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11.04.2025 | 7:13:31 | inf. | junkie | наркаш (Mild temperatures and free drugs for junkies is all this city has to offer. (Twitter) • "It would be nice to go to a bus stop in Vancouver where drugs aren't being used." "BC is now a world renowned junkie paradise. “Safe supply” is an evil euphemism – another failed government program. Ask any traumatized first responder how effective this brilliant approach is. They signed up to save people desperate to live, not people determined to die." -- рай для наркоманов / наркашей |
11.04.2025 | 7:08:01 | disappr. | mess | дурдом ("It would be nice to go to a bus stop in Vancouver where drugs aren't being used." "I worked across from St. Paul's Hospital until the end of Dec 2023... met a lot of Nurses. Many of the homeless who overdose become organ donors. Vancouver, Canada is a dystopian mess." |
11.04.2025 | 6:17:56 | cliche. | to the best of my recollection | постараюсь припомнить насколько можно точно (I recall a Macleans article published in the mid-1990s. Two guys meet on a golf course. One is the journalist who wrote the article, his partner is an immigrant from, let's say, not from Europe. The Canadian asks the other guy, 'What do you do for a living?' The guy responds, 'I'm a crook. I made a lot of money fraudulently. And I feel very safe here. No-one is asking me any questions about my money. So I enjoy my life and continue doing what I've always done. What a great country Canada is." (quoted to the best of my recollection) (vancouversun.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 5:52:30 | gen. | keep hidden | не разглашать (A couple were in the middle of a complex family law trial when the husband applied to have the court hear a two-hour counselling taping made in 2020... A woman who secretly recorded a marriage-counselling session has failed to stop her husband from using the recording as evidence in their divorce trial.-- "Looks like the wife wishes to keep something hidden." (vancouversun.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 5:47:48 | gen. | against the law | противозаконно (In Canada if the person doing the recording is part of the conversation it's not against the law, but if that person records the conversation between two other people at the same time that is against the law. (vancouversun.com) -- ... то это противозаконно. • Thinking of firing off a quick text message or email? Don't. That's against the law. -- Это противозаконно. • «Из каких бы то ни было побуждений укрывать и оставлять безнаказанным мошенника --- это противозаконно и недостойно порядочного человека.» (А.П. Чехов)) |
11.04.2025 | 5:43:04 | gen. | against the law | запрещённый законом (In Canada if the person doing the recording is part of the conversation it's not against the law, but if that person records the conversation between two other people at the same time that is against the law. (vancouversun.com) • Thinking of firing off a quick text message or email? Don't. That's against the law. – Это запрещено законом.) |
11.04.2025 | 5:36:32 | gen. | with a happy look on one's face | с довольным видом |
11.04.2025 | 5:33:16 | sarcast. | not happening | больше ничего не хочешь? (She wants a refund? Not happening. -- А она больше ничего не хочет?) |
11.04.2025 | 5:29:21 | sarcast. | not happening | ещё чего (She wants a refund? Not happening.) |
11.04.2025 | 5:29:21 | sarcast. | not happening | обойдёшься (She wants a refund? Not happening.) |
11.04.2025 | 5:23:55 | gen. | looking very pleased | с довольным видом |
11.04.2025 | 5:20:09 | law, court | use as evidence in a trial | предоставить суду в качестве доказательства (A woman who secretly recorded a marriage-counselling session has failed to stop her husband from using the recording as evidence in their divorce trial. (vancouversun.com) • О предоставлении суду оригиналов документов в качестве доказательства... Правила предоставления суду оригиналов документов. (из рус. источников)) |
11.04.2025 | 4:33:42 | inf. | stiff | надуть (не отблагодарить, не выполнить обещанное, съехать, не заплатив арендную плату и т.п. • Sorry Mr. Cab Driver, Mr. J. is the typical gambler when they win... You return him the bag with $300,000 cash and he's like, "I'll take care of you later" and stiffs you. My hat is off to the cab driver though. Bravo sir! (The Province) • My last tenant who stiffed me for two month's rent before skipping, also left anything she didn't feel like carrying. Add $650 in hauling costs to my losses. Storage? Not happening. And where did this tenant work? The Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness. (vancouversun.