RUS UNCUT DM 7
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assiduously
старательно
The delights of Berlin are ____ sampled, and sado-masochism and blasphemy prove unlikely passports to American stardom.
The delights of Berlin are ____ sampled, and sado-masochism and blasphemy prove unlikely passports to American stardom.
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spawn
создавать
It was a song with obvious potential, written before the sessions that would ___ its parent album SGR.
It was a song with obvious potential, written before the sessions that would ___ its parent album SGR.
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twisted
чудаковатый
And what better place to get a little ____ than Berlin?
And what better place to get a little ____ than Berlin?
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a lot of bang for your buck
наибольшая отдача при наименьших затратах
British bands were finding that recording in West Berlin offered ________.
British bands were finding that recording in West Berlin offered ________.
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round the clock
круглосуточный
In the city's ____ social life DM would find a new world most receptive to their sensibilities.
In the city's ____ social life DM would find a new world most receptive to their sensibilities.
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gauche
неотёсанный
She had grown from a ____ teenager to a self-assured young woman.
She had grown from a ____ teenager to a self-assured young woman.
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plangent
протяжный/унывный
A bold fusion of hammer-on-metal clanks, ____ strings and dramatic synth stabs.
A bold fusion of hammer-on-metal clanks, ____ strings and dramatic synth stabs.
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intersperse
вкрапливать
A video which saw the band play, ___ with black-and-white footage of naval conflict, was deemed a little silly.
A video which saw the band play, ___ with black-and-white footage of naval conflict, was deemed a little silly.
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permissiveness
терпимость
Its message of ___ and equality saw it used as a gay club anthem to this day.
Its message of ___ and equality saw it used as a gay club anthem to this day.
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conflate
сливать воедино
If DM started off by writing about the personal, and lurched into the political, here was a record that sometimes quite elegantly ____ the two.
If DM started off by writing about the personal, and lurched into the political, here was a record that sometimes quite elegantly ____ the two.
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deadpan
безучастный
'Stories of Old' is a ____ treatise posing that the wonder of love is ruined by the slightest compromise.
'Stories of Old' is a ____ treatise posing that the wonder of love is ruined by the slightest compromise.
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iciness of the sentiment
равнодушие настроения
The ___ would shame Ayn Rand.
The ___ would shame Ayn Rand.
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jaundiced
скептический
'Lie To Me' is a ____ hymn that suggests market competition has infected social relations.
'Lie To Me' is a ____ hymn that suggests market competition has infected social relations.
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allay
ослаблять боль
The great reward in question - a life of service, only ____ with the promise of something greater - rings as empty as a hollow pocket watch.
The great reward in question - a life of service, only ____ with the promise of something greater - rings as empty as a hollow pocket watch.
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ring hollow
отдавать фальшью
The great reward in question - a life of service, only allayed with the promise of something greater - ______ as empty as a _____ pocket watch.
The great reward in question - a life of service, only allayed with the promise of something greater - ______ as empty as a _____ pocket watch.
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fluffiness
мягкость
The band's second single, the band decided, would not repeat the ____ of 'People Are People'.
The band's second single, the band decided, would not repeat the ____ of 'People Are People'.
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conceit
тщеславие
'Master and Servant' boasts a mischievous lyrical _____ that binds up bedroom sadomasochism with Thatcherite spirit-of-competition and the British class system.
'Master and Servant' boasts a mischievous lyrical _____ that binds up bedroom sadomasochism with Thatcherite spirit-of-competition and the British class system.
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saucy
нахальный
It surely found its way into some of the _____ clubs that DM would have frequented while in Berlin.
It surely found its way into some of the _____ clubs that DM would have frequented while in Berlin.
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apocryphal
сомнительный
___ legend has it that the most illiberal censor was on his summer holidays.
___ legend has it that the most illiberal censor was on his summer holidays.
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seep into
проникать
The cynicism and kink that gradually ____ DM's music throughout the 1980s didn't wholly colour SGR, however.
The cynicism and kink that gradually ____ DM's music throughout the 1980s didn't wholly colour SGR, however.
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funereal
траурный
'Blasphemous rumours' lurches between ____ verse and oddly sunny chorus, and with a theme that defies class resolution.
'Blasphemous rumours' lurches between ____ verse and oddly sunny chorus, and with a theme that defies class resolution.
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accrue
накапливаться
In the US, where DM were fast ____ fans, such irreverence in the face of the exalted was enough to get them on a few blacklists.
In the US, where DM were fast ____ fans, such irreverence in the face of the exalted was enough to get them on a few blacklists.
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irreverence
неуважение
In the US, where DM were fast accruing fans, such _____ in the face of the exalted was enough to get them on a few blacklists.
In the US, where DM were fast accruing fans, such _____ in the face of the exalted was enough to get them on a few blacklists.
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posit
утверждать
The brief scandal ____ DM as a group who had the self-appointed moral guardians in a flap.
The brief scandal ____ DM as a group who had the self-appointed moral guardians in a flap.
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callow
незрелый
The idea of a group of ___ yound men with unusual hair may actually have seemed ever so slightly exotic.
The idea of a group of ___ yound men with unusual hair may actually have seemed ever so slightly exotic.
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frisson
нервный трепет
In America, though, they had an alternative ____.
In America, though, they had an alternative ____.
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