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Часть II / malfeasance
They were pondering a well-known tendency, called the “Macbeth
effect”, for people to want to clean themselves physically— безуспешные
попытки смыть кровь срук.
The MAD doctrine made Russians and Americans talk and listen
to each other politely— гарантированное взаимное уничтожение (Mutually Assured Destruction).
The lives of 16th-century composers of unaccompanied madri-
gals— мадригал.
Developing countries, even if they have the money, seem unlikely
to be able to leapfrog into this new maelstrom of innovation— водоворот,
вихрь.
Their regional magazine is clearly aimed at attracting disaffected
citizens— склад, хранилище.
The trade-off entailed cannot be magicked away by minting
asoundbite— избавиться магическим, волшебным способом.
Hitler had a magpie mind— болтун, болтунья.
Sir Lawrence Freedman’s aim in his magisterial new book, “Strat-
egy: A History”, is to fi nd a workable defi nition of what strategy is—
авторитетный, влиятельный.
The Adi Vasis who are the mainstay of the Naxals would not have
experienced caste; Country’s mainstays were rubber and rice — главная
поддержка, опора, оплот.
Will migrants make or break Europe?— решающий момент.
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published a long and damag-
ing criticism, calling the poor fellow “maladroit and inept”— неловкий,
неуклюжий.
Deutsche Bank’s distress is symptomatic of a wider malaise— не-
домогание.
With all due respect, that’s a bunch of malarkey— чушь, мура.
If shareholders knew that their entire investment could be lost
due to the malfeasance of the corporation; innocent of any malfeasance;
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Часть II / malleable
Offi cials give warning of a zero-tolerance approach to corporate malfeasance — злодеяние, преступление.
Because Socrates wanted to win converts to this conversational culture he often chose young and malleable men— покладистый,
уступчивый.
Politics change quickly and malevolent policy is always plausible— злобный, злой, злорадный, недоброжелательный; malevolent
fate— злая судьба.
That could involve disrupting sensitive equipment such as
centrifuges, he said, using malware introduced via infected memory
sticks— вредоносное ПО (способное нанести ущерб или вывести
изстроя информационно-вычислительную систему; например,
вирус).
Tactics adopted that contributed to the malodorous aura that socalled liberals acquired in the ‘70s— вонючий, зловонный.
We should not only limit our expectations regarding the mallea-
bility of Chinese domestic consumption— покладистость, уступчивость.
Neither notion went down well with the top ranks of the mandari-
nate— чиновничество.
A few mangy goats roam around, picking out scraps of food—
чесоточный, шелудивый.
The Muslim Brotherhood, where many of the younger members
who manned the barricades in Tahrir Square now want a greater say—
организованный людьми.
There will be no welcome mat for Bulgarian and Romanian workers— ковер.
Exactly what does Mammon look like?— мамона, богатство,
деньги (рассматриваемые как источник зла).
The Soviet Union had collapsed because nobody in the party
had been “man enough to stand up and resist”; he noted that Russia’s
corrupt security services had “left the party disarmed”— настоящий
мужчина.
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Часть II / marred
Slaves were manacled and marched to the ocean— заковывать,
сковывать, связывать.
Don’t tell me that a free-market company cannot go bankrupt if
it does not mange its resources well or mitigates risks early— чесотка.
After seven years on the factory fl oor, she mangled her hand be-
tween two heavy rollers— наносить увечья.
Despite its manifold and persistent problems of lousy governments
and erratic climates, Africa has a chance of rising— множественный,
многочисленный.
Turkey must reclaim its mantle as leader of the Islamic world—
полномочия, власть.
Western observers generally tend to spout the jingoistic mantra
that they “hope China will move to a democracy— to be like us”— любой
священный текст.
George Washington always intended to manumit those of his
slaves who were his own to free (asopposed to the “dower slaves” from
his wife’s estate) and he did free them in his will — отпускать наволю,
освобождать.
The lessons from one campaign need not map neatly onto the
next— отображать.
