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1 rarity
rarity n2 ( rare occurrence) phénomène m rare ; to be a rarity être rare ; it is a rarity for sb to do il est rare que qn fasse ;3 ( rareness) rareté f. -
2 value
1. III1) value smb., smth. value a friend (smb.'s friendship. one's life, one's honour, smb.'s opinion, smb.'s judgement, smb.'s advice, etc.) дорожить другом и т.д., ценить друга и т.д.2) value smth. value a set of furniture (each object, goods, one's diamond ring, etc.) оценивать мебельный гарнитур /гарнитур мебели/ и т.д.; value the work done оценить объем проделанной работы2. IVvalue smb., smth. т some manner value smb., smth. highly (greatly, dearly, symbolically, etc.) высоко и т.д. ценить кого-л., что-л., очень и т.д. дорожить кем-л., чем-л.; he seemed not to value his life at all он, по-видимому, ни во что не ставит свою жизнь3. V|| value one's life a farthing /а brass farthing/ ни во что не ставить /не ценить/ жизнь, не давать за свою жизнь и гроша ломаного4. XI1) be valued as smth. be valued as food цениться как продукт питания; be valued for smth. be valued for their vitamins (for their rarity, for colour, etc.) цениться за витамины и т.д.; be valued in some manner it is not to be lightly valued этого нельзя недооценивать, к этому нельзя относиться легкомысленно2) be valued at smth. the horse (the land, the ring, etc.) is valued at t. 500 лошадь и т.д. оценивается /оценена/ в пятьсот фунтов5. XIIhave smth. value d I want to have it valued мне надо это оценить6. XXI11) value smth., smb. for smth. value the jewel for its colour (the picture for its sentimental associations, the nugget for its size, her for her skill, etc.) ценить драгоценный камень за его цвет и т.д.; value smth. above (beyond) smth. value honour above riches (sincerity beyond all things, talent above everything else, etc.) ценить честь больше, чем богатства и т.д., ставить честь выше богатств и т.д.; value smth. from smb. we do not always value advice from others мы не всегда ценим советы других2) value smth. at smth. value a house at i 3,000 (the ring at i 200, their assets at over five million dollars, etc.) оценивать дом в три тысячи фунтов и т.д.; what do you value your car at? во сколько вы оцениваете вашу машину?7. XXIV1value smth. as smth. value smth. as a reminder of old times (as one's mother's present, etc.) дорожить чем-л. как памятью о прежних временах и т.д. -
3 Eidetic Memory
[A]lthough eidetic [("photographic")] memory is rare in adults, it seems to be much more frequent in young children. Think back to your own early memories, and it is probable that you will recollect them as a series of snapshots, fixed or frozen in time.... In a typical study, [Ralph] Haber would show children a coloured picture of Alice and the Cheshire cat from an illustrated Alice in Wonderland. In the drawing, the cat sat on a tree, striped tail curled behind it. Children having been briefly shown the picture could later answer questions in detail about it-for instance, when asked how many stripes were visible on the cat's tail, they would behave as if they were counting them off from some sort of mental image. Similarly, children shown a picture with writing on it in a foreign language could subsequently spell out the words as if reading them from an open book.Many, if not all young children apparently do normally see and remember eidetically, but this capacity is lost to most as they grow up. What is in young children an apparently general capacity has become a remarkable rarity in adults....The rarity of eidetic memory, coupled with the fact that to possess such a capacity does not seem to make for much success in life, suggests that it may not be so beneficial a gift. To be able to synthesize and generalize from past events, to abstract from them, indeed to forget them, may thus be as essential for survival and effective action in the world as is the capacity to remember them in the first case. (Rose, 1993, pp. 103104, 102-103)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Eidetic Memory
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4 Guinand, Pierre Louis
