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on one s bended knees
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1 on (one's) (bended) knees
Общая лексика: униженноУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > on (one's) (bended) knees
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2 on one's bended knees
Общая лексика: коленопреклоненно -
3 on one's bended knees
униженно, коленопреклоненно -
4 on one's knees
на коленях, униженно, пресмыкаясьThe Orsini have begged me almost on their bended knees to attack Florence. I bear your city no ill will and I have refused. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and now’, ch. V) — Орсини почти на коленях умоляли меня напасть на Флоренцию. Но я ничего не имею против вашего города, и я не согласился.
...Japan was already on her knees when the first A-bomb was dropped. (R. E. Lapp, ‘Atoms and People’, ch. IV) —...атомную бомбу сбросили на Японию, когда эта страна уже была поставлена на колени.
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5 on knees
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