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| Subject | English | Russian |
| auto. | tap the brake pedal | нажимать на педаль тормоза (Alex_UmABC) |
| inf. | tap the brakes | сбавить скорость (автомобиля: "Whoa! That SUV didn't even tap the brakes!"; в переносном смысле означает: "не будем торопиться в нашей беседе", "let's slow down here for a moment": "Let's tap the brakes here for a moment and try to remember what you did on the evening of May 29, between 7 and 9?" ART Vancouver) |
| prop.&figur. | tap the brakes | чуть сбавить скорость (автомобиля; в переносном смысле означает: "не будем торопиться в нашей беседе", "let's slow down here for a moment": "Let's tap the brakes here for a moment and try to remember what you did on the evening of May 29, between 7 and 9?" ART Vancouver) |