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Часть II / judgeships
The jingoistic mood may have added to the pressure on Canadian
athletes— шовинистический, ура-патриотический.
Chinese fl yers feared it was jinxed: sales in China, a crucial mar-
ket, fell by 60% immediately after the fi rst crash— проклятие, заклятие.
Shkval torpedoes give Western Naviesthe jitters; the dollar’s jit-
ters; It left the market jittery— пугливый; неспокойный.
It has dethroned them as the centre of the universe, by showing
that mankind is a Johnny-come-lately— новичок, опоздавший.
Politicians and right wing shock jocks raving on about how to con-
duct a diffi cult and sensitive task, in which they have no experience at all—
радиошоу, представляющие разные точки зрения впреднамеренно
провокационной манере.
The young Petty showed an early interest in clockmaking and
joinery but did not enter either trade— плотницкая, столярная мастерская.
In the optimistic view, Barack Obama has given a jolt of energy
to the Copenhagen climate talks— удар.
But not even Mr McCain could resist joshing about Mr Romney’s
“landslide victory” the night before— посмеиваться, подтрунивать над
кем-л.
One exuberant crew let off strings of fi recrackers and threw joss
paper up in the air as their vessel steamed out of the harbor— китайское
скульптурное изображение божества.
South Africa jostles with Nigeria for continental leadership—
толкать, пихать.
That he worked at a different newspaper bothered her not a jot—
йота; ничтожное количество.
The book’s tone is refreshing, although its occasional passages
of lazy journalese can be jarring— газетный язык, газетные штампы.
Even to many furious Republicans, who hold judgeships dear—
судейская должность; обязанности судьи, функции судьи.
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Часть II / juddered
Then there is the question of where Spain can turn for growth,
now that its construction adventure has juddered to a halt— дрожать,
колебаться.
In that case, the torry Juggernaut might roar through London,
too— сзаглавной буквы Джаггернаут (одно изимен Кришны, восьмого
воплощения бога Вишну), идея, которой слепо поклоняются, иногда
страгическими последствиями.
The white-collar executive, who spent his days juggling meetings
and managing bureaucracy— делать (несколько дел) одновременно,
совмещать.
SpaceX has gone for the jugular— самое уязвимое место; to
have an instinct for the jugular— уметь бить послабому месту; быть
кровожадным.
With half of America’s big fi rms experiencing shrinking profi ts, the
urge to juice the numbers may be rising— вдохновлять, подбадривать.
Stop the Saudis from playing the jukebox and the rest of us dancing to the tune— музыкальный автомат (вбаре, танцевальном зале).
President Hamid Karzai, the country’s political elite and a jumble
of Western diplomats packed a podium to review the troops— путаница;
сумятица.
There is no reason for them to jump the gun and bomb Israel to
smithereens— начинать слишком рано.
Mr Erdogan’s government encouraged tens of thousands of foreign
fi ghters to use Turkey as a jumping-off point to enter Syria— трамплин,
отправной пункт.
America is jumpy about the falling-out of its two biggest allies in
the region— неспокойный, несдержанный.
At least several hundred mile-junkies discovered that a free shipping offer on presidential and Native American $1 coins— наркоман.
Mainland businessmen and Communist Party offi cials, organised
by intrepid junket operators, have poured in— поездка “на халяву”.
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Часть II / keel
Such handouts have helped to keep the hard-up candidates in
the running at crucial junctures— сложное стечение обстоятельств.
A pair of boats are anchored just past the edge of a dock that juts
out from Cité Soleil, a vast slum in Haiti’s capital— выпирать, выступать.
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Appalled readers frequently tell Mrs Martin about conservative
relations who, in lieu of a gift, explain that they have made a donation in
their name, then reveal— kaboom!— that the benefi ciary is the National
Rifl e Association— звук громкого взрыва.
Why do we call things “kabuki” when we mean to say that they are
fake?— традиционная японская драма, вкоторой участвуют только
актеры мужчины.
She’s on her way to OSMA, realizing that her good friend who had
desired a little kaffeeklatsch— From German, from Kaffee “coffee” +
Klatsch “gossip”— легкая беседа зачашкой кофе.
In this Kafkaesque age everything is stood on its head— вугне-
тенном иподавленном стиле Франца Кафки.
Fatwas against fellow muslims and other minorities and declaring
them as kaffi r and worth killing is common from sunni religious lead-
ers— неверный.
The Obama administration, in a rare display of toughness, has tried
to browbeat Japan’s new government into submission, giving the impression in a country long fearful of “karaoke diplomacy”— дипломатия
караоке.
Your claim that Austria is protectionist and that foreign investors
are badly treated is off keel— неуместно.
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Часть II / keeled
Three of its banks, with assets worth 14 times GDP, keeled over
within a week— переворачиваться килем вверх.
A bit Darwinian for my tastes, but I’m here with a wild hair up my
keister, so it’s better than the alternatives for me— задница.
This is beyond the ken of most users— кругозор, предел познаний, круг знаний.
Their rush led to a fl ourishing kerb market on the street outside
the Dhaka stock exchange— бордюр.
