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| Russian | English |
| навести марафет | straighten oneself up |
| навести марафет | spit and polish (I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self, till I get rid of every single flaw. VLZ_58) |
| навести марафет | give spit and polish (She and Ellen between them had turned out the dining-room, giving it extra spit and polish because of Christmas. VLZ_58) |
| навести марафет | tidy oneself up |
| навести марафет | straighten up (Lavrov) |
| наводить марафет | put on a bit of spit and polish (VadZ) |
| наводить марафет | apply makeup (VLZ_58) |
| наводить марафет | spruce oneself up (Leonid Dzhepko) |