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20.10.2024 | 9:10:12 | cliche. | isn't that a pity? | какая жалость (Well, isn't that a pity? It's very sad that you've got to go.) |
20.10.2024 | 9:08:13 | gen. | isn't that ...? | ..., правда? (soliciting agreement from a listener • Isn't that amazing? Isn't that awful? Isn't that great?) |
20.10.2024 | 8:42:17 | cliche. | in awhile | какое-то время ("If you see these people, offer them a job and see what they say." "I tried to give a shirtless panhandler my jacket and he told me to f*ck off. Haven’t seen him in awhile but I think a lot of locals know who I’m talking about. I’ve seen people finish their panhandling shifts and were picked up in nice vehicles." -- Я уже какое-то время его не вижу (Reddit)) |
20.10.2024 | 8:41:03 | cliche. | for awhile | какое-то время (A feeling, coming through in real words, popped into my head: “That would be a bad idea.” I stopped where I was, taken by surprise. Then, I thought something back along these lines: “Okay. I’ll leave you alone if you leave me alone.” The movement stopped and I stood there for awhile, listening hard. -- я стоял какое-то время, прислушиваясь (vashonloop.com) • I think I'll stay with Hiroshi and Julia for a while. –- какое-то время поживу у … • I think I'll try a different toothpaste for a while. -- какое-то время буду пользоваться ...) |
20.10.2024 | 8:40:10 | gen. | awhile | какое-то время (The noun phrase a while means "a period of time" • It will be awhile before we know what's going in these ridings as the numbers are swinging back and forth. A very tight race indeed. -- Пройдёт какое-то время, пока мы узнаем, что происходит в этих округах...) |
20.10.2024 | 7:27:18 | inet. | problem area | проблемный участок (The non-specificity is unhelpful. Most interfaces will specifically highlight the problem area.) |
20.10.2024 | 7:26:27 | busin. | fill in column | заполнить колонку (fill in column G on the spreadsheet) |
20.10.2024 | 7:22:08 | law, ADR | market-specific | отражающий условия местного рынка (Survey data is market-specific.) |
20.10.2024 | 7:20:56 | fig. | dish up | преподнести (My dad taught me to endure whatever life dishes up. He was so right.) |
20.10.2024 | 6:24:49 | idiom. | fast and furious | стремительно (The polls only closed 15 minutes ago but the results are coming in fast and furious.) |
20.10.2024 | 6:23:38 | idiom. | fast and furious | во весь дух |
20.10.2024 | 6:23:38 | idiom. | fast and furious | что есть мочи |
20.10.2024 | 5:41:22 | cliche. | is this your first time ever? | вы первый раз? (+ gerund – что-л. делаете • My voting officer looked up at me and asked, Is this your first time ever voting? I had to chuckle … (Twitter)) |
20.10.2024 | 5:29:00 | gen. | overflow | выйти из берегов (о реке, водоёме; в результате проливных дождей • Atmospheric River is in full force: Lafarge Lake is overflowing (the ducks do seem to be happy though), the Coquitlam River is a torrent. The water levels are the highest I've seen in 20+ years of living here. (Twitter)) |
20.10.2024 | 4:20:23 | gen. | there's a reason why | не случайно (sth. happens • "That’s crazy! They always get the highest rainfall in Deep Cove but this flooding is BAD, Ryan." "There’s a reason why insurance brokers ask you if your property is near overland water…" (Twitter)) |
20.10.2024 | 3:30:56 | soc.med. | post footage on social media | разместить видео в соцсетях (A paraglider flying over the famed Great Pyramid of Giza could not believe his eyes when he spotted a dog that had somehow found its way to the top of the ancient structure. ... Lang subsequently posted his footage of the strange sighting on social media, where it quickly went viral with many wondering how and why the dog wound up ascending to the summit of the sizeable structure. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
20.10.2024 | 3:29:42 | soc.med. | post footage on social media | опубликовать видео в соцсетях (A pair of environmental activists caused quite the scene at Stonehenge on Wednesday when they brazenly blasted the beloved monument with orange powder paint. The jaw-dropping act of protest was reportedly committed by members of the group 'Just Stop Oil,' which posted footage of the audacious incident on social media. (coasttocoastam.com) • A paraglider flying over the famed Great Pyramid of Giza could not believe his eyes when he spotted a dog that had somehow found its way to the top of the ancient structure. ... Lang subsequently posted his footage of the strange sighting on social media, where it quickly went viral with many wondering how and why the dog wound up ascending to the summit of the sizeable structure. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