SUBJECT AREA: Photography, film and optics[br]b. 20 April 1748 Brenets, Neuchâtel, Switzerlandd. 13 February 1824 Brenets, Neuchâtel, Switzerland[br]Swiss optical glassmaker.[br]Guinand received little formal education and followed his father's trade of joiner. He specialized in making clock cases, but after learning how to cast metals he took up the more lucrative work of making watch cases. When he was about 20 years old, in a customer's house he caught sight of an English telescope, a rarity in a Swiss mountain village. Intrigued, he obtained permission to examine it. This aroused his interest in optical matters and he began making spectacles and small telescopes.Achromatic lenses were becoming known, their use being to remove the defect of chromatic aberration or coloured optical images, but there remained defects due to imperfections in the glass itself. Stimulated by offers of prizes by scientific bodies, including the Royal Society of London, for removing these defects, Guinand set out to remedy them. He embarked in 1784 on a long and arduous series of experiments, varying the materials and techniques for making glass. The even more lucrative trade of making bells for repeaters provided the funds for a furnace capable of holding 2 cwt (102 kg) of molten glass. By 1798 or so he had succeeded in making discs of homogeneous glass. He impressed the famous Parisian astronomer de Lalande with them and his glass became well enough known for scientists to visit him. In 1805 Fraunhofer persuaded Guinand to join his optical-instrument works at Benediktheurn, in Bavaria, to make lenses. After nine years, Guinand returned to Brenets with a pension, on condition he made no more glass and disclosed no details of his methods. After two years these conditions had become irksome and he relinquished the pension. On 19 February 1823 Guinand described his discoveries in his classic "Memoir on the making of optical glass, more particularly of glass of high refractive index for use in the production of achromatic lenses", presented to the Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève. This gives details of his experiments and investigations and discusses a suitable pot-clay stirrer and stirring mechanism for the molten glass, with temperature control, to overcome optical-glass defects such as bubbles, seeds, cords and colours. Guinand was hailed as the man in Europe who had achieved this and has thus rightly been called the founder of the era of optical glassmaking.[br]Further ReadingThe fullest account in English of Guinand's life and work is 'Some account of the late M. Guinand and of the discovery made by him in the manufacture of flint glass for large telescopes by F.R., extracted from the Bibliothèque Universelle des Sciences, trans.C.F.de B.', Quart.J.Sci.Roy.Instn.Lond. (1825) 19: 244–58.M.von Rohr, 1924, "Pierre Louis Guinand", Zeitschrift für Instr., 46:121, 139, with an English summary in J.Glass. Tech., (1926) 10: abs. 150–1.LRD -
5 car
автомобиль; легковой автомобиль; тележка; повозка; вагон; вагонетка; электрокар- break new car- car body- car-care centre - car-carrier - car control for disabled drivers - car covers - car dealer - car door - car driver - car drives in first- second- car dumper - car elevator - car embodying chassis and body shell in one unit - car fleet - car for sale - car for the owner-driver - car lift - car lifting jack - CAR of the Year - car operation - car ownership - car park - car polish - car population - car post - car repair shop - car road test - car taken at random from assembly line - car washer - car washers - car washing plant - car wired for radio - car with four independent wheels - car with rigid axles - drive the car in first - keep a car propely tuned up - lay up a car for winter - let a car free-wheel - overtyre a car - put a car on the road - new car on the road - start a car in gear - style a car - the car has good or poor wind shape - the car has good or air shape - the car has km on it - the so many km on it - the car nose-dives - the car oversteers - the car understeers - undertyre a car - winterize a car - ambulance car- baby car- base car- battery car - box car - cab-forward car - type car - cab-over-engine car - cattle car - chain-driven car - charging car - cistern car - city car - closed car - combat car - command