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уступая дорогу конным и пешим

English translation: yielding the road to those on horse and foot

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Russian term or phrase:уступая дорогу конным и пешим
English translation:yielding the road to those on horse and foot
Entered by: Robert Donahue (X)

04:14 May 22, 2005
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / children's literature
Russian term or phrase: уступая дорогу конным и пешим
Повозка медленно подпрыгивала на ухабах, уступая дорогу конным и пешим, и медленно продвигалась в сторону Главного Тракта.
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 03:06
yielding the road to those on horse and foot
Explanation:
The cart bounced along unhurriedly in the ruts, yielding the road to those on horse and foot, slowly pushing on in the direction of the Main Road.
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Robert Donahue (X)
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Thanks for your help Robert!
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3 +9yielding the road to those on horse and foot
Robert Donahue (X)
4yielding to riders and pedestrians
Sophia Lansky
3 +1Making way for...
John Doe (X)


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
уступая дорогу конным и пешим
yielding the road to those on horse and foot


Explanation:
The cart bounced along unhurriedly in the ruts, yielding the road to those on horse and foot, slowly pushing on in the direction of the Main Road.

Robert Donahue (X)
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59
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Thanks for your help Robert!

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agree  Emil Tubinshlak
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agree  Anneta Vysotskaya
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agree  Kirill Semenov
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agree  tanyazst
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agree  Andrey Belousov (X)
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agree  gtreyger (X)
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agree  Sophia Lansky: yours is a more elegant solution
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  -> Thank you very much sofsof!

agree  tatyana000
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  -> Thank you Tanya

agree  Andrew Patrick
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
уступая дорогу конным и пешим
yielding to riders and pedestrians


Explanation:
yielding to riders and pedestrians


a little note to robert:
"Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1791 in Eng. (it was also a sense of L. pedester). The noun meaning "walker" is 1793, from the adj. " 1791- not too modern, is it? :-)

Sophia Lansky
Local time: 13:06
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
уступая дорогу конным и пешим
Making way for...


Explanation:
- instead of "yielding... to...

John Doe (X)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sophia Lansky: nice, especially given the tone of the piece
1 day 7 hrs
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