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| English | Russian |
| break a spell | разочаровать |
| endure a long dry spell | подолгу не давать результатов (A.Rezvov) |
| spell backward | извратить смысл |
| spell backward | извращать смысл |
| spell of melancholy | полоса меланхолий |
| spell of melancholy | полоса меланхолии |
| spell out | разжевать (Andrey Truhachev) |
| spell out | разжёвывать (Andrey Truhachev) |
| spell it out | сказать прямым текстом (to someone: I tried to send him subtle hints about not arriving late to work, but it didn't seem to work so finally I had to spell it out to him. 4uzhoj) |