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  • 61 ganz

    ganz I adj GEN whole, full, entire; intact (unversehrt) auf der ganzen Linie GEN across-the-board ganz II adv GEN completely, reasonably ganz neu GEN brand-new ganz neu beginnen GEN start from scratch ganz oben auf der Liste stehen GEN top the list ganz unzutreffend GEN (infrml) wide of the mark
    * * *
    adj < Geschäft> whole, full, entire, unversehrt intact ■ auf der ganzen Linie < Geschäft> across-the-board
    adv < Geschäft> completely, reasonably ■ ganz neu < Geschäft> brand-new ■ ganz neu beginnen < Geschäft> start from scratch ■ ganz oben auf der Liste stehen < Geschäft> top the list ■ ganz unzutreffend < Geschäft> wide of the mark infrml
    * * *
    ganz
    all, whole, entire, full[y], round, undivided, complete, total[ly], general, blanket;
    ganz oder teilweise in whole or in parts, wholly or partly;
    ganz bezahlen to pay in full;
    sich erneut ganz dem Geschäft widmen to devote o. s. anew to business;
    ganze Arbeit leisten to make a thorough job of it, to go the whole hog;
    ganzer Betrag full (total) amount;
    auf der ganzen Linie all along the line;
    den ganzen Staat betreffend nation-wide;
    mein ganzes Vermögen my entire fortune.

    Business german-english dictionary > ganz

  • 62 null

    I Zahlw.
    1. nought, Am. und fachspr. zero; MATH. Brit. nought; null Grad zero degrees; das Thermometer etc. steht auf / über / unter null is at / above / below zero; die Stimmung sank unter null umg., fig. the atmosphere took a dive; null Fehler no (Am. zero) mistakes; um null Uhr zehn at ten past (Am. auch after) midnight; förm. at zero hours ten; gleich null umg. nil; die Stunde null fig. (the) zero hour; in der Stunde null at (the) zero hour; bei null anfangen fig. start from scratch; nichtig
    2. in Dezimalzahlen: O [әu]; null komma neun (= 0,9) O point nine (= 0.9); in null Komma nichts umg. in next to no time
    3. in Telefonnummern: O [әu], Am. auch zero
    4. SPORT nil, Am. nothing, zero; Tennis: love; zwei zu null two-nil, Am. two to nothing; zu null spielen SPORT not concede any goals
    II indekl. Adj. umg.: null Ahnung / Interesse haben have no idea / interest at all; null Reaktion zeigen show no reaction at all; null Bock auf etw. haben not fancy s.th. at all
    * * *
    die Null
    (Person) nonentity (ugs.);
    (Ziffer) zero; naught; nought; nil
    * * *
    Nụll I [nʊl]
    f -, -en
    1) (Zahl) nought, naught (US), zero; (= Gefrierpunkt) zero

    die Null — the figure nought, zero

    2) (inf Mensch) dead loss (inf)
    II
    m or nt -(s), -s (CARDS)
    nullo
    * * *
    1) (a score of nothing in tennis: The present score is fifteen love (written 15-0).) love
    2) (in cricket, a score of nil by a batsman: He was out for a duck.) duck
    3) ((in scoring) nothing; zero: Leeds United won two-nil / by two goals to nil.) nil
    4) (the number 0; nought: The final score was five - nothing (= 5 - 0).) nothing
    5) ((American zero) the figure 0: The number contained five noughts.) nought
    6) (nought; the number or figure 0: Three plus zero equals three; The figure 100 has two zeros in it.) zero
    7) (the exact time fixed for something to happen, eg an explosion, the launching of a spacecraft etc: It is now 3 minutes to zero.) zero
    * * *
    Null1
    <-, -en>
    [ˈnʊl, pl ˈnʊln̩]
    f
    1. (Zahl) zero, null
    2. (fam: Versager) nothing
    Null2
    <-[s], -s>
    [ˈnʊl, pl ˈnʊls]
    m o nt KARTEN null[o]
    \Null Hand null[o] hand
    \Null ouvert open null[o]
    * * *
    die; Null, Nullen
    1) (Ziffer) nought; zero

