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Terms for subject Cliche / convention containing чудом | all forms | exact matches only
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каким-то чудомby some miracle ("By all the rules you ought to be the same sort of shallow spoiled promiscuous brat your sister was. By some miracle you're not. You've got all the honesty and a large part of the guts in your family. You don't need anyone to be kind to you." (Raymond Chandler)  ART Vancouver)
чудом избежатьnarrowly avoid (обычно аварии, столкновения: Roger in Northern California shared a personal story about narrowly avoiding a plane crash in Alaska. Roger recounted a moment when he considered going on a fishing trip with a friend but decided against it to catch up on paperwork. The friend's plane crashed, resulting in the death of the pilot and an eight-year-old boy. He reflected on the incident as a miraculous escape, emphasizing that he would not be alive if he had chosen to take that flight. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver)