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| have a peculiar way with words | говорить своеобразно (Как показывает следующий пример, "своеобразно" употребляется в значении косноязычно: President George W. Bush had a peculiar way with words. He was relentlessly mocked for saying of al-Qaeda et al., "They hate our freedoms – our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other," which was soon reduced to "They hate us for our freedoms" and held up for scorn. VLZ_58) |
| old guy who is way past his sell-by date | старая калоша |