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Часть II / opiners
One-off tourists; using a one-off example from a slightly self-
loathing drama queen to prove a point hardly makes for good journalism— одноразового употребления.
Overriding the onerous and complex state regulations— обре-
менительный; трудный.
TAM now belongs to Star and LAN to oneworld, but regulators
will force the merged carrier to choose— взгляд намир, вкотором все
люди зависимы друг отдруга.
To woo Belarus, an on-off Russian ally— прерывающийся; спе-
рерывами.
A welcome onslaught on corruption raises some fears of a police
state— стремительная атака, нападение.
The onus of tolerating others’ beliefs are on us all— бремя, от-
ветственность, долг.
They may also have taken comfort from the agency’s conclusion
that GE’s industrial businesses should continue to pump oodles of cash—
огромное количество, уйма.
This lack of economic oomph is often justifi ed by France and
its friends as the price of the vaunted French “quality of life”— живой,
энергичный.
This Zurich institution is so Teutonic you can almost hear the oom-
pah band: long tables, dark wood, huge steins of beer and sausages—
умпа, (ритмичный бас трубы вдуховом оркестре).
Such countries tend to have opaque governance, and you’re often
left guessing what the regime is trying to communicate with its actions—
непроницаемый, темный.
The young are passionate, opinionated and barely aware of the
elections — самоуверенный; упрямый.
That, however, has not stopped Chinese newspapers and internet
opiners from discussing avidly a case that has clearly caught the public
interest— дающие профессиональное заключение.
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Часть II / opprobrium
America’s role in ending Soviet hegemony as a root cause of much
anti-American opprobrium; The same combination of opprobriumand
realpolitic Iran didn’t want more international opprobrium — позор;
бесчестье.
Los Angeles also included an opt-out clause, which gave Mr
Greinke the option to tear up the second half of the agreement— непринимать участия; устраняться.
As long as the congratulations, prizes, distinguished chairs, and
opu lent salaries continue, the answers will be the same— процветающий.
For a man who has orated at length on the perils of government
peering eyes, Mr Paul’s defi ance seems short-sighted— ораторствовать,
разглагольствовать.
The physicists, mathematicians, ordnance experts and others listening to Mr Serber were a diverse lot— боеприпасы.
Get orf my land!; while Poland is involved and leads two already
operational groups and third under construction, all specialized orf
course for a heavy lifting— контагиозный пустулезный дерматит.
We’ve put materials on the walls, like Russians hang ornate car-
pets on their walls for insulation— витиеватый, изощренный.
The likelihood that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee
for president indicates that voters are in an ornery mood— злобный,
злой.
A bit Orwellian for drugmakers to keep such intimate tabs on their
customers— характерное для произведений английского писателя
Дж. Орвелла; манипулирующий фактами.
But a typical one, using reverse osmosis, may cost at least $170
in a country like India— осмос (aprocess by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one).
Telecoms liberalisation is also a litmus test of the Burmese government’s ability to pursue further opening up of Myanmar’s ossifi ed—
окостеневший, закостеневший.
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Часть II / oust
The ostensibly noble principle hides a protectionist agenda; to
stop the incessant sniping between these ostensible allies; ostensibly just
wars— якобы; по видимости.
At this year’s Paris show, the world’s largest, which opened at
LeBourget airport on June 19th, the military types are most ostenta-
tious— нарочитый; хвастливый.
Ostentation and eroticism; a charming womaniser whose only
ostentation is a taste for gold-plated pistols, he is enterpreneurial—
хвастовство; выставление напоказ.
Yet there is still a woeful reluctance in Africa to chastise, ostra-
cise or help to oust villainous leaders, such as Mr Mugabe or Sudan’s
Omar al-Bashir; America wanted to ostracise Kremlin— подвергать
остракизму; изгонять.
Insisting that only one side is at fault is the ostrich approach—
«страусовая политика» (основанная насамообмане).
