The Guardian Flashcards

1
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Клинические испытания

A

Clinical trials

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2
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Вспышка (гриппа)

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(Flu) outbreak

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3
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Сопутствующие заболевание (also - sth real but not immediately obvious)

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Underlying health conditions

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4
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Бдительный

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Alert (How alert we need to be to the possibilities of future pandemics)

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5
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Разворачиваться (to make a new product or system available to people for the first time)

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Roll out (2 new malaria vaccines started getting rolled out in many countries last year)

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6
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Удар (по чему-то)

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Dent (on) (We might actually make (нанести) a dent on malaria this year)

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7
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В процессе (is happening now)

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Underway

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8
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Клетки

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Cells

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9
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Раковые (клетки)

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Cancerous (It would be to destroy blood cells called B cells that become cancerous)
[ˈkæn.sə.rəs]

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10
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Они выполняют работу за вас

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They do the work for you

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11
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Ткани и суставы

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Tissues and joints

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12
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Подавлять аппетит

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Suppress appetite [səˈpres ˈæp.ə.taɪt]

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13
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На заказ (specially made for a particular person)

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Bespoke (adjective UK formal). Bespoke drugs

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14
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В процессе, на очереди (during a process or series of events)

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Along the line. (There’s more drugs coming along the line - на очереди новые лекарства)

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15
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Поощрять, стимулировать

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Spur (Spurred (on) by her early success, she went on to write four more novels)

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16
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Важный сторонник какой-либо идеи или политической системы. (Also US - important character in a story)

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Protagonist [prəˈtæɡ.ən.ɪst - UK]

17
Q

Перевернуть, переломить

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Upend (He’s busy trying to upend British and American politics)

18
Q

Шаг, важное положительное событие

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Stride. (SpaceX is making incredible strides forward.)

19
Q

Разведка (исследование)

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Exploration

20
Q

Многократного использования

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Reusable (It’s designed to be fully reusable.)

21
Q

Было бы упущением не поговорить об …

A

We’d be remiss not to talk about …

22
Q

Он призвал к широкому публичному распространению

A

He has called for a huge public rollout

23
Q

Это вызвало недоумение в некоторых кругах

A

It has raised eyebrows in some quarters

24
Q

Надежный, прочный (экономика, информация)

25
Q

Проверенный (acceptable or approved)

26
Q

Решить соц проблемы

A

Tackle some of social issues