Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Chasten'ko menia musora khlopali.
English translation:
to grab; seize
Added to glossary by
Gulnara Tyndybayeva
Apr 5, 2004 11:49
20 yrs ago
Russian term
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Chasten'ko menia musora khlopali.
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What does 'khlopat' mean? To arrest? To search?
What does 'khlopat' mean? To arrest? To search?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | grabbed; seized |
Gulnara Tyndybayeva
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| 4 +1 | to catch, to arrest |
Ksenia ILINSKA
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Proposed translations
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Gulnara Tyndybayeva
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grabbed; seized
these two variants have the same expressive meaning as хлопали
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Ksenia ILINSKA
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to catch, to arrest
I was often caught by milicia.
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Andrey Belousov (X)
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