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Часть II / go
Apparently you’ve glom med onto my nom de plume— улав-
ливать, усваивать.
Anita Roddick, Body Shop’s never-knowingly-understated founder,
who is using hemp’s oil-rich seeds to make her gloppy moisturi— бурда,
дрянь, дерьмо.
A local news website showed pictures of men glugging down beer
in a drinking contest— пить (издавая булькающий звук).
The candidates, pictured before a television debate, are a glum
bunch— угрюмый, печальный, хмурый.
Countries to the east and south tend to be poorer, glummer and
worse-run; He’s very glum about the company’s prospects— мрачный,
угрюмый, хмурый.
But with no signs of an end to the world’s current oil glut, fears
are mounting of a sustained trough— пресыщение; пресыщенность.
Going for a long run would seem to be a lesser— not to mention
more economical — punishment for gluttony— обжорство.
Every gnarled hack knows that the best way to bury bad news
is counter it with a splashy new announcement— неуступчивый,
упрямый.
Managers of its 16 clubs have been gnashing their teeth at
achange of rules— скрежетать (зубами).
He pulls off a leather shoe and starts gnawing at an ankle— бес-
покоить, терзать.
Their gnomic conclusion: to maintain a “prudent monetary pol-
icy” and a “proactive fi scal policy” in the face of an “extremely grim and
complicated” global outlook— гномический, сжатый.
“They come over here,” she says gnomically, “they take out of
the system but they haven’t contributed to it”— выражаться кратко,
афоризмами.
International and African bodies, along with a wider variety of Af-
rican governments, have come together to have another go— попытка.
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Часть II / goading
Goading seagulls to crap on your opponents is fi ne; and by goad-
ing America is he testing his nerve or America’s patience?— побуждать;
подстрекать.
The goalposts were already in the wrong ballpark— стойка ворот,
неожиданно выдвигать новые требования.
So there is one question that really gets their goat: how do you feel
about helping Donald Trump become president?— сердить, злить кого-л.
Hoteliers report that groups fi rst lock themselves in their rooms,
to gawp gobsmacked at politicians being insulted on television chat
shows; the New York Times quotes a long list of gobsmacked comments—
ошеломленный; потрясенный.
Instead of picturing a massive tome of gobbledygook, voters
can picture a tiny “app” square on an iPhone— специальный жаргон
(речь определенного узкого круга людей, часто профессиональная
белиберда).
The second is investment: in the long-term, government debt gob-
bles up savings— поглощать, требовать большого расхода.
Purchasing huge amounts of American debt, including gobs of
mortgage debt— большой кусок, комок, шмат.
And he describes how a gifted innovator can produce entirely new
products, such as cavity-fi lling caramels and everlasting gobstoppers—
большая круглая конфета.
Children’s television is booming, which is a godsend to some
parents and a growing worry for others— неожиданное счастливое
событие; удача.
China has a Goldilocks economy— героиня сказки Goldilocks
and the three bears.
The book is marred by some sloppy mistakes: it is goitre, not gout,
that leads to a swollen neck— зоб.
In recent years, the gong has often gone to fi lms that grasp nettlesome subjects, such as Cristian Mungiu’s “4 Months, 3Weeks and
2Days”— медаль.
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Часть II / gotterdammerung
Broadway’s producers have sunk millions into tarting up old clas-
sics or adapting Disney’s latest gob of sugary goo in search of the next
hit— что-либо липкое, клейкое или вязкое.
Getting gooey about Britain, they say, would risk forsaking the
solid ground of reason for a boggy nationalist trap— сентиментальный.
It’s even more committed to goofy ‘free market’ liberalizations
than the LDP was— бестолковый, тупой.
Most home study students will goof off all day with video games—
увиливать отработы, косить.
State oppression, as carried out through the operations of China’s
local goons— убийца; головорез; наемный бандит.
Bond yields went down sharply, which goosed American growth
and stock prices— стимулировать, подталкивать.
It refl ects an equally gormless view that such fi rms caused the
fi nancial crisis— бестолковый, тупой.
The gory biopic relates the life, leader of a 13th-century Scottish
rebellion against Edward I of England— кровопролитный, жестокий,
чудовищный.
On every Fourth of July he and the grown-ups would release these
gossamer spirits, blue, white and red— очень тонкий.
Why do the Twin Cities produce so much literary gore?— запек-
шаяся кровь.
What Robin Hanbury-Tenison, another British explorer, who is
president of Survival International, calls “the gosh factor— боже!; черт
возьми!
Will we see grudging praise, doubts about his sincerity, or will there
have been a misplaced comma that somehow turns into a “gotcha”?—
выражение радости при решении проблемы, поимке.
Or they may be putting out a gotterdammerung fantasy of their
own, like folks waiting for the end of the world, or the old slaver secessionists of old— гибель Богов.
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Часть II / gourds
Setting out on an ocean voyage, with water in gourds and pounded
tubers tied up in leaves— тыква, любое растение изрода тыквенных.
America, some ludicrous ones close to a millennium which seems
to be nothing more than a headline grabber, and thank god Ilive in the
UK— устройство захвата.
