвиться.
Keen to bring back stability and to persuade people that he sincerely wants to cede power as soon as possible, General Sisi moved fast—
уступать, передавать.
China’s cultural commissars, rarely open-minded at the best of
times, have been in an unusually censorious mood— склонный осуждать, придирчивый.
Three powerful centripetal forces are at play: politics, regulation
and deleveraging— центростремительный.
The new centerfold model for payola fraud in American, with
metastasis throughout the world of research funding “for the common
good”— разворот свклейкой (вставкой).
One of the most pernicious proposals that have seen the light
of day at that cesspit of an organisation— помойная яма; выгребная
яма.
Mr Uribe is both intense and folksy, whereas Mr Santos is cerebral
and urbane— высокоразвитый интеллект.
Eeager not to antagonise China, even if they chafe at its foot-dragging— сердиться, раздражаться.
To separate the wheat from the chaff; winnowed the technological wheat from the chaff— нарезанное сено или солома (для корма
скота); ерунда, дрянь.
Although English was one of India’s offi cial languages, writers in
it were often mocked as colonial remnants, “caged chaffi nches and pol-
yglot parrots”— зяблик.
Before raising a glass to the new global health supremo, though,
consider that she may have a poisoned chalice— потир, чаша (сосуд
для причащения).
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Часть II / chasm
But we mustn’t get misdirected by these shows of ineptitude be-
cause, underneath the charivari, the most pernicious and anti-democratic agenda is unfolding in a frightening manner— шум, гам, шуточная
серенада новобрачным.
To the chagrin of the United States and eastern Bolivia, Evo
Morales seems set to win the presidency— досада; огорчение; разо-
чарование.
Twenty-one-year-old Arthur, between chamfering and drilling to
produce 1,400 parts a day at the Raleigh bicycle factory in Nottingham—
бороздка, небольшая выемка.
Harper’s champagne moment— триумф.
This invited chancers, including a convicted rapist and a man who
used taxpayers’ money to buy himself a pair of Mercedes-Benz cars—
проходимец.
The story is magnificently told by that interesting change-
ling, the man who calls himself Ted Morgan— слабоумный, перебежчик.
A “fi nancial oversight board” will chaperone the island through
the process and also monitor its budget, rewriting it if that is deemed necessary— сопровождать, быть компаньонкой.
The joke was clear: summits are empty charades, only Mrs Mer-
kel matters and Mr Sarkozy is her comical servant— an absurd pretence
intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance— шарада.
Read charitably, Mr Duncan Smith’s remarks were less infl am-
matory than the headlines— снисходительно, терпеливо.
Egypt’s revolution could go sour, Syria is a charnel-house and
Iran is prone to sudden eruptions— покойницкая; склеп.
Businesses, for their part, are chary of saying just what they pay
to produce in prisons— осторожный, действующий соглядкой.
The already-vast economic chasm between the two Koreas wi-
dened further— глубокая трещина, расщелина.
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Часть II / chattels
They were usually married to men they did not know, could inherit
nothing, and could even be bought and sold, like chattels— движимое
имущество.
A chatbot lacks motive: it has no particular reason to say what
it says and it speaks without really listening— разновидность робота,
который может участвовать вчатах.
This seems cheeky, given that the fi rm has been bleeding red ink—
наглый, бесстыдный.
These cheery fi gures may not offer much comfort in the long
term— оживленный, радостный.
It is likely to cheese off a big swathe of the British public— злить,
раздражать.
But now chemurgy is back with a vengeance, in the shape of
modern industrial biotechnology— промышленное использование
органического исельскохозяйственного сырья.
The cheongsam modelling contest starts at 7pm and at 8pm it
is group dances in the style of ethnic Uighurs from China’s far west—
приталенное женское шелковое платье вКитае иИндонезии.
The other, thornier problem is that insurers will cherry-pick the
good risks, leaving some people without a safety net— снимать сливки.
With his famous name and war chest of over $100m, whistled up
from Bush family benefactors in a matter of months— средства наслучай
войны.
The congressional watchdogs will even unearth that old chest-
nut; The old chestnut that Shakespeare wasn’t the man who wrote the
works— избитый анекдот, банальность.
In the morning she had glimpsed the blond chevelure of Donald
Trump himself, who sometimes stays in his hotel— шевелюра.
Every shop was shuttered and market stall packed away on Colaba Causeway, the main strip in a chic district of south Mumbai—
роскошный, шикарный.
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Часть II / chin-wag
The same hall cheered a chin-jutting keynote address by the New
Jersey governor, Chris Christie— выступающий подбородок.
