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figuratively russian

  • во́здух

    air (usually uncountable)

    (figuratively) atmosphere

    (religion) veil

  • ору́дие

    tool or device for performing some work

    (figuratively) pawn, puppet (a person acting under another's control)

    (military) gun, cannon, artillery piece

  • грань

    facet, side

    border, verge, brink (figuratively)

  • перегоро́дка

    partition

    (figuratively) that which separates one thing from another

  • засо́хнуть

    become hard from drying out

    (colloquial and figuratively) lose freshness beauty etc

  • о́бразно

    figuratively, graphically

  • подкоси́ть

    to weaken, to knock down figuratively

    to knock someone off their feet

    cut

  • наполео́новский

    Napoleonic

    (figuratively) grand, ambitious

  • засыха́ть

    to become hard from drying out

    (colloquial and figuratively) lose freshness beauty etc

  • сви́нтус

    slob, pig (figuratively), messy person

  • жёванный

    chewed, masticated, crumpled (informal, figuratively)

  • запродававший

    having sold out, having sold in advance

    having betrayed, having sold out (figuratively)

  • кольну́вший

    that pricked, that stung, having pricked, having stung

    that caused a sharp, sudden pain, that gave a pang, that pricked (figuratively)

  • обмусливаемый

    being slobbered on, being mouthed, being gnawed, being chewed over (figuratively), being discussed repeatedly

  • оступи́вшийся

    stumbled (figuratively), erred, having gone astray, having made a mistake

  • подъедаемый

    being eaten away, being nibbled at, being gnawed at

    being undermined, being eroded, being eaten away (figuratively)

  • прикра́шивавший

    embellishing, adorning, decorating

    sugarcoating, glossing over, embellishing (figuratively)

  • прикрашиваемый

    embellished, adorned, beautified, being embellished, being adorned, being beautified

    sugarcoated, embellished (figuratively), beautified (figuratively), being sugarcoated

  • проби́вший

    having pierced, having punched, having broken through, having shot through

    having made one's way, having pushed through, having broken through (figuratively)

  • укореня́ющийся

    taking root, rooting

    becoming established, taking hold, becoming ingrained, taking root (figuratively)

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