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| Russian | English |
| все оказалось напрасно! | All the trouble was wasted! (But you wouldn't let me go to the picnic after all, so all my trouble was wasted. Wakeful dormouse) |
| мои надежды оказались напрасными | my hopes have been falsified |
| мои страхи оказались напрасными | my fears have been falsified |
| оказаться напрасным | prove unfounded (об опасениях // In the end, Legras’ not unreasonable fears that Ablyazov, who was rumoured to have a private militia and would defend himself to the death in some kind of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid shootout, proved unfounded. 4uzhoj) |