to lose, to mislay (many things).
to be at a loss, to be disconcerted;(embarrassed);to lose countenance;
я зовсім розгубився — I was embarrassed, I lost my head;
розм. I went all to pieces, I was at a loss, I did not know whether I was standing on my head or on my heels.
"Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party." Herbert Hoover
"Hitch your wagon to a star." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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