мелкий лес

English translation: copse

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Russian term or phrase:мелкий лес
English translation:copse
Entered by: eldorado

11:04 Jan 10, 2003
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary
Russian term or phrase: мелкий лес
description of a landscape.
eldorado
Local time: 12:24
Coppice, copse.
Explanation:
A small wood.

HTH
Sara

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Note added at 2003-01-10 11:18:17 (GMT)
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copse

\\Copse\\, n. [Contr. from coppice.] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.

Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. --Goldsmith.

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Sara Noss
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3 +2Coppice, copse.
Sara Noss
4Small forest
Oleg Pashuk (X)
4spinney
oldnick
2stunted forest
Eduard Kurilovich


  

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Coppice, copse.


Explanation:
A small wood.

HTH
Sara

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Note added at 2003-01-10 11:18:17 (GMT)
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copse

\\Copse\\, n. [Contr. from coppice.] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.

Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. --Goldsmith.

Ref - http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=copse


Sara Noss
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:24
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agree  alla dunbar
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  -> Thank you, Alla.

agree  David Knowles
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stunted forest


Explanation:
1. Вот, что говорит словарь Lingv 6.0: низкорослое дерево – bushy tree, shallow tree, stunted tree
2. Цитата: “Dominated by oak and birch, the tree stock is generally stunted…” Ссылка: http://www.leeds.gov.uk/fol/fol_38.html


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Note added at 2003-01-10 11:17:18 (GMT)
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В дополнение: stunted – мелкий, низкий, низкорослый, чахлый Syn: undersized, shortish

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Note added at 2003-01-10 11:23:15 (GMT)
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Кстати, а редкий лес - sparse forest

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Note added at 2003-01-10 11:26:55 (GMT)
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Уже не совсем по теме, по поводу редкого леса (ради интереса).
Цитата: \"We must descend first through sparse forest to a forest nursery established with the help of the Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust. \"
Ссылка: http://www.goldenhilltravel.co.uk/dossiers/dumje-bc.htm

Eduard Kurilovich
Local time: 14:24
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Small forest


Explanation:
Simply that:-)

Oleg Pashuk (X)
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spinney


Explanation:
undergrowth

oldnick
Local time: 15:24
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