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weak-kneed
[ˌwiːk'niːd]
прил.
малодушный, слабовольный
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Suicide, he had persuaded himself, would be a ludicrous insult to the gravity of the situation as well as a weak-kneed confession of fear.Самоубийство, таково было его убеждение, было бы неприличным оскорблением глубокого трагизма его положения и в то же время малодушным признанием трусости перед испытанием.Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погасСвет погасКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915The Light That FailedKipling, Joseph Rudyard© 2011 by Victorian Secrets
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weak-kneed
ˌwiːk'niːdAdjectiveмалодушный; слабовольный
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