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| English | Russian |
| closely guarded secret | тайна за семью печатями (Alexander Demidov) |
| give a guarded welcome | занять сдержанную позицию по отношению к ч-либо (Lyashenko I.) |
| guard something with one's life | хранить что-то как зеницу ока (lumosz) |
| with one's guard down | расслабившись (The part of the experience that still utterly scares the witness to this day is that whatever he saw was definitely stalking up that ditch to get to him when he had his back turned to it. “Otherwise, I can’t possibly explain what had triggered those emotions when I stood there in the darkness with my guard completely down. -- я полностью расслабился  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| with one's guard down | врасплох (The part of the experience that still utterly scares the witness to this day is that whatever he saw was definitely stalking up that ditch to get to him when he had his back turned to it. “Otherwise, I can’t possibly explain what had triggered those emotions when I stood there in the darkness with my guard completely down. -- я был совершенно застигнут врасплох mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |