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Часть II / rat out
Lax security at the ramshackle academy allowed a dozen mili-
tants to rampage among 800 or more mostly unarmed police recruits —
ветхий, дряхлый.
Saakashvili’s high-profi le rambunctiousness— шумливый,
шумный.
For weeks he ate only ramen noodles and coffee ice cream, until
he developed scurvy— лапша быстрого приготовления.
The federal government spends $18 billion a year manning the
ramparts— бастион; защита, оплот.
In such a transition, rancor seems to be only natural— злоба,
озлобленность.
America wants to keep China to ransom— выкуп.
Highway bills are a notorious source of rancid pork— прогорклый.
NATO’s solidarity with Turkey has rankled Russia, which could
intensify bombing of Syrian rebels with ties to Turkey— озлоблять,
раздражать.
Party bosses in Heilongjiang will get their knuckles rapped by
leaders in Beijing— выговор, замечание.
Lula had a unique rapport with ordinary Brazilians— понимание;
согласие.
Last year a UN special rapporteur criticised the government of
Shinzo Abe— докладчик.
That he was a portrait photographer before he became a fi lmmak-
er shouldn’t be surprising, given the rapt stillness of his feature fi lms—
восхищенный, восторженный.
The US also doesn’t give a rat’s ass about gas pipelines into Ukraine
for the EU— it doesn’t ship our gas so what’s in it for the US?— наплевать.
Or reward students who rat out their roommates with extra help-
ings in the dining hall?— предавать, истреблять крыс.
451
Часть II / ravenously
As a result, he decided reluctantly to step aside in favour of his
party’s ravenously ambitious new leader, Matteo Renzi— жадный,
алчный.
limitations of the antitrust apparatus raise the question of competition to the political sphere— currently, alas, a realm well supplied
with blunderbusses and axes wielded haphazardly and at the wrong targets— сфера, область.
Farmers rear animals and then harvest their fl esh, eggs and milk
for humans to eat— воспитывать, растить.
In March two students died when their small car was rear-
ended by a Mercedes travelling at top speed— врезаться вмашину
сзади.
But there is no getting around the fact that Kraus’s work is rebar-
bative today— отталкивающий, противный.
So China may feel it has to start punishing Taiwan for its recalci-
trance— упрямство, упорство.
A writer’s recantation highlights the intellectual failures of the
Latin American left— отречение, отказ.
Well, anyone who has ever pored over a scientifi c research paper will recall its recondite jargon; Shakespeare emerges from all this
more ingenious and recondite than one can quite believe— сложный
для понимания.
Most Germans will resist EU risk-sharing schemes without clear
commitment to fi scal rectitude among euro delinquents— честность,
правильность, нравственность.
Arguably that has happened already, thanks to its recision of
gun control in Washington, DC and Chicago in 2008 and 2010— аннулирование, отмена.
That too is a good thing, for partisanship and recrimination will
not solve anything here— встречное обвинение, контробвинение.
So, in those cases, avoiding punishment allowed the recrudesce
of violence— рецидивировать.
452
Часть II / reeks
The asylum-seekers’ centre in Rijswijk, a suburb of The Hague, is
clean, rectilinear and well-organised— прямолинейный.
The recrudescence of Islamic fundamentalism— be it Salafi sm,
Wahabism— is related to the ‘retreat cycle’ of the West— повторное возникновение.
Since that awful night, she has been living in the rectory attached
to her local church— дом приходского священника, пастора.
Critique was Jimmy Carter redux; Berlusconi redux— вернувший-
ся, возвращающийся (употребляется после определяемого слова).
It engaged in tricks redolent of mischievous charcters in Bulga-
kov’s “The Master and margarita”— вызывающий воспоминания.
The rebels’ last big redoubt has now been cut almost in half—
редут.
He sees Sarah Palin as the “reductio ad absurdum” of the Ameri-
can conservatism— доведенное доабсурда.
