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; English translation from Michael Scammell in collaboration with the author, transl., The Luzhin Defense, New York, 1964:
      Между тем, лестница продолжала рожать людей… Появился господин в ночных туфлях, в чёрных штанах и крахмальной рубашке без воротничка, за ним коренастая бледная горничная в шлёпанцах на босу ногу.
      Meždu tem, lestnica prodolžala rožatʹ ljudej… Pojavilsja gospodin v nočnyx tufljax, v čórnyx štanax i kraxmalʹnoj rubaške bez vorotnička, za nim korenastaja blednaja gorničnaja v šljópancax na bosu nogu.
      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.
  2. to keep on

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