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| Subject | Russian | English |
| chess.term. | накалить обстановку | turn up the heat |
| gen. | накалить обстановку | light the fuse (МДА) |
| fig. | обстановка накалилась | things got heated (At a council meeting on May 6, things got heated between Ledingham McAllister's representative and Coquitlam City Council over the timeline for the project. (storeys.com) ART Vancouver) |