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Russian term or phrase:	скривиться
English translation:	make a wry face
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06:49 Nov 9, 2009

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Russian term or phrase: скривиться

т.е. скривить лицо в знак неодобрения

Eng-Rus/Rus-Eng KudoZ activity Questions: 58 (2 open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 95 United States
Local time: 13:03

скривить лицо

Explanation:
make a wry face

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Note added at 16 mins (2009-11-09 07:05:50 GMT)
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to make a wry face as a token of disapproval

Selected response from:

Anahit09
Local time: 22:03

Grading comment

I think, this suits me most. Thanks, everyone, for wonderful alternatives.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +6

twist/wrinkle/scrunch one's face in disapproval

Mark Berelekhis

4 +4

скривить лицо

Anahit09

pucker

Henry Schroeder

pull a face

Dylan Edwards

Contort/screw up

Dan Brennan

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

скривить лицо

Anahit09
Local time: 22:03
Native speaker of:

Armenian,

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

I think, this suits me most. Thanks, everyone, for wonderful alternatives.

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

twist/wrinkle/scrunch one's face in disapproval

Explanation:
Or simply 'grimace with.' Tons of options.

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Note added at 19 mins (2009-11-09 07:08:49 GMT)
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Not quite. You can twist your face in more than just disapproval. Pain, for instance. This construct requires the addition.

Mark Berelekhis
United States
Local time: 13:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian,

English
PRO pts in category: 538
1 corroborated select project
in this pair and field

Notes to answerer

Asker: If I say "he twisted his face" (without adding "in disapproval"), will that have the right connotation?

2 hrs confidence:

pull a face

Explanation:
or "make a face", meaning to contort one's as a sign of a negative emotion: disapproval, dislike, disgust.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-11-09 08:55:41 GMT)
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That should be "contort one's face", of course!

Dylan Edwards
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 68

3 hrs confidence:

pucker

Explanation:
This is what Henry James prefers. Context is similar, i.e. disapproval.

Mr. Tristram puckered his plump visage:

http://books.google.de/books?id=Fb_hNjO37twC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA1...

Adding disapproval at the end would be fine.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-11-09 10:17:45 GMT)
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You should also note that Katherine Mansfield uses Jim's suggestion in one of the stories of her florilegium Selected Short Stories published by Norton:

Very gently she turned the doorhandle, screwing up her face and biting her lip as the lock snapped back...

It is on pg. 23 according to my records, probably can be easily checked in google.

Henry Schroeder
United States
Local time: 13:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 174

1 day6 hrs confidence:

Contort/screw up

Explanation:
to contort one's face in disapproval

or - though this might be marked for British usage - to screw up one's face in disapproval.

Dan Brennan
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:03
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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PRO (3): Mikhail Kropotov, Andrey Belousov, Nick Grekov

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Nov 9, 2009 - Changes made by Nick Grekov:
Level	Non-PRO => PRO

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