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Значение идиомы live up to
[live up to] {v.} To act according to; come up to; agree with;follow.
So far as he could, John had always tried to live up to theexample he saw in Lincoln.
Bob was a man who lived up to hispromises.
The new house didn’t live up to expectations.
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