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1 all their attacks were resisted
Макаров: все их атаки были отбитыУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > all their attacks were resisted
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2 a dead letter
1) мёртвая буква; что-л. потерявшее своё значение (особ. не отменённый, но более не применяющийся закон) [этим. библ. Romans VII, 6]Even the mild New Laws were bitterly resisted by the encomenderos and they soon became dead letters. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, book I, ch. V) — Крупные землевладельцы ожесточенно боролись против "Новых законов", несмотря на всю их умеренность. Вскоре эти законы превратились в пустую бумажку.
2) письмо, не доставленное адресату или не востребованное им
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