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Часть II / misanthrope
Full-sized portrayals of saints; and scenes from classical mytho logy,
including Theseus slaying a rather handsome minotaur— Минот вр —
погреческому преданию, чудовище стелом человека иголовой быка.
Horace may have “rather enjoyed being pointed at, as a kind of ce-
lebrity, the minstrel of the Roman lyre— менестрель (средневековый
поэт).
But Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s newly minted mayor, is deter-
mined to open a publicly-owned casino to help fi ll his empty coffers—
небывший вупотреблении.
The big poll lead was a comment on the economy not on the mi-
nutiae of Westminster life; such minutiae as travel expenses— мелочи.
Tea production in the US is minuscule; despite its minuscule
size— очень маленький; minuscule quantity— крохотное количество.
Stephanopoulos was a loyal minion of the Clinton’s; Medve-
dev will remain a faithfulminion— любимец, фаворит; кумир; мелкий
начальник, «мелкая сошка».
China’s investement in Mexiso has been minute— мелкий, мель-
чайший.
For a banking industry mired in gloom— Citigroup announced
11,000 job cuts on December 5th— the debt market is the brightest spot—
завязнуть вгрязи, трясине.
If that were not the case, Palin the clown would only be a fi gure of
mirth— веселье, радость, увеселение.
The Obama administration wants terrorists to be swiftly informed
of their right to remain silent. “If we Mirandise these guys, we aren’t go-
ing to get anything out of them,” hes ays— «права Миранды» (права,
которыми обладает задержанный поподозрению всовершении
преступления, включая право сохранять молчание вовремя допроса,
право напомощь адвоката иприсутствие адвоката при допросе).
Consider both an avid cocktail party hostess with hundreds of
acquaintances and a grumpy misanthrope— мизантроп, человеконенавистник.
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Часть II / misbegotten
Two books trace the origins of IS to America’s misbegotten invasion to topple Saddam Hussein in Iraq in 2003— незаконнорожденный,
плохо спланированный.
The biggest falls in happiness also occurred in large emerging
markets, in Indonesia, Brazil and— a perennial miseryguts— Russia—
источник страданий.
Continued European miserliness might see America “moderate”
its commitment to the alliance— скаредность, скупость.
Anyone who is exposed to the toxic mix of bigotry and misera-
bilism on a daily basis cannot have a rational, well balanced outlook—
пессимизм.
The system is a mishmash of laws and regulations that relies on profiteering firms and merciful doctors— мешанина, смесь,
смешение.
The drug cartel is such a misnomer; Villa is a misnomer for such
a large house — неправильное наименование, ошибка вназвании.
Lincoln had plenty of miscues— ошибка, неправильный удар
кием.
Alabama didn’t repeal its anti-miscegenation statute until 2000;
Americans are chillingly scorned as miscegenated “bastards”, in contrast to pure-blooded Koreans— смешение рас; браки между белыми
инеграми.
Euro zone’s habitual miscreant; Nuclear miscreants like N. Korea; big powers keep miscreants in check— злодей, негодяй.
That question is mischievously posed, and ingeniously answered—
злонамеренно.
Intrigued by this mismatch between wants and gifts— несоответствие; неудачный подбор.
Frequently scatological, often crudely misogynistic, some of Larkin’s unpublished work makes for uneasy reading — женоненавистник.
Printer cartridges and air freight may be new, but lethal missives
are not— официальное послание.
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Часть II / mommybloggers
A year after the new boys entered the European Union, the mood
is a mite surly, and defi nitely unwelcoming— слегка, немного.
Pope Benedict XVI, whose retirement home is only a mitre’s toss
away from Francis’s own humble hostel— митра.
He was among a group of teenagers who learned a mnemo-
nic version of the constitution and regurgitated it at clubby lunches—
мнемонический, символический.
America is protected by two oceanic moats— ров сводой.
Baker publicly mocked hopes for “a fl owering of Jeffersonain democ-
racy along the banks of the Euphrates”— высмеивать, издеваться (над).
