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classic work on this subject | классический труд на эту тему (But as the psychic researcher G.N.M. Tyrrell commented when describing the 'perfect apparition' in his classic work on this subject, "Apparitions": 'The apparition might speak to us, and possibly it might go as far as to answer a question; but we should not be able to engage it in any long conversation.' -- в своём классическом труде на эту тему (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") • В своем классическом труде «Состояние человека» писатель Томас Китинг рассказывает интересную притчу. (vk.com) ART Vancouver) |
drop the subject | прекратить распросы ("(…) but when I questioned him upon the point he became so offensive that I was compelled to drop the subject." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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drop the subject | оставить тему разговора (He seemed quite embarrassed, so I dropped the subject. ART Vancouver) |
had + subject 1 + past participle, subject 2 + would have + past participle | если бы (Had the referendum passed, grocers, convenience marts and drugstores would have charged shoppers 20 cents for each bag they were provided at checkout counters. ART Vancouver) |
let's change the subject | поговорим о другом |
subject of controversy | тема, вызывающая противоречивые мнения (The City of Vancouver’s approved strategy to add massive density along Broadway’s future east-west subway line has long been the subject of controversy. About one-quarter of the city’s rental stock is located in the 500-block area slated for mass residential and office redevelopment potentially leading to many thousands of evicted tenants. ART Vancouver) |
subject of controversy | тема, вызывающая ожесточённые споры (The City of Vancouver’s approved strategy to add massive density along Broadway’s future east-west subway line has long been the subject of controversy. About one-quarter of the city’s rental stock is located in the 500-block area slated for mass residential and office redevelopment potentially leading to many thousands of evicted tenants. ART Vancouver) |
subject of controversy | тема, вызывающая жаркие споры (The City of Vancouver’s approved strategy to add massive density along Broadway’s future east-west subway line has long been the subject of controversy. About one-quarter of the city’s rental stock is located in the 500-block area slated for mass residential and office redevelopment potentially leading to many thousands of evicted tenants. ART Vancouver) |
subject of controversy | острая тема (The City of Vancouver’s approved strategy to add massive density along Broadway’s future east-west subway line has long been the subject of controversy. About one-quarter of the city’s rental stock is located in the 500-block area slated for mass residential and office redevelopment potentially leading to many thousands of evicted tenants. ART Vancouver) |
the prices are not subject to any alteration | цены не подлежат никаким изменениям (ksuh) |
touch on a subject | затронуть тему (How do people just vanish with no clues to what happen? Finally someone has finally touched on that subject providing hundreds of bone-chilling, hair-raising cases of people who have vanished without a trace. – затронул эту тему ART Vancouver) |