20.10.2024 | 3:23:36 | idiom. | get hit hard | сильно пострадать (в результате стихийного бедствия • Deep Cove's really getting hit hard. I knew we had a rainstorm coming, but I didn't think we'd see flooding like this. Remarkable... Restoration and renovation businesses are gonna be swamped with calls once the storm ends. (Reddit)) |
19.10.2024 | 10:33:26 | sarcast. | why is this news? | тоже мне новость |
19.10.2024 | 10:22:59 | sarcast. | why is this news? | что здесь нового? |
19.10.2024 | 10:22:59 | sarcast. | why is this news? | разве это новость? |
19.10.2024 | 10:16:53 | disappr. | I am horrified at what is happening | я в ужасе от происходящего (Most of the buildings being torn down are apartment building. I live in one of them and I am horrified at what is happening.) |
19.10.2024 | 10:10:37 | disappr. | train wreck | катастрофа (There are three towers up. Digging the holes on the other two. How the heck people are going to gain access is beyond me when the side streets are side streets. Cornwall is busy as it is. It is going to be a train wreck. Those towers will collapse the city budget and infrastructure. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 9:38:58 | gen. | roads are crammed with cars | дороги забиты машинами (Huge country and we're cramming everybody into a few cities so we can keep bringing in immigrants to feed the socialist machine we've created. Our roads are already crammed with cars spewing exhaust, our transit is packed like sardines, and I wonder why we want to turn ourselves into a third world country? (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 9:01:54 | contempt. | layabout | лентяй (Are we a nation of layabouts? • Folks blocking rush-hour traffic, building bonfires in the middle of the street, demanding fossil fuels be banned – the usual layabouts. • Eby is a communist and as long as he is in charge those such as Chip will have to pay far more than their "fair share" in order to subsidize the likes of Eby and his layabout friends who expect the government to run their lives for them. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 9:00:13 | gen. | run a business | руководить компанией (также магазином, ремонтной мастерской, ателье и т.п. • He doesn't know what he's talking about. He's an academic and has never run a business. • In Kelowna, you can't run a business because homeless people are breaking in and destroying your property. And we don't try to stop it; we just give them more drugs. Time for change! (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 8:54:02 | contempt. | complete joke | бездарь (Eby is a complete joke. Clueless at best, all he cares about is imposing his ideology on everyone in the province. He doesn't care about anyone but himself just like Trudeau. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 8:54:02 | contempt. | complete joke | паяц (Eby is a complete joke. Clueless at best, all he cares about is imposing his ideology on everyone in the province. He doesn't care about anyone but himself just like Trudeau. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 8:53:11 | inf. | complete joke | полная дурость (speaking of a failed project, system etc. • It's a complete joke!) |
19.10.2024 | 8:49:12 | disappr. | messed-up place | бардак (trying to make a go of living in this messed-up place we call Canada) |
19.10.2024 | 8:43:34 | disappr. | live off the backs of others | жить за чужой счёт (Do you have ANY Idea how much in taxes, both he and all the people he employs contribute to our province every year to support social services for those like you, who prefer to live off the backs of others? (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 7:34:17 | construct. | put in money for the infrastructure | вкладывать средства в инфраструктуру (... promoting development on steroids provincewide without putting in money for the necessary infrastructure, community аmenity and schools (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 6:51:21 | disappr. | not have any sense | не соображать (Don't they have any sense? – Они там что – ничего не соображают?) |
