улучить

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Russian

Etymology

у- (u-) +‎ лучи́ть (lučítʹ, to allow, originally to accomplish)

Pronunciation

Verb

улучи́ть (ulučítʹpf (imperfective улуча́ть)

  1. to find (time)
  2. to seize (a moment)
    • 1885, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Старость; English translation from John Middleton Murry, transl., Old Age, 1915:
      То́лько часа́ два спустя́, переговори́в со ста́ростой и осмотре́в це́рковь, он улучи́л мину́тку, когда́ Ша́пкин заговори́лся со свяще́нником, и побежа́л пла́кать…
      Tólʹko časá dva spustjá, peregovorív so stárostoj i osmotrév cérkovʹ, on ulučíl minútku, kogdá Šápkin zagovorílsja so svjaščénnikom, i pobežál plákatʹ…
      Two hours later, having arranged with the churchwarden and examined the church, he seized the opportunity while Shapkin was talking away to the priest, and ran to shed a tear.

Conjugation