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26.07.2024 | 8:04:11 | fig.of.sp. | keep pace with the demands of | не отставать от требований (Companies are changing their employment practices to keep pace with the demands of the 21st-century business.) |
26.07.2024 | 8:01:32 | inf. | let it ride | не отреагировать (на фразу, комментарий • I wasn't sure what she meant so I let it ride.) |
26.07.2024 | 7:56:16 | gen. | is no different than | не отличается от (Prejudice "for" is no different than prejudice "against".) |
26.07.2024 | 7:55:46 | formal | other than | не относящийся к числу (... advertising inventory appearing on Platforms or Channels, other than Your Channels) |
26.07.2024 | 7:50:03 | gen. | right up front | не откладывая (You should have let these people know about it right up front.) |
26.07.2024 | 7:48:50 | cliche. | sooner rather than later | поскорее (without too much delay; soon (Merriam-Webster) • If you're planning to go out better do it sooner rather than later: we've got heavy rain in the forecast for the second half of the day.) |
26.07.2024 | 7:48:40 | cliche. | sooner rather than later | не откладывая в долгий ящик (without too much delay; soon (Merriam-Webster) • We need to fix this problem sooner rather than later. • If you notice these symptoms you need to go and get checked out sooner rather than later.) |
26.07.2024 | 7:48:21 | cliche. | sooner rather than later | не откладывая (without too much delay; soon (Merriam-Webster) • If there's anything you're unsure of with a rent-to-own agreement, it's better to ask questions sooner rather than later.) |
26.07.2024 | 7:39:43 | disappr. | blast one's music | включать музыку на полную громкость ("врубать" было бы стилистически неуместно для официальной жалобы • It is absolutely unnecessary for people to pull their boats up to residential areas along the shore and blast their music subjecting all residents to their taste in “bangers”. For those who have sensory sensitivities this can also be incredibly triggering. Please restrict this activity.) |
26.07.2024 | 7:35:57 | traf. | there is some filming going on | снимается кино (There is some filming going on around downtown Vancouver, West Cordova is closed between Jervis and Thurlow, so plan your trip accordingly.) |
26.07.2024 | 6:51:47 | disappr. | screw up | натворить дел (Metro Vancouver sewage plant looks to neutralize acidic oceans, remove CO2. Plans to speed up Earth’s geology. Canadian company looks to dump crushed rock into Burrard Inlet to speed up geologic processes, remove carbon dioxide from ocean. To counteract increasingly acidic oceans, Planetary Technologies is looking to trial a technology that mimics billions of years of geologic weathering. -- "Didn't think they could screw this up any more than they have.... I was wrong." (burnabynow.com)) |
26.07.2024 | 6:51:37 | disappr. | screw up | напортачить (Metro Vancouver sewage plant looks to neutralize acidic oceans, remove CO2. Plans to speed up Earth’s geology. Canadian company looks to dump crushed rock into Burrard Inlet to speed up geologic processes, remove carbon dioxide from ocean. To counteract increasingly acidic oceans, Planetary Technologies is looking to trial a technology that mimics billions of years of geologic weathering. -- "Didn't think they could screw this up any more than they have.... I was wrong." (burnabynow.com)) |
26.07.2024 | 6:51:23 | disappr. | screw up | наделать делов (Metro Vancouver sewage plant looks to neutralize acidic oceans, remove CO2. Plans to speed up Earth’s geology. Canadian company looks to dump crushed rock into Burrard Inlet to speed up geologic processes, remove carbon dioxide from ocean. To counteract increasingly acidic oceans, Planetary Technologies is looking to trial a technology that mimics billions of years of geologic weathering. -- "Didn't think they could screw this up any more than they have.... I was wrong." (burnabynow.com)) |
26.07.2024 | 6:37:08 | gen. | higher-than-normal | необычный (о количестве • Please note we are currently experiencing higher-than-normal volumes of calls and emails. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to reply to those affected as quickly as possible.) |
26.07.2024 | 6:36:11 | formal | of an unusual nature | необычный (гость, посетитель и т.п. • A commuter train near London was briefly delayed when a tortoise was caught "trespassing" on the tracks, but the animal quickly became a "shellebrity" aboard a train. Network Rail Wessex wrote on social media that a train headed for Bagshot was delayed at the Ascot station because "there was a trespasser of an unusual nature on the tracks." (upi.com)) |
