Говори и пиши как The Eсonomist

This footling stuff is only of any interest because it is about the queen — пустяковый, пустячный.

One consequence is that older EU countries will find themselves footing the bill for clearing it up — оплатить счет, оплатить расходы.

Mr Kalam, a former government scientist with a foppish fringe, was unusually popular, mainly because he was not a politician — фатоватый, пижонский.

A lot of churches had played a footsie with New Apostolic Reforma­tion, only before it was heavilly slammed for heretic faith — кокетничать, заигрывать, касаться под столом ноги соседки своей ногой, чтобы не видели другие.

Lender forbearance is widespread, disguising the extent of bad loans — отсрочка (долга).

The main problem with forensic

evidence is that it isn't science but it's usually presented to juries as if it were — судебный; команда следователей, работающая на месте преступления.

Which sounds to me like pumping water from the fore to the aft of a sinking ship — на носу и на корме; вдоль всего судна.

A buccaneering Britain would forge wonderful new partner­ships with powerful and dynamic countries outside Europe — медленно и равномерно продвигаться вперед.

Serbia would be at a fork in the road — разветвление, ответвление, развилка (дорог); распутье; at a fork in the road — на распутье.

Goldman is expected to fork out $18 billion for 2009 — раско­шелиться.

The book gives way to a forlorn litany of the events; A forlornef- fort; African hopes that the AU mandate in Mogadishu be turned over to the UN look forlorn — безнадежный (о попытке сделать что-л.).

Eventually every long-running drama, from "Downton Abbey" to "Dr Who", feels formulaic

— стереотипный, трафаретный, шаб­лонный.

If one is not fortuitous by the grace of God, then at least remem­ber him, and give him the responsibility of your losses — случайный, неожиданный.

In her first foray to the Middle East as America's secretary of state, Hillary Clinton confirmed the new American administration's intention — короткий визит, набег; нападение.

A cleanly Landlord must have, forsooth, his Rooms new paint­ed and white-wash'd every now and then — без сомнения, поис­тине.

Big-country leaders will spend a lot of time trying to secure ac­cess to the very fossil fuels they are trying to forswear — отказываться, отрекаться.

Other people interviewed simply said the ban was a silly anach­ronism and should be dropped forthwith — немедленно, тотчас, незамедлительно.

It also coincided, perhaps fortuitously for Mr Lukashenka, with an uncomfortable few weeks for Russia's Vladimir Putin — случайно.

Deep learning employs pieces of software called artificial neural networks to fossick out otherwise-abstruse patterns — шарить, рыскать.

Some cash-strapped libraries still use atlases showing fossils

such as the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic — что-либо старомодное, вышедшее из употребления; атавизм.

It comes from the fact that many fossiliferous sites which formed in the shallow waters of the past contain types of animal now extinct — органические остатки.

Despite the evidence that trust responds to incentives, certain situ ations foster trust more than others — побуждать, стимулировать; одобрять.

That was the obstacle on which the conference foundered — стать хромым.

Opposition leaders are crying foul but it looks like Mr Chavez and his incompetent "Bolivarian revolution" will roll on — бесчестный, грязный, предательский.

The archeological remains of the Koguryo lingdom of 37BC-68AD, the fount of Korean culture and myth — источник, ключ.

The fracas over Renault's closure of its Belgian factory is an indica­tion of the rotten state of Europe's car industry — шумная ссора; скандал.

Unfortunately, military volunteers do not frag,

but at least one revealed their crimes against civilians — ранить, убивать осколочной гранатой соратника.

They are not fragrant paragons of exquisite taste — ароматный, благоухающий.

Yet this national treasure is looking frail — хилый, слабый.

With him he already had the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, actually pinched from Eden — ладан.

Bernie Madoff, a New York-based fraudster caught out in 2008 ran a scheme 20 times bigger, at $65 billion — мошенник, обманщик, плут.

An already fraught relationship has become more so with Mr Trump's election as president — удручающий, обременяющий.

The ideologies that held together the big political groupings of the 20th century are fraying — изнашиваться, вытираться.

At a time of chaos, when communications were disrupted and offic­ers were understandably frazzled; But for most equity traders, frazzled after a day of white-knuckle rides, it was an ominous sign that stockmar- kets had finally caught up — довести до состояния крайней физической усталости или нервного истощения; измучить.