Курмелев Movie - THE CONSTANT GARDENER Flashcards

1
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стать достоянием общественности / предать огласке

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To Make smth public

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2
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исчезнуть из поля зрения,

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to go off the radar

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3
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являться соучастником / быть замешанным в чем-либо

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4
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покориться чьей-либо воле

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to bend to one’s will

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5
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выражать сожаление

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to convey regrets

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6
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использовать свои связи

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to pull your strings

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7
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перевозить контрабандой запрещенный товар

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to smuggle smth in as illicit goods

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8
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сдерживать / держать кого- либо в узде

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to rein smb in

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9
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проводить вскрытие,

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to conduct the postmortem

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10
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искупать вину

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Expiate guilt

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11
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по чьему-либо
приказу / поручению / распор яжению / требованию,

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at the behest of someone

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12
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остаться безнаказанным

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To get away with smth(murder)

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13
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следить за / не спускать глаз с / присматривать за кем- либо,

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to keep an eye on smb

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14
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привести убедительный довод

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to make a valid point

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15
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злодейское убийство;

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murder foul

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16
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using the most modern and recently developed methods, materials, or
knowledge

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State of the art

17
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an agreement between two or more countries, businesses, or people that
is only made for political or economic reasons

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Arrangement

18
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someone who is used in a scientific test to see how successful or safe a
new product, system, etc. is

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Guinea pig [ˈgɪnɪ pɪg]

19
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to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not guilty

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To Exonerate from

20
Q

completely new and different, especially in a way that leads to great improvements;

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Revolutionary

21
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to try to find out information about other people’s private lives, business, etc., in a way that annoys them,

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poke into something

22
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to protect someone against a disease by putting a weak form of the disease into their body using a needle

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To inoculate

23
Q

a clever but dishonest way to get money

A

A scam

24
Q

always following the behavior and attitudes that most people in a society consider to be normal, right, and socially acceptable, so that you seem slightly boring.

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conventional

25
Q

cock-up
ошибка

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26
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redemption

A

искупление
to be too bad to be improved or saved by anyone

the state of being kept from evil or of improving morally:
The political leadership in that state is so corrupt that it’s beyond redemption (= it will always be morally bad).

27
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to mutilate

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to damage something severely, especially by violently removing a part:
Her body had been mutilated beyond recognition.

28
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A vile promise

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мерзкое обещание

29
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tormented state of mind

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Tortured soul - мучительное состояние души

30
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A depressed region

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High unemployment rates; (ii) Significant declines in non-farm employment; (iii) High delinquency rates of real estate assets at insured depository institutions; and (iv) Evidence indicating declining real estate values.

31
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to enjoy record profit

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заработать самый большой доход из ранее заработанных

32
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diplomatic credentials

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бумаги которые разрешают проводить дип работу в другой стране

33
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self-effacing

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скромный

34
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to spare the details

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не вдаваться в подробности

35
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ravenous (for)

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алчный / жадный до чего-то

36
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a dodgy client

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изворотливый клиент

37
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to do penance

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совершить покаяние

38
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informed consent

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осознанное согласие

39
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a valid point

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обоснованный довод