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| Russian | English |
| иметь хороший задел | be well off the starting blocks (So we're well off the starting blocks and on our way; the campaign has started and it's a mere two years until the referendum Alexander Demidov) |
| хороший экспромт – это хорошо подготовленный экспромт | encores start with a good day of rehearsal (In the theater, encores start with a good day of rehearsal. In other words, most casts spend many months preparing for their performances. Mikhail.Brodsky) |
| через всё хорошее и плохое | through the good times and the bad |