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to afford ground for

давать основания для; предоставлять возможность

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or could she with prudence make him any request, or lay herself under any obligation to him, without affording ground for hopes which she could never realize?
Благоразумно ли обращаться к нему с какой-либо просьбой и тем самым связать себя и дать пищу надеждам, которым никогда не суждено сбыться?
Scott, Walter / Old MortalityСкотт, Вальтер / Пуритане
Пуритане
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Old Mortality
Scott, Walter
© 2006 Adamant Media Corporation.
The higher part of the level ground afforded a stance for an old house, of singular structure, with a terraced garden, and a cultivated field or two beside it.
Вдали на небольшом пригорке стоял старинный, весьма необыкновенного вида дом; со склонов террасами спускался сад, а рядом виднелось возделанное поле.
Scott, Walter / Peveril of the PeakСкотт, Вальтер / Певерил Пик
Певерил Пик
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1964
Peveril of the Peak
Scott, Walter
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

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afford ground for
давать основания для; предоставлять возможность

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