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| watertight; water fast | |||
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| stand fire (испытание); bear up under scrutiny (напр., о гипотезе Ремедиос_П) | |||
| hold water (о теории и т. п.; обычно в отрицательных предложениях: it won't hold water • Finally a theory that holds some water!); wash | |||
| stand fire | |||
| выдерживающий критику: 51 phrases in 10 subjects |
| Diplomacy | 1 |
| Formal | 1 |
| General | 32 |
| Idiomatic | 4 |
| Informal | 2 |
| Makarov | 6 |
| Mass media | 1 |
| Mathematics | 2 |
| Scientific | 1 |
| Slang | 1 |