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Часть II / philandering
America’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, an arm
of the Pentagon, also wants a petafl op machine for its research work—
1,000 триллион операций всекунду.
According to one of the European Commission’s pettifogging
regulations, cucumbers sold in the single market cannot be too curvy—
крючкотворство, сутяжничество.
“We are not seeing any signs of this petering out,” Richard
Besser, acting CDC director, said— иссякать, истощаться; беднеть
(оместорождениях).
It is a vital home for seabirds, including burrowing petrels and
albatrosses as well as two endangered bird species found nowhere else—
буревестник.
Russia can’t Balkanise the Baltics, but it can make a nuisance of
itself— petulant behaviour for when the threats don’t work; Itattracted
apetulant protest from the Japanese embassy in London; Mr Sarkozy, by
contrast, has stuck his fi nger into everything, from the number of taxis
on Paris streets to the petulant behaviour of the French national football
team— нетерпеливый, обидчивый, раздражительный.
A man rose from his pew to deliver a mocking encomium to “your
Mastership”, the ascendant rood— постоянное отгороженное место
вцеркви.
The state controls more than half the economy including a pha-
lanx of big fi rms; Given such complexity, sorting out who owns what
requires time and a phalanx of lawyers— фаланга (тесно сомкнутое
линейное построение тяжелой пехоты в Древней Греции, Македониии
Древнем Риме), множество, масса, группа.
“Phew!” from Serbia, “yeah!” from Montenegro and “meh”, the
equivalent of shrugged shoulders, from everybody else— фу!, уф!
(выражает нетерпение, дискомфорт).
In exile in the West from 1974, his gloomy philippics and in-
creasingly turgid prose aroused more baffl ement than appreciation—
филиппика, обличительная речь.
She is aided by an array of familiar fi gures— a crusty editor,
atrusty police reporter, a philandering but good-hearted political reporter— флиртовать, волочиться.
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Часть II / phizog
Both compare a picture of someone’s phizog with a reference image taken in a controlled environment— физиономия.
Unlike the autocue, Samsung Electronics has not gone phut—
прахом; неудачно.
Karaites regard skullcaps, phylacteries, matrilineal descent
and non-biblical festivals, such as the Festival of Lights, as pagan accretions— филактерия (одна издвух кожаных коробочек, которую иудеи
подвязывают вовремя утренней молитвы налбу иналевой руке).
Although it clearly drew on an earlier picaresque tradition,
Dickens packed it with quite new sounds and sights— плутовской,
оприключениях плута.
Against them were around 2,000 Nazi soldiers, the pick of the
Wehrmacht, with plenty more behind them.— что-л. отборное, лучшая
часть (чего-л.).
So many US states are in a fi scal pickle— неприятное положение;
плачевное состояние; сложная ситуация.
Puns that play on Chinese pictograms and their homophones are
hard to render in English— пиктограммы.
That the EU managed to fall out over such piddling sums is embarrassing — ничтожный, пустячный.
Debunking the myth that a popular show must be as inoffensive as
oatmeal, along comes “The Book of Mormon”, which skewers any number of
pieties, including religion— (pieties) разглагольствования (правильные,
нонеискренние); liberated pieties— либеральная риторика.
Germany promised a piffl ing $2 bln; To this piffl e the best retort
is: grow up— болтовня, вздор, чепуха.
Richly Australian, “Breath” is a classic coming-of-age novel, which
is not to pigeonhole the work as small or pat— классифицировать,
всесторонне анализировать.
The latest try, in which Dr Dunbar piggybacked on a survey organised by a biscuit-maker, has overcome that— выезжать (начьей-л.)
спине, использовать (что-л.) всвоих интересах.
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Часть II / pinched
Variations on it have been voiced here so many times that the
Economist’s pigheadedness about caricaturing Spain’s history and eco-
nomy— тупоумный, глупый; упрямый.
Don Draper, the womanising star of “Mad Men”, an ad-agency TV
drama, is a mere piker compared with Claude Hopkins— трус; человек,
нерешающийся рисковать.
Having pillaged shallower waters, the world’s fi shing powers are
looking to the mesopelagic as a new frontier— грабить.
