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Russian
Etymology
взад (vzad) + и (i) + вперёд (vperjód)
Pronunciation
Adverb
взад и вперёд • (vzad i vperjód)
- up and down
1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Расчёт”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Она́ ходи́ла взад и вперёд, напева́я вполго́лоса и стара́ясь утоми́ть себя́ и, гла́вное, ни о чём не ду́мать.- Oná xodíla vzad i vperjód, napevája vpolgólosa i starájasʹ utomítʹ sebjá i, glávnoje, ni o čom ne dúmatʹ.
- She walked up and down, singing under her breath, trying to tire herself and, above all, trying to stop herself thinking.