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The Universal Dictionary- dicts.lingvouniversal_ru_en.description
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бросать слова на ветер
to waste words, to waste one's breath; to talk / speak at random
AmericanEnglish (Ru-En)
бросать слова на ветер
waste one's breath
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Я не умею произносить пылкие речи, но не бросаю слов на ветер.I'm not very eloquent and that sort of thing, but what I say I mean.Конан Дойль, Артур / Торговый Дом ГердлстонConan Doyle, Arthur / The Firm Of GirdlestoneThe Firm Of GirdlestoneConan Doyle, Arthur© 1889 by John W. LowellТорговый Дом ГердлстонКонан Дойль, Артур© Издательство "Правда", 1966
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throw words to the wind
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