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Часть II / portmante
Washington is fi lled with politicos and pundits— политикан;
политический деятель.
He was right also to castigate the West’s poltroonery in the years
preceding the war, culminating in the Munich agreement— трусость.
Get on top of the mountain of material and do credit to such an
international polymath— эрудит.
Not since the Soviet Union was in its pomp have so many power-
ful Russians expressed such blood-curdling thoughts about the crisis of
capitalism— великолепие, пышность.
The stereotype of a gaggle of pretty girls waving pompoms
as they cheer the boys’ football teams is not quite accurate— помпон
избумажных или пластиковых полосок.
“Relying on the import of money, workers, and brains,” writes Mr
Lind, America is “a Ponzi scheme that works”— финансовая пирамида.
America ponders the best response to Iran; That is something for
politicians to ponder— обдумывать, взвешивать, размышлять.
Castro continued to pontifi cate; so why are Republican politicians
and pontifi cators so angry?— являться римским папой.
That is enough to make most Americans pony up— раскошелиться.
It is easy to pooh-pooh international courts— относиться не-
брежно, несерьезно, непридавать значения.
The Apollo Moon programme was shut down early, and the world’s
astronauts have spent the past 41 years pootling around in low-Earth
orbit – бессмысленное медленное движение.
A goodwill gesture that went down about as well as a soggy pop-
padum— непропеченный, сырой.
You insult our intelligence with such poppy-cock— вздор, чепуха.
Turducken seems a straightforward portmante, albeit of three
parts rather than two— контаминация, слово-гибрид (искусственное
слово, составленное издвух слов).
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Часть II / po pulace
The Alawites and Christians that each make up a tenth of the
po pulace are especially nervous about change— простой народ;
массы.
No lady likes to dance or dine accompanied by a porcupine—
дикобраз.
The poster-child for the property crash is showing signs of cut-
price life— образец, пример.
It is now a sorry sight, with a green portaloo outside— переносной
туалет.
In the West naturalistic portraiture began in classical times—
портретная живопись.
He took the horses to a pond where they could break up the thick
ice and drink. This, too, seemed a portent— предвестие, предзнаменование.
So lack of employment now may portend an even bleaker future—
предвещать, предзнаменовать, предрекать, предсказывать.
Affable and portly, Sergey Kislyak seems nevertheless to be an
eminently forgettable man— тучный.
Political hopefuls in the state’s fi rst district reacted much like
apack of hyenas would to a porterhouse steak: 18 candidates — 16Republicans and two Democrats— applied — пивная; дешевый рес торан.
Portentously, he declared that the controversy over sex abuse is
now a cultural clash— высокопарный, высокий.
Posties with parcels often knock on doors, which gives the dogs
an opportunity— почтальоны.
“Now that sort of a posture I’d defi nitely characterise as a “swagger”— отношение, позиция, подход.
The blogroll is an attempt by the author to place his blog in a specifi c genre or group, and a reciprocal effort by a posse of bloggers to raise
each other’s visibility— компания, группа; ватага.
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Часть II / powerhouse
Gordon Brown may be thought of more charitably by poster-
ity than by his contemporaries — последующие поколения, по-
томки.
Her former career as a high-fl ying web designer in Los Ange-
les, her pregnancy and postpartum depression— послеродовая депрессия.
None of this is rocket science, posturing and gesture politics needs
to be consigned to the past— позирование.
Infl uential economists take a potshot at fi nancial policyma kers—
выстрел поблизкой или неподвижной цели, критический выпад
(против кого-л.), критическое замечание.
Since the eastward expansion of the European Union in 2004, re-
form in parts of Eastern Europe has become something of a Potemkin
village — что-то сомнительного качества, имеющее пропагандистскую направленность.
The moment was portentous— предсказывающий дурное; зло-
вещий.
