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- It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
to take up the cudgels for
защищать, заступаться за кого-л.
отстаивать что-л.
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The impression made on the whole neighbourhood by the story of the duel, which was rapidly noised abroad, was particularly remarkable from the unanimity with which every one hastened to take up the cudgels for Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch.Впечатление, произведенное во всем нашем обществе быстро огласившеюся историей поединка, было особенно замечательно тем единодушием, с которым все поспешили заявить себя безусловно за Николая Всеволодовича.Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / БесыБесыДостоевский, Фёдор© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989The possessedDostoevsky, Fyodor
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