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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

Nearly ___ is translatable.

all language

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

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

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.

proverbs, idioms,

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

allow me to

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.

of some differentiation of colour

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

unnecessary

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

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

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

we are startled by

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.

sorting

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

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

is by no means

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

as in most market-oriented economies,

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

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

to bark

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

must not be allowed

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.

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

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

will not normally conform to the size of the image projected

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

he was the most loving man towards me.

Hitchcock was supposed to be terrible to actors, but

arrest the ‘necktie’ murderer.

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

was very strict about reaction shots.

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

tend to be more timid and less physically aggressive.

Submitting your manuscript in the way described will

save the time and expense of unnecessary correspondence.

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

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

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

importance of practice.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

before they could see the result.

Common opinion tends to stress the

but this is certainly not true.

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

scores deteriorated rather than improved.

Under these circumstances their

reward and so no reinforcement.

The value of practice is that it enables us

to discover what works.

Submitting your manuscript in the

heavily for rearranging text to accommodate ‘second thoughts’.

Typographical errors can be corrected on the proof, but changes

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

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

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

order

порядок

surplus

союз

alliance

излишек

crown

географ

geographer

причина

reason

корона

conscious

сомнительный

apparent

очевидный

questionable

сознательный

remote

фиксированный

free

свободный

fixed

отдаленный

traditional

естественный

natural

традиционный

favourable

любимый

intelligent

нервный

nervous

ответственный

responsible

умный

fate

убийство

evidence

свидетельство

murder

судьба

low

медленный

slow

низкий

high

высокий

to create

предлагать

to fade

создавать

to suggest

увязать

film

младенец

ability

пленка

baby

способность

concrete

поверхность

surface

трещина

crack

бетон

research

исследование

concentration

концентрация

sleep

сон

degree

конец

pattern

степень

end

образец

furniture

эссе

society

общество

essay

мебель

existence

пыль

drought

засуха

dust

существование

income

сторона

side

заработная плата

wage

доход

concern

забота

response

власть

power

ответ

cell

клетка

decision

разрешение

permission

решение

treatment

ткань

injection

инъекция

tissue

лечение

shore

берег

obstacle

пляж

beach

обстоятельство

sparrow

черный дрозд

tit

воробей

blackbird

синица

to refuse

судить

to judge

отказывать

to divide

делить

to provide

вмещать

to accomodate

выбирать

to select

снабжать

to appear

поддерживать

to support

понимать

to realise

казаться

possible

жестокий

desperate

возможный

violent

отчаянный

necessary

общий

common

необходимый

usual

обычный

suitable

восхитительный

careful

внимательный

admirable

подходящий

best

благородный

noble

феодальный

feudal

лучший

existence

блюдо

tablecloth

существование

dish

скатерть

silence

червь

pedlar

молчание

worm

коробейник

meal

еда

victim

жертва

mill

мельница

beard

борода

weather

погода

diary

дневник

neighbour

сосед

fence

спор

dispute

забор

option

собственность

property

опция, выбор

affair

дело

court

суд

breach

нарушение

ditch

канава

refusal

отказ

compromise

граница

boundary

компромис

sentence

приговор

violence

суд

court

насилие