[Случайный] selection is one of the cornerstones of the modern theory of evolution.

Random

As Minister of [финансов] , they have appointed Helmut Snoilsky, from Vienna.

Hint: Note the capital letter.

Finance

Dogs, both wild and [прирученные] , have a strong pack instinct.

Hint: Find a synonym for “tame”!

domesticated tame

Fortunately, the gene for color-blindness is not [доминирующий] , but recessive.

dominant

I’d like to [подвести итог] up my conclusions in three main recommendations.

sum

Info: ”Summarize” works fine, but not with “up”.

If we [скорректируем, изменим] the design a bit, we can get it approved much more quickly.

modify adjust

Insurance claims require you to [подробно описать] what was lost in the fire.

specify

It is particularly noteworthy that [(товары) широкого потребления] goods have increased by 12% over the last 6 months.

consumer

It is relatively easy to turn electric [энергию] into heat, although not particularly efficiently.

energy power

John always did have a devil-may-care [отношение] .

Hint: Find a synonym for “attitude”!

philosophy approach attitude

McCavity had vanished once again, and no [следа] of him could be found.

trace

Most people like to change [работу] at least once during their lifetimes.

Hint: A grammar problem here!

jobs

Info: Note the plural is required. Note that “work” cannot be used.

Of the three tests, it was the chi-square that turned out to be [решающим] .

crucial conclusive decisive

Richard worked the night [смену] for the next 20 years without problems.

shift

Spengler regarded it as a supreme [конфликт] between cultures.

conflict battle struggle

The hospital has changed the accident victim’s [состояние] from the critical list to stable.

status

The Brookings [институт] was founded at the turn of the century.

Hint: Note the capital letter!

Institute

The flange [выдавался, торчал] from the fuselage at a 37 degree angle.

projected stuck out protruded

The project must have an external [эксперта по оценке собственности] .

evaluator

The storm last night really tested the cruise ship’s [стабилизирующую,(систему стабилизации)] system.

stabilizer stabiliser stabilizing stabilising

The thoughtless use of male pronouns was not intended to [исключить] women, but it clearly had that effect on some.

exclude

There are four [совершенно] different types of butterfly on the South Island alone.

distinctly clearly

To the police, the dead man was just another [показателем] in the gang wars.

Hint: Find a better word than “number”!

statistic

Info: Note that this is in the singular!

When the dam burst, the [последующее, возникнувшее в результате] flood swept away all the villages in the valley.

consequent resultant resulting

Why are this camera’s pictures always a bit out of [(не) в фокусе] ?

Hint: Note that the phrase is “out of ~”.

focus