19.10.2024 | 6:50:44 | contempt. | be clueless | не соображать (как добиться чего-л. • The BCCP and the BC NDP are both clueless on how to grow a sustainable economy. The Greens are better. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 6:46:47 | real.est. | real estate speculator | спекулянт недвижимостью (He is long out of the company creation game, which he did play exceptionally well. He is now a real estate speculator who profits from asset inflation. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 6:31:52 | gen. | get taxed | отдавать в виде налогов (Some facts, if you work yourself into a higher income, you get taxed way higher than if you stay below that threshold. So as an example a trades person who works overtime can end up only getting 30% of what they earn. Who would put their body and life to net only 30% of the effort and allow someone to take 70% who has no skin in the game. Workers must be rewarded, the Government and in particular the NDP are ripping off everyone that lives and works in BC. If you vote NDP with this Leader you are flushing the future of BC down the toilet. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 6:18:27 | gen. | net worth | состояние (о человеке; говоря о сумме • His net worth is reported as being 5.2 billion USD, which is 7.2 billion CAD. -- Его состояние оценивается в ...) |
19.10.2024 | 6:04:39 | rude | scare the absolute hell out of sb. | напугать до полусмерти (While the encounter was incredibly brief, Rutherford said there was a particularly chilling moment in which he and the creature looked at each other and, he noted, the beast seemed to sport "orange, yellowish glowing eyes." Since the two were face to face and he was "sitting high up in a 24-foot truck," the astounded driver "estimated the thing had to be 8 feet tall." Though the truck driver may never be certain as to what exactly he saw on the side of the road, the encounter has proven to be unforgettable. "All I know is, it scared the absolute hell out of me. I can't get it out of my mind," he mused, "I replay it over and over every day." |
19.10.2024 | 5:57:22 | gen. | drive along a highway | ехать по шоссе (A law enforcement officer in northern California claims to have recently spotted what he believes was a Bigfoot resting on the side of a road. The intriguing sighting is said to have occurred on January 23rd as Rick Bates was driving home from Oregon along interstate highway 101 and passing through the community of Garberville. |
19.10.2024 | 5:56:57 | gen. | cruise down the highway | ехать по шоссе (An Illinois truck driver says that he was left unsettled after a recent incident wherein he drove past a sizeable hair-covered bipedal creature that some believe to have been Bigfoot. According to a local media report, the suspected Sasquatch sighting occurred on the morning of October 5th as Gary Rutherford Jr. was cruising down the highway in Peoria County. |
19.10.2024 | 5:53:12 | gen. | shady people | проходимцы (I mean, just look at how many theft apologists are right here in this thread. I'm no fan of Loblaws or whatever, but people aren't shoplifting because they're hungry. They're shoplifting to sell it to other shady people. And yes, the cost of shrinkage AKA theft gets passed down to everyone else in some way. We have food banks to support people who are genuinely hungry. (Reddit) -- они воруют из магазинов, чтобы перепродать другим проходимцам) |
19.10.2024 | 5:19:43 | gen. | undesirable neighbourhood | небезопасный район (в отношении преступности • Sadly, to get an affordable house, you'd need to buy in an undesirable neighbourhood. This was the case with areas like Strathcona, which are lovely areas with a good sense of community but houses were in less demand as a great number of buyers don't want to risk the random unlikely event of Lower East Side violence occuring on their doorsteps. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 5:17:45 | gen. | have a decent income | прилично зарабатывать (Lots of people that have decent incomes want to live here and it creates an unusual situation. This is on top of the fact that any new immigrant in the country tends to want to move to the GTA or Vancouver. If they come from a warm climate then some find the GTA a little shocking. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 5:12:56 | real.est. | set the price | установить цену (на недвижимость, об объективных факторах • Supply and demand play perhaps a less important role than you'd think in setting the price. The costs of construction, labour, materials, land, and civic fees have sky rocketed. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 5:12:56 | real.est. | set the price | определять цену (на недвижимость, об объективных факторах • Supply and demand play perhaps a less important role than you'd think in setting the price. The costs of construction, labour, materials, land, and civic fees have sky rocketed. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 5:06:42 | fig. | sky rocket | взлететь до небес (The costs of construction, labour, materials, land, and civic fees have sky rocketed. Altus Group has Vancouver construction costs at over $400/sq ft plus land. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 5:06:42 | fig. | sky rocket | стремительно вырасти (The costs of construction, labour, materials, land, and civic fees have sky rocketed. Altus Group has Vancouver construction costs at over $400/sq ft plus land. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 4:59:25 | gen. | homogenous | однообразный (of the same kind; alike (Oxford Dictionary) | Something that is homogeneous is *uniform* in nature or character throughout (Dictionary.com) • Irrational and indiscriminate rezoning and flooding the market with thousands of small apartments—all of them in homogenous 20-storey towers—will do little to provide homes for middle class families. Nor will it solve the housing affordability problem. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 4:16:00 | disappr. | NIMBY | "запретитель" (антоним YIMBY ("уплотнитель"); NIMBY – an acronym for the phrase "not in my back yard", is a characterization of opposition by homeowners to proposed real estate development in their local area, to all forms of densification, and especially to social housing projects and support housing for drug addicts and released criminals. • "I live here therefore nobody else can."-every entitled Kits nimby. Build baby build! I will vote for density of any size every time, even it displaces my own family. We must keep growing. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.10.2024 | 4:02:34 | cliche. | if sth. is anything to go by | если судить по (An early and dramatic UFO landing took place in October 1952 in France, a country seemingly much favoured by UFOs in the 1950s, if the quantity of sighting reports is anything to go by. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") -- если судить по количеству • It’s possible that federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre joined the NDP in being quietly disappointed by the bid’s failure, at least if his silence on the provincial campaign is anything to go by. (nationalpost.com) -- если судить по его молчанию) |
18.10.2024 | 9:13:11 | disappr. | handouts | подачки (The NDP’s voter base comes from those who have never wanted to risk anything, never wanted to work the extra hour, and want the government to take care of them. The NDP’s goal is to make over 50 per cent of the population dependent on handouts. Once they achieve this, society begins to decline. (Chip Wilson, vancouversun.com)) |
18.10.2024 | 9:07:48 | fig. | breed | умножать (The NDP’s hidden “wealth” taxes are so burdensome that these people, ready to risk again, don’t. The short-term tax on the successful kills the incentive for middle-class entrepreneurs in B.C. The NDP claims those in privileged positions have the upper hand, but wealth frequently goes from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves in three generations. Take the immigrant who starts with nothing and sacrifices everything for their children and grandchildren. The third generation often loses the money the first generation made because they lack challenges and become complacent. This is what happens when the NDP redistributes wealth: it breeds laziness. (Chip Wilson, vancouversun.com)) |
18.10.2024 | 8:56:46 | gen. | feel deeply | глубоко сопереживать (for sb. – кому-л. • Some dreamers choose to act, risking all their money, working 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 20 years to attain those dreams. Most people who choose to work hard and risk everything fail. For every successful person, there are 30 who sacrificed and failed. But it is the bright light of success and wealth creation that keeps our economy and social programs strong. Those few successful people, unstoppable with their ideas, employ thousands who also pay taxes. Without the creation and fulfilment of ideas, there is no basis for taxation. I feel deeply for those 30 people who gave it their all and failed but are unwilling to give up. (Chip Wilson, vancouversun.com)) |
