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Часть II / dash
But intelligence agencies do not dally when security is at stake—
тратить время впустую, бездельничать.
The Hungarian government has been doing its damnedest to make
people vote— стараться изо всех сил.
Defying those who want him to take sides, either declaring Ameri-
ca damnably racist or ready to embrace colour-blind comity— ужасно,
чертовски.
For decades the country severely restricted the buying and selling
of gold, which put a heavy damper on demand— то, что или тот, кто
ослабляет, подавляет.
It helps to have a damsel in distress, but it does not really matter
which damsel— придворная дама.
He dandled an idea of using relations with Taiwan as a bargain-
ing-chip against China— играть (чем-л.), вертеть вруках.
American offi cials— from Admiral Harry Harris, commander in the
Pacifi c, down— insist that all is dandy— превосходный, первоклассный.
Mr Haniyeh’s Hamas men in Gaza dangle the idea of reconcilia-
tion before Fatah— соблазнять, дразнить.
Bird droppings dapple the fl oor of the vast facility, in Kandahar in
southern Afghanistan— покрывать пятнами; испещрять.
American offi cials have shown congressmen a picture showing
Wang Wei himself, during earlier daredevil exploits— безрассудный,
опрометчивый.
Lawmakers seemed sure to seize the chance to toss darts at
each other again— небольшие дротики бросают вразграфленный
пробковый круг.
As any fan of action movies knows, the best way to keep a mad-
man from executing a dastardly plan is to keep him talking— трусливый;
подлый.
Obama’s quixotic dash to Copenhagen bashed his reputation —
рывок, бросок.
251
Часть II / dauphin
That’s how a sizable part of the “moderates” perceive him: as adauphin in the mold of Charles I, crown prince of France— дофин (старший
сын короля Франции).
The challenges are daunting: the Niger Delta conundrum, poverty, rising waves of employment, security issues— обескураживающий,
приводящий врастерянность.
The odd bus on Kano’s dusty streets is daubed with pro-Palestinian slogans— мазать, марать, пачкать.
Having made your choice, dawdle on your way to the checkout
Page— плестись, тащиться.
Revealing the central bank’s infl ation goal is an obvious fi rst
step, but revealing all staff-level refl ections may daze and confuse—
изумление, удивление.
A dearth of competition among fi rms helps explain wace inequa-
lity— недостаток, нехватка.
In 1939, she was a deb, parading en masse in a long white frock
and an obvious sulk— дебютантка.
The superdelegate debacle has already shown us her respect for
a popular vote; The IT debacles may be dispiriting— разгром; полное
поражение.
A lifelong conviction that governments must be prevented from
debasing the currency— понижать качество или ценность.
A cultured and debonair man, he disdains the money-grubbing
vices of your sordid communards and so you wish to destroy him—
любезный, учтивый.
Lytton Strachey, the great debunker of Victorian earnestness, wrote an iconoclastic but telling study of 19th-century heroes—
разоблачать, развенчивать.
Mr Hollande, a Socialist hack who led a fractious party for 11 years
and has never had a ministerial job, is a debutant— дебютант.
252
Часть II / deference
After a failed revolution in Germany in 1848, disillusioned revolu-
tionaries decamped to America and spread progressive ideas— собирать
лагерь; сниматься слагеря.
Obama is a decathlete not a one-trick pony— десятиборец.
The impact will be largest for the top income decile, whose direct
consumption of oil products is ten times greater than all other income
deciles— дециль (десятая часть).
The idea that today’s decimation is qualitatively different to
the mass extinctions of yore, and that a compensating mass speciation
is already under way, seems at some level to be quite encouraging —
разрушение.
This refl ects a mood of declinism and also a sense of unrequited
love— упадок.
Emotions ran high during the voting, and some of the rhetoric was
intemperate, but the deputies mostly observed parliamentary decorum—
внешнее приличие; благопристойность.
With a decrepit economy, and now devastating fl oods, a closed
regime shows signs of greater openness— though not to everyone—
дряхлый, немощный, хилый (отстарости).
