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сущ.( отмщение) revenge; ( репрессалия) reprisal; requital; retaliation; retribution; vengeance; vindictive punishment -
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1) Military: act of retaliation, act of revenge2) Law: act of reprisal, retaliatory action3) Diplomatic term: retaliatory blow, retaliatory strike4) Mass media: retaliatory act -
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НЕВЕСТКЕ В ОТМЕСТКУ highly coll Invar usu. adv fixed WO(to do sth.) in order to offend, embarrass etc s.o. who previously did the same to oneas an act of revenge: (in order) to even the score (in order) to give s.o. a taste of his own medicine (in order) to get back at s.o. (in order) to pay s.o. back in kind (in his own coin).Он опять вовремя не позвонил, и она решила - невестке в отместку - уйти из дому на весь вечер. Again he didn't call when he'd promised to, so she decided to even the score by going out for the whole evening. -
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• НЕВЕСТКЕ В ОТМЕСТКУ highly coll[Invar; usu adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ (to do sth.) in order to offend, embarrass etc s.o. who previously did the same to one; as an act of revenge:- (in order) to give s.o. a taste of his own medicine;- (in order) to get back at s.o.;- (in order) to pay s.o. back in kind (in his own coin).♦ Он опять вовремя не позвонил, и она решила - невестке в отместку - уйти из дому на весь вечер. Again he didn't call when he'd promised to, so she decided to even the score by going out for the whole evening.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > невестке в отместку
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