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

distressed

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

implemented

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

dishonest

Nearly ___ is translatable.

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

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.

all language

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

and naturally

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

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.

we are startled by

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

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.

as in most market-oriented economies,

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.

and supplies more than half the needs

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

must not be allowed

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

mentioned in the novels

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.

to bark

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

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.

governing conditions:

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.

Hitchcock was supposed to be terrible to actors, but

was very strict about reaction shots.

Submitting your manuscript in the way described will

save the time and expense of unnecessary correspondence.

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.

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.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

importance of practice.

Common opinion tends to stress the

before they could see the result.

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.

The value of practice is that it enables us

scores deteriorated rather than improved.

Under these circumstances their

reward and so no reinforcement.

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.

Typographical errors can be corrected on the proof, but changes

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

Submitting your manuscript in the

heavily for rearranging text to accommodate ‘second thoughts’.

alliance

союз

surplus

излишек

order

порядок

reason

корона

crown

географ

geographer

причина

conscious

сомнительный

apparent

очевидный

questionable

сознательный

fixed

фиксированный

remote

свободный

free

отдаленный

traditional

традиционный

natural

естественный

favourable

любимый

responsible

ответственный

intelligent

умный

nervous

нервный

murder

свидетельство

evidence

убийство

fate

судьба

high

высокий

low

низкий

slow

медленный

to fade

предлагать

to create

увязать

to suggest

создавать

ability

способность

film

пленка

baby

младенец

concrete

поверхность

surface

бетон

crack

трещина

sleep

сон

research

исследование

concentration

концентрация

pattern

степень

degree

образец

end

конец

society

мебель

essay

общество

furniture

эссе

existence

существование

dust

пыль

drought

засуха

wage

заработная плата

income

сторона

side

доход

concern

забота

power

власть

response

ответ

permission

клетка

decision

решение

cell

разрешение

injection

инъекция

treatment

лечение

tissue

ткань

shore

берег

obstacle

обстоятельство

beach

пляж

tit

воробей

sparrow

синица

blackbird

черный дрозд

to refuse

отказывать

to divide

судить

to judge

делить

to accomodate

вмещать

to select

снабжать

to provide

выбирать

to realise

казаться

to appear

понимать

to support

поддерживать

possible

возможный

desperate

отчаянный

violent

жестокий

common

общий

necessary

обычный

usual

необходимый

admirable

подходящий

suitable

внимательный

careful

восхитительный

best

благородный

noble

феодальный

feudal

лучший

existence

скатерть

dish

существование

tablecloth

блюдо

pedlar

коробейник

silence

молчание

worm

червь

mill

еда

victim

жертва

meal

мельница

diary

погода

weather

дневник

beard

борода

neighbour

спор

fence

сосед

dispute

забор

property

дело

option

собственность

affair

опция, выбор

court

суд

ditch

нарушение

breach

канава

boundary

отказ

compromise

компромис

refusal

граница

violence

суд

court

приговор

sentence

насилие