The family is the kernel of Saudi society,” according to the kingdom’s Basic Law— суть, сущность, ядро.
Marketing men reckon the kerfuffl e over Barack Obama’s beloved
BlackBerry has been worth something like $50m; It is terribly worrying
that people are using the kerfuffl e over a few emails to delay action on
climate change even more — суета; суматоха.
Offi cers try to to contain public disorder with tactics such as ket-
tling, whereby demonstrators are confi ned to a small area— образование
полицией кордонов для сдерживания толпы.
Others have noticed that religious kibbutzim in Israel are thriving,
whereas secular socialist ones are in decline— сельскохозяйственная
коммуна вИзраиле.
The government puts the kibosh on a bid for PotashCorp; Yet deferring a decision on tax cuts is as good as kiboshing them— остановка,
задержка.
While most physical education teachers feel comfortable overseeing a football kickabout, cricket requires them to impart more technical
skills— валяться.
One observer likened their exchanges to the brawling of “Kilken-
ny cats”— драться так, что только пух иперья летят.
The king’s defi ance of this view seemed to augur a break from
decades of deference by the ruling Al Saud dynasty to killjoy puritans—
человек, отравляющий другим удовольствие; брюзга.
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Часть II / knack
Slaves, driven many of India’s “modern slaves” labour in appall-
ing conditions in brick kilns or breaking stones in quarries— печь для
обжига исушки.
Mr Becker argued that immigration was out of kilter because of the
absence of a price that would match supply and demand— висправности;
вполном порядке.
One reason may be that fi rms are still trying to work around kinks
in Swiss tax laws— ненормальность; заскок.
China must “resolutely resist” vulgar, cheap and kitsch forms
of culture— кич (художественный стиль, повсеместно достигший
расцвета вэпоху массовой культуры иоказавший заметное влияние
нахудожественную практику идизайн XXв.).
Most of all these guys can still smuggle out their kith and kin to west-
ern luxary saying they are threaten in Sri Lanka— друзья, знакомые, соседи.
A successful piece of astronomical kit looks dead— набор, ком-
плект.
While the innards of a useful CubeSat could require just a few
thousand dollars to kit out— обеспечивать.
The kitty is empty, and his proposed package of emergency tax-
raising measures has backfi red— вбанке.
All three should have set off a deafening klaxon in his cab, which
would have triggered automatic braking— клаксон.
Boko Haram is, fi rst and foremost, a product of Nigeria’s broken
and kleptocratic politics which now risks destabilising neighbouring
states— относящийся кклептократии.
An engineer’s desire to replace biology’s unruly heritage— kludge
built on kludge for billions of years— with something designed to be fi t
for a physicist’s practical purpose— клудж (устройство, программа
или часть программы, которые теоретически недолжны работать,
нопочему-то работают).
She has a knack for putting herself into other people’s shoes with
empathy and skill — ловкость; умение.
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Часть II / knackered
This whole plantation’s completely knackered— измотанный,
выжатый как лимон.
As soon as he collapses on the job he is carted off to the knacker’s
yard to be turned into glue and bonemeal— живодерня.
The cowardly whelps have not the courage otherwise to defend
what they get by their knavery— жульничество, плутовство.
That was only the latest in a series of measures to kneecap the assembly after the opposition won elections in 2015— прострелить колено
сцелью наказания.
It knows that to scrap that promise would be the death knell
for Hong Kong as a global fi nancial hub— дурное предзнаменование;
предвестие конца.
Lace and frills on knickers were shunned to save material in wartime; drawers drooped under rubber rationing— бриджи.
When knifi ng his predecessor, Tony Abbott, as leader of the Li-
beral Party and prime minister, Mr Turnbull has mainly himself to blame—
нанести предательский удар кандидату своей партии (голосуя
навыборах заего противника).
Because infl ation neatly cleaves several knotty problems in cosmology, many astrophysicists (though not all) subscribe to the theory—
трудный, запутанный.
A thicket of entangled benefi ts has sprung up, compared by some
to Japanese knotweed— горец, гречишка.
One of Google’s current chefs is Josef Desimone, who is admired
chiefl y for the kombucha tea that he ferments from scratch— пищевая
добавка издрожжей ибактерий («чайный гриб вбанке»).
Across the country there aren’t a few people willing to put their
kookiness into action; far from being a kooky outsider— помешанный;
свихнувшийся.
One of those Andy-Rooney-like kooks complaining and reminiscing about the time when MTV used to show music videos — профан,
неумеха.
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Часть II / kyboshed
Such slogans would not be kosher today— правильный; раз-
решенный.
India… well, it’s just too proud even for a purely symbolic kowtow
to China— низко кланяться, касаясь головой земли.
Each of the roughly 2,700 members of his krewe throws an aver-
age of 2,500 strands of beads at the festival— команда поподготовке
парада Марди Гра.
Satirists toss some kryptonite at Obama— вфантастических
рассказах неземной минерал, который лишает Супермена его
волшебных сил.
In Japan there is no kudos in going to jail for your art— похвала;
награда.
