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It reflects an equally gormless view that such firms caused the financial crisis — бестолковый, тупой.

The gory biopic relates the life, leader of a 13th-century Scottish rebellion against Edward I of England — кровопролитный, жестокий, чудовищный.

On every Fourth ofJuly he and the grown-ups would release these gossamer spirits, blue, white and red — очень тонкий.

Why do the Twin Cities produce so much literary gore? — запек­шаяся кровь.

What Robin Hanbury-Tenison, another British explorer, who is president of Survival International, calls "the gosh factor — боже!; черт возьми!

Will we see grudging praise, doubts about his sincerity, or will there have been a misplaced comma that somehow turns into a "gotcha"? — выражение радости при решении проблемы, поимке.

Or they may be putting out a gotterdammerung fantasy of their own, like folks waiting for the end of the world, or the old slaver seces­sionists of old — гибель Богов.

Setting out on an ocean voyage, with water in gourds and pounded tubers tied up in leaves — тыква, любое растение из рода тыквенных.

America, some ludicrous ones close to a millennium which seems to be nothing more than a headline grabber, and thank god I live in the UK — устройство захвата.

Use of reconciliation to pass health care could greatly increase the gradient of the hill — отклонение, угол наклона.

Chileans seem to have forgotten temporarily that their gradu­alist democracy has real achievements — сторонник постепенного проведения реформ.

China's past anti-graft

campaigns, though admittedly less ex­tensive than the current one, hurt the economy little and may even have boosted it — взятка, подкуп; незаконные доходы.

But Serra, he argues, was a "voice of conscience" who went against the grain of his time — против шерсти.

A cluster of tumbledown villas, mosques and a synagogue con­jures up the grandeur of a port that once marked the southern tip of the Ottoman Empire — великолепие; пышность.

Britain's deficit, which Mr Osborne has made a great play of tack­ling, is granitic — гранитный.

With the exception of Ron Paul, all the serious candidates waxed grandiloquent about their aims — высокопарный, помпезный.

Grapplinig with America; Senator Robert Byrd grappled mas- rerfully with 11 presidents — брать на абордаж (корабль).

125 laboratories around America have signed up to dip their bread in the gravy, so that gravy is very thinly spread — подливка (из сока жаркого), соус, сок.

A genuine grassroots democratic movement to deny rights to same-sex families — широкие массы, простые люди.

Presiding over such a meeting of global grandees was a perfect op­portunity to show the public that he was on target — крупный чиновник; важный человек.

Western politicians like to grandstand about North Korea, call­ing its leaders "mad", "rogue" or "tinpot" — бить на эффект; пускать пыль в глаза.

Such granularity could revolutionise economic research — не­однородность; неравномерность.

Instead of reaching up to strike a vertical mark against the sky in echo of the area's medieval belfries, the five pavilions, strung-end- to-end, aim to reflect and become one with the gravid clouds — бере­менная.

He mended fences and gained gravitas; Someone with gravi- tas and integrity ready to assume leadership — aвторитет, вес; солид­ность.

Micron, an American semiconductor maker, is a relative green­horn in South Korea — новичок; неопытный человек.

It concluded that, over such a period, a gregarious

person has a 50% better chance of surviving than a lonely one — коммуникабельный, общительный.

Barack Obama, Washington greybeards used to say, differs from other American presidents — старик; пожилой человек.

Most people still live in grinding poverty — тяжелый, мучи­тельный.

Even the gringos are sound enough for the Europeans — гринго, иностранец (особенно англичанин или американец в Латинской Америке).

At a grip-and-grits event on November 10th in Houma, in the southern oil-and- gaslands where bayous lap the highways — очищенное от шелухи и перемолотое зерно.

We want our country back. In agricultural towns like Boston, in Lincolnshire, immigration is voters' biggest gripe — недовольство, ворчанье, досада.

The smaller pictures are gripping, but the large altar paintings are the main attraction — поразительный, потрясающий.

Glamping, or glamorous camping, meaning camping minus the hassle and grunge, usually in preerected and well-appointed tents, is be­coming a popular pursuit for city folk at beauty spots all over China — состоит из двух слов: glorious и camping — замечательный лагерь для автотуристов.

The public news networks were also slow to pick up the story, pro­viding grist for the conspiracy mills of populists — зерно для помола.