полуразвалившийся

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полуразвали́вшийся (polurazvalívšijsja)

  1. ramshackle, half-dilapidated, half-broken
    • 1883, Николай Лесков, chapter 3, in Тупейный художник; English translation from Alfred Edward Chamot, transl., The Toupee Artist, 1923:
      Ребё́нком, в сороковы́х года́х, я по́мню ещё́ огро́мное се́рое деревя́нное зда́ние с фальши́выми о́кнами, намалё́ванными са́жей и о́хрой, и огоро́женное чрезвыча́йно дли́нным полуразвали́вшимся забо́ром.
      Rebjónkom, v sorokovýx godáx, ja pómnju ješčó ogrómnoje séroje derevjánnoje zdánije s falʹšívymi óknami, namaljóvannymi sážej i óxroj, i ogoróžennoje črezvyčájno dlínnym polurazvalívšimsja zabórom.
      I was a child in the forties, but can still remember a huge wooden building with imitation windows painted with soot and ochre, surrounded by an extremely long half-ruined fence.

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