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водомойны

English translation: gully


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15:01 Dec 21, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: водомойны
From a work of literary non-fiction. A woman on horseback is riding through the hills in Bessarsabia.

Я, не меняя аллюра, устремляюсь вниз, перескакивая водомойны. На половине спуска оглядываюсь.
Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 23:52
English translation:gully
Explanation:
I galloped down and over the gully

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-12-21 15:06:18 GMT)
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Perhaps "водомойны" it's the plural form of "водомойня":
http://alk.pp.ru:8080/c/m.exe?l1=1&l2=2&s=
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Dmitry Kornyukhov
Ukraine
Local time: 06:52
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4 +1gully
Dmitry Kornyukhov
4potholes
Alexandra Taggart
4Large puddles (possible - potholes)T J
3wash-outsJurate Kazlauskaite
2maybe "выбоины" ? > hollow spots
Alexander Onishko


  

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maybe "выбоины" ? > hollow spots


Explanation:
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Alexander Onishko
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
gully


Explanation:
I galloped down and over the gully

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Note added at 5 mins (2011-12-21 15:06:18 GMT)
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Perhaps "водомойны" it's the plural form of "водомойня":
http://alk.pp.ru:8080/c/m.exe?l1=1&l2=2&s=


    Reference: http://www.gulag.su/album/index.php?eng=1&page=2&list=1&foto...
Dmitry Kornyukhov
Ukraine
Local time: 06:52
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 12

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Large puddles (possible - potholes)


Explanation:
Large puddles (puddle is "лужа", large puddle is "водомойна")

Pothole is " выбоина"



T J
United States
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wash-outs


Explanation:
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Example sentence(s):
  • XXX
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    Reference: http://iahs.info/redbooks/a066/iahs_066_0665.pdf
Jurate Kazlauskaite
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potholes


Explanation:
The deep natural ground depression formed by the erosion, especially by the action of rainwater streams.

Alexandra Taggart
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