On May 11th he rode pillion as a motorcycle whisked him un-
noticed, before dawn, to villages in Uttar Pradesh, near Delhi— заднее
сиденье (мотоцикла).
US offi cials pilloried BP for mistakes; Congress has summoned
executives from these fi rms for pillorying Church leaders protest it is unfair to pillory Benedict— поставить, пригвоздить кпозорному столбу,
выставить наосмеяние.
It was pilfered from state armouries; Money pilfered in offi ce—
воровать, приворовывать; совершить мелкую кражу.
You do not want to cross the pimento people— яркий красный
цвет.
West Bank pimpernel pops up— очный цвет (Anagallis), бед-
ренец (Pimpinella).
Plenty of grown-ups are “indulging in amusements which the
men of the West lay aside with their pinafores”— передник (детский);
фартук.
Last year he turned heads when he accused Barack Obama at
atelevised town-hall meeting of “whacking” Wall Street “like a piñata”—
козел отпущения, мальчик для битья.
BP seems certain to be the target of a familiar pincer movement
between lawsuits brought by state attorneys-general and similar suits by
private litigators— зажимной сухарь; зажимная губка, клещи.
In pinched times, motorbikes are valued more for their useful-
ness than their speedy glamour; With fuel and security costs soaring,
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Часть II / pinching
and revenues dropping, they are in penny-pinching mode— урезанный,
стесненный (вчем-л.).
Sanctions on Chinese companies suspected of pinching Ameri-
can secrets— красть, тырить.
They had left behind their paddy fi elds, pigs and buffalo, their fresh
air and forests, and pined for them— тосковать (почему-л.).
Thailand may be socially accepting, but the generals have hollowed
out politics and pinioned civil society — связывать (руки).
ESPN experimented with brand extensions such as restaurants
and mobile phones that pinged match results to subscribers— трезвон
(колокольчиков).
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Dish Network was
within its rights to pink-slip Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic and medical
marijuana patient, after he tested positive for pot during a random drug
tes— вручить уведомление обувольнении.
France sits at the pinnacle of the wine world— кульминационный
пункт, апофеоз.
In a small fi shing village on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela
stands a plinth— цоколь; постамент.
It started with a pinprick; It may be just a pinprick; the series
of pinprick attacks— булавочный укол; pinprick raid; policy of pin-
pricks— политика мелких уколов.
They had left behind their paddy fi elds, pigs and buffalo, their fresh
air and forests, and pined for them— возлагать (ответственность, вину);
пришивать (дело, преступление).
Afghanistan’s usually rather effective intelligence service failed
to pinpoint what was coming over the horizon— заострить внимание
(начем-л.).
Not long ago, Vietnam was one of the developing world’s pin-
ups— красавчик.
Secular or pious rights of citizens— набожный, благочестивый;
праведный, религиозный.
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Часть II / pittance
His idea of a ‘United States of Africa’ is a pipe dream, which he
hopes to somehow rule— видения курильщика опиума, несбыточная
мечта, “воздушные замки”.
The online retailer just pipped Apple to the number-one slot—
разбивать скорлупу, вылупляться изяйца (оптенце).
The Schadenfreude set will have to have DRK TV piped in to
get their fi x but eventually the death penalty will go away in the US—
подавать потрубам.
Japan is one of the planet’s oldest societies, pipped only by tiny
Monaco for the proportion of elderly in the population— побить, разгромить.
Involvement of the Rockefeller family gives added piquancy to one
of the two most signifi cant shareholders-versus-board battles— острота,
пикантность.
It is also possible to detect a sense of pique that China is willing to do
things which America, at the moment, can’t— злоба; уязвленная гордость.
Desperate effors to keep a piscine predator from the Great Lakes—
относящийся к рыбе, рыбный.
Latvia is a fi nancial pipsqueak— ничтожная личность, ничто-
жество.
Britain’s elite competitors have set post-war medal records at the
last three Olympic games — pipping China to second place in Rio in terms
of gold medals — побеждать с минимальным перевесом.
Mr Macron is pitching himself as the pro-globalisation revolu-
tionary— продвигать, рекламировать.
