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| в неудачном месте в неудачное время | in the wrong place, at the wrong time (в русском языке часто употребляется и обратный порядок: "в неудачное время в неудачном месте": After shots were fired in downtown Vancouver last week, police were quick to say it was not related to the Lower Mainland gang conflict. Details about the shooting and the victim have been sparse, until now. Officers who were first on scene discovered the victim, a 46-year-old man. As Catherine Urquhart reports, the victim was in the wrong place at the wrong time. We’ve also learned the victim is a physician and that he was shot in the face. -- оказался в неудачное время в неудачном месте (globalnews.ca)
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| в нужном месте в нужное время | in the right place at the right time (Beitman is still collecting data, but he has drawn a few conclusions. The most commonly reported coincidences are associated with mass media: A person thinks of an idea and then hears or sees it on TV, the radio or the internet. Thinking of someone and then having that person call unexpectedly is next on the list, followed by being in the right place at the right time to advance one’s work, career or education.  latimes.com ART Vancouver) |
| держать в безопасном месте | keep safe (It can be easy for kitties to escape with the door opening and closing for trick-or-treaters. Keep them safe in a quiet room with no open windows, cozy hiding places and lots of toys! ART Vancouver) |
| занимать третье место в мире | rank third in the world (Canada, in terms of living space per person, ranks third in the world, surpassed only by Australia and the U.S. vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| на первом месте в списке | at the top of the list (кандидатов на должность, возможных причин случившегося и т.п.: Defects in the shotcrete, such as insufficient thickness or poor consolidation in and around the tieback anchor plates, are an obvious first place to look for possible causes, he said. “That’s got to be at the top of the list of potential causes,” he said. “Shotcrete being that it’s like this onsite-injected concrete, the variability is very high. If the person doing the job isn’t going a great job, it can very quickly not be good quality.” vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| находиться на третьем месте в мире | rank third in the world (Canada, in terms of living space per person, ranks third in the world, surpassed only by Australia and the U.S. vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
