Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
До смерти довести
English translation:
Even unto death
Added to glossary by
Jack Doughty
May 14, 2003 23:45
21 yrs ago
Russian term
До смерти довести
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Russian to English
Art/Literary
- А ты порчу навести можешь?
- Коли надо будет, могу.
- А до смерти довести?
- Могу и так, главное, чтоб монетки водились.
То есть, понятно, что kill тут никак не подходит. Потому что "довести до смерти" предполагается порчей, проклятьями и прочими альтернативными средствами не-физического воздействия. :-)
- Коли надо будет, могу.
- А до смерти довести?
- Могу и так, главное, чтоб монетки водились.
То есть, понятно, что kill тут никак не подходит. Потому что "довести до смерти" предполагается порчей, проклятьями и прочими альтернативными средствами не-физического воздействия. :-)
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Even unto death?
This might be a suitably archaic expression.
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Simon Geoghegan
: In this context I think this is the best version.
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Comment: "Thank you very much! :-) "
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to lead smb. to death
Luck, Oyra!
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urge /+(on) to death
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urge /+(on) to death
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To put a deadly curse (on someone)
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to bedevil / to witch
Main Entry: 2witch
Function: verb
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : to affect injuriously with witchcraft
2 archaic : to influence or beguile with allure or charm
intransitive senses : DOWSE
1 : to possess with or as if with a devil
2 : to cause distress : TROUBLE
3 : to change for the worse : SPOIL
4 : to confuse utterly : BEWILDER
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...And despite its butt-ugly cover, Cosmos, according to the critics, \"will bewitch, bother, bewilder and bedevil you...for lifetimes to come!\"
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Can you bedevil him to death?
Function: verb
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 : to affect injuriously with witchcraft
2 archaic : to influence or beguile with allure or charm
intransitive senses : DOWSE
1 : to possess with or as if with a devil
2 : to cause distress : TROUBLE
3 : to change for the worse : SPOIL
4 : to confuse utterly : BEWILDER
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Note added at 2003-05-15 00:17:08 (GMT)
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...And despite its butt-ugly cover, Cosmos, according to the critics, \"will bewitch, bother, bewilder and bedevil you...for lifetimes to come!\"
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Can you bedevil him to death?
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drive smb to death
i'd use 'drive' here
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yes, just \'to drive\' as in \'drive to despair, drive to tears\' ie to put smb into a certain condition/state - here it is death (which actually IS a state)
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yes, just \'to drive\' as in \'drive to despair, drive to tears\' ie to put smb into a certain condition/state - here it is death (which actually IS a state)
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Cause them to die, too?
IMO better sounding in context. Simpler, too. It's about causing (or inflicting) death.
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can it even bring (life) to the end?
can it even bring (life) to the end?
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