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English translation: to gulp'em all down

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Russian term or phrase:	выпивать залпом
English translation:	to gulp'em all down
Entered by:	Andrey Belousov

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18:53 Oct 15, 2011

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Russian term or phrase: выпивать залпом

Все перечисленные фильмы хочется не столько смотреть, сколько прикасаться к ним физически: выкуривать, выпивать залпом в публичных местах и особенно – надевать на себя, чтобы все видели, насколько утончен твой вкус

All the above mentioned films I want not so much to watch as to touch them physically: smoke them, toss them off / drink them off in public places and especially to put them on

translato KudoZ activity Questions: 176 (7 open) (6 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 06:48

to gulp'em all down

Explanation:
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Andrey Belousov
United States
Local time: 23:48

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Summary of answers provided

4 +4

drink at a gulp; drain in one gulp;

interprivate

4 +2

to gulp'em all down

Andrey Belousov

to take [them] down in a single draft

Andrei B

belt down

Natalia Tsumakova

down shots

James McVay

drink bottoms up

rns

Summary of reference entries provided
Definitions of 'to belt down'	Andrei B

Answers

9 mins confidence:

down shots

Explanation:
Check out this article about the "Jersey Girls": http://www.google.com/search?q="down shots"&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-...

James McVay
Local time: 23:48
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

drink at a gulp; drain in one gulp;

Explanation:
dust
Lingvo

interprivate
Local time: 06:48
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 12

32 mins confidence:

belt down

Explanation:
belt down a shot of whiskey

from Lingvo x5

Natalia Tsumakova
Local time: 23:48
Native speaker of:

Russian

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

to gulp'em all down

Explanation:
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Andrey Belousov
United States
Local time: 23:48
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 63

Grading comment

Thank you!

14 hrs confidence:

drink bottoms up

Explanation:

rns
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 19

2 hrs confidence:

to take [them] down in a single draft

Explanation:
Apparently, the context implies "drinking" each of the films "in a single draft" slowly enough to "savor its taste" without interruption as long as possible, whereas tossing connotes a swift/sudden action
That is,
"to toss off/down = to drink a drink very quickly"
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/toss off
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/toss down
doesn't work here

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Note added at 16 час (2011-10-16 11:49:46 GMT)
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Important notes:
1. Even though 'to take down' in combination with 'draft' may be used as an equivalent of выпивать, the literal 'to drink down' is better here (on second thought)
2. The word 'gulp' means a quick swallow, whereas 'draft' (cognate with the verb 'to draw') connotes a rather slow, long, drawn-out one (see explanation above)
3. The word 'shot' means a small amount (e.g., of liquor); say, 'shot glass' (стопка, стопарь) is exactly the kind of glasses Jersey girls downed in the example provided by James
4. In the context, "выкуривать, выпивать залпом" may mean "выкуривать залпом, выпивать залпом" (in order to savor the full "taste") as well as "выкуривать, залпом выпивать"
Accordingly, the "draft" in the translation suggested here may mean "a single act of drinking or inhaling" ~ глоток или затяжка (табачным дымом)
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/draft
Example:
"Holmes grins, takes a long draft on his pipe, and calls his visitor by name"
http://www.steveoppenheimer.com/kgo/articles/eyesonly.html
The translation may be phrased as follows:
"All of the films mentioned above should be perceived physically rather than [just] watched: you feel like smoking or drinking them down in public places in a single draft, and especially putting them on to show off your fine taste"
which works perfectly either way (no matter whether "залпом" is associated with "выкуривать" or not)

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Note added at 17 час (2011-10-16 12:07:33 GMT)
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However, 'to take down' may work too with a slightly expanded metaphor:
"All of the films mentioned above should be perceived physically rather than [just] watched: you feel like taking them down in a single draft in public places, like a bottle of liquor or a cigar, and especially putting them on to show off your fine taste"

Andrei B
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 3

Reference comments

1 hr

Reference: Definitions of 'to belt down'

Reference information:
WordNet 3.0 (2003-2008) defines it as
"to drink down entirely"
Note an example of using its synonym, 'to kill':
"She killed a bottle of brandy that night"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/belt down
Anybody believe she did it in one shot?
In another example,
"If I was a drinking man I'd probably have belted down a bottle of Jack' by this time"
http://shrinkingman.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=complete&a...
the last three words make it clear that it's about anything but "выпивать залпом"

The Macmillan Dictionary is more specific:
"to drink alcoholic drinks quickly, one after another"
Example:
"belting down shots of whiskey"
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/belt-...
And that's exactly how a bottle of brandy could possibly be killed "that night" (first example above) or "by this time" (second example), i.e., shot after shot after shot

Andrei B
Russian Federation
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 3

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Oct 20, 2011 - Changes made by Andrey Belousov:
Edited KOG entry	translato's old entry - "выпивать залпом " => "to gulp\'em all down"

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