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1 coup de grace
[ˌkuːdə'grɑːs]последний, смертельный удар ( которым добивают умирающего из жалости)He had been getting deeper and deeper in debt; the fates delivered the coup de grace when he died. — Он всё больше и больше запутывался в долгах; судьба смилостивилась над ним, послав ему смерть.
Jane's affair was the coup de grace to her disintegrating marriage. — Любовная связь Джейн стала долгожданной последней каплей, положившей конец её распадавшемуся браку.
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2 coup de grâce
[ˌkuːdə'grɑːs]последний, смертельный удар ( которым добивают умирающего из жалости)He had been getting deeper and deeper in debt; the fates delivered the coup de grâce when he died. — Он всё больше и больше запутывался в долгах; судьба смилостивилась над ним, послав ему смерть.
Jane's affair was the coup de grâce to her disintegrating marriage. — Любовная связь Джейн стала долгожданной последней каплей, положившей конец её распадавшемуся браку.
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3 cachetero
m.1 short and broad knife.2 dagger.* * *1 (puñal) dagger2 (en tauromaquia) person who finishes off the bull with a dagger* * *SM1) (=puñal) dagger2) (Taur) bullfighter who finishes the bull off with a dagger* * *cachetero -ramasculine, feminineB* * *cachetero nm1. [puñal] dagger [for killing cattle]
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