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Although electric cars are nippy, stylish and as easy to drive as conventional vehicles, electric motoring has some distinct disadvantag­es — проворный, ловкий, шустрый.

Hillary Clinton felt the "Bern" again when Bernie Sanders, her ri­val, nipped her to a surprise victory in the state — победить противника лишь с незначительным отрывом.

He used his powers as proconsul to overrule local tyrants, nitwits and crooks — дурак, ничтожество, простофиля, кретин.

Let me poke some nitpicking fun: I said: "Singapore is a great coun­try alright, but it ain't China, or India"; To encounter bureaucratic nit­picking — мелочные придирки; выискивание недостатков; педантство.

They rebuffed a plea from Republican legislators in Arizona that would have nixed a fix to partisan gerrymandering — запрещать, отменять.

This was anathema to Einstein and others: it looked as if informa­tion was travelling faster than light, a no-no in the special theory of rela­tivity — нечто недозволенное, табу.

Once exposed and developed the silver particles would concen­trate at nodal points from the intersection of direct and reflected light waves — центральный; опорный, основной, узловой.

Mr Putin said that unauthorised political protesters faced a "club on the noggin" — маленькая кружка, маленькая чашка.

Mr Duhalde has risen from Peronism's sometimes noisome lower depths — нездоровый, вредоносный.

Mr Agha seems nonplussed by the stupidity of the question — удивленный, смущенный.

The other, Albert Ho Chun-yan, is thus a no-hoper — лошадь, на которую заведомо не стоит ставить.

Businessmen of all stripes mingle by the pool before seeking out one of many nooks and crannies for confidential chats — укромный уголок.

Yet in Britain it has nosedived and the employment rate of young people not in full-time education is now at its highest since 2007 — резко падать, снижаться.

The shift to less salty nosh as one of the firm's most important changes since easy-open cans — еда, пища.

Nostrum of passive groupthinkyields no fruit at all, why per­sist? — панацея, лекарство от всех болезней; излюбленный прием (политической партии).

I'm starting to wonder if the political classes liked things better with the war — certainly fewer nosy questions from journalists and civil society — пронырливый; надоедливый.

Since coming to power in 2007, Poland's centrist Civic Platform (PO) party has notched up an unbroken string of victories in national elections — отмечать, записывать (победу).

This time any hopes that the king might work the same magic came to nought — ничтожество, пустое место (о человеке), нуль.

Yanukovich shows no sign of having the intellectual or political nous a successful president needs; To attend film school in Seoul, and eventually to bring more of their artistic nous to South-East Asia — ум; разум; интеллект, здравый смысл.

A drinks company must be able to depend on a powerful brand; but it also needs to come up with sought-after novelties — инновация, нововведение.

Geology deals with the now: the 10,000-year-old Holocene epoch, a peculiarly stable and clement part of the Quaternary period — настоя­щее время; данный момент.

Yet the noxious cloud may not prove quite so unpleasant for the Italian-American carmaker — вредный, вредоносный, нездоровый.

A more nuanced criticism is that too little has been done to reduce Portsmouth's dependence on the navy — нюанс, оттенок.

The nub of Obama's problem; the nub of Boeing's complaint was that USAF has used subjective criteria — суть, соль, мораль (дела, рассказа).

BIT has pioneered the use of psychology to help policymakers change behaviour through "nudges" rather than taxes or laws — слегка подталкивать, побуждать.

He was nudged out of his CEO's chair; After months of nudges and winks — слегка подталкивать локтем, побуждать, заставлять.

The system seems to work on a wink-wink, nudge-nudge basis — подмигивание и подталкивание локтем.

Trade between India and Pakistan, for example, is nugatory — никчемный.

His opposite number, Wu Shengli, did not miss the opportunity to miss an opportunity — представитель другой стороны.

Perhaps the scale of the atrocity numbs moral outrage — пора­жать, ошеломлять.

Mr McCain faces a tough primary battle against a dingbat who frets about man-on-horse nuptials — свадьба; венчание, бракосочетание; женитьба.

His wife Rahsan, who ran the DLP with him, was said to have him firmly under her thumb and to nurse his political grudges for him — лелеять (мысль, надежду), питать (иллюзии).

Its likely, just that the conditions allow the possibility that some nutter influenced by right wing pundits/fox/radio will kill off some mi­nor democratic politician — псих.

The government has now made the statue's removal a cause cele- bre for every nutty Russian nationalist wanting to throw a punch — cвихнувшийся, ненормальный; дурацкий.