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спасающий престиж (и т.п.; of something which helps a person not to look stupid or not to appear to be giving in • He agreed to everything we asked and as a face-saving exercise we offered to consult him occasionally); который поможет кому-либо сохранить своё лицо (In the wake of these and other setbacks, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia appears to be maneuvering for a face-saving settlement, analysts say, a way to escape a losing situation without puncturing his strongman image or antagonizing the ultranationalists at home who were expecting him to follow up his annexation of Crimea with an invasion of Ukraine. 4uzhoj) |