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 3:59:19 | real.est. | supply | объём предложения жилья (как по рыночным ценам, так и съёмного (арендного) • It wasn’t about affordability at all. It was about supply. (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com) • “It’s not supposed to be below market at all. ... for the most part it was just intended to put market supply out there.” (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com) • He said if taxpayers are subsidizing construction in the name of supply, the province could have demanded a share of the equity in return. (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 3:59:01 | real.est. | supply | объём предложения на рынке жилья (как по рыночным ценам, так и съёмного (арендного) • It wasn’t about affordability at all. It was about supply. (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com) • “It’s not supposed to be below market at all. ... for the most part it was just intended to put market supply out there.” (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com) • He said if taxpayers are subsidizing construction in the name of supply, the province could have demanded a share of the equity in return. (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 3:55:57 | inf. | jack up rent | резко повысить арендную плату (When you cap rent you end up 'forcing' landlords to evict to be able to increase rent to match increased costs. You take off the cap and some unscrupulous landlords jack up rent. (vancouversun.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 3:52:03 | fig.of.sp. | in shambles | как Мамай прошел (This government took away any incentive an owner has to rent out anything! Renters know they are in the driver seat while some renters take total advantage. I spoke to one owner who got a new tenant and that tenant NSF'd initial rent payments (including the deposit) and then just stopped even attempting to pay altogether. It took months to get rid of them and the place was left in shambles. (vancouversun.com) • Выражение "как Мамай прошел" является синонимом полного беспорядка и ужасного опустошения. (из рус. источников)) |
11.04.2025 | 3:45:45 | real.est. | long-term rental | арендное жильё, сдаваемое на длительный срок (When the rules are fair and balanced for both sides is when a lot of these rental spots will once again appear on the market which will also lower the prices, but until then a lot of people like myself will continue doing Airbnb (which most of us don't prefer) over long-term rentals. (vancouversun.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 3:37:24 | gen. | for one's own use | для своих нужд ('An attack on tenants': Advocacy group says B.C. rule changes favour landlords. Landlords will only need to provide tenants three months notice when taking back a property for their own use. (vancouversun.com)) |
11.04.2025 | 2:59:21 | gen. | fraudulently claim sth. | обманом завладеть вещью (Best is to turn it into TransLink Lost and Found so the owner can track the case, but now that its photo is online someone may go and try to fraudulently claim it. (Reddit)) |
11.04.2025 | 2:40:18 | fig.of.sp. | beneath the surface | в водных глубинах (A bystander spotted a dark grey shape lurking beneath the surface of the water near Urquhart Castle. (dailyrecord.co.uk)) |
11.04.2025 | 2:30:03 | gen. | the use of | применение чего-л. (the use of viruses to combat this disease) |
11.04.2025 | 2:30:03 | gen. | the use of | использование чего-л. (the use of viruses to combat this disease) |
10.04.2025 | 6:46:07 | commer. | make money | являться самоокупаемым (There have been problems with offshore wind efforts on the East Coast, he continued, and half of the companies involved have pulled out after the rise in interest rates. In Germany, Siemens' wind business just received $10 billion from the German government as a bailout because they couldn't make money, he added. |
10.04.2025 | 6:45:50 | commer. | make money | самоокупаться (окупаться без финансовой помощи извне • There have been problems with offshore wind efforts on the East Coast, he continued, and half of the companies involved have pulled out after the rise in interest rates. In Germany, Siemens' wind business just received $10 billion from the German government as a bailout because they couldn't make money, he added. -- потому что они не самоокупались |
10.04.2025 | 6:09:50 | fig.of.sp. | play | отдыхать (*work and play = работа и отдых / работать и отдыхать, ставшее популярным в последнее время словосочетание • Those who live, work and play in Kitsilano and Fairview are invited to shape the next steps for an exciting new neighbourhood park located between Pine and Fir streets.) |
10.04.2025 | 5:57:52 | gov. | amalgamation | слияние нескольких муниципалитетов в один (с целью централизации принятия решений и сокращения расходов • Having seen how useless and generally bad the amalgamation in Toronto and Ottawa went, we really shouldn't amalgamate. Metro Vancouver is too large to just have one city, especially the way the rivers and ocean divide the municipalities. (Reddit)) |
