шевырять

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Russian

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шевыря́ть (ševyrjátʹimpf

  1. to tinker
    • 1840, Михаил Лермонтов , “Часть первая. II. Максим Максимыч”, in Герой нашего времени; English translation from Martin Parker, transl., A Hero of Our Time, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1951:
      Он бро́сил тру́бку на стол, стал ходи́ть по ко́мнате, шевыря́ть в печи́, наконе́ц лёг, но до́лго ка́шлял, плева́л, воро́чался…
      On brósil trúbku na stol, stal xodítʹ po kómnate, ševyrjátʹ v pečí, nakonéc ljog, no dólgo kášljal, plevál, voróčalsja…
      He threw his pipe on the table, began pacing up and down the room, then tinkered with the stove. Finally he lay down, coughing, spitting and tossing about for a long time.

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