Their unregulated actions have ruined companies, made a mock-
ery of competition and capitalism — осмеяние; посмешище.
If he is to succeed, America’s next president needs to inherit at least
a modicum of the character and talent that FDR brought to his tasks—
доля, очень малое количество.
But the underlying argument is that Czechia is just a little more
modish— гоняющийся замодой.
Maybe it would be better to take the advice of Sam Goldwyn, a mo-
vie mogul, “Never prophesy, especially about the future” — влиятельный
человек, магнат.
Only a year of Democratic ascendancy, the Grand Old Party has
recovered its He got his mojo back— заклинание, заговор, магическая
формула.
I endured enough mollycoddling and hand-holding in high
school— баловать, изнеживать.
His shrine visit won’t help Japan’s prime minister mollify the
right— ослаблять, смягчать, успокаивать.
When Latinas disagree with something the four mommybloggers
at El Mejor Nido have written, they can go to the El Mejor Nido Facebook
page, and let loose— группа блоггеров, склонная краспространению
слухов, сплетен ит.д.
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Часть II / monastic
A lonely monastic scribe, toiling in some windswept eyrie on
Europe’s Atlantic fringe, bravely struggles to preserve the legacy—
монастырский, монашеский.
Wang Daqi, a 30-year-old from a monied family, profi led several
of his peers in “Burden of Wealth”— богатый.
The moniker is more apt than its inventors could have known—
кличка, кликуха.
Monkeying around with trade deals makes us nervous— носиться, болтаться.
Democrats threw a monkey wrench in the works— испортить
все дело; вставлять палки вколеса.
He did not inform Mr Pence that he had been made a monkey of
by Mr Flynn— выставлять кого-л. напосмешище.
That chilling forecast comes not from some ill-informed gloom-
monger or armchair pundit, but from Robert Schainker, a leading expert
on the matter— распространитель мрачных предсказаний, историй.
Such is the scenario rosily painted by Egypt’s now nearly mono-
chrome media— монохромный, одноцветный.
When this was done, the monoglot babies had diffi culty overcoming their learnt response— говорящий наодном языке.
Indonesian offi cials often like to begin with a montage of images
from their fascinating country— фотомонтаж.
Sodium montmorillonite can be freeze-dried into a spongelike
material known as an aerogel— монтмориллонит.
Mitt Romney says that 47% of Americans are moochers— попрошайки.
He was mooching around fi lm sets and premières, and the parts
began rolling in— слоняться.
By night he moons over his favourite song— проводить время
взадумчивости, вмечтательности.
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Часть II / morris
The Harry S. Truman, an aircraft-carrier, was supposed to be well
on its way to the Persian Gulf by now, instead, it is moored to a pier—
пришвартовываться; вставать наякорь.
Mentioning possible Constitutional violations inherent in the bill
is a moot point— дискуссионный, спорный.
The most famous mop tops were The Beatles, who popularized the
style cut in the 60s— стрижка, напоминающая посвоей форме чашу.
The task of pulling Brazil out of this morass falls to Michel Te-
mer— болото, трясина.
But his stencils— often of rats making mordant political jokes —
have come in from the cold streets to the prosperous warmth of London
galleries— колкий, саркастический, язвительный.
For a long time their planet-straddling model was as hot, crisp
and moreish as their fries— вкусная еда, которой хочется попросить
добавку.
By the mid-18th century sexual mores in England (and in much of
Europe, too) had undergone a revolution— нравы, обычаи.
The moribund Republican party; Can farming save Maine’s mori-
bund fi shing industry?; The fear is that policymakers will overdo it, spoinling one of the rare sources of dynamism in a moribund world economy— умирающий; заканчивающийся.
Great masses of ice have been replaced by moraines of earth and
stones— морена, ледниковое отложение.
He sure talks like a complete moron and the whole mess in Iraq
shows what a total dumbass he is— дебил, умственно отсталый.
Morose and a grumbler, he is always praising the years gone
by when he was a boy, scolding and blaming ‘the youth of today—
замкнутый, сердитый, мрачный.