10.04.2025 | 5:33:10 | inf. | play off as | выдать за ("The comment was clearly satirical sarcasm. He was making fun of the conspiratorial ideas of jews controlling the world." "Trying to play this off as being anti-Semitic does a disservice to victims of actual anti-Semitism. What a farce." (Reddit)) |
10.04.2025 | 5:25:23 | gen. | taxidermied | чучело (+ сущ. в род.падеже • The 2025 Uber Lost & Found Index, released Tuesday, also revealed the most commonly left-behind items were phones, keys and wallets, with New York City being named "the most forgetful city." Some of the most "unique" items cited by Uber included a mannequin head with human hair, a chainsaw, a Ghostbusters ghost trap, fresh breast milk, a live pet turtle, a urinal, a set of Shrek ears, 15 hookahs, a bouquet of 100 red roses, Ozempic, 10 live lobsters, a Viking drinking horn, a taxidermied rabbit and a passenger's divorce papers. (upi.com)) |
10.04.2025 | 3:41:37 | gen. | update | дополнительная информация (In an update to the case of the weird 'mystery creature' seen in a viral video earlier this week, Colorado wildlife officials offered a theory on what it might be. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
9.04.2025 | 6:32:52 | gen. | in modern times | в наши дни (Located in the community of Fall River, the residence was where Andrew and Abby Borden were brutally slain in 1892, sparking a sensational murder trial of daughter Lizzie Borden, who was subsequently acquitted. In modern times, the house has become a bed and breakfast as well as a tourist attraction featuring guided tours recounting the case as well as detailing purported paranormal activity said to frequently occur in the home. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
9.04.2025 | 6:30:33 | cliche. | in the years since | в наши дни (*противопоставление событиям в прошлом • In 1995 I sent a letter to the Director of Planning, Steve Nicholls, on behalf of an environmental group, suggesting a density transfer from the Eagleridge lands to BPP lands east of Cypress Creek as a way to save Eagleridge in its natural state. The Director was supportive of the idea but putting highrises on the mountain at that time was a political "no go" so the only way it could happen then was to transfer density to BPP lands above 1200". That became part of the 2001 OCP. It was not ideal because it moved development into another area protected from development. Fortunately , in the years since, people have become more accepting of eco-density if it can save a large area of wilderness, like it does here. So the density was transferred to Cypress Village instead so that the maximum amount of natural forest could be saved. (nsnews.com) -- К счастью, в наши дни ...) |
9.04.2025 | 6:23:23 | gen. | natural state | первозданный вид (an environmental group fighting to save Eagleridge Forest in its natural state -- сохранить лес в его первозданном виде) |
9.04.2025 | 3:42:03 | disappr. | cesspool | рассадник (Vancouver and other large urban areas of Canada have become a cesspool of violence, stupidity, populated by a lot of useful idiots, which will be lethal for our country if we don't wake up! (Twitter) |
9.04.2025 | 3:28:19 | gen. | mundane explanation | прозаическое объяснение (By March, armed posses were patrolling in Dawlish to find whatever creature caused the footprints. These hunting parties turned up nothing, and more mundane explanations were bandied about to calm the frightened locals. |
9.04.2025 | 3:24:21 | gen. | subject of much debate | тема, вокруг которой развернулась острая полемика (Ever since the infamous 'Face on Mars' was spotted in the planet's Cydonia region back in the 1970s by NASA's Viking orbiters, the possibility that there could have once been an intelligent civilization on the Red Planet has become the subject of much speculation and debate. (unexplained-mysteries.com)) |
9.04.2025 | 3:18:50 | neol. | conspiracy theorist | сторонник теории заговора (suggested by Наталия Янкова, публицист (Германия) • Hoagland has been documented to misappropriate others' professional achievements and has been described as a conspiracy theorist and pseudoscientist. (Wikipedia)) |
8.04.2025 | 7:19:53 | gen. | fuss | сыр-бор (all the fuss over sth. – весь сыр-бор из-за чего-л. • Three armed suspects had fled in a stolen car, the cops set up six road blocks between Deep Cove and Long Bay. This is what all that fuss was about on the highway this morning. – Вот из-за чего был весь сыр-бор) |
8.04.2025 | 7:18:11 | gen. | a day later | на следующий день (*speaking of actions in the past) |
8.04.2025 | 7:17:03 | gen. | a day later | через день (On June 15, a Kelowna resident found a 1.2-metre-long carcass while kayaking in the lake. A day later, he sent the author a photo of the carcass.) |