America’s space agency has reached middle age, will it now recap-
ture the glory of its youth, or dwindle into decrepitude?— немощность
(встарческом возрасте).
The opposition’s line is that having defanged the army, AK is now
bent on asserting its control over the law— обезоружить.
Tory MPs looking for any weakness, & justifi cation to defenes-
trate him as long as that still leaves them with a parliamentary majority— выкидывать человека изокна сцелью покалечить или убить.
Impatience has always been a part of economics: people don’t
like to defer gratifi cation, and they demand compensation— считаться
(счьим-л. мнением); полагаться.
Japan’s nuclear crisis is eroding deference to authority— ува-
же ние, почтение.
253
Часть II / defrocked
The Vatican recently revealed that 400 priests were defrocked over
the last two years accused of child molestation— расстричь (монаха);
лишать духовного сана.
At least Mr Putin had deigned to see the prime minister, and British
offi cials think Mr Putin will resume his old post of president— снизойти;
соблаговолить; удостоить.
The Ptolemies honoured this animal deity, but they also had
their own Greek version, Serapis, with a human form— Божество
(вмонотеистических религиях).
Danone, a French food fi rm, delivers its yogurts and other delec-
tables twice a week to 8,500 outlets in South Africa— прелести.
Thе most beautiful deleveraging yet seen” is how Ray Dalio describes what is now going on in America’s economy— дегиринг (процесс
уменьшения доли заемного капитала вобщем размере капитала
фирмы).
Opponents of change, mostly on the right, predict three delete-
rious effects of abolishing non-dom status— вредный, вредоносный,
опасный.
Shortly after she meets Faber, fi lthy off a train from Russia, she
delouses him in her parents’ Berlin bedroom— вычистить отвшей.
In “Mr Holmes” they are invited to delve into his human side and
an ailing genius’s lonely decline— тщательно исследовать.
From demented jailbird to president-in-waiting: Asif Zardari’s
metamorphosis— чокнутый, сумасшедший.
Online reviews and friends’ comments on social media help consumers see a product’s underlying merits and demerits— недостаток,
дефект, изъян.
For some, painted nails represented a hint of the demimonde, but
a classy thumbs up soon changed that— люди сомнительной репутации.
And he revelled in that most demotic and subversive music, jazz—
простонародный.
254
Часть II / derelict
The clientele were not China’s demure womanhood— скромный,
спокойный.
They suspected— as some Republican presidential candidates
imply today— that houses of worship had become dens of sedition and
vice— прибежище, логово.
Flood of denigration; The leadership of both main parties have
denifrated the Koizumi for too long — диффамация, клевета.
I t has a population of 340 million, each of whom have 5~6 times
the spending power of an average denizen on this planet; She was a denizen of suburbs— иностранец, получивший гражданство.
The thrall of Hosni Mubarak’s dramatic exit has dissolved into a
lingering, indeterminate and far less telegenic denouement— развязка.
Mr Romney seems to have succeeded in denting the prospects of
Newt Gingrich, hitherto his chief rival for the nomination— негативно
влиять, подрывать.
But it is becoming harder to make a living as more boats arrive
from already denuded waters to the west— обнаженный, оголенный.
Somali pirates, whose oceanic depredations deter investment
and trade on dry land, have been much less successful in the past year—
воровство, грабеж; расхищение.
Even as Haitian-Americans struggle with hardship they also face
the deracinating effects of prosperity— вырывать скорнем; искоренять.
In America politicians look at a rash of mass shootings by de-
ranged young men and draw the second-most-obvious conclusion—
приводить вбеспорядок; расстраивать.
Israel’s prime minister derides the unity deal, but many Israelis
do not— высмеивать, осмеивать.
Russia started modernising the near-derelict base, a legacy from
Soviet times, in 2009. In any case they would be little use in a real fi ght:
America’s Sixth Fleet alone has probably more fi repower than Russia’s
entire navy, which has barely 20 seaworthy surface ships— брошенный;
бесхозный.
255
Часть II / derisorily
He has rushed through an Islamist-tinted constitution endorsed in
a derisorily low turnout by only a fi fth of eligible voters— смехотворный.
