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| Subject | Russian | English |
| fig.of.sp. | быть отданным во власть стихий | be exposed to the malice of winds and weather |
| ed. | быть отданным во власть стихий | be exposed to the malice of winds and weather |
| idiom. | отдаться во власть чего-л., кого-л. | allow sth., someone to get uppermost ("To this, Boko had rather cleverly replied by saying that it was far more likely to have been young Edwin who had done the horrid deed. There comes a moment, he had pointed out, in the life of every Boy Scout when he suddenly feels fed up with doing acts of kindness and allows his human side to get uppermost." (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) |
| busin. | отдаться во власть | resign oneself to another's control |