The performance of Geert Wilders and his far-right Freedom Par-
ty (PVV), it was said, would be a portent of Marine Le Pen’s chances in
France’s presidential election— действенный, эффективный.
He is his own man, a potentate of the north with huge wealth and
carefully consolidated support— правитель, монарх.
No worse than a string of nonproducing, potty-mouthed MBA
guys who promise the Moon but deliver a hunk of Limberger cheese—
матерщинник.
If he can set up the Republicans for failure and get another demo-
crat majority and POTUS then he will have achieved more in his view—
президент Соединенных Штатов (President Of The United States).
Picasso gives his subject the confrontational pout and posture of
a Parisian demimondaine— недовольная гримаса.
Can India’s original economic powerhouse get its act together
again?— центр власти.
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Часть II / pow-wow
A fi ve-hour pow-wow hosted by a lame duck president – церемо-
ния заклинания; сборище, совет.
Handing out pralines is an easy way to make friends— пралине
(разновидность конфет).
Barack Obama is still prattling about having 1m of them on America’s roads by 2015— лепетать.
A post-prandial snooze, Dr Walker has discovered, sets the brain
up for learning— послеобеденный.
Old politicians looked uncomfortable prancing on the world
stage with their publicity— скачущий, важный (опоходке, манере
держаться).
A minor prang or proscribed medical condition might end someone’s driving career prematurely— авария, катастрофа.
They say they thought they were taking part in a prank— шалость,
проделка.
But there is no doubt that criminals and pranksters are thriving
by attacking computers and networks— шутник.
Our tips below are part of a series designed to help business travellers avoid pratfalls when they head abroad— нарочито неуклюжее
падение наягодицы (обычно c расчетом произвести комический
эффект), осечка, оплошность, вызывающая смех.
Proxy resolutions are precatory since boards are free to ignore
them— содержащий просьбу; выражающий надежду.
This created a two-tier labour market, with the lower tier populated by a young precariat— социальный класс, испытывающий материальные и психологические проблемы в связи с его непредсказуемым состоянием.
So attempts to apply precepts devised by ancient Chinese philosophers to the modern world are in vogue— принцип; заповедь.
Opinion polls show public support for the government falling
precipitously— стремительный, безудержный; precipitous current—
стремительный поток.
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Часть II / prefatory
He gave a blunt précis of Russian grievances— краткое изложе-
ние, конспект, резюме.
We were laughing and dancing our way to the precipice— обрыв,
пропасть, опасное положение.
A precocious student, Yardley learned poker in the saloons of
Worthington, where he probably also developed his lifelong affi nity for
tall tales— непогодам развитой.
Although such an attack was anticipated— the fi rst response was
effi cient and calm— the grim reality is that it may be the precursor to
many similar ones— предтеча, предвестник.
Recent events have encapsulated his predicament— затрудни-
тельное положение; затруднение.
Predictwise, which looks at polls, betting markets and bookies,
puts her chance of becoming president at more than 70%— сточки зрения
прогнозов.
Such public preening must be deeply depressing— чистить перья
клювом, прихорашиваться.
The OPCW announced in June that all identifi able agents and pre-
cursor chemicals had been removed from the country— предшественник; предтеча, предвестник.
Japan has found original ways to make money out of people’s
sexual predilections— склонность, пристрастие.
Cancun, Mexico, is a favourite seaside destination for young
gringos keen to primp, Exerciseany pre-emption rights it purports to
have— преимущественное право напокупку государственной земли;
использование преимущественного права покупки.
Politicians preen when they are positive— and blame their pre-
decessors— гордиться собой; нравиться самому себе.
The words “We are sorry”, which he said a good deal, prefatory to
adverse weather conditions, leaves on the line, staff absences and signal
failures, were controversial— вводный, предварительный.
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Часть II / prelapsarian
The creation of Mr Tusk’s job in the prelapsarian Lisbon treaty
of 2007 was for some the fi rst step towards a “president of Europe”—
догрехопадения; безгреховный.