    in Null Komma nichts(ugs.) in less than no time

    gleich Null sein(fig.) be practically zero

    2) o. Pl., o. Art. (Marke) zero

    auf Null stehen<indicator, needle, etc.> be at zero

    fünf Grad unter/über Null — five degrees below/above zero or freezing

    3) (abwertend) (Versager) failure; dead loss (coll.); (unbedeutender Mensch) nonentity
    * * *
    A. num
    1. nought, US etc fachspr zero; MATH Br nought;
    null Grad zero degrees;
    das Thermometer etc
    steht auf/über/unter null is at/above/below zero;
    die Stimmung sank unter null umg, fig the atmosphere took a dive;
    die Augen auf null gestellt haben sl (gestorben sein) have kicked the bucket;
    null Fehler no (US zero) mistakes;
    um null Uhr zehn at ten past (US auch after) midnight; form at zero hours ten;
    gleich null umg nil;
    die Stunde null fig (the) zero hour;
    in der Stunde null at (the) zero hour;
    bei null anfangen fig start from scratch; nichtig
    2. in Dezimalzahlen: O [əʊ];
    null Komma neun (= 0,9) O point nine (= 0.9);
    in null Komma nichts umg in next to no time
    3. in Telefonnummern: O [əʊ], US auch zero
    4. SPORT nil, US nothing, zero; Tennis: love;
    zwei zu null two-nil, US two to nothing;
    zu null spielen SPORT not concede any goals
    B. undekl adj umg:
    null Ahnung/Interesse haben have no idea/interest at all;
    null Reaktion zeigen show no reaction at all;
    null Bock auf etwas haben not fancy sth at all
    * * *
    die; Null, Nullen
    1) (Ziffer) nought; zero

    in Null Komma nichts(ugs.) in less than no time

    gleich Null sein(fig.) be practically zero

    2) o. Pl., o. Art. (Marke) zero

    auf Null stehen<indicator, needle, etc.> be at zero

    fünf Grad unter/über Null — five degrees below/above zero or freezing

    3) (abwertend) (Versager) failure; dead loss (coll.); (unbedeutender Mensch) nonentity
    * * *
    -en (Mathematik) f.
    zero n. -en f.
    naught n.
    nil n.
    nothing n.
    nought n.
    null n.
    zero n. -en Hypothese f.
    null hypothesis n. -en Leiter m.
    neutral lead n.
    zero conductor n. -en Modem - s n.
    null modem n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > null

  • 63 proponer un plan

    (v.) = come up with + plan
    Ex. In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
    * * *
    (v.) = come up with + plan

    Ex: In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > proponer un plan

  • 64 usar como modelo

    (v.) = use + as a model
    Ex. In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.
    * * *
    (v.) = use + as a model

    Ex: In other words, they want us to start from scratch and come up with a plan for a full-service center, which might then be used as a model for the other regional centers.

    Spanish-English dictionary > usar como modelo

  • 65 М-105

    НА ПУСТОМ (ГОЛОМ) МЕСТЕ PrepP these forms only adv fixed WO
    1. \М-105 начинать to start sth. at the very beginning, from nothing: (start) from scratch
    (in limited contexts) (start) with a clean slate.
    (Бакченин:) Мне на голом месте начинать. Я должен быть свободен, чтоб заставить себя заниматься, заставить сидеть над книгами в Публичке, вообще переключиться с этой жизни на ту... (Панова 1). (В.:) I need to start with a clean slate. I have to be free in order to make myself work, to make myself sit over books in the public library, to switch over from this life to the one I want... (1a).
    2. возникнуть, появиться и т. п. - (often neg) ( usu. of a cultural phenomenon, school of thought etc) (to emerge, spring etc) in isolation from and not founded on any already existing (phenomenon, school of thought etc): out of nowhere
    in a vacuum in vacuo.
    ...Много позже искусство христианской Европы строилось... не на пустом месте и не на греко-латинском фундаменте только, но на базе местных, древнеязыческих форм, чутких и восприимчивых к голосу новой эстетики именно соединением крайностей красоты и гротеска (Терц 3)....The much later art of Christian Europe arose not in vacuo and not on Greco-Latin foundations alone but on the basis of ancient pagan forms of its own, which proved entirely consonant with the aesthetics of the new era for the very reason that they already combined the extremes of the beautiful and the grotesque (3a).
    И не всё у них (западных авторов) ошибочно. Есть кое-что заслуживающее внимания. Не на пустом же месте они вырастают, а на здоровом древе познания (Зиновьев 1). ( context transl) And they (Western authors) are not always wrong. There is something there worthy of attention. They do not spring up like weeds in the desert, they are branches of the great and healthy tree of knowledge (1a).
    3. coll without any cause
    for no apparent reason
    for no reason at all
    Neg не на пустом месте = for good reason.
    Ссоры вспыхивали зря, на пустом месте... (Мандельштам 2). ( context transl) Our squabbles were about nothing at all... (2a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > М-105

