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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 |