Nietzche’s premonitions and insights often agree in the most
amazing manner with the laborious results of psychoanalysis—
предчувствие.
That changed in October last year, when a Supreme Court ruling
upheld a German heiress’s prenup against a challenge from her ex-husband— добрачный договор.
Mercifully, it is not all preordained to end in a rerun of 1914—
предопределять.
Who has the preponderance of power in the Western Hemisphere— перевес, превосходство, преимущество.
The new Star Wars movie— a “prequel” to the other three, and the
fi rst of a new trilogy— “предыстория героев” кино- или телефильма
с участием знакомых героев в новом сюжете, когда действие
разворачивается дособытий, уже знакомых зрителям.
That would seem to presage Chavez’s imminent retirement from
his country’s politics, and perhaps from life itself— предзнаменовывать,
предвещать.
But then, hey presto, after a spell as a guest of Her Majesty in the
UK— вуаля!, опля! (произносится вовремя демонстрации фокуса).
This did not stop many Iraqis, believing that the timing and manner of their death is anyway preordained— предопределенный.
After months of prevarication Gordon Brown must settle the
bank’s fate— ссориться, скандалить, пререкаться из-за пустяков.
A twitch in the “benchmark” price can mean big shifts in the value of derivatives, and profi ts for the prescient— наделенный даром
предвидения; предвидящий, пророческий.
To grasp his prescience, it is necessary to return to an era when
today’s commonplaces were heresies; the joke proved prescient —
наделенный даром предвидения; предвидящий, пророческий.
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Часть II / prissiness
Нe also has time to exchange charming letters with the preteen
daughter of an old friend— ребенок 9–12 лет.
They now fi nd Mr Hollande’s preternatural calm unnerving—
необычный, неестественный.
Prevaricating and lying aren’t the same thing— увиливать, го-
ворить уклончиво, изворачиваться.
The priapic will have “enjoyed female company”; nymphomania
is “notable vivacity”— вформе фаллоса.
Olivier is a fastidious prig and congenital hypochondriac; only the
most priggish today would argue that fi nancial institutions are obliged
to be fl uffy— щеголь, франт.
Since Osama bin Laden was killed this month in Abbottabad,
aprim military town in Pakistan— чопорный.
Inexorably growing Los Angeles meets another primal force—
первоначальный, примитивный.
Firms that rely on primogeniture, he notes, perform poor-
ly; The tradition of male primogeniture meant that, where there was
no son, the inheritance moved sideways to an uncle or a nephew—
правопервородства; право старшего сына нанаследование.
A primordial soup of such compounds; For Mr. Barnett to dis-
miss the connections between early han and Tibetans is just “misguided Tibetan primordialism”— самый первый, изначальный;
перво бытный.
Its most celebrated act was to bring a private prosecution against
a priory of Norbertine monks who kept 650 veal calves— монастырь,
приорат.
The rivalry between Turkey and Iran is prising Kurdistan apart—
взламывать, разрывать.
Dog-eating is a time-honoured tradition and China is not yet ready
for Western-style prissiness about consuming such animals; prissyenunciation— жеманность, чопорность.
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Часть II / pristine
With their pristine rooms and green courtyard, the new psychiatric clinic and geriatric and dermatological wards cost $19m— чистый,
нетронутый; неиспорченный.
There is not much that Mr Miliband can do about his slightly pris-
sy delivery and doleful, irregular features— жеманный.
In New York City where restaurants offer discounted prix-fi xe
menus at lunch and dinner— комплексный (обобеде, ланче); prix fi xe
dinner menu— меню комплексных обедов.
The SEC and the Federal Reserve “were privy to everything as it
was happening”— посвященный (вочто-л. секретное), осведомленный
(очем-л. тайном).
Conducted a wide-ranging tax-evasion probe— тщательное рас-
смотрение; расследование; зондаж.
