Sentence examples of "высота" in Russian with translation "perch"

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Конечно, если доллару суждено упасть со своей высоты в качестве господствующей мировой валюты в ближайшее время, то единственной серьезной альтернативой является евро. Of course, if the dollar were to fall off its perch as the world's dominant currency any time soon, the euro would be the only serious alternative.
C высоты своего положения в Оксфорде, где он стал членом совета All Souls College, он продолжал высказывать неудобные истины, всегда оставался вместе со своей страной, морально и интеллектуально, в её борьбе против репрессивного режима, во время ряда восстаний рабочих, укрепления движения «Солидарность», и окончательного краха режима в 1989. From his perch at Oxford, where he became a fellow at All Souls College, he continued to tell inconvenient truths and remained an intellectual and moral presence in his country throughout its struggles against the oppressive regime, a series of workers’ uprisings, the rise of the Solidarity movement, and the final collapse of the regime in 1989.
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