26.07.2024 | 6:14:02 | gen. | make sb. doubtful | вызвать сомнения (у кого-л. • Initially suspecting that the aerial anomaly could be a drone, they indicated that the apparent lack of any propellers caused them to dismiss that theory. Similarly, the witness observed that the object seemed to move in a straight line, which made them doubtful that the flying saucer was a balloon. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
26.07.2024 | 6:04:53 | gen. | film | снимать видео (While filming the puzzling oddity, Dawson was asked by his friend what he was watching and he replied with astonishment "it's a person, dude." |
26.07.2024 | 6:04:28 | gen. | film | вести съёмку (were filming the festivities -- вели съемку праздника) |
26.07.2024 | 4:04:52 | gen. | like | всё равно что (связка или союз, между частями запятая не требуется • I live here and I'd say 90% of the people I know say they will NEVER rent, because it's like giving your money away. |
26.07.2024 | 3:46:31 | gen. | development firm | земельно-строительная компания (a company that buys land and builds houses, offices, shops, or factories on it, or buys existing buildings and makes them more modern (Collins Dictionary)) |
26.07.2024 | 3:32:58 | formal | personal acquaintance | знакомый (After weeks of controversy over its spending practices, Metro Vancouver is being told to dump its newly elected chair. Five local civic politicians say Burnaby Mayor Mike Hurley should resign after what they call a “failed attempt” to appoint a personal acquaintance to review the North Shore Wastewater Treatment plant. City of New Westminster Couns. Daniel Fontaine and Paul Minhas, Richmond Coun. Kash Heed, Surrey Coun. Linda Annis, and Maple Ridge Coun. Ahmed Yousef signed a release Wednesday saying Hurley’s actions “trigger concerns, including questions about political donations.” They point out William McCarthy was a major donor to Hurley’s 2022 election campaign. -- назначить свого знакомого (vancouver.citynews.ca)) |
26.07.2024 | 3:28:59 | gen. | back out from | отказаться от планов (Bosa Properties recently sent a letter to Burnaby City Council outlining its thoughts, after it backed out from acquiring a site in the Royal Oak neighbourhood. At a time when cities across Canada are in desperate need of more rental homes, well-intentioned policies in the City of Burnaby are making purpose-built rental projects unviable, says Bosa Properties, one of British Columbia's largest developers. (storeys.com)) |
26.07.2024 | 3:14:43 | gen. | while intoxicated | в пьяном виде (Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is the crime of driving a motor vehicle after consuming enough alcohol to raise the blood alcohol content (BAC) above the legal limit. (law.cornell.edu) • Вопросы о безопасности возникают не только в противопожарном смысле. Постояльцы хостела в пьяном виде регулярно раздражают окружающих, шумят под окнами и периодически затевают драки. (из рус. источников)) |
26.07.2024 | 2:56:06 | gen. | drunkenly | в пьяном виде (The off-duty police officer who drunkenly assaulted a homeless man on crutches and threatened a security guard, was fined $500 yesterday.) |
26.07.2024 | 2:53:27 | rus.usg. | cover up | крышевать (accused of covering up illegal gambling -- обвиняемый в крышевании незаконного игорного бизнеса • Жильцы дома подчеркивают, что неоднократно писали жалобы на функционирующий в многоквартирном доме хостел, но получали лишь отписки. «Кто "крышует" эту организацию – непонятно, но бизнес явно ведется не в соответствии с нормами безопасности», – предполагают жильцы. (из рус. источников)) |
26.07.2024 | 2:18:15 | sociol. | social ill | социальная язва (This government appears to believe that teachers can solve every social ill. (Sunday Times) • "содружество Неро и Дамиани в обличении опаснейшей социальной язвы Италии -- мафии" (Б. Кокоревич, 1977)) |
25.07.2024 | 7:12:56 | disappr. | what's the deal? | в чём дело? (What’s the deal, City of Vancouver? Drove into East Van area today for an event from the Valley and I am shocked how unkept the city spaces are. Sidewalks and meridians just chest high in weeds. Everything looked so run-down and unkept. With the property taxes so high, what gives? I live in a rural area and our sidewalks and city spaces are much better maintained. Seems wild when you’re collecting so much more as a city. (Twitter)) |