Until recently bankers’ tales of derring-do during the Asian, Latin American and Russian debt crises were kept for after-dinner drinks—
отчаянная храбрость; безрассудство (искаженное «daring to do»).
Public ownership of law fi rm shares will further desensitize
America to the already mind-numbing amount of litigation— делать
нечувствительным.
Our desi liberals would never believe that India is supporting TTP
to destabilise Pakistan— гражданин Индии, Пакистана или Бангладеш,
проживающий за границей.
Nor are they desiccated calculating machines, meting out dispassionate justice uninfl uenced by political ideas— высушенный; сушеный,
сухой.
Not a bad fraction of the desideratum, but one that will be
hard to sustain in the face of the world’s economic diffi culties— что-л.
недостающее, желаемое.
Many Vietnamese remain convinced that China still has territorial
designs on their country— замысел, план.
Basra is stll a slough of despond; the DPJ, in a slough of despond,
criticises Abenomics while offering little alternative— болото, трясина;
отчаяние.
It also destigmatises the consumption of endangered body parts,
thus raising demand for them— неделать позорным.
North Korea’s 24m people, many of whom are so destitute they
supplement their meagre maize-based subsistence with grass and whatever else they can forage— бедный; лишенный.
In a few cases the police have launched desultory investigations—
несвязный, отрывочный.
Environmentalists see these steps as safeguards against further
despoliation by belching factories and power plants— ограбление;
кража, расхищение.
256
Часть II / dextrous
Investors deterred by policy shortcomings in some markets— от-
пугивать.
Whether a nuclear bomb is a “deterrent” or a “weapon” depends
on whose bomb it is— сдерживающее средство.
Liberals, who rightly detest the world’s last remaining absolute
monarchy— ненавидеть, питать отвращение.
Tactfully avoiding mention of his dethronement— свержение
спрестола, развенчание.
Warmer relations with America have detoxifi ed relations with
Poland and the Baltics— детоксифицировать, устранять влияние
яда.
It was Google that recognised the gold dust in the detritus of its in-
teractions with its users and took the trouble to collect it up; to sell the de-
tritus of Spain’s building bubble— детрит (органогенный обломочный
материал восадках или осадочных горных породах).
And as an economist, you hear people call it a blunder and just
stand there as an useless deuce of cloves— дьявол, бес.
Welfare need not mean income; it could derive from the pleasure
of altruism or the thrill of deviancy— неправильность, аномальность.
Russia still clings to foreign devilry— колдовство, черная магия;
дьявольщина.
To understand the full extent of cunning and deviousness under-
lying much of it— удаленный, отдаленный.
Since devolutionary measures in 2001 local politicians have
wielded signifi cant powers in the country— делегирование власти.
Why does a candidate who believes in cutting spending need to be
absurdly devout?— набожный, праведный, религиозный.
Children who are bright, dextrous and sociable; They are becom-
ing more dexterous— способный, сообразительный; умелый; a dex-
terous politician— искусный политик; dexterous in the management—
опытный вуправлении.
257
Часть II / diasporans
Trying to use diasporans to lobby for national interests is even
harder— члены диаспоры.
Putin’s recent diatribe against America refl ects the deeply resentful attitude the former superpower has towards the remaining one; Ferocious diatribes— диатриба.
The terms of TNK-BP’s confi dential shareholder agreement gave
TNK-BP fi rst dibs on any new BP venture in Russia— преимущественные
права начто-л.
Security is still dicey around the edges of the district, where skirmishes frequently erupt— неясный; рискованный; ненадежный.
So Hillary Clinton’s legacy is that she diddled with the internal
structure of the bureaucracy?— надувать, разыгрывать.
The “surge” in racist opposition is merely due to a diffi dent Ameri-
can press — застенчивый, робкий.
Mr Xi’s diffi dence in such areas may stem from the mandate he
had from the elders who helped him into the job— скромность, неуверенность всебе.
The name itself, given later, was a mild dig at their religious clannishness— толчок (локтем, кулаком, бедром).
