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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Russian term or phrase: A nu-te eshche... | Novel circa 1900-1910
A doctor is tickling his patient (!)
Patient: Oi, chort! Shchekotno. A nu-te eshche...- on vtsepilsia rukami v kreslo...
A nu-te eshche...- I have no idea how to translate this :( |
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| | English translation:Let's do it once more | Explanation:
In the 19th and early 20th century, nu-te or nu-tes was often used without special meaning indicating that the speaker was about to start doing something, e.g. a doctor was starting the examination of a pacient or an examiner was ready to listen to the student (like in: nu-tes, molodoy chelovek, chto vy nam rasskazhete?). It is a parasitic word of the "you know" kind but used mostly by intellegentia. Now it sounds archaic. |
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Explanation:
In the 19th and early 20th century, nu-te or nu-tes was often used without special meaning indicating that the speaker was about to start doing something, e.g. a doctor was starting the examination of a pacient or an examiner was ready to listen to the student (like in: nu-tes, molodoy chelovek, chto vy nam rasskazhete?). It is a parasitic word of the "you know" kind but used mostly by intellegentia. Now it sounds archaic.
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