18.06.2024	9:37:49	gen.	make the most sense	являться наиболее логичным объяснением (Each year around 120 families with children with these vivid memories each year are contacting the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) within the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. It has led the department's director, and author on the subject, Dr Jim Tucker, to conclude: 'There is evidence here that needs to be accounted for and when we look at these cases carefully, some sort of carry-over of memories often makes the most sense.' (dailymail.co.uk))
18.06.2024	9:35:22	psychol.	carry-over of memories	остаточная память (of past lives: Rae, who was Chairman of The British Council of Professional Hypnotists for 25 years, was reacting to a study in the US which has documented over 2,200 cases where children have inexplicably given detailed accounts of events they could not possibly have known about. Each year around 120 families with children with these vivid memories each year are contacting the Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) within the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. It has led the department's director, and author on the subject, Dr Jim Tucker, to conclude: 'There is evidence here that needs to be accounted for and when we look at these cases carefully, some sort of carry-over of memories often makes the most sense.' (dailymail.co.uk))
18.06.2024	9:31:59	gen.	write off as nonsense	отмахиваться как от чепухи (Spooky talk from youngsters aged between two and six who claim to have lived and died before should not be written off as nonsense, hypnotist and past lives expert Tony Rae has warned. Rae, who was Chairman of The British Council of Professional Hypnotists for 25 years, was reacting to a study in the US which has documented over 2,200 cases where children have inexplicably given detailed accounts of events they could not possibly have known about. (dailymail.co.uk))
18.06.2024	9:22:52	gen.	describe in great detail	в мельчайших подробностях описать (The family of a little girl on holiday in the UK claimed she had pointed to a pair of graves in a rural church and declared that was where she had buried his parents, even reeling off their names on the stones and the dates they died as well as the epitaph: 'They were dearly loved and in God's arms'. ‘I used to come here when I was a boy’, she said, and started to describe the inside of the church in great detail. Her parents told her she had a 'a really good imagination’ but found 'she was spot on with every single detail', one family friend said. (dailymail.co.uk))
18.06.2024	9:22:52	gen.	describe in great detail	во всех подробностях описать (The family of a little girl on holiday in the UK claimed she had pointed to a pair of graves in a rural church and declared that was where she had buried his parents, even reeling off their names on the stones and the dates they died as well as the epitaph: 'They were dearly loved and in God's arms'. ‘I used to come here when I was a boy’, she said, and started to describe the inside of the church in great detail. Her parents told her she had a 'a really good imagination’ but found 'she was spot on with every single detail', one family friend said. (dailymail.co.uk))
18.06.2024	9:14:24	relig.	be reincarnated	переселиться в новое тело (о душе: Согласно индуистским представлениям, душа (атман) переселяется в другое тело. Так она жизнь за жизнью принимает различные тела — лучшие или худшие — в зависимости от её деяний в предыдущих воплощениях. (Википедия) • 'That is the field where I died', a five-year-old boy tells his parents. 'I remember because the mud was so deep it went over my gaiters', he says serenely while pointing across a former historic battlefield in southern England. Quite apart from the shock of their son claiming to have been reincarnated, his parents listened opened mouthed because he had no knowledge of history yet had referred to his gaiters – a protective leg covering worn by soldiers from 1700 until the end of the First World War. (dailymail.co.uk))
18.06.2024	8:49:29	gen.	strange incident	странное происшествие (Fantastic footage circulating online purportedly shows an illuminated flying saucer cruising through the sky over the Iranian capital city of Tehran, but not everyone is convinced that the curious craft was otherworldly. The strange incident reportedly occurred in late May and, shortly thereafter, multiple videos of the mysterious aerial anomaly were posted to social media by bewildered witnesses. (coasttocoastam.com))
18.06.2024	8:48:09	gen.	cruise through the sky	пролететь по небу (с одной скоростью: Fantastic footage circulating online purportedly shows an illuminated flying saucer cruising through the sky over the Iranian capital city of Tehran, but not everyone is convinced that the curious craft was otherworldly. (coasttocoastam.com))
18.06.2024	8:19:18	gen.	do a quick cruise	быстренько пробежаться (through – по: The Louvre, the girls were satisfied with a quick cruise through a few galleries. Molly remarked: "I don't see why the Mona Lisa is so famous.")
