Говори и пиши как The Eсonomist

At ther hight of the tumult; country has been in permanent politi­cal tumult — суматоха, суета amidst the tumult and the dazzle of their busy life — среди суматохи и блеска их беспокойной жизни.

To tumultuous applause, Marco Rubio, a young Republican fire­brand from Florida, urged a more robust approach; Kuwait is embroiled in a tumultuous power struggle; But 40 years after that tumultuous June of 1967, the six-day war has come to look like one of history's pyr­rhic victories — шумный, буйный, бурный.

The dollar heads for a tumble — падение.

They heard the rumble of tumbrels; for science's aristos, then, much of this suggests the tumbrels await — самосвальная тележка, крытая двуколка.

A consumers' association reckons that the two firms ripped off Chileans to the tune of $500m — в размере; на сумму.

He demanded his tuppence back from the Dawes Tomes Mou- sley Grubbs Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, and started a run — два пенса; двухпенсовик.

Everybody also agreed that Russia needs many more entrepre­neurs to spark innovation and to turbocharge business creation — дать мощный толчок.

Earning the sobriquet "turd blossom" Mr Rove, as the story goes, provided the strategic thinking behind the genial front of Mr Bush —

дерьмо.

Intelligence work is by its nature turbid and requires interpre­tations — мутный (о жидкости), плотный, густой (о дыме, тумане).

As they have since the first NPC convened in 1954, delegates stay heroically awake as turgid speakers drone on — многословный и напыщенный стиль.

Many dotcoms are invading each others' turf; some fiefs are competing in age old turf wars; Middle Eastern investors are taking outside their home turf — контролируемая территория; сфера вли­яния.

Some states try to turf them out — вышвырнуть, выгнать.

The film was a turkey — неудача, провал.

The end of the early shift, and workers at the Peugeot car facto­ry at Aulnay-sous-Bois, near Paris, are streaming out through the turn­stiles — турникет.

Instead each Linn product, whether a record turntable or a dig­ital-music player, is assembled by a single worker who then signs it — поворотный стол; поворотная платформа.

Iran spent its way out of medieval turpitude and was hailed as the new Japan — порочность, развращенность.

They know that in their various tussles with Mr Karzai; Parties tussled over the perks of office; A renewed tussle for influence — борьба; драка.

It is hippos in tutus again but there are genuinely delicate diffi­culties ahead — пачка (балерины).

And soon the greying gamers will start tut-tutting about some new evil threatening to destroy the younger generation's moral fibre; Catholics and evangelicals tut-tut — ах ты! — выражает нетерпение, недовольство.

Brazil's democratic constitution gives the army vague tutelary powers — охраняющий; опекающий; tutelar saint — святой покрови­тель.

If his self-effacing manner was quintessentially British, the resi­dual twang in his accent was South African — местный говор.

Iran will tweak America's nose — дразнить, поддразнивать (действиями или на словах), подшучивать, насмехаться.

The result of such tests can lead to tweaks in abstract theo­ries that improve their predictive power and utility — корректировка, модификация, поправка.

Miranda July is often accused of being precious and twee — шикарный, элегантный.

After backing down from that initiative, an adviser says, Mr Na- zarbayev would have looked foolish just twiddling his thumbs — крутить (что-л.), играть (чем-л.).

Even if some have a twinge of regret — мука, внутренние мучения.

Among the media twitterati — excitement: a state of great agita­tion or excitement — переписка в твиттере.

The court's decision is far from the final twirl in Mr Navalny's on­going foxtrot with the Kremlin — вихрь.

Twitchy governments are making life a misery for independent journalists — нервозный.

The media have been a-twitter with stories — возбуждение, волнение.

Over a quadrillion in derivative bets may create a meltdown that would make sub-prime seem like a tyke — малыш (о ребенке, маленьком животном).

There are real antagonisms and differences in political and per­sonal style and at the mention of Bill Cash, one member of Business for Sterling lets out an involuntary "ugh" — ах! (омерзение, отвращение).

How easy it is to dislike chain pubs: those samey, cheap, air­less booze hangars that uglify the High Streets of the nation — обезображивать, уродовать.

The anticipated ullage in the CNPC system — незаполненная часть объема (бочки, резервуара).

Please do not go overboard with your adulation and ululation of the late Prime Minister — выть, завывать.

He learned about the "umbles': as hypothermia sets in you mum­ble, fumble, grumble, stumble, then finally tumble. Without help you die — суффикс.