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[PrepP; these forms only; adv]=====⇒ (to know, say etc sth.) based on s.o.'s oral communication:- (hear <find out, learn>) from s.o.;- (know (tell) sth.) based on s.o.Ts account;- (relate <report etc>) what s.o. has told one;- (know sth.) from what s.o. has told one;- [in limited contexts](be) told by s.o.♦ Вскоре... в гетто снова пришел дядя Гриша и в подробностях рассказал об акции, рассказал со слов спасшихся мужчин, примкнувших к отряду Сидорова... (Рыбаков 1). Soon...Uncle Grisha turned up in the ghetto again and gave a detailed account of the action, having heard it from those who had escaped and joined Sidorov's unit... (1a).♦ ...Впоследствии со слов Азалии Митрофановны стало известно, что предсмертное заявление состояло из одной фразы... (Войнович 4). ...It was subsequently learned from Azalia Mitrofanovna that the suicide note consisted of a single sentence... (4a).♦ Со слов мужа она всё знала о Григории... (Шолохов 5). From what her husband had told her she knew all about Grigory... (5a).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.