18.06.2024	8:00:04	idiom.	something is afoot here	что-то здесь нечисто (- вызывает подозрение: ... Now I thing I can say for sure is I don't feel this is CGI but I do think that something is afoot here. (The Hidden Underbelly 2.0) youtube.com)
18.06.2024	6:58:34	forestr.	tree canopy	лесной полог (Penniston recounted getting the call and heading to check out reported activity in the woods near the east gate at RAF Woodbridge. He described seeing a dome of light over the tree canopy and lights within the forest, which he initially thought was fire from a downed aircraft. (coasttocoastam.com))
18.06.2024	6:58:17	forestr.	tree canopy	полог леса (Penniston recounted getting the call and heading to check out reported activity in the woods near the east gate at RAF Woodbridge. He described seeing a dome of light over the tree canopy and lights within the forest, which he initially thought was fire from a downed aircraft. (coasttocoastam.com))
18.06.2024	6:56:58	mun.plan.	tree coverage	зелёный покров города (On Wednesday, Vancouver city council passed a motion instructing city staff to create a timeline and budget to plant 100,000 native and climate-resilient trees across the city. The motion specifies that the trees will be planted in neighbourhoods that have less tree coverage, which is shown to cause warmer temperatures. (nationalobserver.com))
18.06.2024	6:55:02	mun.plan.	tree canopy	зелёный покров города (It also became clear that areas far from water and without trees or other green space near their home had the highest mortality rates. A five per cent increase in tree canopy within a 100 metre radius of a person’s home was found to decrease the risk of death by about 10 per cent. “Science shows that tree canopy actually mitigates against that excess heat and actually brings down air temperatures considerably, and so that was one of the motivating reasons,” explained Green Party Coun. Adriane Carr, who brought forward the motion with Coun. Christine Boyle. (nationalobserver.com))
18.06.2024	6:43:00	mun.plan.	heavily treed	густо засаженный деревьями (It's honestly amazing what a difference there is between a heavily treed neighborhood or street and one without many trees. I moved to Tsawwassen last year and the tree cover here is my favorite part about it. (Reddit) • В Заветинском районе — самом восточном из районов Ростовской области — от защитных лесополос не осталось ничего. Теперь на этот край наступает пустыня. Ветры из Калмыкии гонят тонны пыли. Хутор Крылов похож на другие поселения Заветинского района — прохожих нет, улицы покрыты пылью, каждый двор густо засажен деревьями (если дом не брошен). (26.ru))
18.06.2024	2:45:13	cliche.	the matter is open to debate	дискуссионный вопрос (If you say that a matter is open to debate, you mean that people have different opinions about it, or it has not yet been firmly decided: Which of them has more musical talent is open to debate. (Collins Dictionary): What is achieved in the long term is open to debate. (The Guardian) • «Повысится или не повысится уровень воды в Мировом океане из-за глобального потепления, неизвестно. Этот вопрос дискуссионный. Возможно, это и произойдёт, но насколько быстро пойдёт этот процесс, никто знать не может. Действительно, существует опасность массового таяния ледников. Но есть такая теория в науке, что это может вызвать похолодание в северных широтах и ледники опять начнут расти», — пояснил Игорь Вахрушев. (sevastopol.su))
17.06.2024	11:16:00	cliche.	should be fine	не повредит (This can be a concern for those who eat a lot of bread. However, moderate consumption should be fine.)
17.06.2024	10:47:43	cliche.	have trouble doing something	не получаться (I'm still having trouble parallel parking. – У меня по-прежнему не получается ...)
17.06.2024	10:46:20	gen.	won't get in the way	не помешать (Morning cloud and patches of fog won't get in the way of brilliant sunshine this afternoon. – не помешают яркому солнцу после обеда)
17.06.2024	10:43:48	gen.	would not be out of place	не помешает (A hot toddy would not be out of place, eh?)
