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1 жить
жить в достатке — to be well-off / well-to-do / comfortably off
жить в нищете — to live in poverty / penury
жить иллюзиями — to live in a fool's paradise, to dream one's life away
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2 черта черт·а
1) (линия) lineподвести / провести черту — to draw a line
2) (граница, предел) boundary; (города) limits3) (свойство, особенность) feature, trait, characteristicобсудить в общих чертах — to discuss (smth.) in broad terms
унаследованные черты / особенности — heredity
характерная черта — characteristic / identifying / salient feature
в общих чертах — in general terms, in outline, without going into details
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