Лодка неплотно на грунт легла

English translation: the boat has partially bottomed

21:01 Feb 16, 2005
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense / Sunken Sub
Russian term or phrase: Лодка неплотно на грунт легла
Лодка не плотно на грунт легла
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English translation:the boat has partially bottomed
Explanation:
1. subs are boats, never ships.
2. placing the sub on the bottom of a body of water is "bottoming" and not "grounding"

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Alex Lane
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3 +1the boat has partially bottomed
Alex Lane
3the boat did not sit flatly on the bottom
Vladimir Dubisskiy


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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Лодка неплотно на грунт легла
the boat has partially bottomed


Explanation:
1. subs are boats, never ships.
2. placing the sub on the bottom of a body of water is "bottoming" and not "grounding"

Cheers...

Alex Lane
Local time: 08:01
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12
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agree  Sergei Tumanov
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Лодка неплотно на грунт легла
the boat did not sit flatly on the bottom


Explanation:
tense can be differebt

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Note added at 1 hr 44 mins (2005-02-16 22:45:43 GMT)
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like.. \'has not been sitting flatly on the bottom..

Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
Local time: 09:01
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 38
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