car - commercial car - commuter car - compact car - competition car - convertible car - soft-top car - course car - crane car - cross-country car - custom-built car - cycle-car - demonstration car - diesel car - diesel-motor car - door-type car - dream car - drop-bottom car - drop-frame car - dummy car - dump car - economy car - electric car - electric motor car - emergency car - enclosed car - estate car - exhibition car - experimental car - express freight car - express goods motor car - family car - five-seater car - flag car - flat car - four-light car - freight car - front-drive car - front-wheel-drive car - front wheel drive car - full-size car - funeral car - gas-electric car - gasoline tank car - goods car - half-track car - half-track armoured car - hardtop car - high-performance car - high-priced car - high-speed car - hire car - Humberette scout car - Hummer armoured car - hybrid car - imported car - independently sprung car - isothermal liquefied gas tank car - jet-powered car - ladle car - large car - large-capacity car - left-hand drive car - light car - limit-production car - limited-edition car - line axle car - little-used car - low-price car - low-sided car - luxury car - mass-produced car - medium car - medium-powered car - mid-engined car - midjet car - mine car - mini-car - motor car - motor water car - nitrocellulose paint for car bodies - non-tipping car - oil tank car - open car - oversteering car - package car - partially loaded car - passenger car - patrol car - people's car - performance car - permanent open car - peraonal car - petroleum car - plastics-bodied car - pleasure car - police car - pony car - popular car - postal car - premium car - present-day car - private car - production car - prototype car - race car - racing car - racing-sport car - radio car - rail car - railway car loader - railway motor car - rarity car - rear-drive car - rear-engined car - rear-steering car - reconnaissance car - record car - renewed car - rental car - repair car - right-hand car - road car - road-tank car - road-test car - rotary car dumper - scout car - second-hand car - sedan car - self-discharge car - semienclosed car - seven-seater car - shop car - short-chassis car - show car - side car - sightseeing car - slag car - sledge car - small medium car - solar car - speed car - sport-racing car - sports car - sprint car - stake car - standard car - station car - steam car - stock car - street car - street watering car - motoring car - stretched car - supercharged car - supervisor's car - tank-car - taximeter car - test car - thoroughbred car - tonnage of a car dumper - touring car - tow-car - town car - trail car - trailer car - trailing car - traveller's car - tripping car - trouble car - two-seater car - unattended car - understeering car - unitary-construction car - unit-construction car - used car - utility car - vehicle car - vintage car - volume car -
6 premium
1) премия, вознаграждение, премиальная надбавка2) надбавка, ажио, лаж (приплата к установленному курсу или нарицательной цене)3) страховая премия, страховой взнос4) бирж. премия по срочным сделкам (в противоположность дисконту)5) первосортный, высшего качества6) надёжный7) срочный, первоочерёдный -
7 rare
I adjective1) (uncommon) seltenit's rare for him to do that — es kommt selten vor, dass er das tut
2) (thin) dünn [Luft, Atmosphäre]II adjective* * *['reə]1) (not done, found, seen etc very often; uncommon: a rare flower; a rare occurrence.) selten•- academic.ru/60296/rareness">rareness- rarely
- rarity* * *rare1[reəʳ, AM rer]1. (uncommon) rar, seltenit's \rare to find these birds in England diese Vögel findet man in England nur seltena \rare breed/species eine seltene Rasse/Spezies2. (thin) dünn\rare air dünne Luft3.rare2[reəʳ, AM rer]* * *[rɛə(r)]adj (+er)1) (= uncommon) selten, rar; occurrence seltenwith very rare exceptions — mit sehr wenigen Ausnahmen
that rare bird, the man who remembers birthdays —
on the rare occasions when he spoke — bei den seltenen Gelegenheiten, bei denen er sprach
2) atmosphere dünn; earths seltento have a rare old time — sich selten gut amüsieren
* * *rare1 [reə(r)] adj (adv rarely)1. selten, rar:a rare book ein seltenes Buch;a) dünn (Luft etc)b) locker, porös (Materie)c) schwach (Strahlung etc):rare earth CHEM seltene Erde;rare gas Edelgas n3. fig selten, außergewöhnlich:4. umg toll, mächtig:give sb a rare fright jemandem einen Mordsschrecken einjagen;have a rare old time sich köstlich amüsierenr. abk1. radius r2. rare3. recipe4. river5. road Str.6. ruled* * *I adjective1) (uncommon) seltenit's rare for him to do that — es kommt selten vor, dass er das tut
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8 value
value [ˈvælju:]1. nounvaleur f• to put or place a value on sth évaluer qch• to put or place a value of £20 on sth évaluer qch à 20 livres• goods to the value of $100 marchandises d'une valeur de 100 dollars• a cheque to the value of £100 un chèque d'un montant de 100 livres• to put or place a high value on sth ( = importance) attacher beaucoup d'importance à qch• the house was valued at $80,000 la maison a été évaluée à 80 000 dollarsb. ( = appreciate, esteem) [+ friendship, person, comforts] apprécier ; [+ liberty, independence] tenir à• if you value your life/eyes si vous tenez à la vie/à vos yeux3. compounds* * *['væljuː] 1.1) ( monetary worth) valeur fto have a value of £5 — valoir 5 livres sterling
2) (usefulness, general worth) valeur fto have ou be of educational value — avoir une valeur éducative
3) ( worth relative to cost)to be good value at £5 — ne pas être cher/chère à 5 livres sterling
4) (standards, ideals) valeur f2.transitive verb1) ( assess worth of) évaluer [house, asset, company] (at à); expertiser [antique, jewel, painting]to have something valued — faire évaluer or expertiser quelque chose
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9 prize
Ⅰ.prize1 [praɪz]1 noun(a) (for merit) prix m;∎ to award a prize to sb décerner un prix à qn;∎ to win (the) first prize in a contest remporter le premier prix d'un concours;∎ she won the prize for the best pupil elle s'est vu décerner ou elle a reçu le prix d'excellence;∎ figurative no prizes for guessing who won vous n'aurez aucun mal à deviner le nom du gagnant∎ to win first prize gagner le gros lot;∎ the first prize is a week in London le premier prix est une semaine à Londres(cherish → gen) chérir, attacher une grande valeur à; (→ for quality, rarity) priser;∎ I prize his friendship very highly son amitié m'est très précieuse;∎ her most prized possession l'objet qu'elle chérit plus que tout;∎ original editions are highly prized les éditions originales sont très prisées ou recherchées(a) (prizewinning) primé, médaillé;∎ prize lamb agneau m primé ou médaillé(b) (excellent) parfait, typique;∎ a prize specimen of manhood un superbe mâle;∎ that's a prize example of what not to do! c'est un parfait exemple de ce qu'il ne faut pas faire!;∎ familiar a prize fool un parfait imbécile∎ it's my prize possession c'est l'objet que je prise au-dessus de tout►► Finance prize bond obligation f à lots, valeur f à lots;prize draw tombola f, loterie f;prize list liste f des gagnants;prize money prix m (en argent);Boxing prize ring ring m (pour la boxe professionnelle)Ⅱ.prize2 = prise -
10 dating
•• * Слово dating, безусловно, заслуживает включения в словари. Это все-таки не просто ing-овая форма глагола to date в его специфически американском (но распространенном уже не только в Америке) значении to make or have social engagements with ( persons of the opposite sex) – кстати, в этом определении из American Heritage Dictionary последняя часть, может быть, уже устарела. И конечно, соответствие назначать свидание (единственный вариант, дающийся, например, в БАРСе и ABBYY Lingvo) явно недостаточно.
•• Возьмем такую фразу, звучащую по нынешним временам несколько старомодно:
•• What is a reasonable age for youths to begin dating? (Newsday).
•• В том же старомодном духе можно и перевести:
•• Когда, на ваш взгляд, подросткам можно начинать встречаться со сверстниками противоположного пола?
•• Пример из рассказа Стивена Кинга, где контекстуальный перевод напрашивается сам собой:
•• I don’t date, but I’m a fool for cologne. Go figure. – С женщинами я не встречаюсь, но без одеколона не могу. Странно, но факт.
•• Трудности перевода этого слова связаны с его «культурной эволюцией», с изменениями, происходящими в американском обществе в последние десятилетия.
