a spitting image
Author’s comment
“In order to prove how much I loved her it would be sufficient to say that Rusudan was a spitting image of Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, now kept at La Haye Museum,” Salvador Dali once said.
while young and freshly enamored
Author’s comment
In “La Lingua Geniale,” Andrea Marcolongo writes about classical Greek while young and freshly enamored of the beauty, economy, and subtlety of the language.
A PAGE TURNER
Author’s comment
A PAGE TURNER AS ADDICTIVE AS ANYTHING BY DAN BROWN
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захватывающая книга, от которой невозможно оторваться
translation added by grumblerGold en-ru
there is a high premium on the fledgling Fifth Estate
Author’s comment
With the Fourth Estate now on life support, there is a high premium on the fledgling Fifth Estate, which uses the ether and is not susceptible of government or corporation control. Small wonder that governments with lots to hide feel very threatened.
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большое значение имеет оперившаяся Пятая власть
translation added by grumblerGold en-ru
on flimsy bail skipping charges
Author’s comment
If he is arrested on flimsy bail skipping charges he will be extradited to the United States.
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если его арестовали за то, что он не явился в суд будучи отпущенным под незначительный залог, то его экстрадируют в США
translation added by Alex SvSilver en-ru
lordy be
Author’s comment
Well, lordy be. A lawyer for The New York Times has figured out that prosecuting WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange might gore the ox of The Gray Lady herself.
A lot of books cover one facet of the success diamond or present
theory without anything actionable.
Author’s comment
This book explores what brings success in the real world. And I mean
life success, not merely making money. What attitudes and behaviors will
help you achieve your goals in whatever arena you choose, career or per-
sonal? A lot of books cover one facet of the success diamond or present
theory without anything actionable.
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многие книги видят только одну сияющую грань успеха и выдвигают теории, мало пригодные на практике
translation added by Валерий КоротоношкоGold en-ru
unfiltered leader of a son
Author’s comment
Dedication
For my parents,
who kindly put up with an orchid, hopeful monster,
unfiltered leader of a son.
What the heck does that mean, you ask?
Well, we better get started . .
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неформальный лидер и, по совместительству, сын
translation added by Tatiana OsipovaGold en-ru
This question has been posed down the generations.
Author’s comment
Why is it that so many people around the world appear willing
to give up freedoms in return for either security or prosperity?
From John Stuart Mill to Jeremy Bentham, from Sigmund
Freud to Franklin Roosevelt, this question has been posed
down the generations. Invariably we are told that it is either an
obvious choice or a false choice. “Those who would give up
essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety,” declared Benjamin Franklin in 1755.
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Этот вопрос задавался не одному поколению.
translation added by Tatiana GerasimenkoGold en-ru - 2.
Когда этот вопрос ставился (таким образом), он ломал жизнь (целым) поколениям.
translation added by Tatiana OsipovaGold en-ru
It was very much “the more you have the best stuff” wins
Author’s comment
It was the market idea as well. It was very much “the more you have the best stuff” wins, and that has turned out to be absolute nonsense. A bit like how free market economics turned out to be absolute nonsense.