Список вопросов базы знаний

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.

dishonest

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

implemented

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

Nearly ___ is translatable.

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

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

proverbs, idioms,

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.

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 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

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

unnecessary

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.

sorting

All thinking is ___, classifying.

and therefore

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

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

as in most market-oriented economies,

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

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.

mentioned in the novels

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

must not be allowed

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

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.

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

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.

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

arrest the ‘necktie’ murderer.

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.

Common opinion tends to stress the

before they could see the result.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

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.

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

to discover what works.

Under these circumstances their

reward and so no reinforcement.

Submitting your manuscript in the

heavily for rearranging text to accommodate ‘second thoughts’.

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.

alliance

порядок

order

излишек

surplus

союз

crown

причина

reason

корона

geographer

географ

questionable

сознательный

apparent

очевидный

conscious

сомнительный

fixed

фиксированный

remote

отдаленный

free

свободный

favourable

традиционный

natural

любимый

traditional

естественный

nervous

ответственный

intelligent

нервный

responsible

умный

evidence

убийство

fate

свидетельство

murder

судьба

high

низкий

low

медленный

slow

высокий

to suggest

создавать

to fade

увязать

to create

предлагать

film

способность

baby

младенец

ability

пленка

crack

трещина

concrete

бетон

surface

поверхность

concentration

концентрация

sleep

сон

research

исследование

degree

степень

pattern

конец

end

образец

furniture

общество

essay

эссе

society

мебель

existence

пыль

drought

засуха

dust

существование

side

доход

income

сторона

wage

заработная плата

power

забота

concern

ответ

response

власть

permission

разрешение

decision

решение

cell

клетка

treatment

ткань

tissue

лечение

injection

инъекция

beach

пляж

shore

обстоятельство

obstacle

берег

blackbird

синица

tit

черный дрозд

sparrow

воробей

to refuse

делить

to judge

отказывать

to divide

судить

to provide

снабжать

to accomodate

вмещать

to select

выбирать

to support

понимать

to appear

поддерживать

to realise

казаться

possible

отчаянный

violent

возможный

desperate

жестокий

usual

общий

common

необходимый

necessary

обычный

suitable

внимательный

admirable

восхитительный

careful

подходящий

feudal

благородный

best

феодальный

noble

лучший

dish

скатерть

existence

блюдо

tablecloth

существование

silence

молчание

worm

коробейник

pedlar

червь

meal

мельница

victim

жертва

mill

еда

weather

борода

beard

погода

diary

дневник

neighbour

забор

dispute

сосед

fence

спор

affair

дело

property

опция, выбор

option

собственность

court

канава

ditch

суд

breach

нарушение

refusal

отказ

compromise

граница

boundary

компромис

court

насилие

sentence

приговор

violence

суд