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Terms for subject General containing пробный шар | all forms | exact matches only | in specified order only
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запускать пробный шарfloat a trial balloon (She's been floating trial balloons about a possible run for Congress. VLZ_58)
запустить пробный воздушный шарsend up a trial balloon
он пустил пробный шарhe put out feelers
пробный шарoverture
пробный шарtentative attempt (izet)
пробный шарtoe in the water (ames Mills, a gallery manager at W.R. Harvey & Co. (Antiques) Ltd., which deals in English antique furniture, however, said his company had never had any links with Russia. "This is very much a toe in the water for us," he said, but Russia is a "new potential market." TMT Alexander Demidov)
пробный шарtrail balloon
Пробный шарA toe in the water (To put a toe in the water; This means in a very broad sense "test" to see whether it's worth exploring further. ZWern)
пробный шарcoup d'essai
пробный шарpilot ballon
пробный шарfeeler
пробный шарgambit
пробный шарtrial balloon
пробный шар для определения направления ветраpilot balloon
пускать пробный шарfly
пускать пробный шарput out a feeler (Anglophile)
пускать пробный шарput out feelers (Anglophile)
пускать пробный шарput forth a feeler
пустить пробный шарrun it up the flagpole (полная версия: run it up the flagpole and see who salutes it, wikipedia.org ptraci)
пустить пробный шарput out a feeler (Anglophile)