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| English | Russian |
| a close-run thing | нечто не предрешенное (Sometimes a future that in retrospect seems inevitable was at the time a close-run thing. A.Rezvov) |
| a close-run thing | победа в соревновании, достигнутая с минимальным перевесом (The Labour Party won the seat, but it was a close run thing. A.Rezvov) |