•• Does anybody really “ date” anymore – are there still days ( and nights) of wine and roses? Or is the ‘90s pattern more likely to be fast food, then fast sex? - спрашивает газета USA Today.
•• Опять требуется контекстуальный перевод:
•• Неужели « ухаживание» - с романтическими встречами, вином и розами – ушло в прошлое? Похоже, в 90-е годы утверждается формула: быстро поели – и в койку.
•• И далее:
•• We’ll take a look at the ‘90s dating scene. – Посмотрим, где и как встречаются и знакомятся американцы в 90-е годы.
•• По моим наблюдениям, форма dating труднее в переводе, чем глагол to date. Вот несколько примеров из опубликованного недавно в журнале Atlantic интервью на эту тему:
•• ...the changing patterns of dating, mating, and union formation....the dating and mating behavior of contemporary single women has been neglected by the scholarly world so far....dating advice books. The interviews... were simply an effort to collect biographical, educational, and dating histories of the women who agreed to participate.
•• Если слово встречается в тексте с претензией на социологический анализ, то, как мне кажется, возможные варианты перевода – поиск и выбор партнера или, может быть, ухаживание. Соответствующие английские слова встречаются в этом же тексте сплошь и рядом как контекстуальные синонимы или как квазидефиниции dating: ...earlier eras when the courtship system was also in upheaval....the male biological clock ticks more slowly and men have more years to devote to their search....mating search......a mating system that will one day make finding a desirable partner straightforward and relatively easy for the new single woman.
•• Но наиболее подходящим во многих контекстах является простое русское слово знакомство (или знакомства), которое, правда, иногда монтируется в текст с некоторым усилием. Но, скажем, dating history – история знакомств – звучит на мой слух вполне нормально (но можно, наверное, и история отношений с мужчинами). The changing patterns of dating, mating and union formation – меняющаяся практика знакомств, выбора партнера и создания брачного союза.
•• Dating advice books – с этим сложнее. Может быть, Советы желающим познакомиться, Как вести себя на свиданиях. То, что у американцев довольно прагматично, «быка за рога», «дело житейское», у нас обрастает ассоциациями, может быть, и ненужными.
•• А вот еще одна замечательная фраза из того же интервью:
•• No one would dismiss the influence on dating of the automobile or the birth-control pill.
•• Здесь, я думаю, можно просто сказать влияние автомобиля и противозачаточных таблеток на отношения между мужчиной и женщиной, но можно и ...на практику ухаживания.
•• Вот интересные словосочетания, присланные одним из моих корреспондентов:
•• turbo dating = speed dating = fast dating = flash dating - может быть, «знакомство по-быстрому» или «на бегу»; экспресс-знакомство.
•• interracial dating: American teens view interracial dating, once a rarity in American society, as ‘no big deal’, a USA TODAY Poll shows. В предложении найти перевод нетрудно: Для американских подростков встречаться с представителями другой расы - « не проблема». Труднее найти словарное соответствие. Может быть, ( близкие) отношения с представителем другой расы.
•• serial dater – по-моему, у нас таких людей называют ходок.
•• dating violence (вплоть до date rape) – самое трудное в переводе. Изнасилование на свидании звучит ужасно, но что еще можно предложить?
•• В конечном счете, трудности с подысканием эквивалента этого слова связаны с быстро меняющейся практикой. На протяжении десятилетий в наших неодинаковых культурах складывалось разное отношение к ней и, соответственно, разная лексика. Правда, сейчас практика сближается, и вполне возможно появление русских слов и словосочетаний, которые облегчат разговор на эту тему, а вместе с тем и перевод.