8.04.2025 | 7:13:22 | gen. | record a sighting | зафиксировать наблюдение (Since 1978, about 1,000 sightings of Ogopogo have been recorded in Okanagan Lake. Every year, at least five people come forward to say they have seen the creature.) |
8.04.2025 | 6:53:30 | gen. | be up | подорожать ("Gas prices UP. Food prices UP. Transit prices UP. Rent prices UP. Mortgage prices UP. Tax prices UP. Liquor prices UP. Insurance prices UP. Business prices UP. Cell prices UP. Carbon Tax prices UP. Home Maintenance prices UP. I ask you what has not gone up? My paycheque didn’t go up." "Utilities are up, pet feed is up, flights are up, fertilizer is up, CPP is up, parking is up, water delivery and garbage pickup is up (private). Literally everything is up for me. Childcare too, as my nanny is also facing cost of living increases. It’s not looking good, I feel for people that are struggling right now as there’s no end in sight of prices coming down. Incomes aren't matching these increases." (Twitter)) |
8.04.2025 | 6:50:15 | inf. | ramp up | возрастать (The demand ramps up and the supply is not increasing. -- Спрос возрастает) |
8.04.2025 | 6:40:05 | formal | make sb. aware of the situation | поставить в известность по поводу ситуации (BCAA board chair Bill Snell declined to take questions by phone but sent a statement through Thatcher. “Eric Hopkins made us aware of the situation. It is a personal matter and it is still before the court. Given the circumstances, we do not have any comment to share at this time,” stated Snell, who also chairs the board of Consumer Protection BC. |
8.04.2025 | 6:35:30 | law, court | judgement | решение судьи (“The Hopkins are devastated about the judgement,” the couple’s lawyer, Nicholas Hughes, told BIV in an email. |
8.04.2025 | 6:24:25 | law, contr. | breach one's contract | нарушить условия контракта (with sb. • “Overall, I found Mr. Hopkins was not a reliable witness. I find he was inclined to say whatever he thought would get him what he wanted, both during the course of construction, and as a witness before me,” stated Baker, who found both Eric Hopkins and Kandace Hopkins breached their contract with Reid and ordered them to pay the company, plus interest. |
8.04.2025 | 6:24:25 | law, contr. | breach one's contract | нарушить условия договора (with sb. • “Overall, I found Mr. Hopkins was not a reliable witness. I find he was inclined to say whatever he thought would get him what he wanted, both during the course of construction, and as a witness before me,” stated Baker, who found both Eric Hopkins and Kandace Hopkins breached their contract with Reid and ordered them to pay the company, plus interest. |
8.04.2025 | 6:12:42 | construct. | cost-plus contract | договор без гарантии окончательной стоимости работ (Justice Wendy Baker heard from both sides and examined the contract, finding it was a “cost-plus” contract, meaning the job was not guaranteed at a certain price. |
8.04.2025 | 6:07:57 | construct. | build a new custom home | построить новый дом по индивидуальному проекту (Eric Hopkins and wife Kandace Hopkins hired Reid Developments Ltd. in August 2019 to build a new custom home and laneway house on their property in the 3000 block of West 22nd Avenue in Vancouver’s tony Dunbar neighbourhood. (...) The Hopkins couple refused to pay the builder’s $650,209 final invoice on the basis the project was over budget, leading to Reid Developments owner Mike Reid filing a civil claim in court. |
8.04.2025 | 6:04:53 | civ.law. | deceitful actions | мошеннические действия (A provincial Supreme Court justice has described the actions of the president and CEO of the B.C. Automobile Association as “deceitful” and manipulative in his dealings with a homebuilder he and his wife hired. |
8.04.2025 | 6:02:26 | construct. | custom home | дом по индивидуальному проекту (Eric Hopkins and wife Kandace Hopkins hired Reid Developments Ltd. in August 2019 to build a new custom home and laneway house on their property in the 3000 block of West 22nd Avenue in Vancouver’s tony Dunbar neighbourhood. |
8.04.2025 | 4:53:40 | sarcast. | I wonder what could've happened | что же такое случилось? (People keep pointing out that we haven't updated Journal of the Bizarre since early January, and since we're tired of reciting the story over and over, we'll just make one final post describing how soy-guzzling, keyboard cowboy wokester jokesters-- who apparently got sand in their manginas after reading some our pro-conservative Twitter and Facebook posts-- began flagging our blog on January 6 and haven't stopped since. Hmm, wonder what could've happened on January 6th.... (journalofthebizarre.blogspot.com)) |
