С301
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PrepPInvar 1. \С-301 рассказать, передать, доложить что и т. п.
adv (to tell, recount, report etc sth. ) in spoken form: (recount sth. (relay a message etc)) orally (verbally)
(give) an oral (a verbal) report (account) (of
sth. )(in some contexts the idiom may be omitted in translation).
2. often disapprov ( adv or subj-compl with бытье ( subj: это, всё это)) ( s.o. states, proclaims etc sth. ) insincerely, not supporting or intending to support his words by actions (the opposition between what is stated and what exists in reality is either overtly expressed, usu. by a clause beginning with на деле, or implied)
in words
(in limited contexts) pay lip service to(as
subj-compl only) just talk.
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