China is keen to redress past injustices; The right of the people
peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances— компенсация (убытка, ущерба); сатисфакция.
They made employees redundant— излишний, избыточный.
In between prison spells, she made speeches from an ambulance
stretcher, “Trembling like a reed,” wrote Rebecca West— слабый, легко
поддающийся влиянию человек.
Mr Monti is not asking the Germans to embark on refl ation, be-
cause he knows they will say no— новая, искусственная инфляция
(после дефляции).
Coeval with dinosaurs, once widespread across the northern hem-
isphere, but now reduced to refugia that cover a total range— зона,
территория обитания.
Romney would be the richest candidate ever to win a big-party
nomination and he reeks of privilege— попахивать, отдавать (чем-л.
дурным).
453
Часть II / regal
American fi rst ladies occupy an odd position, somewhere on the
regal extremities of a presidential system that gives the country a cross
between a chief executive in the Oval Offi ce, and an elected monarch—
величественный, царственный.
Has a microblog account with 38m followers— roughly the number of people living in California— whom he regales with snide comments— угощать, потчевать.
The regicide of 1990 was an epochal moment in British politics—
цареубийство.
The next foot prints on the lunar regolith were therefore thought
likely to be Chinese— реголит (рыхлые поверхностные образования).
As yet, artifi cial intelligence (AI) can only regurgitate ideas people
have already dreamt up— хлынуть, политься вобратном направлении.
That will require the rejigging of their liabilities; to rejig its business model— переделать, перестроить, преобразовать.
The bill gives Republicans a rejoinder should Mr Obama accuse
them of toying with default, as he probably will when the time comes to
raise the debt ceiling again— вторичное возражение ответчика.
Vladimir Putin’s visit and a football match rekindle rows in Serbia— вновь зажечь, разжечь.
The programme-makers thus watch out for, and cut, anything that
looks fake: the families must be relatable— родственный.
Are they relics of the past and unimportant in today’s global markets?— мощи, останки.
Biotechnology would relegate the ingenuity and accumulated
collective wisdom— переводить внизший разряд, класс; низводить.
The bones were solemnly transported to a Sozopol church and
sealed in a silver reliquary donated by the prime minister— рака,
гробница, ковчег, усыпальница (для мощей).
According to the law, she had to relinquish one passport between
her 18th and 23rd birthday— отказываться отправа.
454
Часть II / reprobate
Relish it or revile it, everyone agrees that the bill is historic; No-
body should relish the demise of once-great titles— (приятный) вкус,
привкус; запах.
Though convicted in 1987, with time spent on remand, Mr Pollard
will have served 30 years in November— возвращение (арестованного) под стражу.
Is there something that the country can do to remedy this situa-
tion?— исправлять.
Each group had an allotted ten-minute remonstrance at Japan’s
offi cial doorstep— выражение протеста; возражение.
Romania, Poland and the CIA are involved in extraordinary ren-
dition, which means the outsourcing by the CIA of torture sessions—
выступление, представление, исполнение.
Heart-rending images fl ashed across the world of Alan Kur-
di, a three-year-old from Syria who drowned off the Turkish coast—
душераздирающий; горестный.
Another trigger for a possible downgrade would be a move by the
government to renege on plans to reduce the fi scal defi cit— изменять
своему слову.
Standard Bank, a South African lender and the continent’s biggest
bank by assets, now offers renminbi accounts to expatriate traders—
женьминби, женьминьби (обобщенное название китайских денег;
буквально: «народные деньги»).
In contrast to this easy repartee, his guest gave a rambling for-
mal speech, a page of which blew away— находчивость, остроумие.
Now repo companies are the ones doing the booming— что-то
уже бывшее чей-то собственностью.
Jackson-Vanik repeal will of course have to be one of the ele-
ments — аннулировать, отменять (закон, резолюцию, приговор
ит. п.).
