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

implemented

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

distressed

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

dishonest

Nearly ___ is translatable.

all language

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.

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.

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

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

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

and naturally

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

All thinking is ___, classifying.

we are startled by

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

and therefore

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

and supplies more than half the needs

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

as in most market-oriented economies,

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

is by no means

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

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

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

must not be allowed

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

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

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

save the time and expense of unnecessary correspondence.

Submitting your manuscript in the way described will

out that in most species it is the male who is more aggressive.

Common opinion tends to stress the

importance of practice.

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.

We say: ‘Practice makes perfect’,

before they could see the result.

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.

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

порядок

surplus

союз

alliance

излишек

geographer

корона

reason

географ

crown

причина

conscious

сомнительный

apparent

сознательный

questionable

очевидный

fixed

свободный

remote

фиксированный

free

отдаленный

favourable

любимый

natural

естественный

traditional

традиционный

intelligent

нервный

nervous

умный

responsible

ответственный

evidence

судьба

murder

свидетельство

fate

убийство

low

высокий

slow

медленный

high

низкий

to suggest

предлагать

to fade

увязать

to create

создавать

baby

младенец

film

способность

ability

пленка

surface

трещина

concrete

поверхность

crack

бетон

research

концентрация

concentration

сон

sleep

исследование

end

образец

pattern

степень

degree

конец

society

мебель

essay

общество

furniture

эссе

drought

существование

dust

засуха

existence

пыль

side

доход

wage

сторона

income

заработная плата

concern

власть

response

забота

power

ответ

decision

клетка

cell

разрешение

permission

решение

injection

лечение

tissue

инъекция

treatment

ткань

beach

пляж

shore

берег

obstacle

обстоятельство

blackbird

черный дрозд

tit

синица

sparrow

воробей

to refuse

делить

to judge

отказывать

to divide

судить

to accomodate

снабжать

to provide

вмещать

to select

выбирать

to realise

понимать

to support

казаться

to appear

поддерживать

desperate

жестокий

violent

отчаянный

possible

возможный

necessary

общий

usual

необходимый

common

обычный

careful

восхитительный

suitable

подходящий

admirable

внимательный

noble

лучший

feudal

благородный

best

феодальный

dish

существование

existence

скатерть

tablecloth

блюдо

worm

молчание

silence

коробейник

pedlar

червь

victim

еда

meal

жертва

mill

мельница

weather

дневник

beard

погода

diary

борода

dispute

спор

fence

сосед

neighbour

забор

affair

собственность

option

дело

property

опция, выбор

court

канава

ditch

суд

breach

нарушение

compromise

граница

boundary

отказ

refusal

компромис

sentence

суд

violence

насилие

court

приговор