25.07.2024 | 6:55:57 | contempt. | scam of epic proportions | грандиозная афера (Carbon tax is a scam of epic proportions and Alberta wildfires as well as other events prove that. (Twitter)) • До начала Первой мировой войны Люстиг специализировался на организации мошеннических лотерей в трансатлантических круизах. Самой грандиозной аферой Люстига была продажа Эйфелевой башни. (из рус. источников)) |
25.07.2024 | 3:07:34 | gen. | ethnic conflicts | национальные разногласия (... возникновение внутри РФ национальных разногласий (из рус. источников)) |
25.07.2024 | 2:58:28 | gen. | book a consultation | записаться на консультацию (Book a complimentary consultation at Sandberg and Associates and see how you can have a wealthy retirement. • Don't wait for complications to arise. Book your consultation today at newhealth.com) |
25.07.2024 | 1:10:14 | idiom. | get around to doing sth. | найти время, чтобы сделать что-л. (I know it's the end of July but I finally got around to making my timelapses from the May G5 storm when we had the epic Aurora Borealis. (Reddit)) |
25.07.2024 | 1:10:14 | idiom. | get around to doing sth. | найти время для чего-л. (I know it's the end of July but I finally got around to making my timelapses from the May G5 storm when we had the epic Aurora Borealis. (Reddit)) |
25.07.2024 | 0:58:48 | idiom. | clean up the mess | разгребать (... вероятность, что "глубинное государство" выкинет номер, результаты которого придётся разгребать Трампу ... (из рус. источников)) |
24.07.2024 | 9:57:08 | invest. | large capital expenditure | крупное капиталовложение (Turning the city into a landlord as a revenue generation strategy seems a bit odd. That’s a very, very large capital expenditure and should have been a referendum question on the ballot. (thetyee.ca)) |
24.07.2024 | 9:47:44 | gen. | summarize | кратко изложить (This communication will summarize our commitment to our clients.) |
24.07.2024 | 9:30:16 | gen. | strong believer | убеждённый приверженец (идеи, концепции, учения • I am a strong believer that working with communities is the best way to arrive at these kinds of solutions. (thetyee.ca)) |
24.07.2024 | 9:21:13 | gen. | scores | множество (Two people were killed and scores were injured. (Collins Dictionary) • There are scores of charming hotels located right on the seafront. (Collins Dictionary) • Scores of children were charging around. (Collins Dictionary) • Campaigners lit scores of bonfires in ceremonies to mark the anniversary. (Collins Dictionary) • We've received scores of letters. (Collins Dictionary) • Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands of years later — from Roman engineers who poured thick concrete sea barriers, to Maya masons who crafted plaster sculptures to their gods, to Chinese builders who raised walls against invaders. Yet scores of more recent structures are already staring down their expiration dates: The concrete that makes up much of our modern world has a lifespan of around 50 to 100 years. (apnews.com)) |
24.07.2024 | 8:16:38 | gen. | as for | а в том, что касается (возвращаясь к заданному вопросу • ... As for attacks on social media, I must say that the ability to block is a wonderful thing. (thetyee.ca)) |
24.07.2024 | 8:13:03 | gen. | as for | относительно того (кто / что / где / почему и пр. (составной союз) • As for what could have created the peculiar disturbance on the water, the seasoned webcam watcher did not offer any specific answer, though argued that "certainly it's too large for known animals or fish that live in the loch. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:56:36 | disappr. | flush down the drain | выбросить коту под хвост (A new bridge would have already been built but the NDP killed the old project and flushed 150 Million dollars of taxpayer money down the drain. The reason why this is a tunnel is because the Liberal project was a bridge. It was a “you do this, I’ll do the opposite” decision. (Twitter)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:56:36 | disappr. | flush down the drain | пустить коту под хвост (A new bridge would have already been built but the NDP killed the old project and flushed 150 Million dollars of taxpayer money down the drain. The reason why this is a tunnel is because the Liberal project was a bridge. It was a “you do this, I’ll do the opposite” decision. (Twitter)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:56:36 | disappr. | flush