Rather a reprobate than a Republican, voters in his district reck-
on— негодяй, подлец.
455
Часть II / rescind
Many in California were infuriated last year by a bill to rescind
the state’s ban on using race in university admissions— аннулировать,
расторгать, отменять.
Barack Obama did not resile from the human-rights agenda—
гибкость.
LUKOIL had hoped to resuscitate the deal— воскрешать, оживлять; приводить всознание, реанимировать.
It weathered the crisis with remarkable resilience— гибкость,
упругость, эластичность.
Politicians should be forced to recuse themselves from voting on
any matter— отводить (судью, присяжных).
She had always hiked the mountains as a respite from order forms
and insoles at the Bee Bee shoe company— короткая передышка.
The last thing the US wants to know about is Irish terror organisations being resurgent, that means they got to call them “freedom fi ghters”— возрождающийся (онадеждах).
This resonates with echoes of Caroline Kennedy’s abortive bid
for a Senate seat from New York— to be understood or receive a sympathetic response— отзываться.
The OED has “respair”, both as a noun and verb, meaning the return of hope after a period of despair— an obvious etymological kissingcousin — комбинация состояния упадка и подъема.
Venezuelans are especially annoyed by a video of the president,
resplendent in a white tracksuit, playing catch with Diosdado Cabello,
the thuggish former president of the national assembly— великолепный,
ослепительный.
Her family’s social models were the white bourgeoisie; her father, resplendent in a suit with a diamond stick-pin— великолепный,
ослепительный.
A mix of mendacious reticence; reticence began to wane —
лживый; ложный, обманчивый; сдержанность; замкнутость,.
456
Часть II / revile
Ret — media often reticent about reporting bad news; nor-
mally reticent Chinese workers — молчаливый, немногословный,
неразговорчивый.
The rapid spread of Christianity is forcing an offi cial rethink on
religion— переосмысление; пересмотр.
Apologists might retort that Humboldt is still recovering from its
time on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall— возражение; резкий ответ.
Some of her other proposals are retreads, and will take time
to implement— переобучать; вновь давать работу (после выхода
напенсию).
Voting for someone other than Democrats certainly doesn’t make
one “a verifi able retard”— заторможенный человек, “тормоз”.
MicroLink has worked with the American air force to retrofi t its
solar cells to AeroVironment’s small drones— модифицировать.
When Dichter was whispering these sweet nothings in the ears of
CEOs, they were revelatory— разоблачительный.
In what only a few months ago would have seemed like an act of
despair but now passes for revelry— пирушка, попойка.
They were stunned to discover a revenant from this cataclysm just
50 metres from the crater— человек, вернувшийся после собственной
смерти.
Many speakers, denoting piety or loyalty to political Islam, pref-
aced their remarks within cantations of reverence for the Prophet Muhammad— почтительность; уважение.
In reverential tones Mr Schulz recalled his 20-year-old self re-
ceiving a book as a prize from the great man— внушающий почтение,
благоговение.
Next step is to revert to him with the revisions— переходить
кпрежнему владельцу.
Relish it or revile it, everyone agrees that the bill is historic—
оскорблять; поносить.
457
Часть II / rev up
And the industry is about to rev up its efforts, as Toyota and Honda put the fi rst mass-market fuel-cell cars on their dealers’ forecourts—
повышать, увеличивать, делать более активным.
That tale began with the cacophony of reveille for the prisoners,
“sounded by the blows of a hammer on a length of rail” through windows
coated in frost two fi ngers thick— побудка, подъем.
Simon Mezzanotte of Société Générale, a bank, explains that if rev-
par, the industry’s benchmark, falls 1% – доход с комнаты.
With all due respect, you can rhapsodize the alleged “strength” of
Pakistan’s “institutions”— чрезмерно восхищаться (чем-л.), восхвалять
(что-л.).
As a rhetorician, he is no great performer— искусный оратор или
писатель, краснобай.
