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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?

distressed

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

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.

all language

Nearly ___ is translatable.

writers

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

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

unnecessary

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.

will enable the area to be divided

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

and therefore

All thinking is ___, classifying.

sorting

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

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

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

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,

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

to bark

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

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.

will not normally conform to the size of the image projected

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.

when they are

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.

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

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.

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.

Common opinion tends to stress the

importance of practice.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

before they could see the result.

Under these circumstances their

reward and so no reinforcement.

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

scores deteriorated rather than improved.

The value of practice is that it enables us

to discover what works.

Typographical errors can be corrected on the proof, but changes

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

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

heavily for rearranging text to accommodate ‘second thoughts’.

order

союз

alliance

порядок

surplus

излишек

reason

корона

crown

причина

geographer

географ

questionable

сомнительный

conscious

сознательный

apparent

очевидный

remote

свободный

free

фиксированный

fixed

отдаленный

natural

естественный

favourable

традиционный

traditional

любимый

nervous

умный

responsible

нервный

intelligent

ответственный

evidence

убийство

murder

судьба

fate

свидетельство

low

медленный

slow

высокий

high

низкий

to create

создавать

to fade

предлагать

to suggest

увязать

film

младенец

ability

пленка

baby

способность

surface

поверхность

concrete

бетон

crack

трещина

concentration

концентрация

sleep

исследование

research

сон

degree

конец

end

степень

pattern

образец

essay

мебель

furniture

эссе

society

общество

existence

существование

drought

пыль

dust

засуха

side

доход

wage

заработная плата

income

сторона

power

ответ

concern

власть

response

забота

decision

решение

cell

разрешение

permission

клетка

injection

ткань

tissue

инъекция

treatment

лечение

obstacle

обстоятельство

shore

берег

beach

пляж

sparrow

воробей

tit

синица

blackbird

черный дрозд

to judge

делить

to divide

судить

to refuse

отказывать

to provide

выбирать

to select

вмещать

to accomodate

снабжать

to appear

поддерживать

to realise

понимать

to support

казаться

desperate

возможный

violent

жестокий

possible

отчаянный

common

обычный

usual

необходимый

necessary

общий

suitable

подходящий

careful

восхитительный

admirable

внимательный

best

феодальный

noble

благородный

feudal

лучший

dish

блюдо

existence

скатерть

tablecloth

существование

pedlar

коробейник

silence

молчание

worm

червь

mill

мельница

meal

жертва

victim

еда

beard

борода

diary

погода

weather

дневник

fence

сосед

dispute

спор

neighbour

забор

option

дело

property

собственность

affair

опция, выбор

court

нарушение

ditch

канава

breach

суд

boundary

отказ

refusal

граница

compromise

компромис

court

приговор

sentence

суд

violence

насилие