down the drain | насмарку (A new bridge would have already been built but the NDP killed the old project and flushed 150 Million dollars of taxpayer money down the drain. The reason why this is a tunnel is because the Liberal project was a bridge. It was a “you do this, I’ll do the opposite” decision. (Twitter)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:51:06 | disappr. | down the drain | коту под хвост (о деньгах • "I feel bad for anyone who bought a season pass for this season." "I bought a season pass and yeah it sucks. $500 down the drain." (Reddit)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:42:50 | traf. | sit in traffic | простаивать в пробках (I have lots of time to think about who I’ll vote for as I sit in traffic every day at the Massey Tunnel instead of driving over a new bridge that would have been open by now. (Twitter)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:37:33 | gen. | cost as much | столько же обойтись ("Didn't they build it way over budget and late? Why hire someone with that track record?" "Likely to cost as much as well." -- Похоже, обойдётся в такую же сумму. (Twitter)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:07:24 | fig. | be out of sync with | не соответствовать (The housing problem, both here and elsewhere, is part of a larger global shift (as economist Thomas Piketty points out) from an economy based on wages to an economy based on assets. Currently the world’s growth comes from assets making money rather than wage earners making money. Of these assets, the lion’s share is in the single category of urban land, worldwide. So, anyway, this shift has pushed the values of urban land up and out of sync with regional wages. Housing prices end up escaping their traditionally assumed “real estate fundamental” ratio of four to one, home price to annual wages. That ratio in Vancouver is now 12 to one. (thetyee.ca)) |
24.07.2024 | 7:06:42 | formal | be not in compliance with | не соответствовать (установленным нормам • "The Department shall replace donated foods received by distributing or recipient agencies that are stale, spoiled, out of condition, or not in compliance with specifications when: ....." (The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America, Par. 250.13) ) |
24.07.2024 | 7:02:51 | fig. | out of sync with | не согласованно с (The housing problem, both here and elsewhere, is part of a larger global shift (as economist Thomas Piketty points out) from an economy based on wages to an economy based on assets. Currently the world’s growth comes from assets making money rather than wage earners making money. Of these assets, the lion’s share is in the single category of urban land, worldwide. So, anyway, this shift has pushed the values of urban land up and out of sync with regional wages. Housing prices end up escaping their traditionally assumed “real estate fundamental” ratio of four to one, home price to annual wages. That ratio in Vancouver is now 12 to one. (thetyee.ca)) |
24.07.2024 | 6:58:36 | idiom. | out of sync with the times | не в ногу со временем ("After almost four decades spent riding the crest of the Zeitgeist, she seems curiously out of sync with the times." (Vanity Fair) – шагает не в ногу со временем) |
24.07.2024 | 6:49:21 | fig. | squarely | прочно (I have known you for 30 years and I know you to be squarely in the camp of those trying to make housing more affordable. You’ve never argued for keeping things the same. (thetyee.ca)) |
24.07.2024 | 6:34:20 | traf. | slow one's ride down to the speed limit | сбавить скорость до установленной максимальной (Yo, people exiting the fireworks in and speeding on thru streets closed until minutes ago in the West End -- slow your ride down to the speed limit, which is NOT 80 miles an hour, wankers! There's 100,000 people at least on the streets right now. The police are already having to chase speeders; there are sirens I can hear and lots of people who are drunk, so cool your jets, Vancouver drivers, and do not drive if you’ve been drinking. Thank you. (Twitter)) |
24.07.2024 | 6:27:04 | gen. | in separate locations | отдельно друг от друга (VPD has released new details about the two women found dead in two separate locations on the shores of English Bay.) |
24.07.2024 | 2:34:20 | hobby | biker community | мотосообщество (В российском мотосообществе выражают соболезнования в связи с гибелью МотоТани. (из рус. источников)) |
23.07.2024 | 11:58:34 | appr. | remarkably good fishing | отменная рыбалка |
