U tebia, Korkin, forsunka shalit. Slyshish' - pereboi?
English translation: Korkin, your fuel jet's playing up. Listen - it's misfiring, isn't it?
| 14:11 May 19, 2004 |
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| 4 | Korkin, your fuel jet's playing up. Listen - it's misfiring, isn't it? |
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something's wrong with the fuel injector Explanation: pereboi - miss (of ignition?) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2004-05-19 14:18:55 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- shalit\' - to play (figuratively) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 9 mins (2004-05-19 14:20:47 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- to play pranks, to be more exact |
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Korkin, your fuel jet's playing up. Listen - it's misfiring, isn't it? Explanation: One meaning of перебой, according to Callaham, is misfiring of an engine, so it seems appropriate here. I'm no expert on the history of car engines, but it seems unlikely to me that a car in the 1900s would have had fuel injection. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 19 mins (2004-05-19 16:30:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- \"To play up\" is often used colloquially for some piece of equipment not working properly, much as \"шалить\" is in Russian. |
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