8.04.2025 | 4:50:49 | cliche. | where would that leave ...? | что же теперь будет с ...? (The Whitecaps’ ownership confirmed in an early evening statement on April 4 that they are “currently in discussion with the City of Vancouver regarding the construction of a stadium at the PNE fairgrounds site.” A source told theBreaker.news that the two parties have a memorandum of understanding to explore building a soccer-specific stadium at Hastings Racecourse. Hastings Racecourse has operated as a thoroughbred horseracing venue since 1892. Where would that leave horseracing? The president of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of B.C. is wondering. “Nobody has talked to us,” Dave Milburn told theBreaker.news. “It’s shocking to hear that this is being contemplated without any notice or our group being informed.” (thebreaker.new)) |
8.04.2025 | 4:30:37 | inf. | tony | элитный (fashionable among wealthy or stylish people (Oxford Dictionary) – о ресторане или районе • Vancouver’s tony Dunbar neighbourhood) |
8.04.2025 | 4:30:37 | inf. | tony | престижный (fashionable among wealthy or stylish people (Oxford Dictionary) – о ресторане или районе • Vancouver’s tony Dunbar neighbourhood) |
8.04.2025 | 4:25:29 | gen. | regardless | как бы то ни было (Regardless, somewhere out there, he got himself into trouble. Travel in any direction from Carey Lake would have been slow, difficult, and dangerous. Did Campbell surprise a bear, fall into a beaver pond, or get caught in a freak snowstorm? No one knows. (anomalien.com)) |
8.04.2025 | 4:23:35 | cliche. | whatever the case may be | как бы то ни было (However, despite the fact that the tale of Ong’s Hat is mostly regarded as fiction and urban legend, there are still those who think that it is in fact a reality, or at least based on reality, that has perhaps been made to merely look like a hoax to protect those behind its release to the public or to keep people from actually believing any of it. Whatever the case may be, it is certainly a weird story, and Ong’s Hat continues to fuel conspiracy theories and is occasionally brought up as a potentially real case of interdimensional travel. (mysteriousuniverse.org)) |
8.04.2025 | 4:22:35 | cliche. | whatever the case | как бы то ни было (*вводная фраза) |
8.04.2025 | 4:16:52 | cliche. | that said | как бы то ни было (Should the second scenario be the case, their determination is admirable, since returning to the proverbial scene of the crop crime is a rather risky gambit. That said, whether they were aliens from another world or humans with boards and rope, they somehow managed to complete the formation without anyone catching them. |
8.04.2025 | 4:15:50 | cliche. | be that as it may | как бы то 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) • ... Unfortunately, the sighting was rather fleeting and the remote road had no streetlights, so the woman did not get a better glimpse of the figure beyond its unusual size and shape. Be that as it may, she mused that it was unlike anything she had ever seen in her over 50 years of living on the property. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
8.04.2025 | 3:51:24 | sociol. | gap between the rich and the poor | расслоение общества (Опасно ли для России растущее расслоение общества? (...) Расслоение российского общества в прошлом году достигло досанкционных значений. По данным Росстата, доходы самых бедных россиян сейчас 15,1 раз ниже, чем самых богатых. (из рус. источников)) |
7.04.2025 | 7:25:35 | inf. | stick it out | потерпеть (put up with or persevere with something difficult or disagreeable (Oxford Dictionary) • "I decided to stick it out for another couple of years" -- Я решил потерпеть ещё пару лет. (Oxford Dictionary) • The willingness to wait, Orr said, shows how committed voters were to bringing change to City Hall. “People stood in line for three hours to really send a message to Ken Sim and ABC that what they’re doing isn’t working,” Orr said. “I’m so proud of Vancouver for sticking it out, waiting in line for three hours and showing that they care, that Vancouver means something to us.” (ctvnews.ca)) |
7.04.2025 | 7:13:22 | gen. | poor area | бедный район города (Actually, the term overcrowding was apt as it was the time of the Windrush. Labour shipped in thousands and promised them work, but instead dumped them in poor areas like Notting Hill, Battersea and Brixton. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 7:11:18 | formal | believe otherwise | придерживаться иного мнения (I believe that somebody else has been involved in Esther's disappearance and against her will. This is a terrifying prospect and I wish I could believe otherwise, but I cannot. |