Mr Berlusconi might bring entrepreneurial vigour to government;
his ribald comments about women were, well, part of being an Italian
male— похабный; оскорбительный.
His face was set in a rictus of death— широко открытый рот,
застывший вгримасе ужаса.
Upgrading London’s rickety old underground network under a
multi-billion-pound public-private partnership; Iran’s ideological state
have got no less rickety since last year’s turmoil— неустойчивый;
шаткий.
Riddled with waste, ineffi ciency and corruption— пронизывать;
содержаться вбольшом количестве; изобиловать.
The favoured dances of his youth were waltzes and polkas. Ragtime
was for riffraff — подонки общества, отбросы, сброд, чернь.
Thailand’s fi shing industry is rife with traffi cking and abuse—
обыкновенный, распространенный.
All media outlet and communication cut off, votes rigged by a
colossal amount!— действовать нечестно; добиваться обманным
путем.
458
Часть II / risible
Most alarming for anyone hoping that Mr Kelly can right the ship
is Mr Trump’s habit of disregarding advice — исправить.
Gulliver should have made a YouTube video of the whole rigma-
role— долгая имуторная процедура, канитель.
Rigor mortis had set in among Arab and Muslim leaders— труп-
ное окоченение.
The play is over but the actors will not leave the stage and keep try-
ing to win attention for what has become a plotless rigmarole— пустая
болтовня, вздор.
The three-martini lunch was de rigueur— строго.
Bail-outs rile Ford; In 1995 Hillary riled her hosts with a fi ery
speech at a UN women’s conference in Beijing — возмущать, раздражать,
сердить.
Yet nothing in that riotous history is more perplexing than David
Cameron’s experience in America this week— шумный, бурный.
Many offi cials are angry because he has ripped up the compact
by which they have operated and which said that they could line their
pockets— распарывать, рвать.
And Mr Obama’s point about no soldier dying in vain was a nice
riposte— ответный удар, укол (вфехтовании).
But it will also generate less controversy among downstream ri-
parian neighbours— прибрежный, относящийся кберегу.
The emirate simply fumbled as it reached for the ripcord—
вытяжной трос (парашюта), разрывная веревка (аэростата).
The family feud which is rippling through the worldbanking in-
dustry— колыхаться, волновать, колыхать.
Dumping rubble, known as riprap, into the water around a bridge’s
piers stabilises the riverbed they are sunk into — каменная отсыпь.
The most risible thing about Flanders, of course, is his bulletproof
Christian faith— смешной; забавный, смехотворный.
459
Часть II / riven
Cambodia, like Laos, is riven with corruption— расколотый,
расщепленный.
China, many Taiwanese believe the KMT to be too pro-China and
are prepared to believe that their president will sell them down the
river— предавать.
Most riverine accidents had nothing to do with them— прибреж-
ный, речной, относящийся креке.
In this riveting book, S. C. Gwynne turns the spotlight on his home
state, Texas— захватывающий, интересный.
But attention in Israel is still rivetted on impending elections—
сосредоточивать (внимание).
What could have been handled through a rivulet of compromise
may now result in a river of blood— ручей; небольшая река.
It’d be interesting to see what happens when ritzy clinics are suddenly crowded with indigent people whom they have to treat by law—
модный, дорогой.
People think GM is already roadkill— животное, сбитое автомобилем.
Public’s sense that the justices may be little more than politicians
in robes— мантия.
Those robustly in favour of lifting the embargo probably include
France, Spain— крепкий, здоровый; сильный; твердый.
Ms Wass kept to her initial account of Mr Adoboli as a rogue trader, who lied to his colleagues while working at the bank’s offi ces in London— жулик, мерзавец.
Rogue waves are not tsunamis, which are set in motion by earthquakes— неконтролируемый.
Corruption allegations are roiling politics as the premier sues two
opposition members for libel— мутить (воду); взбалтывать; вздыматься,
волноваться.
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