Russisch | Englisch |
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сказать verb {Plf} | say [said, said, saying, says](to communicate verbally or in writing) tell [told, told, telling, tells](to pass information) utter [uttered, uttering, utters]verb |
сказать не к месту verb {Plf} | talk out of turn(speak when not allowed to) |
сказаться больным verb {m} {Plf} | chuck a sickie(to feign illness so to take time off work) |
высказать verb {Plf} | express [expressed, expressing, expresses](to convey meaning) |
как сказать по-английски …? phrase | how do you say … in English(request for translation into English) |
мама сказать не успеешь phrase | before you can say knifephrase |
могли бы вы сказать phrase | can you tell us(begins a polite request) |
можно сказать preposition | of sorts(Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) |
не давать слова сказать // verb | jump down someone's throat(criticise with excessive and unexpected harshness) |
не о чем даже рассказать pronoun | nothing to write home about(not exceptional) |
пересказать verb | rephrase [rephrased, rephrasing, rephrases](find a different way to say something) |
пересказать verb {Plf} | recount [recounted, recounting, recounts](to tell, narrate) retell [retold, retelling, retells](to tell again) |
подсказать; давать непрошенные советы verb {Plf} | kibitz [kibitzed, kibitzing, kibitzes](give unwanted advice) |
предсказать verb {Plf}; прорицать {imPlf}; пророчить {imPlf} | prophesy [prophesied, prophesying, prophesies](to predict) |
предсказать verb {Plf} | forecast [forecasted, forecasting, forecasts](estimate future conditions) foresee [foresaw, foreseen, foreseeing, foresees](to anticipate) predict [predicted, predicting, predicts](to state, or make something known in advance) |
проще сказать preposition | in layman's terms(phrased simply) |
проще сказать adjective | easier said than done(easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish) |
рассказать verb {Plf} | narrate [narrated, narrating, narrates](to relate a story) recount [recounted, recounting, recounts](to tell, narrate) |
так сказать preposition | of sorts(Resembling; similar to; in a way; partial or not entire; somewhat) |
так сказать adverb | as it were(to indicate a word or statement is not exact) so to speak(in a manner of speaking) sort of(in a way etc.) |
что надо сказать? phrase | what do you say(used to remind a child to say a polite expression) |