Pitifully few entered the army or the police force— достойный
сожаления.
In many cities people can park on the street for nothing, or a pit-
tance— скудное вспомоществование; жалкие гроши.
A $5 mln prize is a pittance— скудное вспомоществование или
жалованье; жалкие гроши.
425
Часть II / pitted
The streets are pitted with potholes— изрытый, вямах.
Pitting robots against each other shows the promise and many of
the pitfalls of autonomous technology— стравливание, науськивание.
Turkey is a strategic pivot between Europe and the Middle East;
astrategic pivot on the Silk Road, running through the Ancient Armenian
lingdom of Ani— главный, основной, опорный пункт.
Sometimes interesting is stirring the pixelated world of digital photography — объединенные в группы пиксели.
Congratulations to one Southwest Airlines employee for adding a
little pizzazz to the process; it has never got back to the pizzazz of 1969;
Pile on the pianissimo and postpone the pizzazz — стиль, класс, шик,
веселость, приподнятое настроение.
Why collecting pizzo on a low level as you can get all the tax in
one time of all the citizens and companies in Italy?— итальянсий слэнг
слова взятка.
India tries to placate critics in Kashmir of its huge military presence there — умиротворять; унимать, успокаивать.
It was for an intensive nine-day obstacle course, which he tried
to negotiate with the placatory charm and openness to dialogue—
успокаивающий, умиротворяющий; примирительный.
The place is packed with placemenand women, many elected on
regional list systems— чиновник (обычно использующий свой пост
вкорыстных целях); креатура, ставленник.
Kicking off a promotional campaign with a plagiarism scandal
is not the most orthodox way to attract clients — плагиат.
As wars and religious confl icts plagued Europe, philosophers and
scientists sparred with each other over whether a human’s inner self was an
immortal and divine essenc; If a loose dog plagues a postman, delivery to
an entire neighbourhood can be suspended— свирепствовать; досаждать.
As wars and religious confl icts plagued Europe, philosophers and
scientists sparred with each other over whether a human’s inner self was
an immortal and divine essence— свирепствовать.
426
Часть II / plethora
The plain-clothes police are always there, watching Xu Jiehua—
носящий штатскую одежду, вштатском.
Do anything to salvage its putative capital, other than plaintively
cry “theft”— горестно, печально, грустно, жалобно.
What would he think of a main plank of the outgoing French
socialist government’s economic policy— принципиальный пункт,
значимое положение.
So J Street has planted a foot in the door— всаживать, втыкать;
прочно ставить, устанавливать.
Unlike in France and the UK, the German birth rate has not bounced
back, instead plateauing at a low level— оставаться на определенном
уровне.
Decaying Protestantism “becomes a vague mist of ethical plati-
tudes; cringing platitudes — банальность, избитость, плоскость,
пошлость, тривиальность.
Mr Brown’s approach has earned him plaudits from a num-
ber of prominent American economists— аплодисменты, рукоплес-
кания.
The belt of what would come to be known as planetissimals that
lies beyond the outer planets— кольца планет.
Mr Hammond is a grown-up in a political playpen that is stuffed
with children— детский манеж.
Many scorn the internet as a plaything for plebs— плебеи,
простолюдины.
None had that direct pluck of plectrum on string for which he
loved the harpsichord— медиатор, плектр.
In American how would Jews feel if we had to pledge our alle-
giance to the Christian nation of America?— клясться вверности.
How a plethora of runners might help centrists in next spring’s
election— изобилие, избыток.
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Часть II / plexus
900 pounds of force is easily enough to kill someone especially if
the strike hits the nose, the liver, or the solar plexus— сплетение.
Japan was a pliant American ally; Pliant mainstream media; will
Congress be so pliant?— податливый, сговорчивый.
The old-timers plan to resurrect a statue of the Roman emperor, Septimus Severus, who was born in what became Libya but whom
Colonel Qaddafi knocked off his Tripolitanian plinth— цоколь; постамент.
Before her bolt-from-the-blue announcement that she was calling a general election, most Britons had Theresa May down as an honest
plodder: a safe pair of hands who kept her promises and did her homework— работяга, трудяга.