7.04.2025 | 7:01:29 | appr. | could cut a diamond with that diction | превосходная дикция (That boy could cut a diamond with that diction. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:59:19 | appr. | could cut a diamond with that diction | изумительная дикция (That boy could cut a diamond with that diction. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:59:19 | appr. | could cut a diamond with that diction | великолепная дикция (That boy could cut a diamond with that diction. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:57:28 | sarcast. | dontcha just love it when? | я просто обожаю (*seeking agreement with one's opinion • Dontcha just love it when the authorities and the shouty climate change mob always show the end of a glacier falling off into the Sea using it as an example of global warming? Glaciers are always on the move, it's natural movement, they are constantly moving along. That's how most valleys and the landscape we have were formed. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:53:26 | fig.of.sp. | leave sb. rolling in the aisles | валяться на полу от смеха (в театре • This political comedy is leaving audiences rolling in the aisles.) |
7.04.2025 | 6:52:54 | fig.of.sp. | roll about laughing | валяться на полу от смеха (I remember that era in school as I was a child then. If someone had told us back then some of the nonsense being taught in schools now, we would have rolled about laughing. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:40:27 | gen. | make a mess of sth. | напутать (I don't remember any computers back then. We didn't even have calculaters. We would have to stand in class and repeat the times tables over and over again until it became a kind of mini computer in your head. If you made a mess of it, you'd get a tap across your knuckles with a ruler from the teacher. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:12:30 | disappr. | Trojan Horse style | украдкой (And the western world being slowly infiltrated Trojan Horse style, by the world's fastest growing religion. And we're terrified to say anything about it, in case we get called bad names. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:12:30 | disappr. | Trojan Horse style | незаметно для окружающих (And the western world being slowly infiltrated Trojan Horse style, by the world's fastest growing religion. And we're terrified to say anything about it, in case we get called bad names. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:12:30 | disappr. | Trojan Horse style | исподволь (And the western world being slowly infiltrated Trojan Horse style, by the world's fastest growing religion. And we're terrified to say anything about it, in case we get called bad names. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:12:30 | disappr. | Trojan Horse style | незаметно (And the western world being slowly infiltrated Trojan Horse style, by the world's fastest growing religion. And we're terrified to say anything about it, in case we get called bad names. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 6:07:03 | disappr. | overrun | захватить (spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers (Oxford Dictionary) • "Did any of them predict that in the first half of the 21st century Britain would be overrun by raggedy bearded men in skirts trying to drag us all back to the seventh century?" "Watched a newsreel of life in Britain during the eighties! I could have wept realising what a great decade it was and what a complete hole the UK has turned into." (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:58:23 | polite | I have not a doubt of it | нисколько в этом не сомневаюсь |
7.04.2025 | 5:55:55 | polite | I have no doubt about that | нисколько в этом не сомневаюсь |
7.04.2025 | 5:36:48 | gen. | bring up properly | воспитывать так, как нужно (детей • Back in the good old days when kids were brought up properly, spoke properly and were either a girl or a boy! -- когда детей воспитывали так, как нужно (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:36:30 | gen. | bring up properly | воспитывать правильно (детей • Back in the good old days when kids were brought up properly, spoke properly and were either a girl or a boy! -- когда детей правильно воспитывали (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:30:59 | inf. | wipe | уничтожить (кого-л., также население • They are coming to the realisation that without jobs, there's no need for as many people, so they intend to wipe a lot of us out somehow. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:25:48 | gen. | become increasingly challenging | становиться всё более сложным (While humanity has not started building underwater cities or enormous domes in the desert, finding space to fit everyone is becoming increasingly challenging. -- становится всё сложнее (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:22:53 | gen. | take up too much room | занимать слишком много места (также space • Despite all the very real threats to humanity's safety and wellbeing the kids pointed to, they still thought the global population would continue to grow unchecked. 