Austerity is likely to hold sway across Europe as the region seeks
to reassure investors (and German voters) about its long-term fi scal pro-
bity— неподкупность; кристальная честность.
If you were prepared to reveal the extent of your “prandial procli-
vities” Iwould be very happy to adjust my own to match— склонность,
наклонность.
After much procrastination, Hu Jintao, the president, attended a 47-nation nuclear-security summit in Washington— отсрочка;
промедление.
Evolutionary success is not just a mad dash to procreate—
порождать.
Twice under Mr Obama, anti-dumping tariffs of up to 88% have
been slapped on imported Chinese tyres at the prodding of the United
Steelworkers union— подгонять, побуждать.
They may have asked why they should rescue Dubai from the consequences of its own prodigality— расточительность; расточительство.
Pakistan seems to be a nation of wanton profanity where the
Koran is routinely desecrated and the prophet Muhammad insulted—
богохульство.
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Часть II / promenade
It makes it plain that for young, black men in America, racial pro-
fi ling can be deadly— сведения избиографии.
Confucius, condemned by Mao as a peddler of feudal thought, is
now being proffered as a sage with a message of harmony— предлагать.
A cool $800 billion or so, on top of the $700 billion for the TARP,
looked more profl igate than parsimonious than others; Bush-like prof-
ligacy— неэкономный, расточительный.
Politicians would rather pretend that someone else will pay for
our profl igacy— расточительство.
With typical profundity, that China thought peace good and ter-
rorism bad— глубина ума, сила интеллекта.
Scientists say new bloodlines are needed to avoid future inbreed-
ing among his many progeny— отпрыск, потомок.
Greece, progenitor of the euro zone’s drama, is back at centre-
stage; The progenitor of fi ve-year plans, the Soviet Union, had barely
embarked on its 13th one when it collapsed— прародитель.
His problem is that technological prognostications sound cred-
ible only if underpinned by physics known today— предсказание,
прогноз; прогнозирование.
He may have won the loyalty of tech progressives, but many
Americans are sympathetic to the government— прогрессивные силы.
China projected power much further afi eld – распространять,
прогнозировать, предполагать.
He mocked Americans for their class divisions and status sym-
bols: the proles for their polyester, the middle classes for their perfect
lawns— рабочий, работяга.
Many join the shadow economy to escape destitution, not regula-
tion or proletarianisation— стать пролетариями.
On a whirlwind tour of the town, Mr Schenk shows how the old
coal mine was turned into a lake with a new marina and a promenade—
прогулочное место.
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Часть II / proletarianised
Knowledge workers will be proletarianised— стать пролетариями.
The government of this little promontory that sticks into the Gulf
off the east coast of Saudi Arabia; You can also see a growing colony of
birds establishing itself on Letterbox, a mainland promontory, and even
nearer to hand— мыс; выступ.
Their departure is making sectarian divisions increasingly pro-
nounced— резко определенный, отчетливый.
He was propelled by three big factors, not all of which will apply
elsewhere— продвигать вперед, толкать.
This shows that China is and will continue to be a propeller of
peace and stability in East Asia— движущая сила.
Fathers, as well as mothers, can pass on a propensity to obesity if
they themselves have been starved— склонность, предрасположение.
In fact its composition was more apt, if no less uncomfortable: hundreds of dangling prophylactics — профилактический;
предохранительный, предупредительный.
The trouble is that propinquity and self-assertion are still at work
today— родственность, сходство.
The timing could hardly have been less propitious— благоприятный; подходящий.
Opponents and proponents alike are trying to discern what John
Roberts thinks about relations between church and state— сторонник,
поборник.
For almost 40 years students of British politics have been debating the thesis propounded by the late Richard Crossman— выступить
спредложением, предложить.
Harper decided to prorogue Parliament until March— назначить
перерыв вработе парламента (нераспуская его).
The prospectus warns would-be investors— проспект эмиссии.
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