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1 неудача
setback, reverse; failure ( провал)Это неудачный перевод. — This is not a (very) good translation.
a diplomatic setback (Webster's Third New International Dictionary)
baseball team's first setback of the season (Webster's Third New International Dictionary)
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2 завязать
( бросить пить)Он «завязал» — Не is on the (water) wagon
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under pledge or resolution to abstain from alcoholic beverages (Webster's Third New International Dictionary)Ant: -
3 принципиальный
principled употреблять в переводе с осторожностьюexhibiting, based on, or characterized by principle that is usually high, righteous and proper unprincipled expediency and principled pragmatism — Time could find no principled reason for refusing— William Phillips b. 1907 — often used in combination high-principled low-principled (Webster's Third New International Dictionary)принципиальный человек — a person of integrity, a person of moral fiber, a man of principle ( несколько помпезно)
I want to thank you for this strong and principled stand. [...] This struggle is a defining moment for the United Nations itself. And the world needs its principled leadership. (из выступления президента Дж.Буша в ООН)
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4 стеб
(пародия, самопародия)a take-off, (self)-parody;ravings (определение из Webster's Third New International Dictionary: irrational, incoherent, wild, or extravagant utterance or declamation — usually used in plural), ranting.Может быть, перед нами просто розыгрыш? Постмодернистский стеб в духе недавних интеллектуально–эстетических увлечений автора? Не совсем так. Когда стебают вдохновенно, до самозабвения, не щадя ничего вокруг — это называется уже по-другому. Это называется утопией из статьи философа В.Сендерова в «Новом мире».
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