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толкђть/толкнџть Na лћктемi
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to elbow N, to nudge N with one's elbow
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Пљтя нечђянно толкнџл лћктем дљвушку.
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Petya accidently nudged the girl with his elbow.
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задевђть/задљть Na лћктемi
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to brush N with one's elbow
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ударїть/удђрить Na лћктемi
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to hit N with one's elbow
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растђлкивать/растолкђть Na локтїмиi
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to elbow one's way through N
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NB
N = толпђ "a crowd," ћчередь "a line," etc.
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Онђ растђлкивала всљх своќми ћстрыми локтїми, чтобы подойтќ поблќже.
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She shoved everybody aside with her sharp elbows trying to get closer.
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подтђлкивать/подтолкнџть [Pf-once] Na лћктемi (в бћкa);
толкђть/толкнџть [Pf-once] Na лћктемi (в бћкa)
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to nudge N with one's elbow (in the ribs)
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NB
The above two phrases describe a gesture used to draw someone's attention to something.
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сгибђть/согнџть рџкуa в лћктеp
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to bend one's elbow
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Ћн согнџл рџку в лћкте, чтобы показђть своќ бќцепсы.
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He bent his elbow to show his muscles.
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прижимђть/прижђть лћктиa к тљлуd
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to press one's elbows to one's side
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отводќть/отвестќ лћктиa назђд
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to move one's elbows back
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приподнимђться/приподнїться на локтїхp
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to prop oneself up on one's elbows
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Рђненый с трудћм приподнїлся на локтїх.
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The wounded man managed to prop himself up on his elbows.
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опирђться/оперљться на лћктиa (or лћкотьa)
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to lean on one's elbow(s)
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Онђ лежђла на пескљ, опершќсь на лћкоть, и смотрљла на мћре.
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She was lying on the sand, leaning on her elbow, and looking at the sea.
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клђсть/положќть лћктиa на стћлa (or прилђвокa, etc.)
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to put one's elbows on a table (or counter, etc.)
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Прђвила хорћшего тћна запрещђют во врљмя едІ клђсть лћкти на стћл.
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The rules of etiquette forbid putting one's elbows on the table while eating.
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опирђться/оперљться локтїмиi о стћлa (or прилђвокa, etc.);
облокђчиваться/облокотќться о стћлa (or прилђвокa, etc.)
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to lean with one's elbows on a table (or counter, etc.)
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убирђть/убрђть лћктиa со столђg (or с прилђвкаg, etc.)
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to take one's elbows off a table (or counter, etc.)
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брђть/взїть Na за лћкотьa
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to take N by the elbow
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Иванћв взїл Николђя за лћкоть и отвёл егћ в стћрону.
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Ivanov took Nikolai by the elbow and led him off to one side.
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закђтывать/закатђть рукавђa до лћктяg
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to roll up one's sleeves to the elbow
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опускђть/опустќть рџкуa в Na по лћкотьa;
совђть/сџнуть рџкуa в Na по лћкотьa
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to put one's arm into N up to the elbow
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прћбовать/попрћбовать вћдуa лћктемi
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to test the water with one's elbow
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NB
The above phrase often describes the action of someone testing a child's bath water to determine the temperature.
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Дрџг дрџгу тётушки мигнџли
И лћктем Тђню в бћк толкнџли,
И кђждая шепнџла љй:
«Взглянќ налљво поскорљй!"
[А. Пџшкин, Евгљний Онљгин]
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The ladies winked at one another
And nudged Tanya in the side,
Each whispered to her
"Look to the left, quick!"
[A. Pushkin, Eugene Onegin]
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А кћнчилось дљло тљм, что приљхали штурмовикќ и, загнџв емџ лћкти к лопђткам, угнђли в гћрод Арканђр. [Стругђцкие, Трџдно бІть бћгом]
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The way it all ended up was that the storm troopers came and, after bending his elbows back to his shoulder blades, packed him off to the city of Arkanar. [A. and B. Strugatskiy, It's hard to be a god]
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Онђ сидљла, положќв лћкти на стћл, прїмо глїдя на менї своќми прекрђсными спокћйными глазђми... [Г. Газдђнов, НочнІе дорћги]
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She sat with her elbows on the table, looking right at me with her wonderful quiet eyes... [G. Gazdanov, Night Roads]
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