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| English | Russian |
| is not winning but taking part | важна не победа, а участие (spanishru) |
| is not winning but taking part | главное – не победа, а участие (spanishru) |
| take the shirt off someone's back | снять последние штаны, обобрать до нитки (Tverskaya) |
| take the wax from ears | прочистить уши (polbest) |
| take the zip out of one's zap | отнимать жизненные силы (Lily Snape) |
| take the zip out of one's zap | отнимать энергию (Gulps in air again, too much for Verbeek because when she puts the shots together she is the classier of the two in all honesty, but she is moving too much so she is taking a massive amount of energy, taking the sting out of her shot and taking the zip out of her zap Lily Snape) |