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считанные (here)

English translation: just a few old women whose husbans perished in prisons ...

21:44 Oct 30, 2006
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Russian term or phrase: считанные (here)
Letter from the 90s talking about the famine of '33.

Людей жителей осталася десятая доля с тех лет. И уже все старухи считанные, что мужья померли в тиурмах, а станица долго оставалася пустая, но уже ее населили переселенцами со всех мест.
Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 11:57
English translation:just a few old women whose husbans perished in prisons ...
Explanation:
считанные here means there were very few of them left

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Note added at 22 мин (2006-10-30 22:07:07 GMT)
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And all of them were just a few old women whose husbans perished in prisons
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Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Local time: 18:57
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Spasibo!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10just a few old women whose husbans perished in prisons ...
Valery Kaminski
5 +3A handful
Emil Tubinshlak
3 +2counted on the fingers | very few
Smantha
4And the ones that are left are(were) all old women
YelenaM


Discussion entries: 2





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
counted on the fingers | very few


Explanation:
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Smantha
Israel
Local time: 18:57
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Sophia Hundt (X)
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agree  Anastasia Novoselova
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
And the ones that are left are(were) all old women


Explanation:
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YelenaM
Local time: 11:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
just a few old women whose husbans perished in prisons ...


Explanation:
считанные here means there were very few of them left

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Note added at 22 мин (2006-10-30 22:07:07 GMT)
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And all of them were just a few old women whose husbans perished in prisons

Valery Kaminski
Belarus
Local time: 18:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 80
Grading comment
Spasibo!

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agree  Cortejo: I'd go with the last one.
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agree  Jack Doughty
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agree  Simon Hollingsworth
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agree  Alexander Demyanov
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agree  Vitaly Kisin
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agree  Vladimir Dubisskiy: husbanDs
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agree  Vanda Nissen
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agree  Sophia Hundt (X)
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agree  Dmitry Venyavkin
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agree  Dorene Cornwell
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
A handful


Explanation:
Just a handful of old women

Emil Tubinshlak
Canada
Local time: 08:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Sophia Hundt (X)
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agree  Mikhail Kropotov
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agree  Dorene Cornwell: I like this one too.
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