- slightest inkling
1) тонкий намек
2) некоторое подозрение
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь. 2001.
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inkling — noun have an inkling to have a slight idea about something: We had no inkling that he was leaving. | No one gave me the slightest inkling of what they were planning … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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