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| English | Russian |
| a notch above | превосходный (Interex) |
| a notch above | высшего качества (Interex) |
| a notch above the rest | на голову выше остальных (Juffin) |
| step it up a notch | внести разнообразие ("When we ask our viewers to send us photos of the snow, we always get the usual–kids, dogs, porches–but this year, one viewer stepped it up a notch. Oak Island resident Wendy Brumagin was able to capture a beautiful, and what some might consider rare, image of a coyote frolicking in the snow." – ABC11.com (Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina), 8 Jan. 2018 VLZ_58) |
| take down a notch or two | поставить кого-либо на место (КГА) |