Т141
HE (нельзя, невозможно и т. п.) ДОБИТЬСЯ ТОЛКУ (от кого)
VPsubj:
human not to receive or be able to get from
s.o. a reasonable answer, response, explanation
X не добился толку (от Y-a) - X didn't (couldn't) get any sense out of Y
X could get no sense out of YX didn't (couldn't) get a straight answer (from Y)X got nowhere (couldn't get anywhere) (with Y)X didn't (couldn't) find out (anything) (from Y)(in limited contexts) X couldn't get a sensible account (of what had happened (occurred
etc)).
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