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| Russian | English |
| не прошло впустую | wasn't for nothing (Though technically a failure, the Vivaldi brothers’ doomed journey wasn’t for nothing. The mistakes they made helped lay the foundation for more successful voyages down the road.  mentalfloss.com ART Vancouver) |
| потратить жизнь впустую | waste one's life ("Recently, I was alone in an elegant hotel suite with Cary Grant. My life has not been wasted. Sure, it was a Sunday morning, and we only had coffee. And actually we were alone for only a few minutes while his wife went downstairs to mail a letter. It doesn't matter. There are only two good reasons to become a reporter: to help change the world or to meet Cary Grant." (Carrie Dolan, the Wall Street Journal) ART Vancouver) |