продолжать

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Russian

Etymology

продо́лжить (prodólžitʹ) +‎ -а́ть (-átʹ)

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Verb

продолжа́ть (prodolžátʹimpf (perfective продо́лжить)

  1. to continue, to proceed (with), to go on
    • 1930, Владимир Набоков , chapter 9, in Защита Лужина, Берлин: Слово; English translation from Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author, transl., The Luzhin Defense, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1964:
      Ме́жду те́м, ле́стница продолжа́ла рожа́ть люде́й… Появи́лся господи́н в ночны́х ту́флях, в чёрных штана́х и крахма́льной руба́шке без воротничка́, за ним корена́стая бле́дная го́рничная в шлёпанцах на бо́су но́гу.
      Méždu tém, léstnica prodolžála rožátʹ ljudéj… Pojavílsja gospodín v nočnýx túfljax, v čórnyx štanáx i kraxmálʹnoj rubáške bez vorotničká, za nim korenástaja blédnaja górničnaja v šljópancax na bósu nógu.
      Meanwhile the staircase continued to spawn people.... A gentleman appeared wearing bedroom slippers, black trousers and a collarless starched shirt, and behind him came a pale, stocky maid with scuffers on her bare feet.
    • 2002, t.A.T.u. , “Простые движения ”‎:
      Я продолжа́ю просты́е движе́ния,
      Ты продолжа́ешь мои́ продолже́ния
      Ja prodolžáju prostýje dvižénija,
      Ty prodolžáješʹ moí prodolžénija
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  2. to keep on

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