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1 have a whack at smth.
(have (или take) a whack at smth.)попытаться, попробовать, приняться за что-л.; наброситься на что-л. [первонач. амер.]Thirty-four years ago this month a political party was born in Chicago whose delegates dedicated themselves to the propositions of democracy, prosperity, and peace... The party they formed was the Communist Party. None among them wanted to have a whack at the pork-barrel of political privilege... (‘The Worker’) — Тридцать четыре года тому назад, в октябре 1919 года, в Чикаго была создана политическая партия, основатели которой посвятили себя борьбе за демократию, мир и счастье народа... Это была коммунистическая партия. Никто из ее членов не стремился к власти, к личной выгоде, к обогащению...
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