23.07.2024 | 11:58:10 | polit. | lift the restrictions | отменить ограничения |
23.07.2024 | 11:29:23 | gen. | stress-filled | напряжённый (a stress-filled life – напряжённая жизнь) |
23.07.2024 | 11:12:43 | law, court | hand down a decision | вынести решение (вышестоящим, напр., Верховным судом) |
23.07.2024 | 9:27:49 | formal | pending | ожидается (The results of your application are still pending. Please check back with me next week.) |
23.07.2024 | 9:26:15 | formal | pending | при условии (I am very pleased to confirm our offer of full-time employment for the position of Senior Data Analyst, effective Jan 1, 2020, pending the satisfactory outcome of your criminal check review. – при условии удовлетворительного результата проверки (т.е. окончательное решение о найме откладывается до этого момента)) |
23.07.2024 | 9:26:01 | formal | pending | по которому решение пока не принято |
23.07.2024 | 9:25:44 | formal | pending | по которому ожидается решение (pending applications for partnership) |
23.07.2024 | 9:17:06 | gen. | most | в наибольшей степени (Properties immediately adjacent to the festival site will be most affected by these road closures. – будут затронуты в наибольшей степени • ... Affordability, the phenomenon of “stranger attacks” and the worsening addiction crisis — the three issues that most defined Vancouver’s 2022 mayoral race ... -- три проблемы, в наибольшей степени определившие ход предвыборной борьбы за должность мэра (nationalpost.com)) |
23.07.2024 | 9:12:48 | gen. | by far | в наибольшей степени (*по сравнению с остальными в той же группе; также могут быть применимы варианты "наиболее", "самый" и т.п.* • Urban land now represents, by far, the largest single asset category on Earth, exceeding other categories by many trillions of dollars. (thetyee.ca) • Our economy is the fastest growing in the region by far. (Cambridge Dictionary) • They are by far the best students in the class. (Cambridge Dictionary)) |
23.07.2024 | 8:58:02 | gen. | keep things the same | сохранить всё как есть (And yet I have known you for 30 years and I know you to be squarely in the camp of those trying to make housing more affordable. You’ve never argued for keeping things the same. (thetyee.ca)) |
23.07.2024 | 8:58:02 | gen. | keep things the same | оставить без изменений (And yet I have known you for 30 years and I know you to be squarely in the camp of those trying to make housing more affordable. You’ve never argued for keeping things the same. (thetyee.ca)) |
23.07.2024 | 8:54:59 | idiom. | float an idea | вынести идею на всеобщее обсуждение (To float an idea means to suggest something unusual or unexpected, with the objective of determining whether people like the idea or not. | To suggest something in order to gauge interest in it or others' perception of it. (The Free Dictionary) • What you’ve just said would seem to be not at all “anti-progressive.” Instead, you seem to be naming ever widening wealth inequality and late capitalism as the culprit. Yet I’ve noted when you’ve floated similar ideas when writing in The Tyee, you attract on social media all kinds of name-calling. People who say more and denser development is inherently a solution, and a progressive one, call you a NIMBY and all kinds of other names. (thetyee.ca)) |
22.07.2024 | 9:45:38 | gen. | missing | без (A humpback whale missing its tail that was spotted recently off the Island’s coast is raising alarm about the impact of humans on humpbacks in B.C. waters. (timescolonist.com)) |
22.07.2024 | 9:25:40 | cliche. | it's almost as if | как будто (It's almost as if something has changed with our climate. I'm no expert, but the math will never lie. Just look at the Forest Fire stats by decade. A steady increase in thousands of hectares burned per year. (Twitter)) |
22.07.2024 | 9:25:40 | cliche. | it's almost as if | такое впечатление, что (It's almost as if something has changed with our climate. I'm no expert, but the math will never lie. Just look at the Forest Fire stats by decade. A steady increase in thousands of hectares burned per year. (Twitter)) |
22.07.2024 | 8:05:09 | cliche. | I'm not holding my breath | особенно не надеюсь (“I’d like to be optimistic that this is a new chapter that really helps both levels of government redefine their efforts to recover the species, but if we’re reflecting on the history of efforts this far, then I’m not holding my breath,” Pepper-Smith said. “Arguably, B.C. has known that this is the habitat that is required for the spotted owl for decades and we’ve seen no slowing of logging over that time,” he said. (thenarwhal.ca)) |