If India has to militarily confront China, it has to take on ‘Chimer-
ica’ fi rst— Китай иАмерика (China & America).
They all came to dinner chez Jim when they graced Bangkok— at
the home of (used in imitation of French, often humorously)— домашний,
вдоме.
Awkwardly, Britain’s central bank has gone from inquisitor to
apossible protagonist in the latest episode of fi nancial-market chican-
ery— крючкотворство; бюрократические придирки.
One of London’s most chichi shopping streets, this area is better
known for its boutiques than for bloodletting— спретензией.
Mr. Modi will still be getting the full works: a Buckingham Palace
banquet, an address to Parliament and even a chance to chillax with Mr
Cameron in the prime minister’s country house, Chequers— расслабиться.
Some people suspect that these deals chime with China’s indus-
trial policy more than HNA’s own— гармонировать.
And if they would rather avoid the chintzy bells and whistles, they
can leave messages on their friends’ Facebook profi les; amid struggling
towns and former pit communities, there are farms and chintzy tourist
villages— сделанный изчинца; низкого качества.
Factory owners and their customers took the higher costs on the
chin: in those less globalised times there was nowhere else for them to
go— непадать духом.
Mr ElBaradei is also fortunate that one of the few chinks in the
armour of Mr Mubarak’s state is a relatively free press— узкая полоска
света, тонкий луч.
Supporters love his message of chin-jutting, heavily armed iso-
lationism— скуластый.
The mayors who gathered in a Los Angeles hotel for their annual
chin-wag — болтовня, треп.
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Часть II / chintz
An unfurled bolt of chintz is draped overhead down the room’s
whole length— английский ситец.
He saw the potency of the insult once fl agged to the ever-chippy
British press— воинственный; агрессивный.
Wolfgang Schüssel, Austria’s chirpy foreign minister— живой,
радостный.
It took a new president in Washington, and much chivvying by
China, to get America moving— изводить; докучать.
But after chiselling away at public debt during the boom years,
insists Mr Darling, the government can now safely borrow a bit more—
обман, мошенничество.
KitKats are Parliament’s choc of choice, accounting for one in six
snacks— шоколадный.
Developing countries— many chock full of talented scientists—
will help to fi ll their bare pipelines with new drugs— битком.
Chocoholics need not hugely fear steeper prices, for chocolate is
driven more by the price of milk and sugar than by the price of cocoa—
любитель шоколада.
These days the corruption allegation is a choicer method to destroy an enemy than the ideological attacks of old— лучший выбор.
To break Moscow’s chokehold on supplies to Europe— уду ша-
ющий захват.
Such computers will be able to chomp their way through calculations that would take today’s best supercomputers millennia— брать
кусок непозубам.
Small asteroids (afew of which have been visited already by
space probes) are often little more than piles of dust and chondrules—
небольшие гранулы астероидов.
Things that are good for children— such as vegetables, maths,
chores and looking both ways before crossing the road— are no fun—
рутинная работа.
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Часть II / chump
Perhaps it is just as well that the White House has got better at
choreographing diplomatic events since the advent of the television
age— быть балетмейстером, хореографом.
Conservatives chortled that Mr Cameron had hailed the end of
multiculturalism— фыркать, сдавленно смеяться.
The structure inside which this piece of theatre is set into motion
is an elongated glass atrium that looks suggestively like a chrysalis—
хризалида, куколка насекомых.
Although the ANC still has no obvious alternative leader, the par-
ty should look to chuck out Mr Zuma when it holds a party election—
выгнать, выставить.
A lot of them were quite chuffed by the sight of turmoil in Iran,
since they have long felt edgy about their big neighbour’s rising ambition— довольный; вне себя отрадости.
Like medieval peasants watching knights joust, the yokels and
churls of the political village— lobbyists, consultants or (hold your nose)
journalists— may nod and gawp at the mighty, but their hope is to see one
grandee thwack another into the mud— грубиян.
The world’s biggest emitter appeared churlish— неучтивый; не-
приветливый.
He also left out the lobbyists bonanza that has taken place as Oba-
ma Chums— близкий друг, приятель.
Once in offi ce, he seems to have calculated that Japan would chug
happily along, leaving him to pursue pet nationalist themes such as inculcating patriotism in schoolsMore shipschug upthe coast— двигаться
спыхтением (омашине).
Mr Fico is particularly chummy with Russia, as is the would-be
Czech leader, Mr Paroubek— коммуникабельный, контактный.
The chairman of its council had been arrested in June, accused
of chumminess with a band of alleged gangsters— близкая дружба.
