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And in the gritty north and east of the state, it has a lot of fed-up blue-collar workers and ex-workers, as Michigan does — смелый, твер­дый, выносливый.

At present, Mr Chirac feels pretty downcast, even, some friends say, "groggy" — хмельной.

But it is still far from clear which of them, if any, are being groomed by Mr Xi to replace him and Mr Li after the congress in 2022 — готовить к должности.

Like his predecessors, Mr Trump grouches that America's NATO allies are not paying their bill — брюзжать, ворчать.

Mr Clinton groused about the 1960s and the rise of the conserva­tive movement — ворчать.

Big Three CEOs grovel for bailout — пресмыкаться, унижаться, раболепствовать.

Friendship between China and Pakistan is grounded in arms sales, energy assistance — обучать основам предмета, знакомить с основами.

If the advantages of action are infinite and drinking the happy nostrum of passive groupthink yields no fruit at all, why persist? — групповое мышление, конформизм.

Mr Obama is "the groveller in chief", says Michelle Malkin, a con­servative blogger — подхалим, льстец, лизоблюд.

Not so long ago, many Muscovites lived in grotty communalki — безобразный; никуда негодный.

Yet some analysts expect productivity growth to stall soon. Hard- pressed workers are feeling grouchy — брюзгливый; ворчливый.

Obama's problem hasn't really been the hapless powerless Re­publicans, it has been a groundswell of opposition for Average working Americans — волна народной поддержки.

Some grouse that Exim's loan was accepted in preference to even cheaper money offered by the Asian Development Bank — ворчать.

India's booze industry is grubbier, and Mr Kripalu wants to clean it up — неряшливый, неопрятный.

A murder, a grudge, deportations and what they say about Rus­sia's worrying political direction — недовольство; злоба; зависть.

More grudgingly, they also understand his quandary in Afghani- stana quandary —

неохотно, нехотя, без желания.

If life were fair, Citi's bosses would each be given a Martini and a medal for years of gruelling work — ужасный, противный.

Given that new graduates are the grunts of the professional-ser­vices industries — рядовой сотрудник, «сошка».

Our reports this week from the front-lines of both wars suggest that the answer to that question should be a guarded yes — осторожный; предусмотрительный.

The surplus of bachelors — called in China guanggun, or "bare branches" — голые ветви (китайский).

One was found in the islands' accumulated guano, which is rich in phosphates, nitrogen and potassium — помет морских птиц и летучих мышей.

Decisions are a bunch of things, from hard data to really bad data to guesstimates to cynical political calculus and to best intentions — рассчитывать, оценивать приблизительно.

The feelings of Americans are no way reflected, and this guff is not instructive — пустая болтовня.

Manly guffaws and boos rippled around the auditorium — грубый хохот; гогот.

Some attribute this silence to spinelessness, others to tactical guile — обман; хитрость, коварство; вероломство.

Evolution sceptics advance their cause under the guise of free in­quiry — вид, видимость; личина.

Decisions will stick in their gullets; the arrangement will stick in many Iraqi gullets — пищевод.

Surely this was just the usual whitewash, they warned, cosmetic changes designed to arrest the eye of gullible foreigners — доверчивый, легковерный.

One way to encourage them along the road to the financial guil­lotine would be through debt exchanges — гильотина.

Commentary published by China's official news agency to cele­brate the current sessions of that country's toothless parliament and its gumless consultative body — беспомощный.

Arab-Kurdish tension has been gumming up politics in Bagh­dad — склеивать, приклеивать.

However, gummy regulations hold back commerce — клейкий; густой, тягучий.

Please do add lawyers as an assault team to eradicate would be "nubie-gumshoe-intruders" with governmental — сыщик; детектив.

He had the gumption

to embrace reform — находчивость; со­образительность.

He had been forced aboard at gunpoint and sold by a broker to the captain for $900 — заставлять кого-л. делать что-л. под угрозой применения оружия.

Wnen it comes to repelling gunk, Teflon and car wax are among the best materials available — слизь.

Nobody can accuse the People's Bank of China (PBOC), China's central bank, of being gun-shy — пугающийся выстрелов.

Now an attempt is being made to revive the memory of a gunsling- er who genuinely deserves a raising of the hat — стрелок, славящийся своим мастерством.

Once gung-ho for military action, Britain's elite has become more cautious — полный энтузиазма.

He will be strapped on to a gurney and killed by lethal injection; he said from the gurney — каталка.