And, although the Fraser Valley does not yet have quite the cachet
of Silicon Valley, it may be about to steal a march on its southern neighbor— пользоваться преимуществом.
It is with just this feeling that H. J. Jackson has written her book
about marginalia— заметки наполях (книги), сноски.
Tata is also held together by a common culture that has been ma-
rinating for 140 years— мариновать.
They have occupied this spot, behind a stall selling garlands of
marigolds— бархатцы.
The book is marred by some sloppy mistakes: it is goitre, not gout,
that leads to a swollen neck— портить, ухудшать.
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Часть II / marrow
Nixon understood in his marrow how middle-class Americans felt
about the country’s self-satisfi ed elites— домозга костей.
Often by troupes of mariachi musicians in full regalia— уличный
музыкант.
Nevertheless, this development could affect gold consumption on
the margins— вкоридорах.
Chinese organizers provided large state-run enterprises with
blocks of tickets, particularly to non-marquee events, to distribute to
workers — знаковый, выдающийся.
Such marques as Audi, BMW and Mercedes— A marque is the
name of a famous company that makes motor vehicles, or the vehicles it
produces— автопроизводители.
To bolster their case, each side has marshalled secondary arguments— располагать вопределенном порядке.
Conservationists have fabricated evidence to the contrary in order to justify the use of 1080 poison against these benefi cial marsupi-
als— сумчатое животное.
These are called ‘masala fi lms’,” says Ganesh Matkari, an In-
dian cinema critic— масала (пряная смесь изнескольких специй,
измельченных впорошок).
The sorrowfulsatchel was the mascot of a “citizen’s” rebellion
against a proposed school restructuring— талисман (человек, вещь,
животное, приносящие счастье).
Harvard Business School MBAs can book a masseuse to relieve
the stress of a hard day slaving over case studies— массажистка.
Unless the Chinese want to buy most of the Massif Central— гор-
ный массив.
The fl ags above the country’s parliament and presidential palace
were lowered to half-mast— приспущенный (офлаге).
Obama’s Cairo speech was masterly; Amitav Ghosh’s latest novel— the fi rst of a promised trilogy— sees this Indian author on masterly— мастерский; совершенный.
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Часть II / measly
He looked at the consequences for those who attempted to mas-
ticate the result— мельчить, месить.
Even among those with matric, only 17% are likely to get a job
within a year of leaving school— зачисление ввысшее учебное заведение.
People are only truly equal when identity stops mattering—
сущность; содержание.
Latin American politics has featured a maudlin streak ever since
the early death (yes, from cancer) of Eva Perón— расчувствовавшийся
дослез.
Credit Suisse takes a congressional mauling for aiding tax eva-
sion— подвергать жестокой критике, разносить впух ипрах.
He was also, in a nod to his Jewish ancestry, a maven, meaning
“he who understands”, a Hebrew-Yiddish word slipped into English in
the 1960s in an ad for herring in cream sauce — “he who understands”—
знаток; повернутый начем-л. человек.
Slovakia’s share vanished into the maw of a powerful new intel-
ligence service — глотка, зоб (уптиц).
Despite the odd lapse into mawkishness, Mr Ronson is re-
freshingly straightforward about his good fortune— слащавость,
сентиментальность.
The Western authorities “maxed” out on the benefi ts of this in-
fl ationary decline by pumping monetary and fi scal stimulus into their
economies— воспользоваться помаксимуму.
SEC and others mightn’t like it, but we can have international may-
hem arising from a domestic US problem— хаос, беспорядок.
Opposition backs independent candidate for Taipei mayoralty—
офис мэра.
Measly as those yields may be, they are still positive in real terms;
spending on culture accounted for 0.2% of public expenditure in Greece,
the lowest share of any EU country, and a measly 0.6% in Italy— ничтожно
маленький.
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Часть II / mea
Expecting a mea culpa from a political memoir is like expecting modesty from Lady Gaga: it entirely misses the point— признание
вины.