22.07.2024 | 7:49:58 | cliche. | who ever said? | кто сказал, что? (Who ever said, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink”??? PH Spur is taking his opportunity to hydrate in this heat wave… hope the doggies don’t mind sharing! (Twitter)) |
22.07.2024 | 4:39:05 | pets | dog poop | собачьи экскременты (The easiest and cleanest way to pick up dog poop. • Burnaby seeks contractor to pick up 900+ litres of dog poop per week. Two local spots are tied for the title of poopiest park.(burnabynow.com) • От себя добавим, что за неубранные собачьи экскременты минимальный штраф в России составляет 500 рублей, максимальный — 3 тыс. рублей. (из рус. источников)) |
22.07.2024 | 4:34:54 | gen. | at the time | по тем временам (Cartucci held what was considered an extreme view at the time that "women are not slaves of men." • He also referenced anomalies in moon images and the improbability of filming on the moon with the technology available at the time. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
22.07.2024 | 4:18:55 | cinema | original footage | отснятый киноматериал (He delved into the involvement of historical figures like James Forrestal and JFK in the development and concealment of this high technology, noting that NASA has destroyed all original footage of the moon landing. Weidner discussed Kubrick's techniques, such as front screen projection, used in his film "2001: A Space Odyssey," and suggested similar methods were used in the moon landing footage. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
22.07.2024 | 3:57:05 | sarcast. | go on about | разглагольствовать на тему (I'm a man. I was on my balcony just now in a place I have lived for 4 years, wearing boxer briefs while I sat in the sun talking on the phone. Some guy ACROSS the LANE from me starts smacking his hands together and yelling in my direction so I asked him what he wants. He tells me that what I'm wearing is inappropriate. I said, I'm wearing underwear and he just goes on about how indecent it is. So I said okay, I'll change it for you and went in and put on swimming trunks that are even shorter than the boxer briefs. When I said that he went back inside his apartment and closed the door and the blinds. He wasn't even sitting on his balcony. I can't find anything in Canadian law that would give what he is saying any validity but it was a hilarious exchange. (Reddit)) |
18.05.2025 | 4:38:00 | gen. | carefully crafted | тщательно сфабрикованный (Filmmaker Jay Weidner joined guest host Rich Berra to share his insights into conspiracy theories surrounding films of the Apollo moon landing and the JFK assassination. While Weidner believes humanity did reach the moon multiple times, the footage and photographs we see of the Apollo moon landing are not genuine. He argued that what was presented to the public was a carefully crafted version by the government, possibly directed by Stanley Kubrick. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
22.07.2024 | 3:42:09 | gen. | multitude of witnesses | множество свидетелей (In researching the Kingston incident, we found a multitude of witnesses.) |
21.07.2024 | 9:36:26 | gen. | out for a stroll | на прогулке (x.com) |
21.07.2024 | 9:36:04 | gen. | out for a walk | на прогулке |
21.07.2024 | 9:09:07 | geol. | tilted | с уклоном (Sandstone layers resistant to erosion and tilted down to the south form ridges with steep north-facing bluffs and gentler south-facing slopes. -- с уклоном к югу • Поперек склона с уклоном на восток 30˚ измерен выход пласта шириной 100 м. (из рус. источников)) |
21.07.2024 | 8:10:34 | sarcast. | shady business | тёмные делишки (Moving criminal cash eh? Usually when something like this comes out...it totally means the guy was squeaky clean right? No shady business going on so move along? (Reddit)) |
21.07.2024 | 4:40:56 | real.est. | charge rent | взимать арендную плату (с жильцов или коммерческих клиентов • Solecki pointed out that Larco’s nine-storey rental building Arbutus Residences is charging rents as much as $3,240 a month for a one-bedroom, 705 sq.-ft. unit and $5,100 a month for a three-bedroom, 1,100 sq.-ft. unit. (vancouversun.com)) |
21.07.2024 | 4:38:32 | real.est. | in need of repairs | требуется ремонт (The Ferguson Building was built in 1913 and designated a municipal heritage property in 1997. However, it has been in need of repairs for several years.) |