But there is a particularly otherworldly feeling to the tale of the
Russian government setting up an agency to galvanise tax collection—
сверхъестественный; таинственный.
An unabashedly Orientalist affi rmation of the otherness of the
country— отличие; непохожесть.
That means travellers to the Schengen area must repeatedly prove
their good intentions, leading to more otiose paperwork, and fewer visit— напрасный, ненужный; бесплодный.
The inmates of the American oubliette are typically poor and none
too bright— потайная подземная темница слюком.
It later emerged that four of the jurors held a séance with a ouija
board to get in touch with one of the victims— a spiritual fl at board
marked with the letters of the alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words “yes”,
“no”, “hello” (occasionally), and “goodbye”, along with various symbols
and graphics — спиритическая доска Уиджа.
Pressure to oust cabinet chief Oscar Valdes mounts — выгонять,
выводить.
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Часть II / out-hate
Nobody can out-hate Mr Trump— испытывать недостаточно
ненависти.
An enraged Mr Putin promised to “waste the terrorists in the out-
house”— уборная.
The slippery little fi sh plays an outsized role in many different
cultures— нестандартный, очень большой.
A clever, affable outdoorsy type given to scuba diving, hunting
and hiking, he ranks high in popularity polls— увлекающийся походами,
прогулками.
This week some media, presumably fed by the ISI, outed the CIA
station chief in Islamabad by giving his name— обнаружиться, стать
известным.
BP continues outreach within coming offi cials— программа
помощи или поддержки, социально-ориентированная программа.
In 1983 Sheikh Mohammed outbid him, paying $10.2m for a yearling
called Snaafi Dance— перебивать цену, предлагать более высокую цену.
Obama called Russia an outlier— человек, проживающий непо
месту службы, постороннее лицо, посторонний.
By the early 2000s, however, with Mr Berezovsky on the outs with
the Kremlin and living abroad, it was the ascendant Mr Abramovich who
wielded the upper hand— внатянутых отношениях; вссоре.
There in the intimate heart of the house, shielded from visitors, they
lay like a tiny reminder of the Ephrussis’ own irreducible nub of outsid-
erness— отчужденность.
The Soviet Union and its outriggers collapsed in ruins— аутригер
(шлюпка свыносными уключинами).
Outnumbered and outgunned, the sailors raised their hands–
иметь лучшее вооружение.
The “Dow 36,000” prediction ventured in 1999 was epically, spectacularly wrong, it wasn’t that ridiculously outlandish given historical
trends— странный; нелепый.
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Часть II / overweening
Last year China spent more than $450m on footballers, the fi fth-
largest such outlay by any country— издержки, расходы.
It is one of the most outré examples of government spending
in a province where public money fl ows like water— эксцентричный,
странный, шокирующий.
When it comes to the border he outswaggers and outsnarls the
chorus— перещеголять.
The Argentine government remains outwardly confi dent that the
team now in Washington will not come back empty-handed— внешне,
снаружи.
An overarching problem is that Nigeria is split between a mostly
Muslim north and a predominantly Christian south, with its 180m people
belonging to 250 ethnic groups and speaking more than 500 languages—
всеохватывающий; всеобъемлющий.
The system needs an overhaul— тщательный осмотр, изучение;
пересмотр, ревизия; overhaul of the school curriculum— тщательная
проверка школьного учебного плана.
Being overtly pro-EU is no longer something to be ashamed of—
открыто, публично; откровенно.
Nobody yet knows how bad the overshoot is, but the government
says the outcome could be 8% or more— превышение.
Kim Jong Un may be trying to overturn part of his father’s malo-
dorous legacy— опровергать (теорию); отменять (решение, постановление).
Pakistan’s government is beset by legal threats and beholden to
its overweening army— высокомерный, самонадеянный.
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Часть II / pabulum
P
Erick Erickson, a prominent Republican blogger, complains that
the document focuses on “mom-tested, kid-approved pabulum”—
примитивные идеи, банальщина, избитый текст.
