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| Russian | English |
| до основания | from the ground up (VLZ_58) |
| до самого основания | the core (The Greek crisis is shaking the IMF to its core. VLZ_58) |
| не без основания | not without substance (Abysslooker) |
| не без основания | with good reason (It’s with good reason that we’ve made Quadro the cornerstone of our product line. ART Vancouver) |
| разрушенный до основания | shaken to pieces (shaken to pieces by an earthquake sankozh) |
| строить на ненадёжном основании | build on sand (Richard has nothing but high-risk stocks; his fortune is built on sand cnlweb) |