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It is high time the Government ___ its plan to stop gazumping.

distressed

Our own editor has received hundreds of ___ letters from disappointed couples.

dishonest

How many families have suffered as a result of this ___ and frustrating practice?

implemented

Translation implies that we have the capacity to enter into the mind, the world, and the culture of the speakers or ___ and that we can express their thought in a manner that is not only parallel to the original, but also acceptable to the target language.

foreign language text

The fact that we are able to produce an equivalent in English for every word in a ___ does not mean that we can give an adequate translation of the text.

writers

Nearly ___ is translatable.

all language

It would appear that children are capable at an early age ___, as of pattern.

proverbs, idioms,

Even abstruse poetry can often be made as intelligible in another language as it is in the original; while cultural references, ___ and jokes can at least be replaced by equivalents which carry a message that is conceptually identical in both languages.

of some differentiation of colour

I am quite incapable of doing any work, even if the doctors would ___, and in fact I have hardly set pen to paper since last December.

allow me to

The conventional chair forces your lower back forward, piling ___ strain on your spine and back muscles.

will enable the area to be divided

The ‘Back Chair’ allows you to sit up comfortably___, with spine and back muscles in perfect alignment.

and naturally

The main auditorium will accommodate 1300 delegates, but sliding dividing walls ___ into three, with seating for 300, 600, and 400 people.

unnecessary

When we say that from the air houses appear like toys to us we mean, I suggest, that ___ the unfamiliar sight of a house that compares to the familiar sight of a toy on the nursery floor.

and therefore

All thinking is ___, classifying.

we are startled by

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

sorting

Economic development in New Zealand has not been achieved, ___ through an emphasis on industrialization.

as in most market-oriented economies,

The catching and eating of other animals ___ the sole diet of a wild carnivore.

is by no means

Bolivia, it appears, has now become the cocaine capital of the world, cannot exist without it, ___ of the booming American drug market.

and supplies more than half the needs

A variety of plant matters from roots ___, leaves, and even fruit is eaten.

must not be allowed

The keen reader of Hardy’s novels on a visit to Dorset will recognize many of the places ___ and are little altered since the period he describes.

mentioned in the novels

Emotion is running high at the moment, but that emotion ___ to temper sensible judgement.

to bark

Indeed, he may be able to estimate the ‘real’ sizes of objects ___ quite a long distance away.

governing conditions:

If an observer is asked to judge the size of an object at a considerable distance away from him, his judgement ___ on his retina, but to the size of the object he would see if it were at the distance at which such an object is usually viewed.

when they are

If any real unity is to be ascribed to the Victorian era in England, it must be found in two ___ first, there was no great war, and secondly, the whole period was marked by interest in religious questions.

will not normally conform to the size of the image projected

He left a film very much to its own devices, although he

was very strict about reaction shots.

Hitchcock was supposed to be terrible to actors, but

he was the most loving man towards me.

The only lengthy advice he gave me was when I was supposed to

arrest the ‘necktie’ murderer.

Although much opposing evidence may be quoted, none is at all firmly based, and it can at least be pointed

save the time and expense of unnecessary correspondence.

Submitting your manuscript in the way described will

out that in most species it is the male who is more aggressive.

It is commonly believed that women are more emotional than men, and also that they

tend to be more timid and less physically aggressive.

Common opinion tends to stress the

importance of practice.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

but this is certainly not true.

In an experiment with dart throwing, subjects were given long continued practice, but each time they threw a dart the light was switched off

before they could see the result.

But unless we know the results of our effort there can be no

reward and so no reinforcement.

Under these circumstances their

to discover what works.

The value of practice is that it enables us

scores deteriorated rather than improved.

It is essential that papers be submitted in their final form, because the printers will be justified in charging

heavily for rearranging text to accommodate ‘second thoughts’.

Submitting your manuscript in the

way described will save the time and expense of unnecessary correspondence.

Typographical errors can be corrected on the proof, but changes

and additions can only be made at the author’s expense.

alliance

союз

order

излишек

surplus

порядок

reason

причина

crown

корона

geographer

географ

conscious

очевидный

apparent

сомнительный

questionable

сознательный

fixed

фиксированный

remote

отдаленный

free

свободный

natural

любимый

traditional

естественный

favourable

традиционный

nervous

умный

intelligent

нервный

responsible

ответственный

fate

судьба

evidence

убийство

murder

свидетельство

slow

медленный

high

высокий

low

низкий

to create

создавать

to fade

предлагать

to suggest

увязать

ability

способность

baby

младенец

film

пленка

concrete

трещина

surface

поверхность

crack

бетон

research

сон

sleep

концентрация

concentration

исследование

degree

конец

end

степень

pattern

образец

essay

общество

furniture

мебель

society

эссе

drought

существование

dust

засуха

existence

пыль

income

заработная плата

wage

сторона

side

доход

power

власть

concern

ответ

response

забота

cell

решение

permission

разрешение

decision

клетка

treatment

ткань

tissue

лечение

injection

инъекция

beach

обстоятельство

obstacle

берег

shore

пляж

tit

синица

sparrow

воробей

blackbird

черный дрозд

to judge

делить

to divide

судить

to refuse

отказывать

to select

снабжать

to provide

вмещать

to accomodate

выбирать

to appear

понимать

to support

поддерживать

to realise

казаться

violent

отчаянный

desperate

возможный

possible

жестокий

usual

обычный

common

необходимый

necessary

общий

admirable

подходящий

suitable

внимательный

careful

восхитительный

feudal

благородный

best

лучший

noble

феодальный

existence

существование

tablecloth

скатерть

dish

блюдо

pedlar

червь

silence

молчание

worm

коробейник

mill

жертва

victim

мельница

meal

еда

beard

дневник

diary

борода

weather

погода

dispute

спор

neighbour

сосед

fence

забор

affair

собственность

option

опция, выбор

property

дело

court

канава

ditch

нарушение

breach

суд

refusal

граница

compromise

отказ

boundary

компромис

court

насилие

sentence

приговор

violence

суд