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to tug at the oars

  1. быть рабом на галерах

  2. выполнять тяжёлую работу

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"Well, my dear Pangloss," said Candide to him, "when you had been hanged, dissected, whipped, and were tugging at the oar, did you always think that everything happens for the best?"
Ну, хорошо, мой дорогой Панглос, — сказал ему Кандид, — когда вас вешали, резали, нещадно били, когда вы гребли на галерах, неужели вы продолжали считать, что все в мире к лучшему?
Voltaire / CandideВольтер / Кандид
Кандид
Вольтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1965
Candide
Voltaire
© 1918 by BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.

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tug at the oars1/2
быть рабом на галерах

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