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| Subject | Russian | English |
| idiom. | говорить по сути | come to the point (‘Come to the point,' said Miss Sally, ‘And don't talk so much.' (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop', ch. LI) Andrey Truhachev) |
| busin. | говорить "по сути" | keep to the point |
| rhetor. | говорить по сути, что | be saying in effect that (New York Times Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | не говорить по сути | take sb. round |
| gen. | не говорить по сути | beat around the bush (Vita_skyline) |