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beggar; preclude (Bad weather precluded effective communications Рина Грант); close the door (что-либо); render impossible (goroshko); close the door upon; prohibit (of a fact or situation) make something) impossible; prevent: the budget agreement had prohibited any tax cuts. NOED. Sealing pneumatically is defined as employment of a sealing apparatus capable of impeding or prohibiting movement of gas from one space to ... Alexander Demidov); close the door on | |||
take off the table | |||
close the door on (что-либо) | |||
begger | |||
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close the door to; close the door upon | |||
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play Peoria (The expression "if it plays in Peoria, it will play anywhere" dates from the heyday of vaudeville, when stage groups tried out their acts in Peoria. annled) | |||
beat the odds (преуспеть вопреки ожиданиям; подходит не для всех контекстов Pickman) | |||
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unscramble scrambled eggs |
сделать невозможным : 48 phrases in 11 subjects |
American usage, not spelling | 2 |
Australian | 1 |
Chess | 1 |
Figure of speech | 1 |
General | 16 |
Idiomatic | 4 |
Law | 2 |
Makarov | 16 |
Proverb | 1 |
Rude | 1 |
Vulgar | 3 |