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1 отвести душу
1) General subject: give vent to feelings, give vent to one's feelings, let out feelings, relieve feelings, relieve one's feelings, unburden oneself, vent oneself, let off steam, blow off steam2) Set phrase: let one's hair down3) Makarov: unburden, disburden mind, discharge conscience -
2 отвести душу
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3 отводить душу
разг.unburden oneself, unburden one's heart (soul); let oneself go; relieve one's feelings; cf. let off steam; get it off one's chest; find consolationКрамольников не счёл нужным продолжать беседу и пошёл дальше. Но так как на пути его стоял дом, в котором жил давний его однокашник, то он и зашёл к нему, думая хоть тут отвести душу. (М. Салтыков-Щедрин, Приключение с Крамольниковым) — Kramolnikov saw no reason for continuing the conversation and went his way. But since he had to pass the house of an old schoolmate, he turned in, hoping that here at any rate he would find consolation.
Он попрекал её беспорядочным подбором знакомых, беспорядком в доме,... и даже "омерзительными картинами, от которых меня тошнит в вашей мещанской гостиной". Словом, Николай Иванович отвёл душу. (А. Толстой, Хождение по мукам) — He reproached her with carelessness in her choice of acquaintances, with disorder in the home,... and even with 'the beastly, sickening pictures, in your middle-class drawing room.' In a word, Nikolai Ivanovich unburdened his soul.
- Ну, хватит дурить, девчата! Поругались - и довольно. Покапризничали, посвоевольничали, отвели душу - и дело с концом. (Ф. Гладков, Вольница) — 'Now girls, enough of this nonsense! It's time we stopped blowing off at each other. You've had your row and got it off your chest - now let that be an end to it.'
После неудачи у Деда они все были встрёпанные и взъерошенные, им всем хотелось "отвести душу". (Б. Горбатов, Донбасс) — After the failure of their mission, they all felt crushed and out of sorts, and wanted to 'let off steam.'
- Пусть он хоть разок возьмёт увольнительную в город, познакомится там с девушками и вообще отведёт душу. (Н. Рыленков, Недопетая песня) — 'Let him take a pass to town for once and get to know a few girls and, in general, let himself go.'
Бабушка отводит душу в воспоминаниях и французском языке. (Б. Васильев, Летят мои кони...) — Grandma unburdened herself of reminiscences, intermingling her Russian with French.
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4 отводить душу
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5 отдыхать душой
feel relieved; relieve one's feelings- Борис говорит, что он отдыхает душой в вашем доме. (Л. Толстой, Война и мир) — 'Boris says that he always feels relieved in your home.'
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6 облегчить душу
1) General subject: get off chest (get off one's chest; sth to get off from the chest), get something off one's chest, purify the heart, relieve feelings, unburden, unpack, get (something) off the chest, get off one's chest2) Colloquial: get a load off (one's) mind3) Makarov: (чем-л.) disburden heart of, (чем-л.) disburden mind of, discharge conscience
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