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11 Gloves
Gloves do not appear to have been worn in England before the end of the loth century, and their manufacture would seem to be at that period specially German, as five pairs of gloves made a considerable part of the duty paid to our English Sovereign, Ethelred II (979-1016) by a society of German merchants, for the protection of their trade in this country. A proof of their great rarity. Gloves were in general use in the 14th century; among the better classes they were customary New Year gifts in the 16th century by those who could afford them. Long gloves for ladies were introduced in the reign of Charles II as dresses then had short sleeves. Since the 17th century little alteration has taken place. Gloves are now made of doeskin, lambskin, kid, buckskin, lisle, silk, lace, wool, cotton and other material. -
12 rare
'reə1) (not done, found, seen etc very often; uncommon: a rare flower; a rare occurrence.) raro, poco común2) ((of meat) only slightly cooked: I like my steak rare.) poco hecho•- rareness- rarely
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rare adj raro / poco común / poco frecuenteeagles were once common, but now they are rare antes había muchas águilas, pero ahora quedan pocastr[reəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (uncommom) poco común, poco frecuente, raro,-a2 (air) enrarecido,-a3 SMALLCOOKERY/SMALL poco hecho,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLrare earth tierra rararare gas gas nombre masculino raro1) rarefied: enrarecido2) fine: excelente, excepcionala rare talent: un talento excepcional3) uncommon: raro, poco común4) : poco cocido (dícese de la carne)n.• poco hecho (Carne) s.m.adj.• contado, -a adj.• poco asado adj.• raro, -a adj.rer, reə(r)1)a) ( uncommon) raro, poco comúnb) (liter) <talent/beauty> excepcional, singular2) ( rarefied) < atmosphere> enrarecido[rɛǝ(r)]1. ADJ(compar rarer) (superl rarest)1) (=uncommon, infrequent) [item, book] raro; [plant, animal] poco común; [ability, opportunity] excepcional; [case, occurrence] poco frecuenteit is rare to find that... — es raro encontrarse con que...
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on the rare occasions when he spoke — en las poquísimas ocasiones en las que hablaba•
to have a rare old time * — † pasárselo pipa *See:STRANGE, RARE in strange2) (=rarefied) [air, atmosphere] enrarecido3) (Culin) [steak, meat] vuelta y vuelta, poco hecho (Sp)2.CPDrare earth N — tierra f rara
* * *[rer, reə(r)]1)a) ( uncommon) raro, poco comúnb) (liter) <talent/beauty> excepcional, singular2) ( rarefied) < atmosphere> enrarecido -
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'reə1) (not done, found, seen etc very often; uncommon: a rare flower; a rare occurrence.) sjelden, uvanlig2) ((of meat) only slightly cooked: I like my steak rare.) lettstekt, blodig•- rareness- rarely
- rarityråIadj. \/reə\/1) sjelden, uvanlig2) meget fin, utmerket, makeløs, enestående3) tynn4) ( om kjøtt) lettstekt, bare så vidt stekt, blodiga rare bird en sjeldenhet, noe uvanliga rare occurrence en usedvanlig hendelse, noe som forekommer sjeldena rare thing en sjeldenhetat rare intervals en sjelden gangon rare occasions en sjelden gangIIadv. \/reə\/( hverdagslig) sjelden, enestående, unikt -
14 a lost soul
пoгибшaя душaOutspoken agnosticism was a rarity then and my mother grieved for me as a lost soul -
15 endangered species (IUCN)
исчезающие виды
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endangered species (IUCN)
One of the three degrees of "rarity" drawn up by the International Union for the Conservation of Natural Resources. All plants and animals in these categories need special protection. Endangered species are those species in danger of extinction unless steps are taken to change the cause of threat and decline. (Source: BRACK)
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16 natural monument
памятник природы
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natural monument
A natural/cultural feature which is of outstanding or unique value because of its inherent rarity, representative of aesthetic qualities or cultural significance. Guidance for selection of a natural monument is: a) The area should contain one or more features of outstanding significance (appropriate natural features include spectacular waterfalls, caves, craters, fossil beds, sand dunes and marine features, along with unique or representative fauna and flora; associated cultural features might include cave dwellings, cliff-top forts, archaeological sites, or natural sites which have heritage significance to indigenous peoples).; b) The area should be large enough to protect the integrity of the feature and its immediately related surroundings. (Source: AERG)
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