21.07.2024 | 4:37:29 | real.est. | fallen into disrepair | требуется ремонт (have / has fallen • “This was a known building for community and everybody wanted to live here and it was managed very well. We had live-in managers and had community space to get together with potlucks and things like that,” she said. Now, Solecki alleges, contractors don’t want to do repairs because they aren’t being paid and units have fallen into disrepair. (vancouversun.com)) |
21.07.2024 | 4:31:07 | real.est. | older | не новый (Tenants in two older Vancouver rental buildings are asking the city to force the developer to fix ventilation and heating problems at their properties before being given a rezoning to build another building. (vancouversun.com)) |
21.07.2024 | 4:03:00 | cliche. | sheer | уже сам (по себе: усиление • Furthermore, the sheer speed with which the plane descended was at odds with a typical approach for landing, emergency or not. -- уже сама по себе скорость снижения самолёта не соответствовала типичной скорости при заходе на посадку, будь то аварийной или штатной (ufoinsight.com) • As things stand, the man's claims have yet to be corroborated, but it is the sheer number of unusual stories to have come out of the area around Bonnybridge that has made it such a notable location. (unexplained-mysteries.com) --но уже само количество рассказов о необычных случаях) |
21.07.2024 | 3:24:40 | gen. | hoarder | человек, страдающий синдромом Плюшкина (Уже 10 лет жителям многоквартирного дома № 28 на проспекте Победы приходится бороться с соседом, страдающим синдромом Плюшкина. В своей квартире на первом этаже Олег С. устроил настоящую свалку. (из рус. источников)) |
20.07.2024 | 9:57:44 | real.est. | displacement | выселение (The rezoning includes a 20-storey tower and 4-storey podium with commercial uses at grade, 185 rental units with 20% “below market” (which does not mean affordable for median wage earners), and 99 parking stalls. As there are two existing rental buildings on the property, any redevelopment would entail the displacement of current residents. (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com)) |
20.07.2024 | 9:50:11 | idiom. | leave holding the bag | свалить всю ответственность на кого-л. (If you are left holding the bag, you are put in a situation where you are responsible for something, often in an unfair way because other people fail or refuse to take responsibility for it. (Collins Dictionary) • Long-time followers of Vancouver politics might recall that Millennium was the developer behind Olympic Village. Millennium went bankrupt when Fortress Credit Corporation exited the project and left the City of Vancouver holding the bag. At CityHallWatch we weighed in with our piece: ‘Billion dollar boondoggle? City manager lets Millennium off the hook for $1 billion mortgage.’ The full rationale for these financial dealings have never been adequately explained to the public. (cityhallwatch.wordpress.com) • Любимая женская забава?... свалить всю ответственность на козла... При этом этот козел должен еще и за всё заплатить!))) (из рус. источников)) |
20.07.2024 | 9:10:55 | econ. | stay flat | не измениться (в количественном отношении • And the thesis of your book is that land prices in Vancouver, which is a rather geographically confined global city, are unhooked from local income levels. Rather, at a moment when wealth is increasingly concentrated among a global elite, land has become the place to stash their wealth, and as they turn land into wealth-storing assets, they bid each other up. So that land prices now have increased fivefold in Vancouver over the past 15 years, while income levels have stayed fairly flat. (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 9:10:55 | econ. | stay flat | остаться на том же уровне (в количественном отношении • And the thesis of your book is that land prices in Vancouver, which is a rather geographically confined global city, are unhooked from local income levels. Rather, at a moment when wealth is increasingly concentrated among a global elite, land has become the place to stash their wealth, and as they turn land into wealth-storing assets, they bid each other up. So that land prices now have increased fivefold in Vancouver over the past 15 years, while income levels have stayed fairly flat. (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 9:10:55 | econ. | stay flat | остаться неизменным (в количественном отношении • And the thesis