It’s not a “kumbaya” relationship— религиозный гимн Южной
Каролины.
He now wore a humble kurta and lungi over his bony hips and
he had been plump in the old days— бесцветная рубашка, которую
носят вИндии.
So it’s rather easy for an American in this case to kvetch about
the pointless myopia of insisting on fairness— постоянно жаловаться.
Symptoms normally manifest themselves in one of two ways,
known as marasmus and kwashiorkor— квашиоркор, детская
пеллагра.
Treaties were kyboshed— Belgium Put the Kybosh on the Kaiser
(end, death cap)— предотвратить что-то.
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Часть II / labyrinthine
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A labyrinthine legal landscape is making it harder than ever for
corporate America to stay on the right side of the law— запутанный,
трудный для понимания.
The Republican front-runner invited a lachrymose former
Miss Wisconsin and his wife, Melania, to read out praise poem—
сентиментальный, слезливый.
A terrible recession will be followed by a lacklustre recovery, but
Britain is no basket-case— тусклый, без блеска.
This is a rather lackadaisical thesis that fails to connect the underlying problem inherent with the system— томный; жеманный.
Judging by the leaked documents, the US and its lackey Australia
appear to be… In the secretive neo-liberalized trade regime— подхалим,
лизоблюд.
When their lacrosse team, the Iroquois Nationals, attempted to use
these documents to travel to Britain— лакросс, Канадская национальная
игра индейского происхождения, распространенная инавостоке
США.
Lunchis a ladle of chilli with rice, cornbread, salad and a slab of
chocolate cake— ковш, черпак; вформе ложки.
His ideas met with guffaws from the old lags of the industry, who
have seen many fancy schemes for electronic medical records fall fl at—
каторжник, заключенный.
The Republicans have tried to give the laggards extra clout by
barring states with primaries in March from using a winner-takes-all
voting— неповоротливый человек; увалень; копуша.
The problem is that “lah lah land” is also possibly Russian Mafi a
land and Failed State land and Terrorism land right on Europe’s doorstep— обещанный.
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Часть II / lanky
America’s laissez-faire ideology, as practised during the sub-
prime crisis, “was as simplistic as it was dangerous” — невмешательство
(правительства в дела частных лиц, обычно в частный бизнес
иторговлю).
The French invented laicity: getting rid of religion in public space,
rationality freedom prevailing against obscurantist faiths— миряне,
светские лица (недуховенство), любители, непрофессионалы.
Either way, it suggests a profound lacuna in biologists’ under-
standing of the world— пробел, пропуск.
In the wild east of the country which borders the lair in North Wa-
ziristan of the Haqqani network— берлога, логовище.
There have been more bank runs, executives on the lam, arrests
and credit panics than the country has seen in years— скрываться
отполиции.
Policymakers at home lambast Mr Obama for having overlearned
the lessons of Iraq— подвергать словесной критике, разносить впух
ипрах.
South Koreans should rather lament economic failures —
горестное стенание, причитание.
Lamentably, even after the tragedy at Rana Plaza there has been
little sign of this— печально; достойно сожаления.
Saddam Hussein, Boumediene and Qaddhafi were mercilessly
lampooned by samizdat literature and oral jokes— писать памфлеты,
пасквили.
The case offers a glimpse into a world not often seen by landlub-
bers— новичок вморском деле.
The upshot is a slew of languorous individual connections, as
well as a reduction in the channel’s capacity— бездеятельный, усталый.
One thing you can generally count on when the lanky fi gure of
Barack Obama approaches a podium is that you will hear a good speech—
долговязый; худой итощий.
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Часть II / languid
Business lunches are not the long, languid, liquid affairs they once
were— безжизненный, вялый; апатичный, бездеятельный.
Home prices languish near post-bubble lows, over 30% below
peak— слабеть; чахнуть; вянуть, ослабевать.
Mr Xi said little that was new, but the audience lapped it up anyway— поглощать, впитывать.
McCain is a lapdog of the oil industry— комнатная собачка.
This is a magnifi cently fair, full-scale biography and its judgments
are lapidary — краткий, лапидарный, сжатый (остиле).
The result is that now, every time he lapses into a slightly earthier
register, the press picks it up as further evidence— упущение, оговорка;
описка.
But Mr Roberts’s work is less a history than a giant political pamphlet larded with its author’s prejudices— уснащать, пересыпать речь.
And now that the EZ has spent every dime it can wrangle, and the
euro is a lariat coiling around the necks of its creators— веревка для
привязывания лошадей имулов.
Alone among the various forms of larceny, it has a time parameter— воровство, кража.
No matter how likeable the larcenist, a stickup is invariably an
unpleasant experience for employees— вор.
The survival of so many small settlements across the vast country is made possible by the largesse of the Greenland state — щедрый
дар, вознаграждение.
A Texan crow singing like a lark; when Bonobos fi rst tried this
idea, in 2011, it seemed like a lark— жаворонок; проказа; забава.
A provincial court implied last month when it convicted a local of disseminating false or illegal material online for posting a las-
civious comment about her on Facebook— сладострастный, распутный.
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