18.10.2024 | 8:53:18 | busin. | fail | терпеть поражение (Some dreamers choose to act, risking all their money, working 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 20 years to attain those dreams. Most people who choose to work hard and risk everything fail. For every successful person, there are 30 who sacrificed and failed. But it is the bright light of success and wealth creation that keeps our economy and social programs strong. Those few successful people, unstoppable with their ideas, employ thousands who also pay taxes. Without the creation and fulfilment of ideas, there is no basis for taxation. (Chip Wilson, vancouversun.com)) |
18.10.2024 | 8:48:42 | gen. | have a positive impact | положительно влиять (on – на) |
18.10.2024 | 8:48:32 | gen. | have a positive impact | благоприятно влиять (on – на) |
18.10.2024 | 8:33:55 | gen. | bad rap | дурная слава (Lawyers, car dealers, and real-estate agents often get a bad rap. But probably everyone can recall a decent one.) |
18.10.2024 | 8:31:49 | gen. | bad rap | дурная репутация (= unjustified criticism • "Jelly doughnuts have been getting sort of a bad rap lately.") |
18.10.2024 | 8:17:05 | idiom. | take the bait | поддаться на уговоры (в ущерб своим интересам • "I agree completely with Poilievre's decision not to take the bait. Trudeau has been trying for a year and a half to restrain what Pierre Poilievre can do by trying to say, 'Come and get this private briefing... and by the way, you will be held to an official secret and you won't be able to talk about this anymore'." (Tom Mulcair on CTV)) |
18.10.2024 | 6:57:53 | cliche. | touch on | коснуться темы (в разговоре • Robinson also touched on an odd photograph of a "winged creature" or fairy, the Green Lady apparition at a Scottish castle, and haunting phenomena at Chingle Hall in Lancashire. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
18.10.2024 | 6:40:59 | ufol. | extraterrestrial visitors | пришельцы с других планет (In the first half, author Whitley Strieber, an expert in diverse subjects such as cattle mutilations, crop circles, and the afterlife, spoke about his experiences with the non-human entities he calls the "Visitors," as well as his upcoming book, "The Fourth Mind," which explores the concept that humanity has lost a significant aspect of its mental capabilities that extraterrestrial visitors still possess. He elaborated on the extraordinary abilities he attributes to these beings, such as telepathy and levitation, commenting, "They have a command of the physical world that stems from their minds that we do not have." (coasttocoastam.com)) |
18.10.2024 | 6:40:59 | ufol. | extraterrestrial visitors | инопланетяне (In the first half, author Whitley Strieber, an expert in diverse subjects such as cattle mutilations, crop circles, and the afterlife, spoke about his experiences with the non-human entities he calls the "Visitors," as well as his upcoming book, "The Fourth Mind," which explores the concept that humanity has lost a significant aspect of its mental capabilities that extraterrestrial visitors still possess. He elaborated on the extraordinary abilities he attributes to these beings, such as telepathy and levitation, commenting, "They have a command of the physical world that stems from their minds that we do not have." (coasttocoastam.com)) |
18.10.2024 | 6:30:14 | gen. | diverse subjects | разнообразная тематика (author Whitley Strieber, an expert in diverse subjects such as cattle mutilations, crop circles, and the afterlife) |
18.10.2024 | 6:20:07 | formal | diverse subject matter | разнообразная тематика (Your choice of such diverse subject matter epitomizes a great travel magazine. Bravo!) |
18.10.2024 | 6:07:52 | gen. | venue rental | аренда помещения (для проведения мероприятия, напр. политического рода • They should be paying off those debts instead of spending money on venue rentals.) |
18.10.2024 | 5:16:49 | gen. | scuff clear | расчистить ногой (Reminder: very heavy rainfall and strong winds starting Friday, Oct 18. -- Be sure to clear any storm drains you pass by with leaves over them if you're out for a walk/bike ride! Lot harder & heavier once they're bogged down with water (and with tomorrow afternoon's rain, might be a bit late to prevent flooding). Even scuffing them clear a bit with a boot is better than nothing. -- чуть расчистить ногой) |
18.10.2024 | 4:44:43 | humor. | ain't that the truth! | это точно! |