17.06.2024	10:41:37	gen.	overspending	непомерные расходы
17.06.2024	10:33:34	cook.	kernel	рисинка ("Having green rice in your brown rice is really a natural occurrence," says Lundberg, "Rice doesn’t mature 100 percent all at the same time. So there’s usually some green kernels in with the brown kernels, and they are safe to eat." Green rice cooks up the same way as brown rice and has a slightly sweeter taste. (southernliving.com) -- обычно попадаются зелёные рисинки)
17.06.2024	10:29:55	cook.	fine mesh sieve	мелкое сито (using a fine mesh sieve)
17.06.2024	7:25:44	disappr.	artificial	надуманный (It's a purely artificial code. -- надуманный кодекс)
17.06.2024	7:23:16	idiom.	can't stand the sight of	на дух не переносить ("She's right off me. Once her ideal, I am now less than the dust beneath her chariot wheels. She became infatuated with this chap, whoever he was, at Cannes, and now she can't stand the sight of me." (P.G. Wodehouse) -- на дух меня не переносит)
17.06.2024	7:06:19	cliche.	most up-to-date information	самая актуальная информация (This is the most up-to-date information. -- Вот самая актуальная информация.)
17.06.2024	7:02:43	gen.	series of articles	ряд статей (I addressed this photograph in a series of articles some years back. -- Я посвятил этой фотографии ряд статей несколько лет тому назад.)
17.06.2024	6:58:21	gen.	grave mistake	серьёзная ошибка (It was a grave mistake to abandon this strategy.)
17.06.2024	6:34:34	disappr.	attitude problem	вызывающее поведение
17.06.2024	6:33:28	gen.	inspire confidence	вызывать уверенность (in sb. – у кого-л.: Your plan should inspire confidence in investors.)
17.06.2024	5:44:47	gen.	do	заниматься в жизни (What do you do? • What does he do? -- Чем он занимается?)
17.06.2024	5:42:25	gen.	pursue	заниматься в жизни (т.е. выбрать для себя профессиональную карьеру: I began to wonder, "Is this something I'd want to pursue?")
17.06.2024	5:41:59	gen.	pursue a career	заниматься в жизни (избрать в качестве профессии: ... eventually pursuing a career in computers and math, fields that allowed him to maintain his interest in science)
17.06.2024	5:39:43	gen.	pursue a career	выбрать профессию (in sth. -- какую-л.: ... eventually pursuing a career in computers and math, fields that allowed him to maintain his interest in science)
17.06.2024	3:44:08	ed.	attend a Catholic school	учиться в католической школе (Despite attending a Catholic school where such interests were frowned upon, Seaburn continued to nurture his curiosity about the paranormal. (coasttocoastam.com))
16.06.2024	9:56:19	gen.	in a similar way to	наподобие (sb. – кого-л.: According to researchers, plants can count, make decisions, recognise their relatives and even remember events. And while they may not have a brain, they can learn in a similar way to humans and animals, say scientists. (dailymail.co.uk))
16.06.2024	9:19:01	idiom.	you may be on to something	возможно, вы в чём-то правы (If he were that sort of chap, Prince Charles would be within his rights to deliver a right royal ‘I told you so’. For in the years since he was roundly mocked for saying he talked to plants – and that they ‘responded’ – evidence has grown that he may have been on to something. And now it appears plants may be smarter than even the Prince of Wales thought. According to researchers, plants can count, make decisions, recognise their relatives and even remember events. (dailymail.co.uk))
16.06.2024	9:07:34	gen.	when resources are scarce	при нехватке ресурсов (It is even thought plants can manipulate competitors when resources are scarce. Plants experiencing a lack of water can share this information with nearby shrubs by sending signals via their roots. This prompts a nearby plant – its competitor – to start conserving water and this behaviour ultimately benefits both. (dailymail.co.uk))
16.06.2024	8:45:20	ufol.	alien craft	корабль пришельцев (Residents of the small town of Varginha reported that an alien craft crashed there, and that extraterrestrial beings were found in the wreckage and removed by the Brazilian military. (coasttocoastam.com) • Two Harvard scientists have proposed a "cryptoterrestrial" theory to the UFO mystery, suggesting that unidentified objects could be members of an advanced species hiding on Earth. They argue that while sceptics question why UFOs, if they are alien craft, would visit Earth so frequently, these beings may have actually been here all along. (mirror.co.uk))
16.06.2024	8:31:07	gen.	speculate	высказать предположение (The pilot reported that they initially believed the craft to be military, before realizing that the objects were keeping pace with the plane and moving about it in erratic motions while emitting bursts of light. These claims were reportedly later verified by civilian and military radar, leading some to speculate that the thousands of strange disappearances that have occurred in the Alaska Triangle could be attributed to extraterrestrials. (allthatsinteresting.com) • Previous studies have found that plants emit a high frequency distress sound when they undergo environmental stress, such as damage to their leaves and stems. Researchers have also speculated that plants may be able to count, make decisions, recognize their relatives and even remember events. (dailymail.co.uk))
16.06.2024	7:51:47	gen.	dubbed	которого окрестили (An Indian astrologer dubbed “New Nostradamus” is predicting the start of World War III is mere days away. “NOW, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 has the strongest planetary stimulus to trigger WW3,” Kushal Kumar told The Daily Star. (nypost.com))
16.06.2024	7:48:08	gen.	is mere days away	остаются считанные дни (An Indian astrologer dubbed “New Nostradamus” is predicting the start of World War III is mere days away. “NOW, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 has the strongest planetary stimulus to trigger WW3,” Kushal Kumar told The Daily Star. (nypost.com))
16.06.2024	7:41:06	gen.	acknowledge the possibility	допустить такую возможность (The premier acknowledged the possibility but reiterated his intention to renew the unpopular program.)
