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Their devotion to art and artists produces in these people an inexpressible mawkishness; it is distressing to have to do with them and to talk to them; they are perfect logs smeared with honey.Любовь к художеству и художникам придает этим людям приторность неизъяснимую; знаться с ними, с ними разговаривать – мучительно: настоящие дубины, вымазанные медом.Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.2Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.2A Sportsman's Sketches v.2Turgenev, I.S.© 2006 BiblioBazaarЗаписки охотника т.2Тургенев, И.С.© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
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слащавость, приторность
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mawkishness
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | mawkishness | mawkishnesses |
| Possessive case | - | - |