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idiom. говорить о разных вещах (Yeldar Azanbayev)
Makarov. не понимать друг друга
talk at cross purposes
busin. говорить наперекор; говорить о разном
idiom. не понимать друг друга (irishe4ka); говорить о разных вещах ("Excuse me, Dr. Armstrong, I think we are a little at cross-purposes," said my friend, with dignity. • A flush of vexation passed over her expressive face. "We have been talking at cross purposes," said she. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) • "There's always another woman," she said quietly. "At some time or other. It's not necessarily fatal. We're talking at cross purposes, aren't we? We are not even talking about the same thing, perhaps." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver); разговаривать, не понимая друг друга ("Excuse me, Dr. Armstrong, I think we are a little at cross-purposes," said my friend, with dignity. • A flush of vexation passed over her expressive face. "We have been talking at cross purposes," said she. (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) • "There's always another woman," she said quietly. "At some time or other. It's not necessarily fatal. We're talking at cross purposes, aren't we? We are not even talking about the same thing, perhaps." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver)
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