16.06.2024	7:41:06	gen.	acknowledge the possibility	допустить эту возможность (The premier acknowledged the possibility but reiterated his intention to renew the unpopular program.)
16.06.2024	7:37:30	med.	get professional medical help	обратиться за профессиональной помощью к медицинским работникам (George responded that in that event he would likely call 911 to get professional medical help, as he is not a medical doctor himself.)
16.06.2024	7:27:15	psychiat.	delusional	с бредовым расстройством личности (пациент: A caller from Florida named George recounted a near-death experience from 2013 when he was in a car accident. During the incident, he saw a bright white light and found himself looking down at his car from a hill. He encountered his deceased best friend, Eddie, who told him it wasn't his time to go despite his troubles. According to George, he saw his family arrive at the scene, which solidified his will to live. George described a vision of a gate with a being that he couldn't pass through. Attempts to discuss this with various religious figures were unsuccessful, as they all thought he was delusional, George revealed. (coasttocoastam.com) • Лечить пациента с бредовым расстройством личности рекомендуется в стационаре, так как он требует постоянного наблюдения медиков. (из рус. источников))
16.06.2024	7:18:08	gen.	delusional	находящийся под властью ложных идей (believing things that are not true (Cambridge Dictionary))
16.06.2024	7:04:07	cliche.	emphasize the significance	подчеркнуть важность (of sth. – чего-л.: In addition, she emphasized the significance of website names for businesses, noting particularly how they should be easily spelled and memorable. (coasttocoastam.com))
16.06.2024	6:49:23	gen.	public perception	восприятие людьми (кого-л, чего-л. – *public не всегда подразумевает общество, общественность -- зачастую просто идёт речь об окружающих людях*: Regarding business and professional names, Korwitts highlighted the importance of name choices in influencing career success and public perception. She pointed out that different names can encourage leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, or technical prowess. (coasttocoastam.com))
16.06.2024	6:45:27	gen.	invoke respect	вызывать уважение (For instance, she noted how informal nicknames can make people more relaxed and familiar, while more formal names can invoke respect and authority. When naming a baby, Korwitts suggested considering the desired traits parents hope to instill to ensure the chosen name aligns with those traits and fits within the family dynamics. (coasttocoastam.com)))
16.06.2024	6:43:25	gen.	influence	оказывать влияние на (According to Korwitts, the name one goes by most frequently has the most significant impact on personality and behavior, while the full name influences career and finances. (coasttocoastam.com))
16.06.2024	6:40:22	gen.	internationally recognized and acclaimed	получивший международную известность и признание (an internationally recognized and acclaimed expert on numerological and subliminal influences as applied to names, birthdates, and addresses (coasttocoastam.com))
16.06.2024	6:14:36	gen.	respond swiftly	оперативно среагировать (This isn't just a relief, you'll be ready to respond swiftly — and wisely — to the pivotal decisions you'll be facing, probably within days. (Times, Sunday Times) • «Я помню: по телевизору сразу рассказали о том, кто нажал спусковой курок и убил Влада Листьева. Следователи сразу это зафиксировали. Тогда они мегаоперативно среагировали. Сейчас даже так оперативно не реагируют. Однако подозреваемый искал возможности позвонить. В итоге он сделал телефонный звонок. Как только он позвонил, все свернулись и ушли. Никого не хочу в чём-то обвинять, но было именно так», — высказал своё мнение наш собеседник. (из рус. источников))
16.06.2024	6:08:55	law.enf.	pull the trigger	нажать на спусковой крючок
16.06.2024	2:13:22	law.enf.	flee the country	скрыться за границей (The Sarnia arson suspect has been identified, he is believed to have fled the country. • Такое предположение высказал бывший сотрудник криминальной милиции, почётный адвокат России Евгений Харламов: «В производстве есть аналогичные уголовные дела, фигуранты которых скрылись за границей. Человек уже был допрошен, но ему не успели избрать меру пресечения — он скрылся.» (из рус. источников))
16.06.2024	1:49:27	gen.	just for show	только для вида (Something that is for show has no practical value and is used only to improve the appearance of something else (Cambridge Dictionary): Mulch in the border keeps the weeds down – it isn't just for show. (Cambridge Dictionary))
16.06.2024	1:47:44	gen.	just for show	только для видимости (Something that is for show has no practical value and is used only to improve the appearance of something else (Cambridge Dictionary): Mulch in the border keeps the weeds down – it isn't just for show. (Cambridge Dictionary) • Зрители неистовствовали: «Оживляй!». Не решившись сказать, что Тальков уже мёртв, врачи только для видимости поставили капельницу. (из рус. источников))
15.06.2024	9:09:08	inf.	stink up the joint	завонять помещение (неприятными запахами: "Why don't you guys paint this place in June instead of November when all the windows are closed?" "Hey, what's the matter?" "You're stinking up the joint, that's what's the matter!" (Fuzz, 1972) -- Вы завоняли всё помещение (своей краской))
15.06.2024	8:37:42	fig.of.sp.	travel	перебраться ("I burned through sage… I placed the crystals," she said. She even placed $20 bills around the house to appease the former brothel's ghostly inhabitants. After putting in a great deal of physical and spiritual work into the property, she claimed the hauntings have now stopped. She fears, however, that the dark entities traveled next door, noting deadly accidents that befell her neighbors. -- перебрались в соседний дом (coasttocoastam.com))
15.06.2024	8:33:40	gen.	powerful businessman	воротила (She also discovered that the house, built in 1838, was previously a brothel owned by a powerful local businessman who took young people as payment. (coasttocoastam.com))
15.06.2024	8:31:07	gen.	powerful local businessman	местный воротила (She also discovered that the house, built in 1838, was previously a brothel owned by a powerful local businessman who took young people as payment. (coasttocoastam.com))
15.06.2024	8:28:29	idiom.	on a whim	внезапно (because of a sudden decision (Merriam-Webster) -- не подготовившись: Bouncers asking for cash to enter clubs -- is this the new normal? Friends and I decided to go out Saturday night on a whim. -- внезапно решили пойти в ночной клуб)
15.06.2024	8:27:29	idiom.	on a whim	неожиданно (because of a sudden decision (Merriam-Webster): Bouncers asking for cash to enter clubs -- is this the new normal? Friends and I decided to go out Saturday night on a whim. -- решили взять да и пойти в ночной клуб)
15.06.2024	8:19:39	idiom.	on a whim	не обдумав хорошенько (because of a sudden decision (Merriam-Webster): She bought the house on a whim despite having reservations about it, and soon became obsessed with the property. (coasttocoastam.com))
15.06.2024	8:19:30	idiom.	on a whim	без подготовки (because of a sudden decision (Merriam-Webster): She bought the house on a whim despite having reservations about it, and soon became obsessed with the property. (coasttocoastam.com))
15.06.2024	7:17:30	idiom.	blow one's mind	потрясти воображение
15.06.2024	7:17:18	idiom.	blow one's mind	поразить воображение
15.06.2024	7:17:07	idiom.	blow one's mind	потрясать воображение (It's amazing, it blows my mind! – Это потрясающе!)
