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whet russian

  • отбива́ть

    to repulse/to repel, win over, retake, recapture, break off, take away, remove, whet

  • точи́ть

    to sharpen, to grind, to whet, to turn

    to produce, to make (using a lathe)

    to wear away, to wear down, to gnaw

    (dated) to emit, to exude

  • остри́ть

    sharpen, whet, be witty, make witticisms, crack jokes

  • отточи́ть

    sharpen, whet

  • наточи́ть

    sharpen, grind, whet, strop, turn, eat away, gnaw, corrode, prey, wear out, secrete

  • отта́чивать

    sharpen, whet

  • ли

    whether, if

    interrogative particle (placed after the first word in a sentence or phrase)

  • ль

    if, maybe, whether, (difficult to translate)

  • точи́ло

    whetstone, grindstone

  • осело́к

    touchstone, whetstone, oilstone, hone

  • навострённый

    sharpened, whetted, honed

    pricked up (ears), alert, attentive

    sharp, cunning, shrewd, astute

  • точи́вший

    sharpening, having sharpened, grinding, having ground, whetting, having whetted

    gnawing, having gnawed, eroding, having eroded, wearing away, having worn away

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