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Q QED что и требовалось доказать M E A N I N G : there is a fact that proves what you have just said is true; as demonstrated; the problem has been solved People are getting taller all the time – apparently it’s progress and has to do with quality of life. Cavemen were short QED. ORIGIN: QED stands for quod erat demonstrandum which means which was to be demonstrated. Euclid, Greek mathematician of the 3rd century BC, added this phrase after his theorems. quack (doctor) доктор самозванец; целитель; шарлатан M E A N I N G : a person who pretends to be a doctor and makes money by selling medicine, but who has no medical qualifications; used showing disapproval The idea of curing baldness with preparations known as “hair restorer” has long been associated with quacks. ORIGIN: The term is applied jocularly to any doctor but was originally applied to medical charlatans who sold worthless remedies. The word quack suggests that the patter of the vendor was like the insistent noise of a duck. The term is thought to have come into English by the way of the Dutch word kwakzalver which describes a vendor of sham remedies. quick and the dead живые и мёртвые M E A N I N G : the living and the deceased 102