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A ferocious local official, he brought even the sybaritic Georgians to follow Party discipline — сибаритский; изнеженный.

Singapore's traditional media are insipidly sycophantic to the government — льстивый.

She was always large, "no sylph", as she put it, with docker's shoul­ders and the constitution of an ox — сильф (существо, дух, обитающее в воздухе), грациозная девушка, сильфида.

They need to change their syllabuses; UNRWA has introduced hu­man-rights courses into its school syllabus — расписание; учебный план.

Mass incorporators typically offer bank accounts too, creating a symbiotic relationship between the smithies of corporate identity and the money men — живущий в симбиозе.

He loved the syncreticism of Hindustani music, with its mix­ture of Hindu and Muslim influences; They also see Benedict's role in the follow-up event as a dangerous lurch towards syncretism — the heretical idea of blending religions — синкретизм (нерасчлененность, характеризующая неразвитое состояние какого-л. явления).

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To fulfil millennial Jewish yearning to restore the tabernacle, the company is also repairing what it says are ancient ablution pools — живой храм, жилище Духа Святого.

Mr Suslu, who has a reputation as a table-thumper, opened the meeting with a declaration of intent — стучать по столу.

Water tables are now falling in many parts of the world, includ­ing America, India and China — табель, расписание.

In 2010 the president established a commission, headed by two Washington veterans, to tackle the problem — энергично, с усердием браться, приниматься.

Mr Ozawa has changed tack and agreed to be questioned by pros­ecutors — поворачивать на другой галс; менять направление.

Silence allows others to wrongly interpret our actions as tacit sup­port; Present government relies on tacitroyal endorsement for its legiti­macy — невыраженный словами; подразумеваемый.

There is surely nothing more British than to proclaim the right to be miserable and taciturn — молчаливый, неразговорчивый.

More recently it has been neither trade nor taciturnity, but the distractions of technology — неразговорчивость.

This article is a tad old and what I want to discuss is a tad old as well; Revenues grew a tad last year — капелька, чуточка.

We would like to offer a rather different take on Hungary's econo­my, which you have tagged as the "worst performer in central Europe" — прикреплять ярлык.

A Romanian newspaper launched a campaign under the tag- line: "We may not like Britain, but you will love Romania" — подзаго­ловок.

Born in 1935, he remembers the tail-end of the Depression and the shortages during the second world war — окончание.

That afternoon, American share and futures indices went into a seemingly inexplicable tailspin, falling 10% in a matter of minutes — резкий спад в экономике; хаос, паника.

Independent takeaways are often family businesses run by im­migrants, who respond to leaner times simply by paying themselves less — что-то полезное от встречи; заведение, торгующее готовой едой на вынос.

Guns aren't talismanic objects that can turn ordinary people into killers — эффект талисмана.

A crowded calendar of multilateral talkfests looms — болтовня.

Pulling the wool over the public eye is a long standing political sport. Tally-ho! — кричать "ату!".

To date this year 26 have been shot dead — a grim tally but fewer than over the same period in 2014 — счет (в т.ч. в игре); число.

That would be a tall order even for a freshly elected leader with a thumping majority and two terms in office — сложная задача.

The sea was full of fish, where the brown scrubby land, neglected by its Portuguese colonisers, would grow hardly a tamarisk or a cane stalk — гребенщик.

The first is that social issues are not so much tangential to the

business of business as fundamental to it — не имеющий прямого отношения.

It has a tangled history with its small, snarling neighbour — запутанный.

Investors are most bullish on Brazil — despite its economy's his­tory of tanking at the very moment that international investors regain their confidence — падать (об акциях, курсе валюты).

No whistle marks our (on-time) departure, but a polite female voice from the tannoy system advises against riding on the roof — система радиооповещения.

Yet though Stalinism may have been a needless tragedy for both the Russian people and communism as an ideal, there is the in­tellectually tantalizing possibility that for the world at large it was, as we shall see, a blessing in disguise — привлекательный, соблазни­тельный.

People in Assam mostly follow mainstream Hindu teachings, but tantric sects continue to offer up animals in ritual sacrifices to the mother goddess, Shakti — стороны определенного направления.