America decries any wording, however mealy-mouthed, that
could increase governments’ control over content— сладкоречивый;
невысказывающийся прямо.
Good behaviour in Moldova’s separatist dispute reaps meagre
rewards— слабый, вялый.
One quibble: Mr Vedral often digresses from the point at hand,
so the overall effect tends to be a bit meandering— отклонение,
уклон.
Russians meddling in Ossetia; his meddlingin Afghanistan is
onthe rise— вмешательство.
Neither candidate looks a likely monetary meddler, certainly with
Saint Alan still there— беспокойный, надоедливый, вмешивающийся
вовсе человек.
Sceptics doubt that the meddlesome Bank of Korea will be able
to refrain from cheapening the won— назойливость.
The FC men, representing a medley of frontier tribes, Afridis,
Mohmandis, Yusufzai, bullied their way through— смесь, мешанина.
Such meekness betrays not only a lack of moral courage, but
also a poor sense of where Egypt’s— and the West’s— real interests lie—
кротость, мягкость; покорность.
One senior diplomat expressed the meek hope that the ECC might
be both transparent and “Afghanised”— кроткий, мягкий; покорный,
послушный, смиренный.
A violent thug with a touch of megalomania— мегаломания,
мания величия.
Religios mélange of Shia Arabs— a 46-nation mélange dominated by America, which will soon have 100,000 troops in Afghanistan—
смешение; смесь.
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Часть II / mendicant
This opportunism melds with determination to produce a pow-
erful cocktail of self-belief; Tangible and virtual retailing may meld in all
sorts of unaccustomed ways— сливаться; смешиваться.
Ms Fiorina is one of three new candidates who have jumped into
the Republican mêlée this week; scientists have been trying to bring order,
or at least predictability, to motorway mêlées for decades— рукопашная
схватка, свалка, заторы.
The phrasing in “White Egrets” has a mellifl uous, rhapsodic quality;
The Mandarin here in Taiwan doesn’t seem nearly as mellifl uous as that
spoken in some areas of mainland China; Now they are caressed for their
mellifl uousness— медоточивый; сладкозвучный; ласкающий слух.
Least interesting meme ever shows how bored the world really is—
мем, мим (поведенческий или культурный стереотип, передающийся
отпоколения кпоколению негенетически, аимитационно).
Bournes, a family purveyor of “Irish turnips” and Clonak-
ilty pudding, stands out among the curry shops like a memsahib in
aharem— мемсаиб, госпожа (обращение к европейской женщине
вколониальной Индии).
But it would transform NAFTA’s ménage à trois into a clamor-
ous throng of a dozen— соглашение осовместном сексе семейной
пары илюбовника.
They say that their menfolk were ordered to travel to the Katyn
memorial service as a backdrop for the launch of Mr Kaczynski’s reelection— мужчины (особенно члены одной семьи или социальной
группы).
The business response to environmental regulation has al-
ways been mendacious, homicidal and greedy— лживый; ложный,
обманчивый; сдержанность.
Mendacity and misrepresentation are political tools with which
Canada’s Liberals and New Democrats are particularly well versed—
лживость; лицемерие, фальшь.
From what Ican discern of of the proceedings to date, we have
a mendicant represented by two lefties— нищенствующий, нищий.
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Часть II / mercurial
Nothing infuriates Venezuela’s mercurial president, Hugo Chávez,
quite so much as the suggestion that his “revolutionary” government is
nothing of the sort— живой, подвижный; деятельный.
The United States likes to think of itself as the very embodiment
of meritocracy: a country where people are judged on their individual abilities— система, при которой положение человека вобществе
определяется его способностями.
The Germans have even coined a verb in her honour: “to merkel”
means to delay decisions while time diminishes problems to a manageable
size, and opponents make valuable mistakes — глагол, происходящий
от имени канцлера Меркель, означающий откладывание решения
по проблемам, пока они не уменьшатся, а оппоненты не сделают
серьезных ошибок.
