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Russian term or phrase:
присаживаться на дорожку
English translation:
Let's sit for the road
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Valery Kaminski
Dec 20, 2006 07:23
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Russian term
присаживаться на дорожку
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Давай присядем на дорожку перед долгим путешествием. Они уселись, взявшись за руки, а спустя минуту поднялись и поспешили к машине.
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Valery Kaminski
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Let's sit for the road
Это же не просто дать ногам отдохнуть.
Это ведь примета!
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Note added at 1 час (2006-12-20 09:23:36 GMT)
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а еще есть "one for the road", т.е. на посошок
Это ведь примета!
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Note added at 1 час (2006-12-20 09:23:36 GMT)
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а еще есть "one for the road", т.е. на посошок
Example sentence:
“to sit for the road”. Prior to departing for a. journey, a circle is made. and a moment of. silence is observed
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Laurentiu Chiriac
: Ну конечно, не "before the road (or journey, travel, whatever)", а "for the road" важно!
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Let's sit down for a bit
...before this long journey. (On the road, or path - but I doubt if we would say that).
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koundelev
: before the journey - key words here
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David Knowles
: "Let's sit down before the journey". "for a bit" seems to make too light of this custom, which in my (limited) experience is taken seriously.
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Olga Cartlidge
: Let's sit down for a bit
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let's take a moment before we go
or let's pause before we go...
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Let's sit before the road or Let's sit before the long journey
Let's sit before the road or Let's sit before the long journey (присесть на дорожку, или -- присесть перед дальней дорогой).
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Note added at 1529 days (2011-02-26 18:27:00 GMT) Post-grading
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Проихождение этой приметы очень просто и древне, которое означает не просто сидеть на корточках или чемоданах.
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Note added at 1529 days (2011-02-26 18:27:00 GMT) Post-grading
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Проихождение этой приметы очень просто и древне, которое означает не просто сидеть на корточках или чемоданах.
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