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⇒ лишь бы | |||
to avoid doing something (when used with a negation: у нас на заводе даже начальство за версту обходит, лишь бы не разговаривать – here at the shipyard even the bosses will go a mile out of their way to avoid having to talk to her Taras) |
лишь бы не: 22 phrases in 10 subjects |
General | 7 |
Idiomatic | 1 |
Informal | 1 |
Law | 1 |
Makarov | 2 |
Politics | 1 |
Proverb | 5 |
Russia | 1 |
Saying | 2 |
Slang | 1 |