15.06.2024	7:16:34	idiom.	blow one's mind	потрясти (This has just blown my mind. – Это меня просто потрясло. • He shared with listeners topics from his upcoming show, including the story of a husband and wife who made plaster casts of mysterious footprints they found near their home. While Horowitz didn't reveal what made the footprints, he promised the answer would shock viewers. "It will blow people's minds to discover what's running around Western Pennsylvania," he claimed. (coasttocoastam.com))
15.06.2024	7:10:40	real.est.	housing growth	рост жилищного строительства (Both Vancouver and Toronto made the list of the cities that are “impossibly unaffordable.” Cox points to a policy, “Going for Housing Growth,” introduced by New Zealand’s coalition government that requires local authorities to immediately zone for 30 years of housing growth. “Toronto and Vancouver show that the cost of taming expansion is unacceptably high: inflated house prices, higher rents and, for increasing numbers of people, poverty,” Cox wrote. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	7:07:26	real.est.	inflated house prices	раздутые цены на жильё (В каких районах крупных городов раздуты цены на жильё. В Москве это Матвеевское, локации в районе метро «Тульская» и «Ломоносовский проспект». (iz.ru) • Both Vancouver and Toronto made the list of the cities that are “impossibly unaffordable.” “Toronto and Vancouver show that the cost of taming expansion is unacceptably high: inflated house prices, higher rents and, for increasing numbers of people, poverty,” Cox wrote. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	7:02:20	disappr.	make a profit	нажиться (“The middle-class is under siege principally due to the escalation of land costs. As land has been rationed in an effort to curb urban sprawl, the excess of demand over supply has driven prices up,” the report said. Prices were driven up even further as investors jumped into the market to make a profit. (cnn.com) • The current government increased immigration dramatically without a plan to provide housing. Now mortgage rates have risen and builders are waiting on the sidelines for better finance conditions to make a profit. Government is throwing tax money (billions) -- our money, at a problem they created... to influence your vote. (vancouversun.com))
15.06.2024	6:51:05	mun.plan.	curb urban sprawl	ограничивать разрастание городов (The report measures affordability using a price-to-income ratio of the median house price divided by the gross median household income. “The middle-class is under siege principally due to the escalation of land costs. As land has been rationed in an effort to curb urban sprawl, the excess of demand over supply has driven prices up,” the report said. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:51:05	mun.plan.	curb urban sprawl	сдерживать расползание городов (The report measures affordability using a price-to-income ratio of the median house price divided by the gross median household income. “The middle-class is under siege principally due to the escalation of land costs. As land has been rationed in an effort to curb urban sprawl, the excess of demand over supply has driven prices up,” the report said. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:45:45	inf.	cap off	ограничить (количество чего-л., at – на уровне: We guessed that keeping spending under $300,000 would be okay, for the Ferndale facility capping off at $330,000, but if it’s too tight we can work around it!)
15.06.2024	6:44:01	fig.of.sp.	have a chilling effect	остудить (on sth., sb. – что-л., кого-л.: Hong Kong may be the least affordable city worldwide, but potential home buyers may be encouraged to know that it’s not as unaffordable as it once was. House prices slipped during the pandemic in 2020, when the government closed the city’s borders and imposed a zero-Covid policy — that’s on top of new national security laws that have had a chilling effect on the city. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:40:24	real.est.	home buyer	покупатель недвижимости (общий термин, без разграничения на покупателей квартир и частных домов с участками, как принято уточнять в РФ: А new report sums up the feeling of many potential home buyers by creating a category that labels some major cities as “impossibly unaffordable.” Topping the global leaderboard is Hong Kong, the compact Asian financial hub known for its tiny apartments and sky-high rents. Notably, it’s the only Chinese market covered in the report. Both Vancouver and Toronto made the list of the cities that are “impossibly unaffordable.” (cnn.com) • Hong Kong may be the least affordable city worldwide, but potential home buyers may be encouraged to know that it’s not as unaffordable as it once was. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:38:34	gen.	decades-long	насчитывающий не одно десятилетие (A regular entrant on the “most expensive” tables, Hong Kong has the lowest home ownership rate of all the cities surveyed, at just 51%, compared to its Asian rival Singapore where home ownership tops 89% due to the government’s decades-long commitment to public housing. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:36:14	disappr.	sky-high	непомерно высокий (о ценах, арендной плате и т.п.: Topping the global leaderboard is Hong Kong, the compact Asian financial hub known for its tiny apartments and sky-high rents. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:31:25	gen.	unsurprisingly	не вызывает удивления (US cities on the West Coast and Hawaii occupied five of the top 10 most unaffordable places, according to the annual Demographic International Housing Affordability report, which has been tracking house prices for 20 years. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the most expensive US cities to buy home are in California, where San Jose, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego have all made the top 10. -- Пожалуй, не вызывает удивления то, что ... (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:23:23	journ.	send prices soaring	вызвать резкое подорожание (The report compared average incomes with average home prices. It found that pandemic-driven demand for homes with outside space, land use policies aimed at limiting urban sprawl, and investors piling into markets had sent prices soaring. (cnn.com))
15.06.2024	6:21:13	gen.	make one's way along the river	плыть по реке (Rowers making their way along the Maribyrnong River outside of Melbourne saw a fearsome dragon-like creature in the water.)