The region’s entrepreneurs and engineers often fail to take into
account how well their inventions mesh with social institutions—
зацепляться; сцепляться.
Almost a half-century later these modest steps have metas-
tasised into a huge, federally guaranteed student-loan industry —
метастазирование.
The scene was familiar: regulators meting out vast penalties
to banks, scathing statements about gross misconduct— наказывать
особым утвержденным способом.
Whitehall— a metonym for the British government’s administrative centre— has frustrated others— метоним.
But many of the most famous cases of me-too drugs are a result
of a bunch of companies racing for the same target— политическая
беспринципность.
Chinese-American relations are typically prone to be testy in the
fi rst year of a new administration, as the two countries gauge each other’s
mettle— пыл, рваться вбой.
Her métier was brightly coloured pictures with dark angry lines,
part abstract, part-fi gurative— профессия, занятие, ремесло.
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Часть II / milked
The only emerging pattern is one of wildly see-sawing fortunes,
as coastal towns change hands with almost metronomic regularity—
равномерный, регулярный.
One colleague relates the ultimate metrosexual moment— ме-
тросексуал, городской модник (тратит много времени иденег насовершенствование своего внешнего вида иобраза жизни; впротивоположность мачо).
After a long bull market, investors have got lazy again and man-
agers are taking the mickey— насмешки.
However, many a mickle makes a muckle, and in total they add
up to something signifi cant— покапле иморе собирается.
A giant city in the south-west is a microcosm of China’s struggle
to move millions from rural to urban areas— что-либо вминиатюре.
A few thousand foreigners still have middling or senior govern-
ment jobs; on this measure, America did middingly well— посредственный,
заурядный.
Cyprus is a Mediterranean midget, with a GDP of only $23 bil-
lion— карлик, лилипут.
Georgians are miffed over Russia’s broader meddling— выводить
из себя, злить.
The puzzle is why big fi rms are so miffed when they are so mint-
ed— обижаться.
With long gray hair, he has the intense, unblinking mien of a self-
published science fi ction writer— мина, выражение лица; impassive
mien— бесстрастное выражение лица.
Critics suspect Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of de-
ploying mihrabs and minarets to revive his country’s imperial heritage— место для молитвы.
He had made no money while in government, a fact that seemed
both irritating and eccentric to those who milked their time in offi ce—
извлекать выгоду (изчего-л.); эксплуатировать.
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Часть II / millennials
In America it chose to work with the Charlotte Observer and Fusion, a news site for millennials— относящийся ктысячелетию.
Concocting the offbeat blend of genre and milieu— окружение,
окружающая среда, обстановка.
Depending on your perspective, it was either a pointless bit of argy-bargy outside a milquetoast legislative council— or a soul-stirring;
Voltaire was a milquetoast careerist, too concerned with his own reputation and his comfortable life to say anything truly unsettling — робкий,
податливый, застенчивый человек (отимени комического персонажа,
обладавшего соответствующими свойствами).
Many centrist Democrats now see health reform as a millstone
around their necks— тяжелая ответственность; камень нашее укого-л.
Before the mayor arrived, city offi cials milled about, debating how
much they might lose— двигаться покругу, кружить.
How can the country justify its massive public administration—
amillefeuille of communes, departments, regions and the central state—
which employs 90 civil servants per 1,000 population, compared with 50
in Germany— выпечка сжирным наполнителем.
They then sold the birds’ exclusive and expensive plumes to mil-
liners across America and Europe— модистка.
The people running Iran are not mystical, millenarian illumina-
ti, but cold-blooded totalitarians— апокалиптический, пророческий;
эсхатологический.
Otherwise the Republicans, who will control the House and possibly the Senate too, will make mincemeat of Obama— мелко порубленное
мясо.
But poor countries often have other staples, and these have not
usually been subject to such genetic ministrations— оказание мелкой
помощи.
Latvia is a fi nancial minnow— мелкая рыбешка, мелюзга.
For fi ntechs, symbiosis need not mean minnowhood— мелочевка.
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