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Dictionary translations for "предавать огню и мечу"

предавать огню и мечу verb Conjugation

lay waste with fire and sword

Contexts with "предавать огню и мечу"

Он становился спиной к огню и часами развлекал толпу своими замысловатыми рассказами. He would stand with his back against a fire and entertain the crowd for hours with his winding tales.

Рука привыкает к мечу, тело - к тяжести доспеха, а сердце - к утрате. An arm gets used to the sword, a body to the weight of armour, and a heart to a loss.

Солдаты были открыты вражескому огню. The soldiers were exposed to the enemy's fire.

За два дня до голосования наших наблюдателей и сторонников начали обыскивать, арестовывать и в одночасье предавать суду, приговаривая в основном к одному или двум месяцам тюрьмы. Two days before the vote, our poll watchers and supporters were searched, arrested, and given one-day trials, with most sentenced to one or two months in jail.

Тяжесть на сердце добавляет вес его мечу. A heavy heart weighs a man's sword.

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