A growth in demand for rental apartments from corporate clients in the second quarter means that foreigners are returning to Moscow, realtors said.
Demand from expats has decreased in July, but it was compensated for by Russians who are moving to Moscow from other regions of the country. But students, who usually support demand during the summertime, are also exhibiting little activity so far.
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Vocabulary
foreigner
иностранец
resettle
поселить заново
growth
рост
demand
спрос
rental
в аренду
corporate
корпоративный
mean
значит
expat
эммигрант
support
поддерживать
exhibit
проявлять
ОБЩЕНИЕ /COMMUNICATION/
Something came up
Robyn: Has Alan shown up yet?
Алан ещё не появился?
Scottie: Nope. I guess something might have come up.
Нет. Думаю, что-то могло произойти.
R: I wonder what happened.
Интересно, что случилось.
S: I don't know. I hope it's nothing serious.
Я не знаю. Надеюсь, ничего серьёзного.
R: Last week his sister was admitted to the hospital.
На прошлой неделе его сестру увезли в госпиталь.
S: Oh? What happened?
О? Что случилось?
R: His sister had a car accident last week.
Его сестра попала в аварию на прошлой неделе.
S: Is she fine now?
С ней теперь всё впорядке?
R: She's still in a coma.
Она до сих пор в коме.
S: Oh, poor Alan. His sister is the only he has left since his parents died last year.
О, бедный Алан. Его сестра - единственная, кто у него остался с тех пор как его родители умерли в прошлом году.
ВАРИАЦИИ НА ТЕМУ /MANY AND VARIOUS/
Pay
payee - the person or organization to whom money, especially a cheque, must be paid. (получатель (денег))
payer – a person or organization that pays a particular bill, debt etc. (плательщик)
paymaster – a person or organization responsible for giving people their wages or the money they are owed. (кассир)
payment – an amount of money that must be or has been paid, or the act of paying it. (платёж )
(strike) paydirt – (make) a useful or valuable discovery that will make a lot of money. (золотая жила, выгодная находка)
ТАЙНЫЙ СМЫСЛ /OBSCURE MEANING/
PROM : programmable read only memory программируемая постоянная память
PRP : performance related pay вознаграждение, привязанное к результату деятельности
PS : postscript постскриптум
PSBR : public sector borrowing requirement потребность государственного сектора в заемных средствах
PSL : public sector loan займ по государственному сектору