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Subject | Russian | English |
cliche. | было не напрасно | wasn't for nothing (Though technically a failure, the Vivaldi brothers’ doomed journey wasn’t for nothing. The mistakes they made helped lay the foundation for more successful voyages down the road. • "... всё на свете было не зря, не напрасно было" (Леонид Дербенёв) |
gen. | быть напрасным, не увенчаться успехом | go down to drain (glukozavita) |