Use of reconciliation to pass health care could greatly increase the
gradient of the hill— отклонение, угол наклона.
Chileans seem to have forgotten temporarily that their gradu-
alist democracy has real achievements— сторонник постепенного
проведения реформ.
China’s past anti-graft campaigns, though admittedly less extensive than the current one, hurt the economy little and may even have
boosted it— взятка, подкуп; незаконные доходы.
But Serra, he argues, was a “voice of conscience” who went against
the grain of his time— против шерсти.
A cluster of tumbledown villas, mosques and a synagogue conjures up the grandeur of a port that once marked the southern tip of the
Ottoman Empire— великолепие; пышность.
Britain’s defi cit, which Mr Osborne has made a great play of tackling, is granitic — гранитный.
With the exception of Ron Paul, all the serious candidates waxed
grandiloquent about their aims— высокопарный, помпезный.
Grapplinig with America; Senator Robert Byrd grappled mas-
rerfully with 11 presidents— брать наабордаж (корабль).
125 laboratories around America have signed up to dip their bread
in the gravy, so that gravy is very thinly spread— подливка (изсока
жаркого), соус, сок.
A genuine grassroots democratic movement to deny rights to
same-sex families— широкие массы, простые люди.
Presiding over such a meeting of global grandees was a perfect opportunity to show the public that he was on target— крупный чиновник;
важный человек.
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Часть II / gripping
Western politicians like to grandstand about North Korea, call-
ing its leaders “mad”, “rogue” or “tinpot”— бить наэффект; пускать
пыль вглаза.
Such granularity could revolutionise economic research— не-
однородность; неравномерность.
Instead of reaching up to strike a vertical mark against the sky
in echo of the area’s medieval belfries, the fi ve pavilions, strung-endto-end, aim to refl ect and become one with the gravid clouds— бере менная.
He mended fences and gained gravitas; Someone with gravi-
tas and integrity ready to assume leadership— aвторитет, вес; солидность.
Micron, an American semiconductor maker, is a relative green-
horn in South Korea— новичок; неопытный человек.
It concluded that, over such a period, a gregarious person has
a50% better chance of surviving than a lonely one— коммуникабельный,
общительный.
Barack Obama, Washington greybeards used to say, differs from
other American presidents— старик; пожилой человек.
Most people still live in grinding poverty— тяжелый, мучи-
тельный.
Even the gringos are sound enough for the Europeans— гринго,
иностранец (особенно англичанин или американец вЛатинской
Америке).
At a grip-and-grits event on November 10th in Houma, in the
southern oil-and- gaslands where bayous lap the highways — очищенное
отшелухи иперемолотое зерно.
We want our country back. In agricultural towns like Boston,
in Lincolnshire, immigration is voters’ biggest gripe— недовольство,
ворчанье, досада.
The smaller pictures are gripping, but the large altar paintings
are the main attraction— поразительный, потрясающий.
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Часть II / glamping
Glamping, or glamorous camping, meaning camping minus the
hassle and grunge, usually in preerected and well-appointed tents, is becoming a popular pursuit for city folk at beauty spots all over China —
состоит из двух слов: glorious и camping — замечательный лагерь
для автотуристов.
The public news networks were also slow to pick up the story, providing grist for the conspiracy mills of populists— зерно для помола.
And in the gritty north and east of the state, it has a lot of fed-up
blue-collar workers and ex-workers, as Michigan does— смелый, твердый, выносливый.
At present, Mr Chirac feels pretty downcast, even, some friends
say, “groggy”— хмельной.
But it is still far from clear which of them, if any, are being groomed
by Mr Xi to replace him and Mr Li after the congress in 2022— готовить
кдолжности.
Like his predecessors, Mr Trump grouches that America’s NATO
allies are not paying their bill— брюзжать, ворчать.
Mr Clinton groused about the 1960s and the rise of the conservative movement— ворчать.
Big Three CEOs grovel for bailout— пресмыкаться, унижаться,
раболепствовать.
Friendship between China and Pakistan is grounded in arms sales,
energy assistance— обучать основам предмета, знакомить сосновами.
If the advantages of action are infi nite and drinking the happy
nostrum of passive groupthink yields no fruit at all, why persist?—
групповое мышление, конформизм.
Mr Obama is “the groveller in chief”, says Michelle Malkin, a conservative blogger— подхалим, льстец, лизоблюд.
Not so long ago, many Muscovites lived in grotty communalki—
безобразный; никуда негодный.
Yet some analysts expect productivity growth to stall soon. Hardpressed workers are feeling grouchy— брюзгливый; ворчливый.
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Часть II / guffaws
Obama’s problem hasn’t really been the hapless powerless Re-
publicans, it has been a groundswell of opposition for Average working
Americans— волна народной поддержки.
Some grouse that Exim’s loan was accepted in preference to even
cheaper money offered by the Asian Development Bank— ворчать.
India’s booze industry is grubbier, and Mr Kripalu wants to clean
it up— неряшливый, неопрятный.
A murder, a grudge, deportations and what they say about Rus-
sia’s worrying political direction— недовольство; злоба; зависть.
More grudgingly, they also understand his quandary in Afghani-
stana quandary— неохотно, нехотя, без желания.
