pry open their mouths

Russian translation: отверзнуть уста

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English term or phrase:pry open their mouths
Russian translation:отверзнуть уста
Entered by: Igor Galiouk

10:38 Aug 18, 2015
English to Russian translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
English term or phrase: pry open their mouths
A multitude of professing Christians sit in evangelical churches every Lord’s Day, yet their sin is rarely exposed to them or pressed upon their conscience with enough force to break their hearts or pry open their mouths in even the most meager confession toward God.
Yuri Smirnov
Local time: 16:25
отверзнуть уста
Explanation:
отверзнуть их уста
http://phraseology.academic.ru/7977/Отверзнуть_уста


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Note added at 2 час (2015-08-18 13:30:26 GMT)
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Примеры употребления:
И Он, отверзши уста Свои, учил их, говоря...
Но если бы Бог возглаголал и отверз уста Свои к тебе...
ибо премудрость отверзла уста немых и сделала внятными языки младенцев

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Igor Galiouk
Russian Federation
Local time: 16:25
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Summary of answers provided
4отверзнуть уста
Igor Galiouk
3разверзнуть рты
Igor Boyko
3разомкнуть губы
Yulia Tsybysheva BA MSc MCIL


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
разверзнуть рты


Explanation:
попытка не пытка

Igor Boyko
Russian Federation
Local time: 16:25
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 168
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
разомкнуть губы


Explanation:
или "разжать губы"

Yulia Tsybysheva BA MSc MCIL
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:25
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
отверзнуть уста


Explanation:
отверзнуть их уста
http://phraseology.academic.ru/7977/Отверзнуть_уста


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Note added at 2 час (2015-08-18 13:30:26 GMT)
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Примеры употребления:
И Он, отверзши уста Свои, учил их, говоря...
Но если бы Бог возглаголал и отверз уста Свои к тебе...
ибо премудрость отверзла уста немых и сделала внятными языки младенцев



Igor Galiouk
Russian Federation
Local time: 16:25
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 36
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