15.06.2024	6:15:37	gen.	much more difficult	гораздо сложнее (Anyone with half an eye on the housing market over the last two decades will know that in many countries, not least the United States, it’s become much more difficult to buy a home. (cnn.com) -- стало гораздо сложнее купить жильё)
15.06.2024	6:10:04	gen.	driven	вызванный (в составных прилагательных: Anyone with half an eye on the housing market over the last two decades will know that in many countries, not least the United States, it’s become much more difficult to buy a home. The report compared average incomes with average home prices. It found that pandemic-driven demand for homes with outside space, land use policies aimed at limiting urban sprawl, and investors piling into markets had sent prices soaring. -- спрос на жильё с придомовым пространством, вызванный пандемией (cnn.com))
14.06.2024	11:52:36	gen.	worth of	на сумму (Thieves stole more than $400,000 worth of gems and watches from the famed luxury jeweler Bulgari, and they entered the store through Rome's elaborate sewer system. (npr.org))
14.06.2024	11:38:41	gen.	in all the commotion	в спешке (Thieves stole more than $400,000 worth of gems and watches from the famed luxury jeweler Bulgari, and they entered the store through Rome's elaborate sewer system. It took police officers seven minutes to arrive at the scene and another four minutes to enter the barricaded door. That was just enough time for the burglars to retreat, once again, through Rome's complex web of underground sewers. In all the commotion, the group left behind a crowbar. No word yet on whether there are fingerprints on that crowbar, and it is not clear if that might lead to any of the jewels being recovered. (npr.org))
14.06.2024	11:38:41	gen.	in all the commotion	в суматохе (Thieves stole more than $400,000 worth of gems and watches from the famed luxury jeweler Bulgari, and they entered the store through Rome's elaborate sewer system. It took police officers seven minutes to arrive at the scene and another four minutes to enter the barricaded door. That was just enough time for the burglars to retreat, once again, through Rome's complex web of underground sewers. In all the commotion, the group left behind a crowbar. No word yet on whether there are fingerprints on that crowbar, and it is not clear if that might lead to any of the jewels being recovered. (npr.org))
14.06.2024	11:26:33	hist.	gentrification	появление поместной буржуазии (как нового класса в истории Англии | Поместный — 1) относящийся к поместью, 2) владеющий поместьем. Примеры употребления: поместное землевладение, поместное дворянство.: The “landed gentry” alluded to in “gentrification” emerged as a new class in England in the late eighteenth century—a group of petit bourgeois possessed of country estates, but lacking the economic clout of the true aristocracy. Ricardo despised the gentry: they acquired land and sat on it, lazily and unproductively. (nplusonemag.com) • They were Protestant, they were local merchants doing quite well for themselves in the area around Glastonbury, and that they bought the property. You could see it as an early example of gentrification. They bought the property at the time admittedly at a knockdown rate, and admittedly the land had been stolen from the Catholic Church by Henry VIII. npr.org)
14.06.2024	11:13:45	cliche.	and understandably so	что вполне понятно (This is how the story goes: He was entrusted to take some title deeds of properties to Henry VIII as a bribe so the abbot could keep the main monastery, but was prepared to give away some of the lesser properties. Now the title deeds were held and sealed in a pie, and Jack's off to London. But instead of delivering the bribe to Henry VIII, he helps himself to the pie, puts his hand in, pulls out a plum piece of real estate--in this case, a place called Mells Manor--and thinks he's very clever for doing this. Now the Horner family, who incidentally lived in Mells Manor until the 20th century, are quite outraged at this slander of their ancestor and understandably so. npr.org)
