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с бухты-барахты

[с бухты-барахты] {adv. phr.} {colloquial} {slang} [s `buhtyi-ba`rahtyi] Offhand; off the cuff; suddenly; […]

pitch

[pitch] See: [WILD PITCH].

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(April 1976) Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we drop a bunch of clothes hangers.

close at hand

[close at hand] {adj. phr.} Handy; close by; within one's range. * /My calendar isn't close at hand, so I can't tell you […]