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Часть II / fl accid
neighbours, have become accustomed to Chavez’s habit of switching from
fi rebrand to conciliator and back again — зачинщик, разжигатель;
подстрекатель.
The Conservative Party is a faithful product of fi rst-past-the-
post— отдающий победу кандидату, набравшему простое большинство голосов.
A chaotic affair, marked by fi sticuffs in the country’s Congress—
драка накулаках, кулачный бой.
North Caucasus is the Russian empire’s most fi ssiparous area; an
outpouring of national pride that is unusual in a fi ssiparous country often seemingly racked by self-doubt— раскольнический, фракционный.
Mr Obama has dragged America’s economy back from the brink
of disaster, and has made a decent fi st of foreign policy— почерк.
The world economy is fi tfully getting back to normal— преры-
висто, толчками, урывками.
Della Pietra convinced me that he could fi nd the right fi zz to part-
ner each course— волнение, выказывать радость.
ABBA is a fi zzy 1970s pop group— модный, шипучий.
Cracking jokes and dispensing wisdom in American-accented Po-
lish, Michael Schudrich, the chief rabbi, is a fi xture in Polish public life—
постоянный, неизменно присутствующий элемент.
That may be why subsequent efforts to transfer the same fi xity of
purpose to broader spheres of peacetime endeavour have fallen short—
недвижимость, неподвижность, покой.
The fl abby state sector needs a lot more trimming, and the private
sector yearns to be unleashed— дряблый, отвислый.
American offi cials were fl abbergasted when he failed to attend
the G8 summit and a bilateral meeting with Mr Obama last month—
изумлять, поражать, удивлять.
Political cynicism, unmoving opinion polls and fl accid national
campaigns are partly to blame for the lack of colour in the constituencies— слабый, безвольный, пассивный.
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Часть II / fl ack
He has taken fl ack about an alleged lack of economic nous—
заниматься связями собщественностью; выполнять функции прессагента.
The “tyranny of the fl agship”: the tendency for top-of-the-range
phones to scoop a disproportionate share of the market— флагман,
ведущий.
Short of authority and direction, India’s rulers fl ail in the face of
growing problems— цепенеть.
The Chinese record will draw fl ak; The government took much
of the fl ak for the job losses— взбучка, огонь зенитной артиллерии.
The fl ashbulbs popped as her handcuffs were taken off— лампа-
вспышка.
Taxpayers will remain destined to rescue the fl akiest fi rms time
and time again— психованный, чудной.
The Anglo-Saxon media love nothing better than a bit of self-fl ag-
ellation— самобичевание.
Dubai’s rich will have yet another way to fl aunt their wealth—
выставлять себя напоказ, рисоваться.
Nobody knows if a fl eck of paint, a particle of frozen astronaut’s
urine or a fragment broken off a satellite count as an object: there is no
case law— пятно.
Working side by side was the best way to train and support the
fl edgling forces — неопытный юнец; человек, начинающий свою
карьеру.
The amount of fl annel and balderdash students are taught and then
regurgitate in the real world is truly frightening— абсурд, вздор, ерунда.
His Mahdi Army used to fl aunt nationalist credentials in an effort
not to be viewed as being in Iran’s pocket— дефилировать; выставлять
себя напоказ, рисоваться.
And that was a mere fl eabite compared with his grander ambi-
tions— маленькая неприятность; легкая боль.
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Часть II / fl ip-fl opper
A Latin American giant plans to modernise India’s fl eapits —
вшивый отель, задрипанный кинотеатр.
The Chinese government is in a muscle-fl exing mood— поиг-
рывание мышцами.
You might think such fl eecing would leave the government with
cash to spare— надувательство.
Most journalists visit Chechnya fl eetingly— быстро; мимолетно,
скоротечно.
Where Mr Bower gets it wrong, however, is in casting Mr Blair
as a feckless flibbertigibbet — сплетник; легкомысленный чело век.
A formulaic Hollywood-style fl ick— внезапный легкий удар,
щелчок.