Little brother Wolfgang was straightforward, practical and plod-
ding— старательный, усердный.
It is similar to the cheap plonk sold in France and other European
winemaking countries— вино плохого качества; шум, грохот падения.
Rub your eyes: America’s strongest ally in South-East Asia appears to be plopping like a ripe mango into China’s hands— плюхнуться,
шмякнуться.
But that would require Washington to get its act together— a plot-
line so implausible that it would make J. K. Rowling blush— сюжетная
линия.
Democrats knew the dangers, but ploughed on for a series of
reasons, some of them altruistic, and some of them more political—
настойчиво продолжать, упорно продвигаться.
From lucky to plucky: an entrepreneurial prime minister calls for
a culture of innovation— мужественный, решительный.
The company’s stock price has plunged to lows last seen a halfcentury ago; A reported a 24% plunge— прыжок, ныряние, погру жение.
Yet Ms Yellen has not really changed her plumage— оперение,
перья.
428
Часть II / poetaster
The campaign for November’s presidential election has plumbed
depths of personal abuse— отчетливо постигать.
Whether the prime minister plumps for a snap election in June
or waits for the end of his term in November now hinges on the welfarereform talks— решительно поддерживать.
With a plurality of voters undecided, “fl exicon” enters the politi-
cal lexicon— относительное большинство голосов.
Abe’s efforts did not stop Mr Trump from pulling the plug on
the TPP, but Japanese offi cials are still pleased with their recent diplomacy — выйти из.
We are about to pull the plug on that JV— выйти из.
Whether the prime minister plumps for a snap election in June
or waits for the end of his With a plurality of voters undecided, “fl exi con” enters the political lexicon— относительное большинство го-
лосов.
Term in November now hinges on the welfare-reform talks—
решительно поддерживать.
As prostitution has been chased from posh parts of Paris, women
ply their trade elsewhere: from forests outside the capital, to the heavily
immigrant Boulevard Barbès in the 18th arrondissement, where a thriving business starts on the pavements in broad daylight and continues far
into the night— усердно заниматься (чем-л.).
He’s no longer the Ambassador there since he’s been PNG’d—
выдворен изстраны вкачестве персоны нон-грата.
An entire neighbourhood in southern St Louis, Bevo Mill, was
transformed from a crime-ridden area pockmarked by abandoned buildings into a decent quarter— испещренный.
In art as in life, both Kims are effeminate and podgy— короткий
итолстый.
Nor are such creatures merely the province of the past and the
poetaster— рифмоплет, графоман.
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Часть II / poignant
Kapka Kassabova’s poignant, erudite and witty third book, “Border”, brings hidden history vividly to light— едкий, острый.
The book is composed, like a pointillist painting, of thousands of factual details— пуантиллизм (теория итехника живописи
раздельными точками или прямоугольниками чистых цветов).
It is easy to poke fun at Great Wall Motor, based in Hebei Province— высмеивать кого-л. (или что-л.), подшучивать, подтрунивать,
потешаться над кем-л.
Russia waтts to poke Uncle Sam in the eye; US pokes its nose into
the affairs of small nations— совать, пихать, тыкать, толкать.
$150,000 buys you a spacious house with a garden— in the nice
parts of Palo Alto, it buys you a poky fl at— тесный, убогий (оместе,
местонахождении).
For two decades, the Netherlands’ “polder model” seemed to
be working miracles— осушенный участок земли, защищенный
дамбой.
The NLD’s landslide gives it a majority in both houses of parliament, and puts it in pole position to pick the next president— одна
издвух крайностей, противоположностей.
Obama was close to his fellow Chicago pol— политик.
The puzzling range of blunt, sharp and puncture wounds have their
explanation in the lethal versatility of the poleaxe— шок.
His attempt to woo AstraZeneca, a British drugs fi rm, included
politesse— appearances before Parliament, web videos on Pfi zer’s strategy— показная вежливость, учтивость; политес.
Mr King caricatures globalisation’s proponents as pollyannas
who see only winners and no losers from the integration of emerging
economies — чрезмерные оптимисты.
Presiding over a messy but largely functioning polity has been
a revered king— форма правления, строй (общественный или государственный).
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