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| Russian | English |
| говорить дело | mean business (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| говорить по делу | come to the point (‘Come to the point,' said Miss Sally, ‘And don't talk so much.' (Ch. Dickens, ‘The Old Curiosity Shop', ch. LI) Andrey Truhachev) |
| дела говорят громче слов | actions speak louder than words (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| Одно дело-говорить, другое дело-делать! | the devil is in the details (Andrey Truhachev) |