The crisis of 2008–09, when oil prices fell and the world economy
stagnated, revealed that the Russian economy was dependent on fl ighty
foreign hedge funds and retail investors— капризный, взбалмошный.
Some of this fl imfl am is captured by Thomson Reuters, which
distinguishes between “invention patents”, which require an examination to see if an idea is really novel, and “utility-model patents”—
мошенничество, обман; жульническая уловка.
The killing and incarceration of people on fl imsy accusations of
insulting Islam has long shamed Pakistan— неосновательный, шаткий.
One of the most fascinating is its long-standing fl ing with Israel—
удалой шотландский танец, флинг.
Wolfgang Schäuble, the fl inty fi nance minister, is under constitu-
tional orders to cut the federal government’s structural budget defi cit—
суровый; бесчувственный, черствый.
The famous fl ip-fl opper is also— with the exception of his fellow
Mormon, Jon Huntsman— the least authentic conservative in the race—
перебежчик, перевертыш.
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Часть II / fl ippant
Yet while other European countries enact reforms, the main
candidates for the French presidency focus on more fl ippant issues—
легкомысленный, несерьезный.
France even fl irted with demanding his resignation— относиться
несерьезно; играть (счем-л.).
He remained free, probably fl itting across the porous border into
Thailand— браться тозаодно, тозадругое.
My apparent floccinaucinihilipilification of both you and
your canine companion was meant to be stupendously supercilious—
привычка давать всему низкую оценку, считать бесполезным;
отрицание важности, значимости (чего-л.).
Floozies are good stress-reliever— шлюха.
From fl ophouses to boardrooms, moods darkened further in
the wake of the decision by Standard & Poor’s to demote Brazil’s debt—
ночлежка.
His speaking style is often fl orid— цветистый; кричащий.
To produce all the fl otsam and jetsam one could ever wish—
ненужные остатки; обрывки.
The FLOTUS failed but a solution cam from the private sector is
interesting— первая леди (First Lady of the United States).
At one meeting in 1996, Mr Mandelson felt so slighted by Mr Brown
that he fl ounced out, slamming the door behind him— броситься вон.
Starved of foreign fi nancing, Mr Rouhani’s modernisation programme has fl oundered— быть награни краха.
Many dismissed his proposal as an empty fl ourish that would
soon be forgotten— показные движения, завитушка, росчерк.
Even this modest law may be widely flouted— презирать;
попирать.
A result of a fl uke in Russia’s trading calendar; a communist-era
fl uke— удача, везение.
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Часть II / foals
If it were just fl ubbed lines and dropped tambourines and rogue
piano notes moving into the spotlight, it would be a dubious achievement— испортить, завалить, провалить.
Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, fl uffed her sums try-
ing to put a price on Labour’s pledge to hire an additional 10,000 police
offi cers— произносить сзапинкой.
It was because of the “separation of powers”, he fl uffed— произ-
носить сзапинкой.
The scandal fl ummoxes in Washing; Even the least fogeyish of
politicians have been fl ummoxedby the internet— смущать, ставить
взатруднительное положение.
The American Revolution swept away the fl ummery of feudal
titles— кашица; размазня.
Do they come out of a different pool from the ones who fl unk
the basic rationality tests posed by the behavioural economics?—
провалиться наэкзамене.
Mr Gingrich appeared fl ustered by this assault, and spent much
of the run-up to the primary bemoaning— нервировать, тревожить,
расстраивать.
The erudite world of taxonomy is all a fl utter over a row about
renaming the world’s most famous fl y— дрожание, трепетание.
Being the fi rst one that got hit, torn up real bad, Ithink a fl ux
of money came here— постоянное изменение, постоянное движение.
Bastillle Day on July 14
th
, with its shiny, military parade and precision fl ypast over the Champs-Elysees— воздушный парад; демон-
страционные полеты.
As a rock off the top left-hand corner of Europe, we are big winners from this rule, which turns places like Italy, Greece, Malta or Poland
into fl ypaper for migrants— ловушка для мух.
