пакостить

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па́костить (pákostitʹimpf

  1. to dirty
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter II, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Передо́нов подошё́л к стене́ и принялся́ колоти́ть по ней подо́швами. Воло́дин по его́ приме́ру то́же ляга́л сте́ну. Передо́нов сказа́л:
      — Мы всегда́, когда́ еди́м, па́костим сте́ны, — пусть по́мнит.
      Peredónov podošól k stené i prinjalsjá kolotítʹ po nej podóšvami. Volódin po jevó priméru tóže ljagál sténu. Peredónov skazál:
      — My vsegdá, kogdá jedím, pákostim stény, — pustʹ pómnit.
      Peredonov walked up to the wall and began to wipe the soles of his boots on it. Volodin followed his example. Peredonov said:
      "We always dirty the walls after every meal, so that they'll remember us when we've gone!"
  2. to harm, to damage

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