A potent mix of glitterati and digerati, plutocrats and aristocrats have been mingling in the Swiss ski resort of Davos— кибер-элита,
компьюлигенция, дигерати, IT-эксперты.
Finally, the trustfull country is still Russia, that never complied to
your diktats, that is why she is demonised— диктат.
The Indians themselves complain about its dilatoriness in identifying lands they “traditionally occupy”— медлительность.
Mr Ganley is a puzzling fi gure: neither a scary demagogue, nor
amillionaire dilettante, but with elements of both those ills— дилетант,
непрофессионал.
When, a year ago, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for
the fi rst time since the fi nancial crisis, it did not intend to dilly-dally—
мешкать, нерешаться.
258
Часть II / disbarred
Economic growth has contributed to the diminution of biodi-
versity by allowing humans to spread around the planet— снижение,
спад.
Despite these headline-grabbing offerings, the dim-sum mar-
ket has remained true to its name: “delicious but limited”— дим-сам,
дим-сум, дим-сим (кушанье, похожее напельмени; вкитайской
кухне).
There’s Um Saeed, the wise linchpin; Um Allawi, the intellectu-
al; Um Saloom, the benign dimwit; and Um Khammas, the crude one—
болван, тупица.
That would be a useful message for politicians, but they may strug-
gle to hear it above the din— грохот, гул, нестихающий звон.
It sounds like a classic Republican-Democrat ding-dong— жар-
кий спор; ссора; драка.
Groups who pay € 300 ($400) a head to cross are packed into rub-
ber dinghies at night— небольшая моторная лодка.
London is renowned for its grand hotels. It is also notorious for the
dinginess of some of its less opulent ones— неопрятный, неряшливый.
The villains assembled by Mr Talebi are a gluttonous gaggle of
iPhone-addicted, BBC-besotted dipsomaniacs who will stop at nothing
to return Iran to the dissolute days of the Pahlavi shahs— алкоголик.
Flies may seem short-lived to people, but from a dipteran point
of view they can thus live to a ripe old age— двукрылый.
After leading the crowd in a chant of “Fidel, Fidel, Fidel!” Mr Chávez
joined Messrs Lugo, Morales and Correa in a karaoke rendition of “Hasta
siempre commandante”— a dirge about the exploits of Che Guevara— before disappearing— заупокойная месса.
The dirigisme contemplated by the government would hasten
pub deaths— дирижизм (теория ипрактика государственно-монополистического регулирования воФранции).
Mr Ashley could be disbarred as a company director— лишать
права адвокатской практики.
259
Часть II / discomfi t
That may discomfi t more hawkish allies, especially the United
Arab Emirates, who regard the Brotherhood, even in non-violent incarnation— смущать, приводить взамешательство.
People are often disconcerted and disgusted by changes in human
reproduction— сбивать столку; нарушать спокойствие.
Mr Nooteboom’s is a more discursive ramble through German
identity and history— хаотичный; бессвязный.
Voters who disdain Donald Trump have had the power to stop
him but, as is often the way in the primaries, most have chosen to stay at
home— относиться спрезрением; неуважать.
The news brought little more than a disdainful response from
Boeing, its archrival— высокомерный, пренебрежительный.
Enterprise, alas, cannot receive such a luxurious retirement. Her
reactors must be removed, and doing so means disembowelling her—
потрошить.
New tax stirs disenchantment with austerity— разочарование.
The law was attacked by Democrats as a ploy to disenfran-
chise poor, urban or elderly Obama voters— лишать гражданских или
избирательных прав.
The corruption went hand in hand with other abuses, making it
diffi cult for the commission to disentangle the two— выпутываться,
выходить изсложной ситуации.
In Ginza, Tokyo’s best-known shopping district, a dozen-odd tour
buses disgorge crowds of determined Chinese shoppers at their fi rst
stop— разгружать, выгружать.
Disgruntlement grew last year when American fi rms lost their
bid to supply India with 126 jetfi ghters— India’s biggest-ever defence
contract— to European competitors— недовольство, разочарование.
What a disingenuous thing for McCain to say— неискренний,
хитрый; лицемерный.
The opposition is divided and dishevelled— растрепать.
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