Britain, the pacemaker in university reform in Europe, is raising
fees— лидер всвоей области; задающий тон, тенденцию.
Nikita Khrushchev, unlike his colleagues, “did indeed have a human
face, though pachydermic”— толстокожее (животное; слон, носорог,
бегемот).
This is a deft, pacy and revealing account, and for the most part,
admirably dispassionate— двигаться очень быстро.
Such clients no longer just take the law fi rm’s word for how many
hours its lawyers spent on a job: if the bill looks padded, they will not
hesitate to demand cuts— раздувать (счет, штаты).
Stockpiles may soon become the world’s primary padding in the
event of a supply shock; It is also nearly 700 pages long, which means
that it contains a lot of padding; Meetings behind padded doors— общие
фразы втексте; многословие.
If this isn’t conveying anything to you, imagine the most appalling bit of paddy-whackery you’ve ever seen in the cinema— Tom
Cruise in “Far and Away” or Julia Roberts in “Mary Reilly”, say— and
now ima gine these fi lms had been switched to a Brazilian location and
the script translated into Portuguese— but no one told Tom or Julia—
отрицательная характеристика поведения, похожего на стереотипное поведение ирландцев.
Mr Netanyahu’s recent paean to matrimony followed days of
ugly reports and swirling rumours depicting Mrs Netanyahu as a henpecking harridan and the prime minister as her squirming victim; the
press has churned out many an unquestioning paean to her— пеан
(благодарственная песнь, адресованная Аполлону).
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Часть II / pales
Books on political theory are not often page-turners— увлека-
тельная книга.
In fact, China has painted itself into a diplomatic corner— загнать
вугол, припереть кстенке.
Most of this catch would probably not appeal to human palates—
нёбо.
Russia Seeks to Cleanse Its Palate of U. S. Chicken— нёбо; cleft
pa late— расщепленное нёбо, волчья пасть.
Collins acquired an eye for painterly composition— относящийся
кживописи.
The passports palaver has drawn attention to such issues—
пустая, праздная болтовня.
As drinkers turn against the pallid swill pumped out by mass-mar-
ket brewers, the craft brewers have almost doubled their market share—
неинтересный, скучный.
Visiting the earthquake-stricken Italian city of L’Aquila in 2009, he
left his pallium, the woollen band that is a symbol of the papal offi ce, at
the tomb of Celestine V— белая наплечная накидка папы римского.
So pally are the two dictatorships that Myanmar seems to have
tolerated another outrageous— дружеский, приятельский.
Many German savers already see the paltry interest they earn on
the savings they stash in banks— ничтожный, мелкий, незначительный.
Allegations of fraud have cast a pall over the election— гнетущая,
мрачная атмосфера.
Her memories, too, area palimpsest of the real and the staged—
палимпсест (пергаментная рукопись, скоторой стерт первоначальный
текст ина его месте написан новый), что-л., имеющее скрытую
сторону, невидимую наповерхности.
Beside the extraordinary American economy, now in its tenth year
of expansion, all else pales— потускнеть, потерять яркость.
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Часть II / pale
She had given up her birth citizenship too on that pale— впределах, предусмотренных законом.
The trouble is that, as time passes, all such efforts seem palli-
ative at best; Such actions are palliatives— паллиатив, лекарство,
снимающее симптомы, нонеизлечивающее болезнь.
With an election looming and the recovery looking pallid,
politicians may grasp for whatever villains are available— слабый;
неинтересный, скучный.
Maybe some of the smug and sneering faces will take on a different pallor— бледность.
The rebels remember the pally relationship between Qaddafi and
Berlusconi— приятельский, товарищеский.
“In the context of the requirement, this is a paltry amount of funding,” he says— пустяковый, мелкий.
The “paleocons” have always disliked the neocons— a term for an
anti-communist and anti-authoritarianright wing movement that stresses
tradition, civil society and classical federalism — антикоммунистическое,
антиавторитарное правое политическое движение, основанное на
классическом федерализме.
