Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 22, 2003 12:50
20 yrs ago
Lithuanian term
laiptinė
Lithuanian to English
Other
ar yra koks tikslus žodis sovietinių daugiabučių laiptinei pavadinti?
Proposed translations
(English)
5 +1 | stairwell | Jolanta Schimenti |
5 +2 | staircase | Leonardas |
3 | flight of stairs | vanduo |
Proposed translations
+1
4 hrs
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stairwell
"...She was a liberal Russian parliamentarian, an MP representing the party Democratic Russia, the most well-known and outspoken female politician in Russia until she was murdered November 19 in the stairwell of her St. Petersburg apartment, the victim of three bullets to her head."
*"...They climb 122 stairs, past empty vodka bottles and crushed cigarette butts, through the dimly lighted and urine-reeking stairwell of the ordinary Russian apartment building, to a small doorway opening into the attic."
*"...They climb 122 stairs, past empty vodka bottles and crushed cigarette butts, through the dimly lighted and urine-reeking stairwell of the ordinary Russian apartment building, to a small doorway opening into the attic."
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+2
3 mins
staircase
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Peer comment(s):
agree |
Irena Gintilas
5 hrs
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agree |
sweetlion
: This is what I usually see in texts.
20 hrs
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41 mins
Lithuanian term (edited):
laiptin�
flight of stairs
Kažkada universitete viena leksikos dėstytoja aiškino, kad 'laiptinės' atitikmuo angliškai - 'flight of stairs'.
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