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| вынужденная женитьба; брак поневоле; чтобы "покрыть грех"; брак по беременности (Andrey Truhachev); вынужденный союз (An agreement or compromise made through necessity (see examples). This expression alludes to a marriage precipitated by a woman's pregnancy, causing her father to point a literal or figurative gun at the responsible man's head. Its figurative use dates from the mid-1900s. • Since neither side won a majority, the coalition government was obviously a shotgun wedding. || The committee was created through a shotgun wedding between the community relations commission and the race relations board.) | |||
| вынужденный брак | |||
| брак "по залёту" (Unarmed) | |||
| насильственный брак (Yeldar Azanbayev) | |||
| брак, заключаемый по требованию родителей девушки, когда они узнают, что она состоит в половой связи с мужчиной и / или беременна | |||
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| ⇒ forced marriage; compulsory marriage; forcible wedlock | |||
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shotgun marriage : 1 phrase in 1 subject |
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