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умалчивать (over something: The few obituary notices drew a discrete veil over the cause of his demise. • Thus public health propaganda emphasizes the virtues of catching cancer at an early stage, when there is some hope of treating it, while drawing a discrete veil over the fact that most of the medical treatments currently availabl e involve devastating the body's immune system in a way which could prove fatal even if the cancer is cured. 4uzhoj); спрятать от посторонних глаз (over/across something: It's at times like these that I'm glad Dad didn't take out our road-side hedges. As is often the case, a good bit of thick bush is an effective way of drawing a discrete veil over too much detail. 4uzhoj); умолчать (over something: I will draw a discrete veil over events at this point. 4uzhoj) |
