- (be) a bad choice of words
- Общая лексика: неудачно выразиться (I apologize, it was a bad choice of words on my part. - Прошу прощения, я неудачно выразился.)
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
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