  • 66 на голом месте

    НА ПУСТОМ < ГОЛОМ> МЕСТЕ
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. на голом месте начинать to start sth. at the very beginning, from nothing:
    - [in limited contexts](start) with a clean slate.
         ♦ [Бакченин:] Мне на голом месте начинать. Я должен быть свободен, чтоб заставить себя заниматься, заставить сидеть над книгами в Публичке, вообще переключиться с этой жизни на ту... (Панова 1). [В.:] I need to start with a clean slate. I have to be free in order to make myself work, to make myself sit over books in the public library, to switch over from this life to the one I want... (1a).
    2. возникнуть, появиться и т.п. - [often neg]
    (usu. of a cultural phenomenon, school of thought etc) (to emerge, spring etc) in isolation from and not founded on any already existing (phenomenon, school of thought etc):
    - in vacuo.
         ♦...Много позже искусство христианской Европы строилось... не на пустом месте и не на греко-латинском фундаменте только, но на базе местных, древнеязыческих форм, чутких и восприимчивых к голосу новой эстетики именно соединением крайностей красоты и гротеска (Терц 3)....The much later art of Christian Europe arose not in vacuo and not on Greco-Latin foundations alone but on the basis of ancient pagan forms of its own, which proved entirely consonant with the aesthetics of the new era for the very reason that they already combined the extremes of the beautiful and the grotesque (3a).
         ♦ И не всё у них [западных авторов] ошибочно. Есть кое-что заслуживающее внимания. Не на пустом же месте они вырастают, а на здоровом древе познания (Зиновьев 1). [context transl] And they [Western authors] are not always wrong. There is something there worthy of attention. They do not spring up like weeds in the desert; they are branches of the great and healthy tree of knowledge (1a).
    3. coll without any cause:
    || Neg не на пустом месте for good reason.
         ♦ Ссоры вспыхивали зря, на пустом месте... (Мандельштам 2). [context transl] Our squabbles were about nothing at all... (2a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на голом месте

  • 67 на пустом месте

    НА ПУСТОМ < ГОЛОМ> МЕСТЕ
    [PrepP; these forms only; adv; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. на пустом месте начинать to start sth. at the very beginning, from nothing:
    - [in limited contexts](start) with a clean slate.
         ♦ [Бакченин:] Мне на голом месте начинать. Я должен быть свободен, чтоб заставить себя заниматься, заставить сидеть над книгами в Публичке, вообще переключиться с этой жизни на ту... (Панова 1). [В.:] I need to start with a clean slate. I have to be free in order to make myself work, to make myself sit over books in the public library, to switch over from this life to the one I want... (1a).
    2. возникнуть, появиться и т.п. - [often neg]
    (usu. of a cultural phenomenon, school of thought etc) (to emerge, spring etc) in isolation from and not founded on any already existing (phenomenon, school of thought etc):
    - in vacuo.
         ♦...Много позже искусство христианской Европы строилось... не на пустом месте и не на греко-латинском фундаменте только, но на базе местных, древнеязыческих форм, чутких и восприимчивых к голосу новой эстетики именно соединением крайностей красоты и гротеска (Терц 3)....The much later art of Christian Europe arose not in vacuo and not on Greco-Latin foundations alone but on the basis of ancient pagan forms of its own, which proved entirely consonant with the aesthetics of the new era for the very reason that they already combined the extremes of the beautiful and the grotesque (3a).
         ♦ И не всё у них [западных авторов] ошибочно. Есть кое-что заслуживающее внимания. Не на пустом же месте они вырастают, а на здоровом древе познания (Зиновьев 1). [context transl] And they [Western authors] are not always wrong. There is something there worthy of attention. They do not spring up like weeds in the desert; they are branches of the great and healthy tree of knowledge (1a).
    3. coll without any cause:
    || Neg не на пустом месте for good reason.
         ♦ Ссоры вспыхивали зря, на пустом месте... (Мандельштам 2). [context transl] Our squabbles were about nothing at all... (2a)

