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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | работник, который не выполняет важную работу или устроился по протекции | empty suit (someone who is high up in a company due to unfair hiring practices, such as nepotism, and doesn't really do anything for the company; who makes themselves out to be much more able or important than they really are; who is not particularly good at their job 30STMania) |
| gen. | устроить кого-либо по протекции | job somebody into a post |
| gen. | устроить кого-либо на место по протекции | job into a post |
| Makarov. | устроиться по протекции | get the post through the back door |
| Makarov. | устроиться по протекции | get the place through the back door |