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gantlet
амер.; = gauntlet II
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Right at this point, some people will say to us: What about deaths from running the gantlet?Тут же скажут нам: а шпицрутенами насмерть?Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr / The Gulag ArchipelagoСолженицын, Александр / Архипелаг ГулагАрхипелаг ГулагСолженицын, Александр© Русский Общественный Фонд Александра Солженицына, 2009The Gulag ArchipelagoSolzhenitsyn, Aleksandr© 1973 by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn© 1973, 1974 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.© 1985 by The Russian Social Fund
But inwardly they felt that running an Indian gantlet would be infinitely preferable to suffering the ordeal of Yankee grins and not being able to tell the truth about their husbands.В глубине же души они считали, что легче подвергнуться наказанию плетьми, чем переживать эту пытку — видеть ухмылки на лицах янки и не быть в состоянии сказать правду о своих мужьях.Mitchell, Margaret / Gone with the windМитчелл, Маргарет / Унесенные ветром. Том 2Унесенные ветром. Том 2Митчелл, Маргарет© Перевод. Т. Кудрявцева, 1982Gone with the windMitchell, Margaret© 1936 By Macmillan Publishing Company, a division of Macmillan. Inc© renewed 1964 by Stephens Mitchell and Trust Compnay of Ceorgia as Executors of Margaret Mitchell Marsh.© renewed by Stephens Mitchell
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gantlet
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | gantlet | gantlets |
| Possessive case | gantlet's | gantlets' |