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Часть II / hullabaloo
One feature of Mr Putin’s ascent to the presidency was that even
his closest backers had little idea how he would behave. Some, including Vladimir Gusinsky and Boris Berezovsky, were hounded out of Russia— выжить.
Her post-war life was devoted to housewifery, motherhood, and
preserving the memory of Anne and her family for future generations—
домашнее хозяйство; домоводство.
The price of jet fuel has been hovering at its lowest point for six
years— зависание; висение.
Workers say that open-plan offi ces make it more diffi cult to con-
centrate, because the hubbub of human and electronic noise is so distracting— гам, гул.
Rising China, declining Europe: a tale of hubris— спесь; высоко-
мерие, надменность.
This is hucksterism and haranguelogy at the same time— мелкий
торговец овощей, фруктов.
What a hell lot of “guests” today are raising hue and cry to fence
Putin off the accusation of terrorism— какафония, оглушительный шум.
Russia’s huffi ng & puffi ng over the Balts has proved empty; pre-
vious attempt by China and Taiwan to end their decades of offi cial acrimony ended in a mutual huff — припадок; вспышка раздражения.
In a huffy response, Singapore’s government noted America “al-
lows… hate speech under the rubric of freedom of speech”— обиженный;
раздраженный.
If things go well, you may fi nd yourself playing huffl eboard
on a cruise ship with some fellow geriatrics— палубный шаффлборд
(вариант тойже игры напалубе спалками идеревянными дисками).
Other clients used to worry that the pair were still too hugger-
mugger— беспорядок, неразбериха.
A hullabaloo erupted anyway: Indiana’s House of Representatives
was about to approve a “right to work” bill when the Democratic minority mimicked their Wisconsin colleagues and fl ed the state— гам, гвалт.
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Часть II / hum
Hum along, Russians!— гудящий, жужжащий.
It is archaeology that has broken up the hummocky ground—
кочковатый.
Organised criminals who have long traffi cked drugs are diversifying into humdrum areas of commerce — банальный, неинтересный,
скучный, однообразный.
“Gift is humbug,” proclaims Gujarat’s opposition leader, Shankersinh Vaghela— oбман, жульничество; уловка; подлог.
It takes a lot to make a humdinger of a National Enquirer exposé
look mundane— отличная вещь, высший класс.
Even though it is going to be a humongous bill, even though we
will be in debt for years, Ibelieve that more likely than not, Iwill vote for
it— огромный, невероятный.
Mr Serraj and his colleagues are hunkered down at a heavilyguarded naval base while talks continue— сидеть накорточках.
Even Gerhard Schroeder, Germany’s chancellor, admits that not
everything is hunky-dory— первоклассный, превосходный.
The gleam of green and even the fi gure of Schubert’s hurdy-
gurdy man, playing his heartbreaking tune for someone, anyone,
in the snowy waste to hear— старинный струнный музыкальный
инструмент.
Obama has plainly jumped over most of the hurdles laid in front
of him— барьер, препятствие.
The euro zone hurtling into uncertainty and maybe towards
anasty end— двигаться сшумом; мчаться сгрохотом.
Ukrainian oligarchs want to husband what they have and to
enhance its value— экономно расходовать; разумно использовать
(что-л.).
Another of Mr Huang’s materials is a natural bonding agent extracted from discarded rice husks— шелуха, скорлупа.
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Часть II / hypotheticals
You can serve federal time for interstate transport of water
hyacinths, trafficking in unlincences dentures, or misappropriating
the likeness of Woodsy Owl— гиацинт (минерал, разновидность
цир кона).
“We’re the ones now under siege,” says the owner of Che Che,
ahubbly-bubbly café in Ramallah— кальян.
Critics struggled to grasp what he was up to, but he couldn’t have
cared about their “receptions, deceptions, hellos, goodbyes, huzzahs,
hurrahs”— возгласы «Ура!».
