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мћрщить/намћрщить нћсa
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to wrinkle one's nose
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The above phrase is used in various situations, often to describe a child about to cry.
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мћрщить/смћрщить нћсa
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to turn one's nose up, to wrinkle one's nose
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The above phrase is often used as a description of distaste, disgust, or disdain.
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надевђть/надљть очкќa (or пенснљa) на нћсa (or нђ носa)
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to put one's glasses/pince-nez on
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терљться/потерљться нћсомi о Na
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to nuzzle N
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Мќшенька потёрся нћсом о мђмин рукђв, положќл гћловку љй на колљни и заснџл.
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Little Misha nuzzled his mother's sleeve, put his head in her lap, and fell asleep.
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уткнџться [no Impf.] нћсомi в Na
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to bury one's nose in N
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Мђльчик уткнџлся нћсом в мђмину кћфту и зарыдђл.
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The little boy buried his nose in his mother's jersey and burst into tears.
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Вмљсто отвљта ћн уткнџлся нћсом в газљту, давђя понїть, что разговћр окћнчен.
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Instead of answering, he buried his nose in the newspaper, making it clear that the conversation was over.
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тІкаться/ткнџться нћсомi в Na
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to push one's nose against N
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The above expression is often said of an animal showing affection or curiosity.
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хватђть/схватќть Na за нћсa (or зђ носa)
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to grab N by the nose
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дёргать/дёрнуть [Pf-once] Na за нћсa (or зђ носa)
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to pull N by the nose
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щёлкать/щёлкнуть [Pf-once] Na пћ носу
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to flick N's nose
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The above expression describes a friendly gesture, most often by an adult to a child, in which the middle finger is released from the thumb to gently strike the nose.
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тІкать/ткнџть котёнкаa (or щенкђa, etc.) нћсомi в Na
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to push the kitten's nose (or the puppy's nose, etc.) into N, to rub the kitten's nose (or puppy's, etc.) in N
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The expression ткнџть нћсом в Na, where N denotes some kind of excretion, is used to describe the training of a pet that is being reminded that excreting N will not be tolerated. This expression is used colloquially
in the figurative meaning of "to rub somebody's nose in N" i.e., to draw somebody's attention to a mistake or blunder he or she has committed.
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