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| English | Russian |
| be shrivel to a skeleton | одна тень осталась |
| be shrivel to a skeleton | превратиться в живые мощи |
| shrivel up | зачахнуть (wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled" КГА) |
| talents that shrivel for want of use | таланты, увядающие без применения |
| the leaves are shrivelled up by the frost | мороз побил листья |