The annual “hype cycle” chart from Gartner, a market research
fi rm, tries to depict the degree to which certain technologies are exaggerated— активная реклама, пускание пыли вглаза.
Among the most anticipated match-ups for 2013 are the talented
and hyperkinetic chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in
Tokyo— гиперкинетический.
The hyperbole is fast becoming reality; it seems absurdly hyper-
bolic— преувеличенный; гиперболический.
Mr Erard says that true hyperpolyglottery begins at about 11lan-
guages, and that while legends abound, tried and tested exemplars are
few— сверхполиглотство.
This week 14 hyperventilating patriots from China, Hong Kong
and Macau steamed to the Senkakus, where Japan’s coastguard promptly
arrested them— учащенно дышать.
The breadth of his friendships is testament to Lawrence’s compul-
sive, almost hypnotic allure — гипнотическая личность.
Forget the hypotheticals and look at the policies— пред поло-
жительный, гипотетический.
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Часть II / ice
I
Companies dispense with rules and hierarchies in a bid to keep
up with… they had been working late into the night, cut no ice with
MrGrove— неиметь влияния, неиграть никакой роли.
That might hit the problem from both ends: oversupply, and give
the buyers that icky feeling as they wonder what they’re really drinking— слезливый, мерзкий, противный.
Mr Koizumi, ever the iconoclast, no doubt approves of that too;
His iconoclasm, going against the grain, is both his strength and weakness— бунтарь, возмутитель спокойствия.
His symptoms were chiefl y auditory hallucination and paranoid
ideation— способность кформированию ивосприятию идей.
Idolatry of food was wrong: unfair both to the ingredients and to
God; They have also gone out of their way to attack ancient shrines, deeming them to be idolatrous— культ; обожание; поклонение.
Most African slaves in Europe were not indentured for life—
обусловленный договором сервитута.
Every election throws up an identikit swing vote— комплект
изображений черт лица, покоторым составляют фоторобот (британская торговая марка).
In jail he was mentor to a generation of jihadists and acquired
a reputation as the world’s leading ideologue of holy war— идеолог.
Russia’s political idiosyncrasies must give way to the imperative
of economics; he learnt English, or at least developed an idiosyncratic
version of it— отличительный, характерный, уникальный.
Iffy borrowers; the situation is far too iffy for any predictions —
слишком неопределенный.
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Часть II / immemorial
The original idea behind Igloo Vision, based in Craven Arms,
Shropshire, was to project 360-degree images inside geodesic domes—
иглу (куполообразное жилище канадских эскимосов, сложенное
изснежных блоков).
People can now live far from the madding crowd and yet remain
abreast of its ignoble strife— низкий, подлый.
The loud-mouthed ignoramus was brought fully into the main-
stream by Rove’s 50% + 1 politics— невежда, неуч, профан.
To emerge from the Viernam and the ignominy of Watergate;
the Afghan war may yet end in an ignominious retreat— бесчестный,
постыдный.
The man is a narcissistic sociopath, full of his own righteousness,
and fi lled with the hate-America prejudgments of his ilk— идругие
тогоже рода.
In Tokyo’s illustriously educated cadre of senior civil servants—
знаменитый; известный.
Peacemaking outsiders viewed the action as the illest of omens—
наихудшее извсех.
What they had in common was not their incomes, but their un-
willingness to be treated as imbeciles by their government— идиот;
умственно отсталый.
They found someone simply holding an alcoholic drink is per-
ceived as less intelligent, something the academics term the “imbibing
idiot bias”; he imbibed his ideas from— пить; употреблять алкоголь.
He wasaccused of making the Israeli-Palestinian imbroglio
worse; A good public imbroglio fortifi es the constitution— путаница;
щекотливая ситуация.
Yet he imbues his descriptions with a bleak awareness— насы щать.
Behavioural research since time immemorial shows that teen-
agers are prone to doing ridiculously ill-advised things— давний,
незапамятный, древний.
