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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.

implemented

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

dishonest

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.

foreign language text

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.

all language

Nearly ___ is translatable.

writers

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

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

allow me to

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,

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

unnecessary

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

and naturally

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

will enable the area to be divided

All thinking is ___, classifying.

and therefore

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.

sorting

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

we are startled by

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,

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

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.

must not be allowed

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

mentioned in the novels

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

to bark

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.

governing conditions:

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

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

Hitchcock was supposed to be terrible to actors, but

was very strict about reaction shots.

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

arrest the ‘necktie’ murderer.

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

he was the most loving man towards me.

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

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.

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.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

before they could see the result.

Common opinion tends to stress the

importance of practice.

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

but this is certainly not true.

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

to discover what works.

Under these circumstances their

scores deteriorated rather than improved.

The value of practice is that it enables us

reward and so no reinforcement.

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

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

Submitting your manuscript in the

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

Typographical errors can be corrected on the proof, but changes

heavily for rearranging text to accommodate ‘second thoughts’.

order

союз

surplus

излишек

alliance

порядок

reason

географ

crown

причина

geographer

корона

questionable

сомнительный

apparent

очевидный

conscious

сознательный

remote

отдаленный

fixed

фиксированный

free

свободный

natural

любимый

traditional

традиционный

favourable

естественный

intelligent

нервный

nervous

умный

responsible

ответственный

evidence

судьба

murder

свидетельство

fate

убийство

low

медленный

high

высокий

slow

низкий

to fade

создавать

to create

увязать

to suggest

предлагать

baby

способность

ability

пленка

film

младенец

surface

трещина

crack

поверхность

concrete

бетон

research

исследование

sleep

сон

concentration

концентрация

pattern

образец

degree

степень

end

конец

furniture

эссе

essay

общество

society

мебель

drought

существование

dust

засуха

existence

пыль

side

доход

income

заработная плата

wage

сторона

power

власть

concern

забота

response

ответ

permission

разрешение

cell

клетка

decision

решение

tissue

ткань

treatment

инъекция

injection

лечение

shore

обстоятельство

beach

берег

obstacle

пляж

tit

черный дрозд

blackbird

воробей

sparrow

синица

to judge

судить

to divide

делить

to refuse

отказывать

to accomodate

снабжать

to provide

выбирать

to select

вмещать

to appear

поддерживать

to realise

понимать

to support

казаться

possible

отчаянный

desperate

возможный

violent

жестокий

common

необходимый

usual

общий

necessary

обычный

suitable

внимательный

admirable

восхитительный

careful

подходящий

feudal

благородный

best

феодальный

noble

лучший

tablecloth

блюдо

dish

существование

existence

скатерть

worm

коробейник

pedlar

молчание

silence

червь

victim

еда

mill

мельница

meal

жертва

weather

борода

diary

дневник

beard

погода

fence

сосед

neighbour

спор

dispute

забор

option

собственность

affair

дело

property

опция, выбор

breach

нарушение

court

суд

ditch

канава

boundary

граница

compromise

отказ

refusal

компромис

sentence

суд

court

приговор

violence

насилие