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| Russian | English |
| не хватать мозгов | have no brains (A.Rezvov) |
| хватать верхи | get a smattering of |
| хватать верхи | get a superficial knowledge of |
| хватать воздух ртом | gasp for air (q3mi4) |
| хватать духу | have the nerve (I simply didn't have the nerve to tell her that I lost nearly every penny I had Andrey Truhachev) |
| хватать куски | piece (перед обедом и т.п.) |
| хватать на лету | be very quick at something |
| хватать на лету | be very quick at something |
| хватать кому-л. на сигареты | keep smb. in cigarettes (in chocolates, in nylons, etc., и т.д.) |
| хватать руками | paw |
| хватать через край | lay it on |