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| English | Russian |
| possess the dead-wood on | поставить кого-либо в тяжёлое положение |
| possess the dead-wood on | smb. иметь бесспорные преимущества перед (кем-либо) |
| possess to say that as in: what possessed you to say that? | дёргать за язык (Example: why the hell did you say that? Maggie) |
| self-possessed | сдержанный (composed in mind or manner Val_Ships) |