If life were fair, Citi’s bosses would each be given a Martini and
amedal for years of gruelling work— ужасный, противный.
Given that new graduates are the grunts of the professional-ser-
vices industries— рядовой сотрудник, «сошка».
Our reports this week from the front-lines of both wars suggest
that the answer to that question should be a guarded yes— осторожный;
предусмотрительный.
The surplus of bachelors— called in China guanggun, or “bare
branches” — голые ветви (китайский).
One was found in the islands’ accumulated guano, which is rich in
phosphates, nitrogen and potassium— помет морских птиц илетучих
мышей.
Decisions are a bunch of things, from hard data to really bad data
to guesstimates to cynical political calculus and to best intentions —
рассчитывать, оценивать приблизительно.
The feelings of Americans are no way refl ected, and this guff is
not instructive— пустая болтовня.
Manly guffaws and boos rippled around the auditorium— грубый
хохот; гогот.
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Часть II / guile
Some attribute this silence to spinelessness, others to tactical
guile— обман; хитрость, коварство; вероломство.
Evolution sceptics advance their cause under the guise of free inquiry— вид, видимость; личина.
Decisions will stick in their gullets; the arrangement will stick in
many Iraqi gullets— пищевод.
Surely this was just the usual whitewash, they warned, cosmetic
changes designed to arrest the eye of gullible foreigners— доверчивый,
легковерный.
One way to encourage them along the road to the fi nancial guil-
lotine would be through debt exchanges— гильотина.
Сommentary published by China’s offi cial news agency to celebrate the current sessions of that country’s toothless parliament and its
gumless consultative body— беспомощный.
Arab-Kurdish tension has been gumming up politics in Baghdad— склеивать, приклеивать.
However, gummy regulations hold back commerce— клейкий;
густой, тягучий.
Please do add lawyers as an assault team to eradicate would be
“nubie-gumshoe-intruders” with governmental— сыщик; детектив.
He had the gumption to embrace reform— находчивость; сообразительность.
He had been forced aboard at gunpoint and sold by a broker to
the captain for $900— заставлять кого-л. делать что-л. под угрозой
применения оружия.
Wnen it comes to repelling gunk, Tefl on and car wax are among
the best materials available— слизь.
Nobody can accuse the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), China’s
central bank, of being gun-shy— пугающийся выстрелов.
318
Часть II / gyrations
Now an attempt is being made to revive the memory of a gunsling-
er who genuinely deserves a raising of the hat— стрелок, славящийся
своим мастерством.
Once gung-ho for military action, Britain’s elite has become more
cautious— полный энтузиазма.
He will be strapped on to a gurney and killed by lethal injection;
he said from the gurney— каталка.
The murder of six Sikhs at a gurdwara in Wisconsin by a white
supremacist earlier this month brought calls to redress this balance—
сикхский храм.
Put onto it by a 66 year old woman (who looked 50) who gustily
downed 2 pints of the 5.5% alcoholic brew— бурно; спорывами.
You fi nd hundreds of investors gushing about their plans to
help the poor with new technology and make big profi ts while doing it—
изливать чувства спреувеличенной экспансивностью.
Such traits would make him very different from Mr Trump, who
lives by the gut— жить инстинктами.
Plenty in the Trump administration would love to gut it— разру-
шать, уничтожать.
Derided not long ago, a gutsy parliament is now challenging the
president— дерзкий; отчаянный, храбрый.
In recent years many big drug companies have gutted their re-
search departments— потрошить; опустошать (опожаре).
Short-term gyrations in commodity prices may do more damage
than long-run trends— круговое движение.
319
Часть II / haberdasher
H
This time it’s Ukraine and the world, as usual, has turned to the
United States to assume its customary role as policeman and haberdash-
er— торговец предметами мужского туалета.
Three fake nuns were arrested trying to smuggle six kilos of cocaine under their habits in Colombia— облачение, одеяние (одежда
для специальных случаев).
A war-time intelligence offi cer, brilliant prose stylist, habitué of
country houses and high society— завсегдатай.
Every gnarled hack knows that the best way to bury bad news
is counter it with a splashy new announcement— несговорчивый,
неуступчивый.
This man and his brother, who run Cuba as their own hacienda,
are dictators and criminals— гасиенда (имение, плантация вИспании
иЛатинской Америке).
Few words raise as many hackles in America as “bail-out”—
шерсть животных назагривке (которую они щетинят, когда испытывают чувство недовольства).
He talks poetically about the fi ve watery zones: “sunlit” means
down to 200 metres; “twilit”, descending to 1,000; “midnight” to 4,000;
“abyssal” to 6,000; and fi nally “hadal”, meaning the deepest trenches —
пучинный (имеющий глубину более 6000 метров).
Over hadiths, sayings about Muhammad’s life, there is fl exibility;
some can be weeded out as unsound or outdated— асар; хабар (предание
ословах идействиях Пророка Мухаммеда).
Indeed, the entire private sector is haemorrhaging workers— то,
что вызывает убытки, потери.
Voters in Israel give Kadima a surprise boost, but haggling over
the next government must now begin— вздорить, пререкаться.
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