14.06.2024	11:13:35	cliche.	and understandably so	и это вполне понятно (This is how the story goes: He was entrusted to take some title deeds of properties to Henry VIII as a bribe so the abbot could keep the main monastery, but was prepared to give away some of the lesser properties. Now the title deeds were held and sealed in a pie, and Jack's off to London. But instead of delivering the bribe to Henry VIII, he helps himself to the pie, puts his hand in, pulls out a plum piece of real estate--in this case, a place called Mells Manor--and thinks he's very clever for doing this. Now the Horner family, who incidentally lived in Mells Manor until the 20th century, are quite outraged at this slander of their ancestor and understandably so. npr.org)
14.06.2024	11:07:46	gen.	where to begin with this?	с чего же начать? (приступая к объяснениям: Mr. ROBERTS: (Reading) `Little Jack Horner sat in a corner eating his Christmas pie. He stuck in a thumb and pulled out a plum and said, "What a good boy am I."' Where to begin with this? This is talking about the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII taking property from the Catholic Church. Jack, as we know, is actually called Thomas Horner. npr.org)
14.06.2024	10:42:57	gen.	just under	чуть меньше (о количестве, сумме и т.п.: Research shows people tend to gain just under a pound during the holidays. • It will cost just under a half-a-million dollars to bring down the old stadium.)
14.06.2024	10:39:39	formal	it is of the highest importance	чрезвычайно важно ("It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle))
14.06.2024	10:38:17	polite	most grateful	чрезвычайно признателен
14.06.2024	10:33:46	slang	gasper	цигарка (British slang for a type of high tar cigarette. In common parlance, the unfiltered high-tar Woodbine was one of the brands collectively known as "gaspers" until about 1950, because new smokers found their harsh smoke difficult to inhale. (Wikipedia))
14.06.2024	10:04:14	publ.transp.	give up one's seat to a senior	уступить место пожилому человеку (on public transit: What I hate about taking SkyTrain is watching young, able-bodied people not give up their seats to seniors.)
14.06.2024	10:02:47	disappr.	exacerbate the crisis	усугубить кризис (Coun. Linda Watt led the charge, saying she was voted in by the citizens of West Vancouver, doesn’t represent the province and “I’ll continue to represent their best interests and vigorously oppose any entity that seeks to destroy the nature and character of our community.” Watt added it’s not West Vancouver’s fault that the federal government “[opened] the floodgates” to one million immigrants a year and exacerbated the housing crisis. (nsnews.com) -- федеральное правительство открыло шлюзы, впустив в страну миллион иммигрантов за год, и усугубило жилищный кризис)
14.06.2024	9:08:51	gen.	now's the time	пришла пора (+ infinitive: "Summer is here. Now's the time to get outside and enjoy that outdoor space you call your own, whether it's a balcony retreat, a backyard oasis or a deck off the dining room." (Mary Beth Roberts))
14.06.2024	3:58:41	n.amer.	downtown core	центр города (в Сев. Америке: Some frustrated businesses are considering leaving the downtown core. (vancouversun.com) • The city focuses on the most pointless stuff. Dealing with open hardcore drug use in the downtown core should be all they do all day until it’s resolved. (vancouversun.com))
14.06.2024	3:42:21	cliche.	be that as it may	как бы там ни было (Well, be that as it may, I'm not about to sign this. • Suggesting that the strange saga of the mystery monoliths is far from over, a third such object has now been found atop a mountain in California. As with the previous pair of found objects, the origin and purpose of the California piece are unknown. Be that as it may, the discovery of a third monolith has, understandably, led to speculation that the objects are part of a some kind of marketing stunt. (coasttocoastam.com) • Be that as it may, with the first formation of 2024 now in the books, additional designs will undoubtedly begin to appear in fields throughout the UK over the weeks and months to come as this year's crop circle season unfolds. (coasttocoastam.com))

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