18.10.2024 | 4:23:46 | forestr. | beetle-infested | заражённый (лес, жуком-короедом • "Thanks to David Suzuki, the pine beetle crisis was 1000x worse than it could have been!" "Wait, can you explain this?" "Suzuki Foundation opposed clearcutting the beetle-infested trees." "Very early on in the crisis he was opposed to logging in order to contain populations of pine beetle despite what forestry experts were saying. So instead of losing some trees we lost a staggering amount and fuelled many years worth of summer fires." (Reddit) • «Вы можете вызвать специалистов по опрыскиванию, -- говорит Ирина Бочкова, эксперт Московского государственного университета леса. -- Но, потратив на спасение нескольких елей на участке чуть ли не 100 тыс. руб., вы продлите их жизнь лишь до следующей весны. Ведь вокруг лес, насквозь заражённый жуком-типографом (то есть короедом. – Авт.)». (aif.ru)) |
17.10.2024 | 10:49:02 | gen. | with dinner | за обедом (о вине • a glass of wine with dinner) |
17.10.2024 | 10:47:52 | gen. | business expenses | расходы, связанные с ведением коммерческой деятельности |
17.10.2024 | 10:47:36 | gen. | business expenses | расходы, связанные с производственной или коммерческой деятельностью |
5.06.2025 | 8:50:24 | gen. | staging | проведение (*speaking of an event • the staging of the games -– проведение (олимпийских) игр) |
17.10.2024 | 10:43:41 | law | appropriation of corporate opportunities | использование служебного положения (the Employee's appropriation of corporate opportunities for the Employee's direct or indirect benefit – использование Работником своего служебного положения с целью получения прямой или косвенной выгоды) |
17.10.2024 | 10:40:51 | gen. | know ahead of time | узнать заранее |
17.10.2024 | 10:40:41 | gen. | know ahead of time | знать заранее |
17.10.2024 | 10:39:37 | gen. | do errands | заниматься делами (обычно заезжая в несколько мест • Kevin, I need to do a few errands this afternoon. Can you give me a ride?) |
17.10.2024 | 10:30:30 | contempt. | trash | мразь ("Police in Surrey are releasing video footage and photographs of three suspects after a woman was stabbed and left with serious injuries. A woman, in her early 30s, was stabbed and attacked by three young women who she did not know on Oct. 5. Surrey RCMP believe the three suspects are between the ages of 15 and 20 years old." "Trash. More great products of society." |
17.10.2024 | 10:30:30 | contempt. | trash | быдло ("Police in Surrey are releasing video footage and photographs of three suspects after a woman was stabbed and left with serious injuries. A woman, in her early 30s, was stabbed and attacked by three young women who she did not know on Oct. 5. Surrey RCMP believe the three suspects are between the ages of 15 and 20 years old." "Trash. More great products of society." |
17.10.2024 | 10:02:06 | contempt. | you're laughable | ты смешон ("Yeah right Chip, you have been so hurt by the NDP as you roll around in your billions. You’re laughable." "Oh he's not hurting at all, he's just telling you how it's going to go. He earned his dough and he can "roll" around in it if he wants or wear a suit made of gold, I have no grudge at all. Look at the business he built, the number of people employed directly and indirectly." (vancouversun.com)) |
17.10.2024 | 9:51:37 | gen. | that is pretty funny | ты меня насмешил ("Yawn. What a windbag you are Don. Imagine wanting to enjoy your life and not toiling away 24/7 in an office. Unless your wife's that much of a "see you next Tuesday", then I don't blame you for always being at work. Can't wait for all you boomers to kick it, the diatribe is tired." "Нahahahahahaha, that is pretty funny, so you go ahead and punch a clock for the rest of your life, or maybe work "gig" jobs while you "enjoy" long weekends and maybe if you get enough seniority you get 3 weeks but you have to ask someone for it." (vancouversun.com)) |
17.10.2024 | 9:44:09 | psychol. | lack of motivation | нехватка мотивации ("The young ones I work with are not the same as us old school workers." "Yep, it seems the lack of motivation is widespread and unfortunately their skill set remains weak as a result. Us old folks show up and make the bosses job easy so he can concentrate on getting more work." (vancouversun.com)) |