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Часть II / immolations
Hundreds of Tibetans from areas outside the Tibet Autonomous
Region were expelled from the city in the wake of the two immolations—
жертвоприношение.
Sihanouk, now immured in his palace under house arrest, became
a symbol again— замурованный.
Traditional attitudes towards the sea, as something immuta-
ble and distant to humanity, are hugely out of date— непреложный,
постоянный.
The commission’s opponents, its actions look like imp — бесенок,
чертенок.
Relief for New York’s impecunious nicotine junkies is, however,
at hand— бедствующий, нуждающийся.
Much like him, Mr Lee believes politicians are impediments to
his country’s progress — помеха, преграда, препятствие.
This “marriage squeeze” impels women to try to marry before
they turn 27— принуждать, стимулировать.
Mr Trump’s stand-off with Mr Xi could have imperilled that approach— подвергать опасности.
Both men are prickly, imperious and prone to spreading conspiracy theories— властный, повелительный.
Congress is impervious to the power of special interests—
неотзывчивый; невосприимчивый, глухой (кчему-л.).
What if Israel does launch an impetuous attack, in defi ance of Mr
Obama’s plea for time— стремительный, порывистый.
That tin ear— Obama, an impenitent president— закоренелый,
неисправимый.
It was widely reported in Brazil that our impertinence had the effect of making the fi nance minister unsackable— нахальство; неуважение.
Britain has signed some 700 international treaties that impinge
on sovereignty; Mr Trump’s willingness to take and abruptly abandon
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Часть II / imprimatur
radical positions, like the clubhouse commander-in-chief he resembles
in all ways except one will still impinge on American foreign policy—
вторгаться (куда-л.); покушаться, посягать.
Britain has signed some 700 international treaties that impinge
on sovereignty— вторгаться (куда-л.); покушаться, посягать.
Several conservative pundits who had been implacably opposed
to anything that smacked of lenience towards illegal immigrants are
suddenly declaring themselves untroubled by the idea — неумолимый,
непреклонный.
Mr Saeedi has borne the brunt of the anger, but the challenge to the
supreme leader is implicit— невыраженный явно, скрытый.
The plot was wildly implausible: Mr Jordan and Mr Bunny beat
a team of evil aliens at basketball, thus saving everyone from having
to work at an alien theme park called Moron Mountain— невероятный.
Then there is the other imponderable— the Arabs have never ac-
cepted a Jewish State— что-л. неподдающееся учету, точной оценке
или определению.
As in 1978, it will be months or even years before the full import
of the plenum becomes clear— смысл, суть, сущность.
Mr Straw said he had successfully importuned the European Com-
mission and Ukrainian government— домогаться; надоедать.
Egypt, which has its own grievances with Gaza’s Islamist masters,
impounded the last lot— скрывать; препятствовать распространению.
A corporation’s intent to commit a “heinous crime” cannot be
imputed to shareholders— приписывать (что-л. кому-л), объяснять.
Belarusians who gathered in the snows of Minsk for an im-
promptu rally earlier this month waved improvised fl ags— экспромт;
импровизация.
Giving the imprimatur of the state to global companies is also
fraught with risks— санкция, официальное разрешение.
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Часть II / impropriety
Whoever it is must impress on her and her entourage that in politics, the appearance of impropriety can cause as much harm as impropriety itself— неуместность.
Allies impugn Mr. Rafsanjani’sintegrity— оспаривать, опровер-
гать; ставить под сомнение.
Impunity time started a while ago with some leader of the opposition rushing to the Strasbourg in order to receive a certifi cate of immunity— безнаказанность.
How Britain turned the ruins of its empire into a mighty entertainment imperium — абсолютная, верховная власть.
He is unaccustomed to impudent displays of mass dissent, which
the election on July 28th represents, rigged or not— дерзкий; бесстыдный.
In the competition for most inauspicious introduction to fi nance,
Terrence Duffy, the executive chairman of CME Group, must surely be the
winner— зловещий; предвещающий дурное.
