З62
ПОД ЗАНАВЕС
PrepPInvaradvright before the conclusion of sth. , at the very end of sth. (often used in refer, to one's saving the most effective statement, remark, item etc for the end of a written piece, speech, recital etc): as (just before) the curtain falls (comes down)
at (before) curtainfall
curtain-fall).И наконец (в конце статьи), так сказать, под занавес, я наносил заключительный удар. Но как раз в это место статьи и вкралась опечатка, из-за которой впоследствии и поднялось столько шума (Домбровский 1). Finally, (at the end of the article,) just before curtain-fall as it were, 1 delivered the conclusive blow. But it so happened that a printers error crept into the article at that very point and it was this which was the cause of all the subsequent trouble (1a). ( From an old custom among playwrights of giving actors especially effective lines at the very end of a play, act, or scene.
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