If his foals perform well once they start racing in 2016, that amount
could triple— жеребенок; осленок.
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Часть II / foam-spotters
Has the world got a new bubble economy? A rising chorus of foam-
spotters believes so— сыщик, наблюдатель.
On January 31st, he sacked his government, a time-honoured Jordanian device for fobbing off protest— непринимать вовнимание,
отмахиваться (откого-л.).
Portrayed as warm-blooded personalities with foibles, jealousies
and ambitions, not just as purveyors of ideas— слабость, слабая струнка.
Not only is their country the dominant actor in the euro crisis, but
it is also being attacked for foisting on southern Europeans reforms—
навязать, всунуть.
China’s Communist Party sees its sacred mission as bringing Taiwan back into the motherland’s fold— объятия, паства.
Early analysis of images of these folios suggests some may precede the fi rst big standardisation— книга высотой более 30см.
Mr Uribe is both intense and folksy, whereas Mr Santos is cerebral
and urbane— общительный, компанейский.
While the fate of the euro was resting on Mr Berlusconi’s folli-
cally enhanced head, the chances of success were slim— выращенные
волосяные луковицы.
What people see in me is a calm, trustworthy person who can successfully carry out an agenda of integration and foment production—
разжигать; подстрекать.
This footling stuff is only of any interest because it is about the
queen— пустяковый, пустячный.
One consequence is that older EU countries will fi nd themselves
footing the bill for clearing it up— оплатить счет, оплатить расходы.
Mr Kalam, a former government scientist with a foppish fringe,
was unusually popular, mainly because he was not a politician—
фатоватый, пижонский.
A lot of churches had played a footsie with New Apostolic Reformation, only before it was heavilly slammed for heretic faith— кокетничать,
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Часть II / forsooth
заигрывать, касаться под столом ноги соседки своей ногой, чтобы
невидели другие.
Lender forbearance is widespread, disguising the extent of bad
loans— отсрочка (долга).
The main problem with forensic evidence is that it isn’t science
but it’s usually presented to juries as if it were— судебный; команда
следователей, работающая наместе преступления.
Which sounds to me like pumping water from the fore to the aft
of a sinking ship— наносу инакорме; вдоль всего судна.
A buccaneering Britain would forge wonderful new partner-
ships with powerful and dynamic countries outside Europe— медленно
иравномерно продвигаться вперед.
Serbia would be at a fork in the road— разветвление, ответвление,
развилка (дорог); распутье; at a fork in the road— нараспутье.
Goldman is expected to fork out $18 billion for 2009— раско-
шелиться.
The book gives way to a forlorn litany of the events; A forlornef-
fort; African hopes that the AU mandate in Mogadishu be turned over to
the UN look forlorn— безнадежный (опопытке сделать что-л.).
Eventually every long-running drama, from “Downton Abbey”
to “Dr Who”, feels formulaic— стереотипный, трафаретный, шаб-
лонный.
If one is not fortuitous by the grace of God, then at least remem-
ber him, and give him the responsibility of your losses— случайный,
неожиданный.
In her fi rst foray to the Middle East as America’s secretary of state,
Hillary Clinton confi rmed the new American administration’s intention—
короткий визит, набег; нападение.
A cleanly Landlord must have, forsooth, his Rooms new paint-
ed and white-wash’ d every now and then— без сомнения, поистине.
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Часть II / forswear
Big-country leaders will spend a lot of time trying to secure access to the very fossil fuels they are trying to forswear— отказываться,
отрекаться.
Other people interviewed simply said the ban was a silly anachronism and should be dropped forthwith — немедленно, тотчас,
незамедлительно.
It also coincided, perhaps fortuitously for Mr Lukashenka, with
an uncomfortable few weeks for Russia’s Vladimir Putin— случайно.
Deep learning employs pieces of software called artifi cial neural
networks to fossick out otherwise-abstruse patterns— шарить, рыскать.
Some cash-strapped libraries still use atlases showing fossils such
as the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic— что-либо
старомодное, вышедшее изупотребления; атавизм.