Stan Lee, who inadvertently shaped contemporary fi lm, is now
trying to do so on purpose— поневнимательности, пооплошности,
понеосмотрительности.
The reason for this general spread of inanity may be found in a
diet composed entirely of newspapers, politics, beer and Wagner’s music— пустота.
Such inbetweeners tend to fi nd partisanship on the airwaves
and in Congress repellent, strengthening their convictions further—
колеблющиеся.
The only one inbred here seems to be you, if stereotypes of an
inbred population in the backwoods, hating and attacking everyone—
прирожденный; заложенный отприроды.
When the cabinet of Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, approved abill
last week to allow for the emperor’s abdication— just this once, mind
you— Japanese ultranationalists were incandescent— накаленный
добела.
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Часть II / incrementalism
Many speakers, denoting piety or loyalty to political Islam, pref-
aced their remarks with incantations of reverence for the Prophet Muhammad— колдовство, волшебство; чары.
Incarceration rate for black Amerricans exceeds that in the So-
viet Union at the peak of the Gulag— заключение втюрьму.
For a country that is often cast as evil incarnate when it comes to
the environment— воплощенный; настоящий, истинный.
It has just allowed politicians to take advantage of the “elastic”
currency to incessantly increase spending— постоянно, бесконечно.
He deplores the incestuous narrowing of the gene pool that mo-
dern pedigree breeders have brought about— кровосмесительный.
Regulatory costs make it very diffi cult to earn much cash from
exporting cheap incidentals, such as crocodile teeth— случайность;
случайное обстоятельство.
Drivers spent hours inching along streets— двигаться медленно.
So incipient signs of a return to clearer policy in the past few
weeks are welcome— зарождающийся; исходный, начальный.
A new fi scal incontinence is aggravating these problems— не-
сдержанность; отсутствие самоконтроля.
In the 2010s hearing him stir crowds with praise for Europe
and openness seems both brave and incongruous— неподходящий,
неуместный.
It’s incongruity and disproportionality that invoke our sense
of wrongness— несовместимость, несочетаемость, несоответствие.
No one feels too sorry for these sea-green incorruptibles— не-
подкупный.
Senator Ron Wyden, a bipartisan-minded Democrat, says incre-
mentalism cannot work; politicians are by instinct incrementalists—
градуализм (стратегия постепенности восуществлении реформ,
вдостижении желаемых результатов).
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Часть II / inculcate
They feared he would inculcate ideas of true independence—
внушать.
He is incurious to the point of doltishness— безразличный, невнимательный.
Many of the people of Zanzibar, however, sincerely believe in
Popobawa, an incubus who supposedly rapes men who doubt his existence— инкуб (дьявол вобразе мужчины; нападает наженщин восне
исовокупляется сними).
In the presidential election in March most south-easterners voted
for the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, who comes from their region—
занимающий пост, должность.
For the fi rst time, there is no ruling party with the advantages of in-
cumbency and state resources in contention— официальная должность
(обычно вцеркви или политической структуре).
The rulers sound cocky as an inchoate opposition ponders its
next move; Mr Pak’s visit now will add to recent worries about Myanmar’s inchoate nuclear programme— только что начатый, зарождающийся.
The suspect can be held incommunicado without trial for
18months— лишенный общения слюдьми, отрезанный отвнешнего
мира.
They were afraid he would inculcate ideas of true independence
as well as accountability into a nascent class of patriotic Persian leaders— прививать, внушать, вселять.
Their abuser, though inculpated by the church, was never reported to the police— обвинять; порицать, инкриминировать, ставить
ввину.
When inclement weather strikes Washington DC, there is apaid
day (ordays) off for “non-essential Federal Employees”— суровый
(оклимате, погоде; чаще охолодной погоде, чем осухой или жаркой).
“Bunnies” (1966) reproduces a hugely enlarged photograph of
Playboy hostesses in grainy dots that blur the image almost to the point
of indecipherability— недешифруемость.
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