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The Universal Dictionary- 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.
- 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.
кормить обещаниями
to feed with promises
AmericanEnglish (Ru-En)
кормить обещаниями
keep promising, promise the moon
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Моего соседа Эттербери все еще кормят обещаниями, хотя место декана Крайстчерч-колледжа вот уже шесть месяцев как пустует, и Эттербери, конечно, весьма этим раздражен.They still keep my neighbour Atterbury in suspense about the deanery of Christ Church, which has been above six months vacant, and he is heartily angry.Свифт, Джонатан / Письма к СтеллеSwift, Jonathan / Journal to StellaJournal to StellaSwift, Jonathan© BiblioLife, LLCПисьма к СтеллеСвифт, Джонатан© Издательство "Наука", 1981
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palm sb. off with promises
translation added by Иван ФедоровSilver ru-en