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| English | Russian |
| have a story to tell | скрывать под собой что-то (Every detail has a story to tell sankozh) |
| tell a story | поддержать разговор (friendly and always ready to tell a story sankozh) |
| tell a white lie | сказать ложь во благо (Taras) |
| tell a white lie | сказать ложь во спасение (Taras) |
| tell a yarn | рассказывать байки (по-русски обычно во множ. числе: "If you say so," I said. "But I don't see why Menendez would bother to come up here and tell me a yarn and warn me to keep my nose clean on account of Lennox was a pal of him and Randy Starr in Vegas and they didn't want anybody fooling around." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |