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| English | Russian |
| brain drain | утечка мозгов (the departure of educated or professional people from one country Val_Ships) |
| drain of energy | обескровливать (VLZ_58) |
| drain the colour from something | обесцвечивать (nastja_s) |
| drain the colour from something | "выкачивать" цвета (из чего-либо; The clouds that had gathered were draining the colour from the landscape. – Набежавшие тучи будто выкачивали цвета из пейзажа. nastja_s) |
| drain to the last drop | выдуть (pf of выдувать) |
| drain to the last drop | выдувать (impf of выдуть) |