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1 сухая скважина
1) Engineering: barren well, empty hole, surface drywell (для хранения отработавшего ядерного топлива)2) Oil: dry hole (безводная или с перекрытым притоком воды), dry-hole, powder hole3) Geophysics: unsuccessful well5) Nuclear physics: surface dry well (для хранения отработавшего топлива)6) oil&gas: non-productive well, nonproductive well -
2 Первый блин комом
When you do something for the first time, you cannot succeed from the start. (You say this to encourage a man who failed in his first attempt, or to excuse your own unsuccessful first attempt). See На ошибках учатся (H)Cf:A bad (poor) beginning makes a good ending (Am.). It's the new hand who always gets the short-handed rake (Am.). No man is his craft's master the first day (Br.). There's always /a/ next time (Am., Br.). /You must/ spoil before you spin /well/ (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Первый блин комом
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