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на пустом месте

  • 68 beginnen

    [starten/openen] begin start, formeel commence, open toespraak, spel, onderhandelingen, brief
    [gaan doen] do
    voorbeelden:
    1   een gesprek beginnen begin/start a conversation
         een zaak beginnen start a business
    2   wat moet ik beginnen! what am I to do?
         wat moet ik met hem beginnen? what am I to do with him?
         er is niets meer met hem te beginnen he's hopeless/ lastig unmanageable
    [de eerste handeling verrichten; zich vanaf een punt uitstrekken] begin start, formeel commence
    [als eerste iets doen] begin start, open, formeel commence
    [aanvangen] begin (to/-ing)start (to/-ing), formeel commence, set about (-ing)
    [zich bezighouden met] begin start
    [+ over] [gaan praten] bring up broach, raise
    voorbeelden:
         begin maar! go ahead!; met vragen ook fire away!
    3   een beginnende hoofdpijn the beginnings of a headache
         beginnen te drinken/roken start drinking/smoking
         laten we beginnen ook let's get started
         figuurlijkhet begint er op te lijken that's more like it
         weer van voren af aan moeten beginnen be back to square one
         het begon te regenen it began/started to rain
         daar kan ik niets mee beginnen that's (of) no use to me
         goed/slecht beginnen get off to a good/bad start
         opnieuw beginnen start (over) again; restart, recommence werkzaamheden
         begin je weer (met dat gezeur)? there you go again (with your nagging)!
         bij het begin beginnen begin/start at the beginning
         hij begon met te zeggen … he began by saying …
         met niets beginnen start from scratch
         het begint donker te worden it's getting dark
    4   je weet niet waar je aan begint you don't know what you are letting yourself in for
         ik begin er niet aan! I wouldn't touch it with a barge-pole
         aan iets nieuws beginnen start something new
         hij begon met Frans he took up French
         er is geen beginnen aan why even start?
    5   begin er nu niet wéér over don't start that again
         over politiek beginnen bring up politics
         over iets anders beginnen change the subject
    ¶   daar kunnen we niet aan beginnen that's out of the question
         als je begint … if that's the way you feel about it …
         het is haar om de erfenis begonnen it's the inheritance she's after
         om te beginnen … for a start …
         voor zichzelf beginnen start one's own business

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > beginnen

  • 69 почна

    вж. почвам
    * * *
    по̀чна,
    по̀чвам гл. begin, start, commence (да c ger., to c inf.); get going; get under way; (за училище) open; (за сезон, епоха) set in; вие почвате! your lead! кой ще почне пръв? who’s (up) first? who’ll set the ball rolling? \почна да действам (за сила и пр.) come into play; \почна добре/зле make a good/false start; \почна като begin as; \почна нов живот make a fresh start, start afresh, begin the world again; \почна от ( глава, в книга и пр.) begin at; \почна от нищо start from scratch, build from the ground up; \почна отново ( след прекъсване) resume; \почна преговори enter into/upon negotiations; \почна с това, че begin by (c ger.); \почна търговия set up in business, start a business; тя почна да плаче she fell to sobbing/weeping.
    * * *
    вж. почвам

