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

implemented

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

dishonest

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

distressed

Nearly ___ is translatable.

foreign language text

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.

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.

all language

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

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,

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

allow me to

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 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

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 thinking is ___, classifying.

sorting

All perceiving relates to expectations ___ to comparisons.

and therefore

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

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

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

must not be allowed

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

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

mentioned in the novels

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.

will not normally conform to the size of the image projected

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.

governing conditions:

Hitchcock was supposed to be terrible to actors, but

he was the most loving man towards me.

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

was very strict about reaction shots.

It is commonly believed that women are more emotional than men, and also that they

tend to be more timid and less physically aggressive.

Submitting your manuscript in the way described will

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.

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.

Submitting your manuscript in the

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.

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.

surplus

порядок

alliance

излишек

order

союз

crown

корона

geographer

причина

reason

географ

apparent

сознательный

conscious

очевидный

questionable

сомнительный

fixed

отдаленный

remote

фиксированный

free

свободный

traditional

любимый

natural

естественный

favourable

традиционный

intelligent

нервный

responsible

ответственный

nervous

умный

evidence

судьба

fate

свидетельство

murder

убийство

slow

низкий

high

высокий

low

медленный

to fade

предлагать

to create

увязать

to suggest

создавать

baby

способность

ability

младенец

film

пленка

crack

бетон

concrete

трещина

surface

поверхность

concentration

сон

research

исследование

sleep

концентрация

end

конец

degree

степень

pattern

образец

society

эссе

essay

общество

furniture

мебель

existence

пыль

drought

существование

dust

засуха

side

доход

wage

сторона

income

заработная плата

concern

ответ

power

забота

response

власть

cell

клетка

decision

разрешение

permission

решение

treatment

ткань

tissue

лечение

injection

инъекция

beach

берег

shore

пляж

obstacle

обстоятельство

blackbird

синица

tit

черный дрозд

sparrow

воробей

to divide

делить

to judge

судить

to refuse

отказывать

to accomodate

выбирать

to select

снабжать

to provide

вмещать

to appear

поддерживать

to support

казаться

to realise

понимать

possible

отчаянный

desperate

возможный

violent

жестокий

necessary

обычный

usual

необходимый

common

общий

careful

внимательный

suitable

подходящий

admirable

восхитительный

noble

благородный

best

лучший

feudal

феодальный

existence

блюдо

dish

существование

tablecloth

скатерть

silence

молчание

worm

коробейник

pedlar

червь

victim

еда

mill

мельница

meal

жертва

beard

борода

weather

дневник

diary

погода

dispute

забор

neighbour

спор

fence

сосед

affair

собственность

option

опция, выбор

property

дело

ditch

канава

breach

нарушение

court

суд

refusal

отказ

boundary

компромис

compromise

граница

court

суд

violence

приговор

sentence

насилие