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З68

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ДОРОГО ЗАПЛАТИТЬ за чтоVPsubj: humanfixed WO

1. ( usu. subjunctive, often foil. by за то, чтобы...) to (be willing to) sacrifice sth. of great value in order to get sth. one really wants or make some desired event happen

X дорого бы заплатил - X would give (pay, do) anything

what X wouldn't give (pay, do).

Дорого бы я заплатил за то, чтобы хоть на несколько минут увидеть родителей. What I wouldn't give to see my parents, even if only for a few minutes.

2. to suffer grave consequences as a result of sth. (some reprehensible action, wrongdoing, mistake etc)

X дорого заплатил за Y - X paid dearly for Y

X paid a high price for YX had hell (the devil) to pay for YY cost X dearly.

Иван Петрович дорого заплатил за свое легкомыслие: жена, узнав, что он провел ночь со своей секретаршей, ушла от него и забрала с собой ребенка. Ivan Petrovich paid dearly for his foolishness: his wife, having found out that he spent the night with his secretary, left him and took their child with her.

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