Usage examples of "wily" in English with translation to Russian

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She's a wily temptress. Она очень коварная.
And what do wily temptresses do, Jack? Что делают коварные соблазнительницы?
This woman is a sneaky, wily, word twister. Эта женщина трусливая, коварная, искажающая слова.
I gave him some of his wiliest ideas. Половину своих коварных идей он почерпнул у меня.
He's quite wily, like his old man. Он пронырливый, как и его предок.
Indeed, the wily general-president does not merely survive crisis after crisis, but has thrived in power. Действительно, хитрый генерал-президент не просто преодолевает один кризис за другим, но и преуспевает на своем посту.
Wily and resourceful, Afghans were quick to take advantage of the ignorance, goodwill and craving for instant results of the program's officers. Хитрые и сообразительные афганцы не замедлили воспользоваться невежеством чиновников, стремящихся к мгновенным результатам.
With luck, a new breed of wily and agile Italian leaders will out-maneuver the blundering German dinosaurs, whose outdated rules and doctrines are leading the EU toward extinction. Если повезёт, новое поколение хитрых и ловких итальянских лидеров сможет обыграть неповоротливых немецких динозавров, чьи устаревшие правила и доктрины ведут ЕС к вымиранию.
And I can admire his unyielding – and, yes, sometimes wily – commitment to reconciliation, which saved his country from the race war that those who refused to accept the end of white-minority rule saw as inevitable. И я могу восхищаться его непреклонным – и, да, иногда хитрым – стремлением к примирению, которое спасло его страну от расовой войны, которую те, кто отказывался принять конец правления белого меньшинства, считали неизбежной.
Dogged by a small, disorganized, yet wily and persistent opposition that follows his every step and publicizes his frequent missteps, the President's popularity ratings have plummeted from above 80% in 1999 to half that today. Рейтинг популярности президента, преследуемого небольшой неорганизованной, но все же хитрой и упорной оппозицией, которая следит за каждым его шагом и оглашает его частые неудачные действия, в настоящее время упал наполовину с более 80% в 1999 г.
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