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Issue 87
Деловой английский без отрыва от дел!
ЧТО НОВОГО? /WHAT’S NEW?/Prices Skyrocket as Buckwheat Vanishes From Shelves - 25 August 2010.Moscow stores reported a deficit of buckwheat — a regular side dish in Russian cooking — this week as suppliers hiked prices after a two-month drought that ravaged grain crops. Suppliers of the Sedmoi Kontinent supermarket chain have hiked prices by more than a 100 percent, to 45 rubles per kilogram compared with 22 rubles in early August, the retailer's spokeswoman Vlada Baranova said Tuesday. She said the company's stores haven't run out of buckwheat. Two customers said they could not find buckwheat at any Auchan supermarkets over the weekend. Auchan declined to comment Tuesday. (continued) Vocabulary
ОБЩЕНИЕ /COMMUNICATION/Not at FaultOfficer: Excuse me, sir, you can't park here.
Raymond: I'm just waiting for my friends. It won't be long.
O: Sir, the curb here is not for parking.
R: But I didn't see the sign, Ma'am.
O: There's a sign at the corner of the street. When you turned in here, you should've seen it.
R: I didn't see it.
O: I'm sorry, sir. I have to give you a ticket. You can appeal to the court within 14 days. You will avoid paying the fine if you can prove that you are not at fault.
ВАРИАЦИИ НА ТЕМУ /MANY AND VARIOUS/Moneymoney - coins, banknotes and bank deposits used to buy things and to show their value. (деньги) spending money – money that you have available to spend on small personal expenses. (деньги на повседневные покупки) new money – money belonging to people who have only recently become rich, also used to talk about the people themselves. (недавно заработанные (большие) деньги / недавно разбогатевший) old money – money belonging to families that have been rich for a very long time, also used to talk about the families themselves. (унаследованное состояние / потомственная денежная аристократия) fresh money – new money for investment, rather than existing capital. (новые деньги для вложений) ТАЙНЫЙ СМЫСЛ /OBSCURE MEANING/Rd. : road Re : reinsurance recd. : received ref : reference reg. : registered
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