17.10.2024 | 9:36:14 | gen. | do a shift | отработать смену ("Come do a shift at the airport YVR where I work Don. You wouldn't last a day." "I'm sure you have a physically demanding job but working for someone else is a sleighride. No business loans, accounts receivable, accounts payable, machinery, staff, company attorney, accountant, book keeper, property taxes, lease payments, pay some WCB, EI, CPP etc. I happened to enjoy business but its stressful, most fail at it so I'm glad I was a reasonable success. The other aspect of business is understanding a balance sheet and a P&L. Keep in mind you don't stay late quoting work you may not get, you show up, "ding" away you go, then coffee, lunch, coffee and home. I don't doubt you have a physically demanding job but it's simple to do, likely you don't have to fly to other countries and probably don't lose too much sleep. Its a different life." (vancouversun.com)) |
17.10.2024 | 9:25:58 | HR | make minimum wage | работать за минимальную зарплату (Yep, apparently Chip's fast fashion is made in Vietnam, China, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, USA, Peru, Thailand, Turkey, Columbia, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, Portugal and yes, Bangladesh. Aside from a few sales clerks making minimum wage and a few warehouse workers, what does Lululemon contribute to BC? (vancouversun.com)) |
17.10.2024 | 9:18:36 | inf. | a ton of information | масса информации ("He just needs to pay his fair share of taxes like the rest of us do." "What makes you think he isn't paying his "fair share" of taxes?" "There’s a ton of information on how billionaires avoid paying taxes." (vancouversun.com)) |
17.10.2024 | 9:13:12 | disappr. | live a life of leisure | вести праздную жизнь (lazy West Siders living a life of leisure) |
17.10.2024 | 9:02:59 | rude | obnoxious jerk | мерзкий тип (I don’t need a lecture about wealth distribution from a billionaire. Chip Wilson has made his billions off of people “working 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 20 years” with little compensation. People in India, Bangladesh and Vietnam. Shame on the Vancouver Sun for giving this obnoxious jerk a platform. (vancouversun.com)) |
17.10.2024 | 6:25:25 | cliche. | just wish | хотелось бы, чтобы (+ past tense • One of the boys was vaping on the train next to dad and kid, and lost his shit and got violent when asked to stop. I'm a big guy so I stepped in and grabbed the dude off him which triggered the little mob. Grandparents just raised me to respect others and help those I can. Just wish more people who have the ability to help had the same mentality. |
17.10.2024 | 5:08:16 | cliche. | take a bit of work | повозиться (It's going to take a bit of work. I'll let you know. -- Придётся с этим повозиться. • Sorry I didn't call last night. Took a bit of work. -- Пришлось повозиться.) |
16.10.2024 | 9:51:02 | gen. | a fine day | прекрасный день (on a fine summer's day – в прекрасный летний день) |
16.10.2024 | 9:46:47 | cliche. | big challenge | трудная задача (Creating sustainable jobs will be the biggest challenge for this government.) |
11.06.2025 | 7:02:07 | gen. | big challenge | сложная задача (Creating sustainable jobs will be the biggest challenge for this government.) |
16.10.2024 | 9:40:59 | gen. | stay away | не подходить (from sb. – к кому-л. • "Stay away from that man, Pauline, that man is bad news." (Jeeves & Wooster)) |
16.10.2024 | 9:40:46 | gen. | stay away | не приближаться (from sb. – к кому-л.) |
16.10.2024 | 9:40:20 | gen. | stay away | избегать (from sb. – кого-л.) |
16.10.2024 | 9:35:22 | poetic | crisp air | ядрёный воздух (Crisp air is cold, dry, and fresh: (Cambridge Dictionary) • My favourite kind of fall day. Crisp air. Colourful leaves. Snowcapped mountains. Clear skies. (Twitter) • Славная осень! Здоровый, ядреный Воздух усталые силы бодрит ... (Н. А. Некрасов, «Славная осень»)) |
16.10.2024 | 9:32:19 | gen. | inoffensive tourist | безобидный турист ("That's what puzzles me, Mr. Holmes," said White Mason. "If the fellow did not want the hue and cry raised over him, one would imagine that he would have returned and remained at hotel as an inoffensive tourist." -- в качестве безобидного туриста (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)) |
16.10.2024 | 9:27:28 | coll. | the well-heeled | обеспеченные люди (Vancouver is just so overpriced, and as much as I liked Expo 86, that was the turning point when Vancouver switched from a working-class town to an elitist town that only the well-heeled can afford to live in. (Reddit)) |
16.10.2024 | 9:25:07 | fishery | fish with heads | рыба с головой (во мн.ч.) |
16.10.2024 | 9:20:29 | inf. | get fired up | распсиховаться (What got you so fired up? • I wouldn't get so fired up over it.) |
16.10.2024 | 9:20:10 | inf. | get fired up | разволноваться (What got you so fired up? – Отчего ты так разволновалась?) |