A mason’s mark chiselled on a column, a game of nine-men’s-
morris scratched on a stone— morris dance— танец вкостюмах героев
легенды оРобин Гуде.
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Часть II / morrow
When times came for him to get released, he left in mercedes and
had lunch on the morrow in one of the best restaurant of the boulevard Saint Germain— завтрашний день; время непосредственно после
какого-л. события.
And then grab an active role? The trouble began, as often, across
the Channel, when English law inherited French notions like mortgagor,
and mortgagee for the other party to the transaction— borrower in mortgage agreement, somebody who borrows money under a mortgage agreement— должник позакладной.
But when it comes to tuna, most Japanese would go a long way for
a morsel of o-toro— очень маленькое количество чего-л.; отрывочек,
фрагмент.
Set in the frozen mud is a mosaic of industrial detritus, bits of
brick and pipe, beer cans and a discarded condom wrapper— мозаика,
пестрый, напоминающий мозаику.
Bullying has become something of the mot du jour in Whitehall
recently; Four years ago “empire” was the mot du jour?— временное
модное явление.
More than anything else, he is captivated by Bach’s vocal works:
the cantatas, motets, Passions and Masses— церковное песнопение.
Sooner or later someone will fi le motions for their release; judges
may have little choice but to comply— ходатайствовать.
Considered from inside the Hamids’ mouldy garage, these arguments are not persuasive— обветшалый; старомодный.
You could set your watch to when the fi rst lobsters would start
moulting— линять, сбрасывать панцирь.
George Washington, who had just disbanded his victorious army
and retired to Mount Vernon, complained that he was “locked up” there
by snow— Маунт-Вернон (Mount Vernon)— плантация Джорджа
Вашингтона близ города Александрия вокруге Ферфакс, Вирджиния.
But if they’re going to go feminist they should embrace it like Hanna did— with moxie, resolve and the courage to work for real change—
отвага; дерзость, решимость.
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Часть II / mulligan
You were considered subversive if you only mowed your lawn
once a week— строить рожи, гримасничать.
When three of them were mown down by one evil individual, we
saw the best and the worst of Britain clash in one moment— скашивать,
косить (обэпидемии ит. п.).
Ida Tarbell, the greatest of the muckraking journalists, accused
Standard Oil of building its empire on “fraud, deceit, special privilege, gross
illegality...”— публично разоблачать злоупотребления должностных
лиц (часто ради самого эффекта отразоблачения).
Talk about the all-American theme of lofty American ideals and
mucky American reality— противный, мерзкий, навозный.
European leaders boldly decide to carry on muddling through—
путаница, неразбериха.
He faces a muddy choice; It’s very much a muddy-boot kind of
operation— неясный, путаный.
They promised that they would eschew personal mudsling-
ing during the campaign, that the loser would accept the outcome—
поливание грязью.
The town’s muezzin calls for strikes and protests as well as prayers—
муэдзин.
The grilles were removed in 1971; some nuns now travel to inter-
national meetings in “mufti”— вштатском.
Yet in the Great Depression, when the moment arrived, America’s
socialists muffed it— пропустить, проворонить.
Working out a target price for gold is a mug’s game— неблаго-
дарное дело; работа для дураков.
Tim Martin, the mulleted owner of JD Wetherspoon, used his
most prominent of pub corps— прическа (короткие волосы спереди
инависках и длинные сзади).
Some laws are made to be broken: Murder for instance. Every-
one should get one free murder ‘mulligan’ and still be able to run for
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Часть II / mulligrubs
pre sident— малиган, разрешение на дополнительный ход после неудачного предыдущего хода.
Those who get the mulligrubs thinking about great old words dying can pungle up for a subscription to DARE, helping those lexicographers
keep adding words to the online edition— хандра, сплин, меланхолия.
Lukoil mulls buying BP’s shares; the committee have mulled over
your suggestion but have decided not to accept it because of the cost—
обдумывать, размышлять.
They live in villages where multitudes share the same name—
толпа.