Most simply, experience has taught the British that to cheer a roy-
al wedding today is to risk feeling a chump tomorrow— болван, дурак,
дубина.
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Часть II / churning
Even by its own notoriously cyclical standards, investment
banking has been on a stomach-churning ride in the past fi ve years—
вызывающий тошноту.
The press has churned out many an unquestioning paean to
her; this coming and going is called “churn” — встряхивать, трясти,
взбалтывать.
If there were an Oscar for chutzpah, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would be a shoo-in; foreign activists were astonished by the president’s
chutzpah; you have to admire Apple’s chutzpah as much as its creativity— наглость, нахальство.
Foreign brands are relegated to a niche market in China but the
ciggy bigwigs now have their eyes on global expansion— сигарета;
папироса.
Guantanamo’s release of prisoners seemed like a cinch on the
campaign trail— верное дело.
The frustrated cinéaste was left cooling his heels in his hotel for
over a week— киноман, кинолюб.
Indonesian cinephiles may be in for a disappointing year— кино-
любы.
Of all interior clocks, the circadian is perhaps best understood—
циркадианный, околосуточный.
Like female circumcision, male circumcision clearly is a custom,
which, like its female counterpart “has little to do with Islam— обрезание,
обряд обрезания.
Muslims circumambulate the Kaaba, the black cube in the Grand
Mosque, both on the ground and on a platform above it— ходить вокруг,
обходить.
This forces Iranian merchants and businesses into more circui-
tous and thus costly ways— кружный, окольный.
The tired joke on the Ankara cocktail circuit is that Turkey now
has lots of problems— with all its neighbours— череда приемов.
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Часть II / clamour
Thein Sein, the former general who donned civvies to become
president, met her in August, and persuaded her of the sincerity of his
reformism— гражданская одежда, штатское платье.
Patients will clamour for more data about their health— выдви-
гать требования; протестовать.
Most commentators idolize Mandela but he set South Africa down
this road of ideological marxist based claptrap— трескучие слова; нечто, рассчитанное надешевый эффект.
New industries that had largely escaped the bureaucracy, such as
mobile telecoms, now feel its clammy grip— влажный; прилипающий,
липкий.
The proposed opening of the energy industry, which will hurt
the pro-PRI oil workers’ union, and the clampdown on electioneering,
could mean Mr Peña will “crash headlong into the model of the old PRI”—
подавление, запреты.
Even during the chill of the cold war, the old Soviet Union always
had its claque— группа клакеров.
Not so very long ago, Oman’s borders were sealed to the outside
world and Muscat’s gates clanged shut at sunset— ударять головой,
бодать.
Now Denmark has staked a claim to the North Pole, too— требо-
вать; предъявлять требования.
Economic growth helps investors only if they are clairvoyant—
обладающий даром ясновидения; ясновидец.
The Saudi deputy minister of interior, who led a clampdown on
terrorism that has brought relative calm— строгие меры (против кого-л.,
чего-л.).
Craig Oliver, began clambering about on a cramped fl ight out of
Kabul on July 5
th
— карабкаться; цепляться; взбираться.
Illinois joins the clamour for cheap medicine from the north—
шум, крик.
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Часть II / clanking
After a read of Mr Martin’s book, the answer would seem to be
aresounding “no”: clanking and shunting wake him up time and again—
лязг; бряцание.
They are bright, clannish and almost exclusively male— клановый, родовой.
His clarion call for growth is doing much to change what some
call Indonesia’s “acceptance of mediocrity”— громкий, чистый.
Today’s Russia, which lavishly celebrates Poltava, cannot help but
refl ect that the same powers are trying to claw away Ukraine— вырвать
когтями.
Those who cleave to the latter view include many conservative
American politicians— привязаться (ккому-л., кчему-л.), хранить
верность.
Since the well is 40 miles offshore and the weather has been relatively clement— милосердный, гуманный.
She clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall, a liberal hero— слу-
жить клерком, быть чиновником.
The picture he paints of Africa— with a leopard calmly surveying
the world from its grassy hillock— is clichéd enough— клише, избитое
выражение.
That, along with legal changes making it easier to repossess collateral that goes clickety-clack, may soon have investors funnelling cash—
равномерный звук, напоминающий стук колес вагона.
The national team won a cliffhanger against Iran last November, and secured its fi rst-ever place in the World Cup after 43 years of
trying— a dramatic and exciting ending to an episode of a serial, leaving the audience in suspense and anxious not to miss the next episode—
захватывающая, интригующая ситуация.
Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, clinched a deal to bring Avigdor
Lieberman’s right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu into the governing coalition—
окончательно решать, улаживать.
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