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| Russian | English |
| пойти на решительный шаг | take the plunge |
| пойти на столь безумный шаг и | be so mad as to (“If Russia were so mad as to invade, I don’t think people should imagine that this would be a brief business. This would be a bloody and protracted conflict in which, I’m afraid, there will be many casualties, and including many Russian casualties.”  theguardian.com) |
| пойти на какой-либо шаг | resort to a move (We are not sure of the reasons why ZC had to resort to such a move. • It argues this is in everyone's best interests, but the three main UK parties – the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats – won't go for it, and say that whoever's in power after the next UK election will not agree to such a move. 4uzhoj) |