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Russian
Pronunciation
Adverb
плашмя́ • (plašmjá)
- flat and wide side down
1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава XVIII. Неудачливые визитёры”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:Затем рыжий разбойник ухватил за ногу курицу и всей этой курицей плашмя, крепко и страшно так ударил по шее Поплавского, что туловище курицы отскочило, а нога осталась в руке Азазелло.- Zatem ryžij razbojnik uxvatil za nogu kuricu i vsej etoj kuricej plašmja, krepko i strašno tak udaril po šeje Poplavskovo, što tulovišče kuricy otskočilo, a noga ostalasʹ v ruke Azazello.
- Then the red-haired bandit grabbed the chicken by the leg, and with this whole chicken hit Poplavsky on the neck, flat, hard, and so terribly that the body of the chicken tore off and the leg remained in Azazello’s hand.