18:16 Jul 8, 2007 |
Russian to English translations [PRO] Architecture / apartment houses | |||||
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| Selected response from: Henry Schroeder United States Local time: 14:03 | ||||
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3 +6 | landing / midflight (IMHO) |
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3 +1 | I met my neighbour on the stairs. |
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3 | hallway or half-landing |
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hallway or half-landing Explanation: In our apartment building in New York, we called the floors with the doors to the apartments the hallway and the platforms between floors, where the staircase turned, the half-landing. |
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landing / midflight (IMHO) Explanation: Definitions of landing on the Web: - an intermediate platform in a staircase - structure providing a place where boats can land people or goods - the act of coming down to the earth (or other surface); "the plane made a smooth landing"; "his landing on his feet was catlike" - the act of coming to land after a voyage - A horizontal platform at midflight in a staircase. Most often necessary on stairs that change directions. www.homestore.com/HomeGarden/HomeImprovement/Tools/Glossary... Reference: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=define%3A+landing&meta= |
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