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| cushion; cushion a shock; cushion the blow (comment by ART Vancouver: I would suggest this term is used to talk about economics as well, for instance:: cushion the blow to families after a new tax is brought in); soften the blow (Anglophile); pull punches; pull the punch (КГА) | |||
| break the fall (Yeldar Azanbayev) | |||
| pull any punches (обычно употребляется в негативной форме (he definitely doesn't pull any punches) kvalexandra) | |||
| absorb a shock; soften jolt; cushion a shock; soften a jolt; break a blow; cushion a blow; soften a blow; weaken a blow | |||
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| смягчить удар: 3 phrases in 1 subject |
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