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

distressed

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

dishonest

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

implemented

Nearly ___ is translatable.

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.

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.

all language

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

of some differentiation of colour

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.

proverbs, idioms,

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.

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

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.

we are startled by

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

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,

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

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

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

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:

Hitchcock was supposed to be terrible to actors, but

was very strict about reaction shots.

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.

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

tend to be more timid and less physically aggressive.

Although much opposing evidence may be quoted, none is at all firmly based, and it can at least be pointed

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

importance of practice.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

before they could see the result.

Common opinion tends to stress the

but this is certainly not true.

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

reward and so no reinforcement.

Under these circumstances their

to discover what works.

The value of practice is that it enables us

scores deteriorated rather than improved.

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’.

order

союз

surplus

излишек

alliance

порядок

reason

корона

geographer

географ

crown

причина

questionable

сознательный

apparent

очевидный

conscious

сомнительный

free

фиксированный

remote

свободный

fixed

отдаленный

traditional

традиционный

favourable

естественный

natural

любимый

nervous

ответственный

responsible

нервный

intelligent

умный

evidence

судьба

fate

убийство

murder

свидетельство

slow

низкий

low

медленный

high

высокий

to suggest

предлагать

to create

увязать

to fade

создавать

ability

младенец

film

пленка

baby

способность

concrete

бетон

surface

трещина

crack

поверхность

concentration

исследование

sleep

концентрация

research

сон

pattern

степень

end

конец

degree

образец

society

мебель

furniture

эссе

essay

общество

existence

пыль

drought

существование

dust

засуха

income

сторона

side

доход

wage

заработная плата

concern

ответ

response

власть

power

забота

cell

клетка

decision

решение

permission

разрешение

treatment

лечение

injection

инъекция

tissue

ткань

obstacle

обстоятельство

shore

пляж

beach

берег

tit

воробей

blackbird

синица

sparrow

черный дрозд

to judge

судить

to refuse

делить

to divide

отказывать

to accomodate

вмещать

to select

снабжать

to provide

выбирать

to realise

поддерживать

to appear

казаться

to support

понимать

possible

жестокий

violent

отчаянный

desperate

возможный

usual

общий

common

обычный

necessary

необходимый

suitable

восхитительный

admirable

внимательный

careful

подходящий

feudal

феодальный

best

благородный

noble

лучший

dish

блюдо

existence

скатерть

tablecloth

существование

pedlar

молчание

worm

коробейник

silence

червь

meal

еда

mill

мельница

victim

жертва

beard

погода

diary

борода

weather

дневник

dispute

сосед

fence

забор

neighbour

спор

option

собственность

property

дело

affair

опция, выбор

court

нарушение

breach

канава

ditch

суд

boundary

граница

refusal

отказ

compromise

компромис

sentence

суд

court

насилие

violence

приговор