    Български-английски речник > почна

  • 70 П-143

    ОТ ПЕЧКИ начинать, делать что coll PrepP Invar adv
    (to do sth.) over, starting from the beginning: (start) from square one
    (be) back to square one (start) from scratch (go) back to the drawing board (start (do sth.)) all over again.
    ...Хотя нас вправе упрекнуть (уже упрекнули), что мы способны рассказывать лишь всё по порядку, «от печки», мы считаем это правильным, то есть иначе не можем (Битов 2). Although people are within their rights to reproach us (they already have) for being capable of telling things only in order, "from square one," we consider this correct
    i.e., we can't do it any other way (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > П-143

  • 71 от печки

    ОТ ПЕЧКИ начинать, делать что coll
    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    (to do sth.) over, starting from the beginning:
    - (start <do sth.>) all over again.
         ♦...Хотя нас вправе упрекнуть (уже упрекнули), что мы способны рассказывать лишь всё по порядку, "от печки", мы считаем это правильным, то есть иначе не можем (Битов 2). Although people are within their rights to reproach us (they already have) for being capable of telling things only in order, "from square one," we consider this correct; 1.e., we can't do it any other way (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > от печки

  • 72 anfangen

    anfangen v GEN begin, start, start up ganz unten anfangen GEN, PERS get in on the ground (ganz unten einsteigen) schon angefangen haben GEN be under way
    * * *
    v < Geschäft> begin, start, start up ■ schon angefangen haben < Geschäft> be under way
    * * *
    anfangen
    to begin, to start, to commence, to initiate, (eröffnen) to open;
    mit der Arbeit anfangen to begin work;
    mit 100 Dollar Lohn in der Woche anfangen to start at 100 $ a week;
    Geschäft anfangen to start a business;
    mit Null anfangen to start at square one;
    ganz von unten (vorn) anfangen to start from scratch (over).

    Business german-english dictionary > anfangen

  • 73 empezar desde el principio

    • make a fresh start
    • start at the beginning
    • start from scratch
    • start from the beginning

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > empezar desde el principio

  • 74 начинать с нуля

    to start from point zero, to start from scratch, to start from square one

    4000 полезных слов и выражений > начинать с нуля

  • 75 А-15

    С АЗОВ начинать coll PrepP Invar adv
    (to begin) from the very beginning, from the very first step: (start) from scratch
    (begin) from square one (in limited contexts) (start) all over (again).
    From the name of the first letter of the Church Slavonic alphabet.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > А-15

  • 76 с азов

    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
    =====
    (to begin) from the very beginning, from the very first step:
    - [in limited contexts](start) all over (again).
    —————
    ← From the name of the first letter of the Church Slavonic alphabet.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > с азов

  • 77 af

    af1
    het
    voorbeelden:
    ¶   teruggaan naar af go back to square one
    ————————
    af2
    I bijwoord
    [met betrekking tot een verwijdering] off, away
    [+ van] [met betrekking tot het uitgangspunt] from
    [met betrekking tot een verwijderd/gescheiden zijn] away, off
    [naar beneden] down
    [met betrekking tot een nadering] to〈+ op〉 towards, up to
    voorbeelden:
    1   af en aan back and forth, to and fro
         mensen liepen af en aan people came and went
         af en toe (every) now and then
         klaar? af! get set! go!
    2   van die dag af from that day (on/onward(s))
         van kind af/van jongs af (aan) (ever) since I was 〈enz.〉 a child
         van de grond af from ground level
    3   hij is minister af he has resigned as minister
         de nieuwigheid is er een beetje af the novelty has worn off a bit
         figuurlijkdat kan er niet af that's beyond my 〈enz.〉means, I 〈enz.〉 can't afford that
         de verf is er af the paint has come off
         ver af a long way off
         hij woont een eindje van de weg af he lives a little way away from the road
         van iemand af zijn be rid of someone
         u bent nog niet van me af you haven't seen the last/back of me
    4   de rivier af down river
         de trap af down the stairs
         af! (get) down!; tegen hond ook down boy/girl!
    5   ze komen op ons af they are coming towards us
    ¶   dramaturgieHamlet af exit Hamlet
         goed/beter/slecht af zijn have come off well/better/badly
         daar wil ik (van) af zijn I wouldn't like to say
         op de minuut af to the (very) minute; stipt on the dot, sharp
         op 't onbeleefde af to the point of rudeness
         ik weet er niets van af I don't know anything about it
         van voren af aan beginnen start from scratch; opnieuw start all over again
    [afgemat] worn out; informeel (dead) beat
    [afgewerkt] finished done, completed, verzorgd polished, verzorgd well-finished
    [uit] toestel off
    [spel] out
    voorbeelden:
    2   het werk is af the work is done/finished
         de voorstelling was af the performance was perfect
    4   je bent af you're out