'People wouldn't be able to live in ordinary houses, because that would take up too much room,' one girl said. 'They'd have to be in [apartments], piled up on one another like that. And the houses would be rather small, and everything would be very cramped,' she predicted. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:18:08 | gen. | human-driven | вызванный деятельностью людей (... this child managed to foresee one of the most serious climate change impacts long before the concept of human-driven global warming was widely understood. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:13:00 | gen. | wildlife preserve | природный заповедник (Indeed, as urbanization and industrialization eat away at wilderness, protected areas like natural parks and wildlife preserves are some of the only untouched places that remain. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:08:16 | idiom. | blow into oblivion | не оставить ничего (после себя • The 1960s were also shaped by the proliferation of atomic weapons, which seemed to weigh heavily on these children as the subject came up repeatedly in their interviews. 'Oh, I think all these atomic bombs will be dropping around the place,' one boy said. 'There's just nothing you can do to stop it. The more people who get bombs, the more — somebody is gonna use it someday,' a girl warned. Some even expressed fears of a nuclear apocalypse. 'Some madman will get the atomic bomb and just blow the world into oblivion,' one boy said. -- ничего не останется (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 5:03:13 | idiom. | point of hot debate | горячо обсуждаемая тема (The cholesterol in milk has been a point of hot debate.) |
7.04.2025 | 5:02:51 | cliche. | hotly-debated topics | горячо обсуждаемые темы (Now in the age of AI, many of those fears from the 1960s have returned. The question of whether this technology could displace human workers is currently one of society's most hotly-debated topics. (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 4:56:02 | gen. | available to him | находящийся в его распоряжении |
7.04.2025 | 4:54:34 | gen. | get job experience | получить опыт работы (How can you get job experience when all the best jobs require experience? Call this number and we'll help you join the workforce!) |
7.04.2025 | 4:01:47 | gen. | negative impact | отрицательное воздействие (During the 1960s, a surge of technological advancements — such as computers and spaceflight — led to both optimism about the future and fears that automation would cause job displacement and other negative impacts on society. -- приведёт к потере рабочих мест и иным формам отрицательного воздействия на общество (dailymail.co.uk))) |
7.04.2025 | 3:53:51 | gen. | make a prediction | предсказать (Children interviewed in the year 1966 made eerily accurate predictions about what life in the 2000s would look like. (...) The BBC sat down with a group of schoolchildren to ask what they thought the world would be like at the turn of the century. The kids issued warnings about many problems society actually faces today, from climate change to overpopulation to a technological revolution. -- точно предсказали (dailymail.co.uk)) |
7.04.2025 | 3:07:39 | saying. | we are not wealthy enough to go cheap | мы не настолько богаты, чтобы гнаться за дешевизной (Remember what the British say: We are not wealthy enough to go cheap! You told me that, and it is very true, my friend.) |
7.04.2025 | 3:03:57 | cliche. | it is commonly believed that | принято считать, что (It is commonly believed that Greek yogurt is better for you than regular commercial yogurt.) |
6.04.2025 | 7:21:50 | gen. | snow-covered | в снегу (Many residents are sharing images of their snow-covered backyards on social media.) |
6.04.2025 | 7:20:14 | gen. | it is acknowledged that | считается, что |
6.04.2025 | 7:18:44 | cliche. | it is commonly believed that | считается, что |
6.04.2025 | 7:15:34 | gen. | sell out | разбирать (о продуктах, другой вариант: "ничего не остаётся" • Fresh bread ranges from 75 cents to $1.50 a loaf – but get there early. They usually sell out by 9 a.m. – его быстро разбирают) |
6.04.2025 | 6:16:31 | derog. | retards | дебилы ("A pregnant Tesla owner in Vancouver was struck by a 2-pound rock that was thrown through her windshield, seriously injuring her." "The city is full of these woke punks." "These retards aren't attacking politicians, they're attacking random people's cars." (Twitter)) |
6.04.2025 | 6:16:31 | derog. | retards | идиоты ("A pregnant Tesla owner in Vancouver was struck by a 2-pound rock that was thrown through her windshield, seriously injuring her." "The city is full of these woke punks." "These retards aren't attacking politicians, they're attacking random people's cars." (Twitter)) |