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| Subject | Russian | English |
| fig. | не выдержать напряжения | break down under the strain ("Even his iron constitution, however, had broken down under the strain of an investigation (...)." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | он не выдержал такого напряжения | he couldn't take the strain |
| gen. | у него нервы не выдержали напряжения | his nerves couldn't stand the strain |