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показна (акция)

English translation: demonstration, display, manifestation, show off, ostentatious/showy (operation), demonstrative action


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Bulgarian term or phrase:показна (акция)
English translation:demonstration, display, manifestation, show off, ostentatious/showy (operation), demonstrative action
Entered by: klyunchev
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15:52 Feb 1, 2010
Bulgarian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Military / Defense
Bulgarian term or phrase: показна (акция)
Това беше позказна полицейска акция.
Veta Anton
demonstrative action
Explanation:
http://www.google.com/search?imgtbs=f&hl=en&safe=off&newwind...
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klyunchev
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3 +3demonstrative actionklyunchev
5demonstration, display, manifestation, show off
4leavedClover
4ostentatious/showy (operation)natasha stoyanova


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
demonstrative action


Explanation:
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klyunchev
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agree  Andrei Vrabtchev
1 hr
  -> Благодаря.

agree  Yavor Dimitrov
14 hrs
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agree  galya_rus
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
demonstration, display, manifestation, show off


Explanation:
choose any :)

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Note added at 13 mins (2010-02-01 16:06:14 GMT)
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Sorry, като съществително трябва да е "show-off"

4leavedClover
Bulgaria
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ostentatious/showy (operation)


Explanation:
or "show police operation"
With the seeming plethora of "fly on the wall" documentaries that abound on television, spoof police show Operation Good Guys was well timed, ...

http://www.google.bg/search?hl=bg&client=firefox-a&rls=org.m...

Henceforth, gigantic and ostentatious police operations were organized in the street and these involved large numbers of identity checks but very few actual ...
fh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/crp006v1

natasha stoyanova
Bulgaria
Local time: 23:35
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Changes made by editors
Feb 7, 2010 - Changes made by klyunchev:
Edited KOG entryVeta Anton's old entry - "показна (акция)" => "demonstration, display, manifestation, show off, ostentatious/showy (operation), demonstrative action"


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