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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

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

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.

all language

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

Nearly ___ is translatable.

writers

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.

proverbs, idioms,

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

allow me to

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

and naturally

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

will enable the area to be divided

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

unnecessary

All thinking is ___, classifying.

we are startled by

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

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

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

and supplies more than half the needs

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

is by no means

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

as in most market-oriented economies,

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 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

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:

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

arrest the ‘necktie’ murderer.

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

he was the most loving man towards me.

Hitchcock was supposed to be terrible to actors, but

was very strict about reaction shots.

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.

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

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

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

importance of practice.

The value of practice is that it enables us

scores deteriorated rather than improved.

Under these circumstances their

to discover what works.

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

reward and so no reinforcement.

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’.

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

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

surplus

порядок

alliance

союз

order

излишек

geographer

причина

crown

корона

reason

географ

apparent

сомнительный

questionable

сознательный

conscious

очевидный

remote

отдаленный

fixed

фиксированный

free

свободный

natural

традиционный

favourable

любимый

traditional

естественный

responsible

нервный

nervous

умный

intelligent

ответственный

evidence

убийство

fate

свидетельство

murder

судьба

low

низкий

high

высокий

slow

медленный

to create

создавать

to fade

предлагать

to suggest

увязать

baby

младенец

ability

способность

film

пленка

concrete

трещина

surface

бетон

crack

поверхность

sleep

концентрация

research

сон

concentration

исследование

degree

образец

pattern

конец

end

степень

furniture

эссе

society

общество

essay

мебель

dust

существование

drought

пыль

existence

засуха

wage

заработная плата

income

сторона

side

доход

concern

власть

power

забота

response

ответ

cell

разрешение

decision

решение

permission

клетка

tissue

лечение

treatment

ткань

injection

инъекция

shore

обстоятельство

obstacle

берег

beach

пляж

tit

черный дрозд

blackbird

воробей

sparrow

синица

to divide

судить

to judge

делить

to refuse

отказывать

to accomodate

снабжать

to provide

вмещать

to select

выбирать

to support

понимать

to appear

поддерживать

to realise

казаться

possible

жестокий

violent

возможный

desperate

отчаянный

necessary

обычный

common

необходимый

usual

общий

careful

восхитительный

admirable

внимательный

suitable

подходящий

feudal

благородный

noble

феодальный

best

лучший

dish

скатерть

existence

существование

tablecloth

блюдо

pedlar

молчание

worm

коробейник

silence

червь

victim

еда

meal

мельница

mill

жертва

weather

борода

beard

дневник

diary

погода

neighbour

забор

fence

спор

dispute

сосед

affair

опция, выбор

property

дело

option

собственность

ditch

нарушение

court

суд

breach

канава

refusal

отказ

compromise

компромис

boundary

граница

violence

суд

sentence

приговор

court

насилие