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| Subject | Russian | English |
| law, contr. | избегать вопрос | sidestep an issue (Sergei Aprelikov) |
| dipl. | избегать вопроса | duck a question (bigmaxus) |
| dipl. | избегать вопроса | fend off a question (bigmaxus) |
| dipl. | избегать вопроса | evade a question (bigmaxus) |
| dipl. | избегать вопроса | dodge a question (bigmaxus) |
| gen. | избегать вопросов | dodge questions (Sergei Aprelikov) |
| gen. | избегать неудобных вопросов | duck the tough questions (A little more info would be helpful. Are all the staff sick? Or one or two? Or were there other issues? But we'll never know since the govt officials always duck the tough questions and hide behind the "privacy" excuse.  burnabynow.com ART Vancouver) |
| polit. | избегать обсуждения вопроса об обретении членства в НАТО | avoid talk of NATO membership (контекстуальный перевод на русс. язык Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | избегать этого вопроса | keep off the subject (this topic, the question who pays, etc., и т.д.) |