Yet, Istill prefer econometrics to the classical abstract “social
science” mumbo jumbo approaches— бессмысленное бормотание,
бессмысленный текст.
When Mr Fo won the Nobel prize in 1997 he received it on behalf
of all mummers, tumblers and clowns— актер, шут.
Must every country on the planet advertise daft balances etc just
for the privelege of being left alone to munch an apple?; A new era of big
data, blockchains and robots is about to munch away the fat margins of
corporate America— чавкать; шамкать; «перемалывать».
The programme’s contradictions— camp and sincere, profound
and silly, slapstick and mundane— enable it to transcend differences of
geography— земной, мирской.
Smaller, cleverer and more accurate munitions are changing
warfare— военное имущество; снаряжение (оружие, боеприпасы).
Thanks to the munifi cence of the emir of Qatar, who is said to
put at least $400m a year into its coffers— необыкновенная щедрость.
To reach this conclusion Dr Fonken split her murine subjects into
three groups— мышиный; мышевидный.
To clean up the Augean murk of Russian banks— мрак, темнота,
мрачность.
In Britainthere were more murmurs of discontent among Conservative MPs— шепот.
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Часть II / mythologise
Deng Xiaoping muscled diehard Maoists out of the leadership and
took over himself— врываться силой.
The next few years may show whether Mr Harper’s victory and
Mr Layton’s success has eliminated the mushy middle, or merely placed
it in abeyance— мягкий; кашеобразной консистенции.
One of his volunteers has taken to collecting rain water in a
barrel and straining it three times through muslin before drinking—
муслин.
Treatments that are rarely based on science that would pass mus-
ter with the authorities— пройти осмотр, проверку.
Mr Singh swiftly tried to muster support for restoring a peace
process between the two rivals— собирать, организовывать.
But in the 11 days between start and fi nish, the mushers have to
travel 450 miles (724 km) over the snow-covered spine of the Rockies—
путешествовать поснегу спомощью собачьих упряжек.
Latvian collapse doesn’t really cut the mustard— oтвечать
ожиданиям, удовлетворять требованиям, соответствовать, подходить.
Around Brussels, there is much muttering about German selfi sh-
ness and even nationalism— ворчание.
China will fi nd it hard to win friends and infl uence nations so
long as it muzzles its best advocates— заставить молчать; надевать
намордник.
If you have money— and even if you don’t— you can now pay for
your purchases in myriad ways— несметное число, мириады.
But the regime and its myrmidons managed eventually to crush
the sedition, in marked contrast to several neighbouring Arab dictatorships— беззаветно преданный слуга.
His break came when he recognised a popular trend and focused
his imagination on how to mythologise it— придать мифический
смысл.
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Часть II / nab
N
The Greeks may be poised to nab their home-grown terrorists, at
last— задержать, схватить наместе преступления.
In America, by contrast, intellectuals are mocked as “pointyheads” and “nattering nabobs— набоб, наваб (наместник провинции
вМонгольской империи).
Roosevelt led America from the nadir of economic distress to the
zenith of power; The nadir of his career— упадок; деградация.
They could not say: actually, Englishmen of his upbringing think
it naff for men to wear visible wedding rings— безвкусный, дрянной.
It went to the heart of the nagging worry about the silvertongued young senator from Illinois— ворчливый, вечно недовольный,
сердитый.
Something else is beginning to nag at investors— придираться;
привязываться.
A former policeman himself, Makana is no naïf, but he rapidly
fi nds himself in a perilous world peopled with Egypt’s ultra-rich, Islamic
militants and Russian organised crime. It’s a heady mix, but one that Mr
Bilal pulls off with verve— наивный.
The move comes at a nail-biting time for major Western oil companies in Kazakhstan; Embarassing nail-biter— возбужденный, нервный.
Mr Trump says a lot of things that are nakedly false— неприкрытый, явный.
Bboth whale and human societies favour a transition to sterile
nannyhood— нянькаться.
Members of Congress are too nannied by staff to stride about
hatching plots, one-on-one. In the real Washington— сюсюкаться.
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