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1 lay a ghost
избавиться от призрака прошлого, покончить с прошлым [букв. изгнать привидение]This girl is the daughter of the man who once owned Jon's mother as a negro-slave was owned. You can't lay that ghost; don't try to, June! (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part II, ch. II) — Эта девушка - дочь человека, который некогда обладал матерью Джона, как рабыней-негритянкой. Этого призрака тебе не прогнать, и не пробуй, Джун!
Have I at last laid her wilful ghost? (J. Lindsay, ‘The Revolt of the Sons’, ch. XII) — Удалось ли мне наконец избавиться от своенравного призрака погибшей Глории?
There was always a doubt of his courage. The truth seems to be that it is impossible to lay the ghost of a fact. (J. Conrad, ‘Lord Jim’, ch. 19) — В его храбрости всегда сомневались. Нет, видно, прошлое не забывается.
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