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > af

  • 78 a porni de la zero

    to start from scratch again / again from scratch.

    Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a porni de la zero

  • 79 huts

    iz.
    1. ( errua) mistake, error
    b. ( kulpa, errua, hobena) fault; zure \hutsa izan da it was our fault!
    c. Kir. foul, error
    d. (Inp.) erratum; \hutsak errata
    2. ( mentsa, eza) lack, absence, dearth ; etxean badute \huts nabarmen bat: komunik ez there's one obvious thing they lack at home: a toilet ; baten \hutsean i. with one missing ii. with one to go
    b. ( beharra) need; \hutsak bete to {fill || meet} needs
    a. flaw, mistake; \huts bat egin gabe without making a mistake | flawlessly
    b. Tek. failure, breakdown
    c. ( p.) shortcoming, flaw
    a. void, emptiness ; halako \huts bat sentitzen nuen bihotzean I felt such a void in my heart
    b. nothing; baina akats hori \hutsa da besteen aldean but that mistake is nothing compared to others; \hutsetik hasi i. to start from scratch ii. ( hizkuntza bat ikasten) to start from the very beginning; e-r \hutsetik sortu to create sth out of nothing
    c. (esa.) helburuak hauts eta \huts bihurtu zitzaizkion his goals come to absolutely nothing; \huts edo bete willynilly | any which way ; zer dira hangotarrak? — \hutsa, ezer ez gure aldean what are people from over there? — zilch, nothing compared to us ; \hutsaren hurrengoa da he's a {nothing || cypher}; \hutsera etorri to come to nothing; \hutsean eduki to look down on | to despise
    a. nothing, nought (GB), zero, zip Argot., zilch Argot.
    b. ( zenbakia) o, zero; zenbakia hauxe da: lau \huts \huts bi the number is: four o o two
    c. Kir. nil (GB), zero; lau eta \huts four to {nil (GB) || zero (USA) } io.
    a. empty; poltsa \huts batean in an empty bag
    b. ( auzoa) empty, uninhabited
    c. ( intxaur, gaztaina) empty, dud
    d. (esa.) \huts edo bete anywhich way | trusting to luck
    a. mere, simple, common; gizona abere \hutsa da man is a mere animal; pentsatze \hutsak beldurrez jartzen nau the mere thought of it scares me
    b. euskara \hutsez i. in plain Basque ii. only in Basque; euskara \hutsezko egunkari bat a Basque-only newspaper | a newspaper only in Basque
    c. ( p.) euskaldun \hutsa da he's {pure || absolutely} Basque; mozkor \hutsa da he's {a total || absolute} drunk; ergel \hutsa da he's a total idiot
    d. ( kafea, e.a.) plain
    e. ( probokazioa) sheer; adierazpen horiek probokazio \hutsa direla iruditzen zait, eta ez dugu probokazio horretan erori nahi those statements are, in my opinion, sheer provocation and we do not wish to fall in the trap of provoking
    a. pure, unadulterated; ezti \hutsa pure honey
    b. poesia \hutsa {sheer ||pure} poetry
    c. (esa.) gau \hutsean in pitch dark

    Euskara Ingelesa hiztegiaren > huts

  • 80 van voren af aan beginnen

    van voren af aan beginnen
    start afresh/all over again
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    van voren af aan beginnen

    Van Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > van voren af aan beginnen

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  • start\ from\ scratch — See: from scratch …   Словарь американских идиом

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