коротать

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корота́ть (korotátʹimpf (perfective скорота́ть)

  1. to while away, to pass
    корота́ть вре́мяkorotátʹ vrémjato while away the time
    • 1887, Антон Чехов , Перекати-поле, Санкт-Петербург: Новое время; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Uprooted, 1919:
      До са́мого моего́ отъе́зда мы вме́сте слоня́лись о́коло монастыря́ и корота́ли дли́нный жа́ркий день.
      Do sámovo mojevó otʺjézda my vméste slonjálisʹ ókolo monastyrjá i korotáli dlínnyj žárkij denʹ.
      Up to the time of my departure we strolled together about the Monastery, whiling away the long hot day.

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