It comes from the fact that many fossiliferous sites which formed
in the shallow waters of the past contain types of animal now extinct—
органические остатки.
Despite the evidence that trust responds to incentives, certain
situ ations foster trust more than others— побуждать, стимулировать;
одобрять.
That was the obstacle on which the conference foundered— стать
хромым.
Opposition leaders are crying foul but it looks like Mr Chávez
and his incompetent “Bolivarian revolution” will roll on— бесчестный,
грязный, предательский.
The archeological remains of the Koguryo lingdom of 37BC–68AD,
the fount of Korean culture and myth— источник, ключ.
The fracas over Renault’s closure of its Belgian factory is an indica-
tion of the rotten state of Europe’s car industry— шумная ссора; скандал.
Unfortunately, military volunteers do not frag, but at least one
revealed their crimes against civilians— ранить, убивать осколочной
гранатой соратника.
298
Часть II / free-riders
They are not fragrant paragons of exquisite taste— ароматный,
благоухающий.
Yet this national treasure is looking frail— хилый, слабый.
With him he already had the gifts of gold, frankincense and
myrrh, actually pinched from Eden— ладан.
Bernie Madoff, a New York-based fraudster caught out in 2008 ran
a scheme 20 times bigger, at $65 billion— мошенник, обманщик, плут.
An already fraught relationship has become more so with
MrTrump’s election as president— удручающий, обременяющий.
The ideologies that held together the big political groupings of the
20th century are fraying— изнашиваться, вытираться.
At a time of chaos, when communications were disrupted and offi c-
ers were understandably frazzled; But for most equity traders, frazzled
after a day of white-knuckle rides, it was an ominous sign that stockmarkets had fi nally caught up— довести досостояния крайней физической
усталости или нервного истощения; измучить.
George Bush is a frat boy who had a serious love affair with the
bottle— студент изсостоятельной семьи.
Basing troops and equipment on foreign soil is fraught with dif-
fi culty— подавленный, удрученный.
Embarrassing pictures on Facebook show you dancing the hula
naked at a frat party— студенческое братство.
They are going to waste trillions on the fraudulent theory of “CO2
causes global warming”— жульнический, мошеннический.
If Egyptians in general are frazzled by a year of revolution, the
country’s Coptic Christian minority is doubly disturbed— вымотавшийся,
измученный.
Now France knows how America feels in NATO when it demands
more military burden-sharing from allies and chafes at free-riders—
халявщик, прилипала.
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Часть II / free-for-all
By allowing a free-for-all, the baby is being thrown out with the
bath water— всеобщая драка, свалка.
In capital cities the civil servants freewheel, which is called the
federal family freewheeling phenomenon— ехать без использования
привода.
The local freesheet tells me that “een nieuwe komedie” is appearing starring Charlize Theron— бесплатная газета.
The SEALs needed to get out of there again, they were far behind
“frenemy” lines— друг как враг.
Frenetic, competitive, multifarious, fi lthy and beautiful: the fl ower business is an emblem of Manhattan— буйный, бурный, неистовый.
Nearly eclipsed by the international media frenzy over Sarah Palin’s speech— бешенство; неистовство.
Cafés they frequent now sport airport-style security— часто
посещать.
Two decades ago Londoners used to fret about whether their city
was faring better or worse than Paris— волноваться, раздражаться.
Yet Hervey was no fribble — фривольная идея, тунеядец.
Its dramatic frieze depicting the battle between the giants and the
Olympian gods makes it one of the most distinctive works from the classical world— фриз; бордюр.
Southwest Airlines, the world’s fi rst successful no-frills carrier,
pioneered ways of reducing operating costs that are now used all over
the world— «без выкрутасов».
The eastern fringe of the Muslim world worries about Islamic
State’s infl uence— периферия, отдаленная область.
New York’s police stopped nearly 700,000 people last year, according to a New York Civil Liberties Union report that uses police data.
More than half of those were also frisked— быстрый обыск при задержании.
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