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1 bang for the buck
n AmE slI didn't get anywhere near the bang for the buck I expected — Мне кажется, что я зря потратил деньги. Я не получил того удовольствия, которого ожидал
How much bang for the buck did you really think you would get from a twelve year old car? — А что ты, собственно говоря, хочешь от подержанного автомобиля, который уже двенадцать лет на ходу?
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > bang for the buck
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2 anywhere near
adv infmlShe isn't anywhere near as kind as he is — Она совсем не так добра, как он
This is not to say that we are anywhere near being able to afford it — Это совсем не значит, что мы можем себе это позволить
I didn't get anywhere near the bang for the buck I expected — Мне кажется, что я зря потратил деньги. Я не получил того удовольствия, которого ожидал
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > anywhere near
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