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The Universal Dictionary- It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
- It is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.
to have an axe to grind
преследовать собственные цели
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But today I had an axe to grind.Но сегодня я пришла с корыстной целью.Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key / The love of the last tycoonФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей / Последний магнатПоследний магнатФицджеральд, Фрэнсис Скотт Кей© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1977The love of the last tycoonFitzgerald, Francis Scott Key© 1941 by Charles Scribner's Sons; copyright renewed© 1993 by Eleanor Lanahan, Matthew J. Bruccoli and Samuel J. Lanahan as Trustees
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have an axe to grind
преследовать собственные целиExamples
He claimed to be disinterested, but I knew he had an axe to grind. — Он заявлял, что действует бескорыстно, но я знал, что у него были свои интересы в этом деле.
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