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But today I had an axe to grind.
Но сегодня я пришла с корыстной целью.
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key / The love of the last tycoonФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей / Последний магнат
Последний магнат
Фицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1977
The love of the last tycoon
Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key
© 1941 by Charles Scribner's Sons; copyright renewed
© 1993 by Eleanor Lanahan, Matthew J. Bruccoli and Samuel J. Lanahan as Trustees
For nowhere else was there so strong an incentive for anyone with an axe to grind to try to influence public opinion.
Ни в каком другом государстве не возникало столько желающих повлиять на общественное мнение.
Schumpeter, Joseph A. / History of Economic AnalysisШумпетер, Йозеф А. / История экономического анализа
История экономического анализа
Шумпетер, Йозеф А.
© Перевод с английского под редакцией В.С. Автономова, 2001
© 1954 by Oxford University Press, Inc.
History of Economic Analysis
Schumpeter, Joseph A.
© 1954 by Oxford University Press, Inc.

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  1. 1.

    себе на уме, хитрый малый

    translation added by Елена Панфилова
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  2. 2.

    точить зуб / иметь зуб на кого-л.

    translation added by Станислав Станислав
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Collocations

have an axe to grind
преследовать собственные цели