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⇒ deep down; in one's heart; young at heart | |||
внутренне; в глубине сердца (deep down: he's a good guy at heart Val_Ships); внутри (в душе: Mercy, I might live in a fine home and earn a good living, but at heart I'm still a boy from the slums.); в глубине души; в душе (a romantic at heart • At heart he still remained the same galumphing man with two left feet, who had always been consititutionally incapable of walking through the great Gobi desert without knocking something over." (P.G. Wodehouse) – в душе он был всё тот же ART Vancouver); для самого себя (Val_Ships); душой (My father is 76 but he's still young at heart. • Scotland's most expensive football star Ollie Burke was raised down south but he's tartan at heart. 4uzhoj) | |||
на самом деле (в знач. "в глубине души, глубоко в душе": he's a good lad at heart • He may be a show-off, but he's kind at heart. 4uzhoj); по призванию (by nature: W&M's Tyler Crist will play wherever needed, but he's a linebacker at heart. 4uzhoj) | |||
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in essence; in one's real nature, in contrast to how one may appear (he's a good lad at heart lexico.com) |
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