The result was considered beyond the pale even by a Dagestani court, which annulled the result— граница, черта, пределы; рамки
поведения.
The exhibition will present it not as a shrine but as a palimpsest,
as full of meaning as it is of bloodshed— что-л., имеющее скрытую
сторону, невидимую наповерхности.
Even in Britain, where the hospice movement began, access to pal-
liative care is patchy— смягчающий.
Expatriate spouses living pampered lives in Moscow often think it
would be nice to write a book about their time there— баловать, потакать,
изнеживать.
In turn civil servant, pamphleteer, don and college bursar, editor, company chairman, patron of the arts, government spokesman and
adviser— памфлетист.
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Часть II / pander
The introductions are panning out to be a child-rearing compe-
tition— преуспевать; устраиваться.
Bush with panache; His panache, his brains and energy Behind
the panache of his ideas— особый стиль, своеобразие.
Neither green cachet or a couple additional miles on the gallon
is not worth the risk of getting pancaked in a crash— становиться
плоским.
The pandemonium that ensued gave rise to the multi-billion-
dollar security industry— ад, преисподняя.
That may sound Panglossian, but it is better than raising voters’
expectations only to dash them later; The phlegmatic and the Panglos-
sian— наивно оптимистичный (поимени одного изгероев повести
Вольтера «Кандид, или Оптимизм» (1759 г.), философствующего
глупца, проповедника теорий оптимизма игармонии— Панглосса).
His opponents say he is pandering to Jewish voters in Toronto
and Montreal— сводничать.
Chinese offi cials have recently had a pang of food-safety con-
science, and WalMart has offered an easy target— душевная боль,
угрызения совести.
Mrs Clinton comes with a pantechnicon full of baggage— склад
для хранения мебели.
I’ll bet my panful of hot buttered plantains that was sarcasm; Pre-
sence of goldby panful— полная кастрюля, сковорода, миска.
In emerging Asian countries, unlike the West, more consumption
is not a panacea rather more investment leads to longterm economic
growth— панацея, универсальное средство, спасение.
Mr Emanuel is famous for being the president’s most pugnacious
panjandrum and congressional and media manipulator; Party’s top panjandrums— важная персона, “шишка”.
A bit of tax relief, including a cut in value-added tax for hotels,
which voters deemed an egregious pander to the FDP— пособник,
сообщник, соучастник.
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Часть II / panoply
Regular contact on the full panoply of issues— масса, множество, совокупность.
But Aadhaar is a poor way to build up an Orwellian panopticon,
Mr Nilekani argues— собрание разнообразных необычных предметов.
This panmictic party; panmixia thus came full circle— беспорядочное скрещивание.
What you serve up in this piece is pure pap; Drowned in a sea of
pap— каша, пюре; детское питание; протертая пища.
Yet on October 28th Mr Prodi chaired a summit of coalition bigwigs
who once again papered over the cracks— замазывать, сглаживать
(противоречия, различия).
But his story is also a parable of the changes— both good and
bad— in the rural west— иносказание, притча.
What to do with old computers, monitors, keyboards, printers,
phones and other digital paraphernalia?— атрибуты, принадлежности.
The most senior person toppled by the current anti-graft crusade, had multiple paramours; former railways minister Liu Zhijun is
rumoured to have kept 18— любовник; любовница.
Cuba freed Ariel Sigler, a paraplegic dissident, after he had spent
seven years in jail on charges of treason— страдающий параличом
нижних конечностей.
Descriptions such as “his splayed shoes crêping along the fl oor,
sliding across patches of lino” or “the day is an elegant parasol tasselled
with clouds” stay with you long after you have read them— балдахин,
тент.
Last year’s drought has parched rivers and fi elds, pushing rural
people into the towns— сохнуть, пересыхать.
The pardons dent the credibility of the political system and will
test the president’s ability— помилование; амнистия.
If it is to provide only a minimum standard of living, there is plenty
of scope to pare back benefi ts— обстругивать, обрезать.
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