of your book is that land prices in Vancouver, which is a rather geographically confined global city, are unhooked from local income levels. Rather, at a moment when wealth is increasingly concentrated among a global elite, land has become the place to stash their wealth, and as they turn land into wealth-storing assets, they bid each other up. So that land prices now have increased fivefold in Vancouver over the past 15 years, while income levels have stayed fairly flat. (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 9:07:24 | geogr. | geographically confined | ограниченный по территории в силу своего географического положения (And the thesis of your book is that land prices in Vancouver, which is a rather geographically confined global city, are unhooked from local income levels. Rather, at a moment when wealth is increasingly concentrated among a global elite, land has become the place to stash their wealth, and as they turn land into wealth-storing assets, they bid each other up. (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 9:01:31 | cliche. | what can be done about it? | что можно предпринять по этому поводу? (о путях решения проблемы • Why didn’t this plan work out? What can be done about it?) |
20.07.2024 | 9:01:31 | cliche. | what can be done about it? | что можно с этим поделать? (о путях решения проблемы • Why didn’t this plan work out? What can be done about it?) |
20.07.2024 | 8:57:03 | real.est. | housing supply | жилищный фонд (Supply: This is the component that developers and their allies push hardest, since it serves their interest to lobby for the most efficient, inexpensive way to build more housing “supply”. But on its own, more supply won’t come close to solving affordability. As Yan and many others rightly ask: Who will the new housing supply be for? For wealthy investors seeking palaces and $4-million luxury view condos? Or for local workers desperate for three-bedroom homes in which to raise a young family? (vancouversun.com) • Since the 1970s, Vancouver has tripled its total number of housing units. If adding housing supply and new density to a city leads to affordable housing as many now contend, Vancouver should have the lowest housing prices in North America. It has the highest! (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 8:56:18 | real.est. | housing supply | количество жилплощади (Supply: This is the component that developers and their allies push hardest, since it serves their interest to lobby for the most efficient, inexpensive way to build more housing “supply”. But on its own, more supply won’t come close to solving affordability. As Yan and many others rightly ask: Who will the new housing supply be for? For wealthy investors seeking palaces and $4-million luxury view condos? Or for local workers desperate for three-bedroom homes in which to raise a young family? (vancouversun.com) • Since the 1970s, Vancouver has tripled its total number of housing units. If adding housing supply and new density to a city leads to affordable housing as many now contend, Vancouver should have the lowest housing prices in North America. It has the highest! (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 8:49:18 | econ. | average wage earner | человек со средними доходами (трудовыми, не благодаря инвестициям и т.п. • ... But as time passed and home prices spiralled more and more out of reach for average wage earners in defiance of simple notions of “supply and demand,” I felt betrayed. (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 8:45:57 | econ. | wage earner | человек, живущий на одну зарплату (не имеющий никаких иных доходов; аналог русского "бюджетника", но может работать и в частной компании • No normal wage earners can afford a luxury condo selling for an astronomical $2,000 a square foot. • But the author of the book ‘Sick City: Disease, Race, Inequality and Urban Land’, adds, “I was also hoping we would get housing that was affordable for area wage earners, and was designed to integrate into surrounding neighbourhoods.” (vancouversun.com) • ... But as time passed and home prices spiralled more and more out of reach for average wage earners in defiance of simple notions of “supply and demand,” I felt betrayed. (thetyee.ca)) |
20.07.2024 | 8:23:19 | gen. | embrace an idea | подхватить идею (I enthusiastically embraced the idea that if you got the density right, and got the amenities right, the home prices would be affordable as a result. (thetyee.ca)) |