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морщить/наморщить носa
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to wrinkle one's nose
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NB
The above phrase is used in various situations, often to describe a child about to cry.
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морщить/сморщить носa
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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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надевать/надеть очкиa (or пенснеa) на носa (or на носa)
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to put one's glasses/pince-nez on
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тереться/потереться носомi о Na
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to nuzzle N
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Мишенька потёрся носом о мамин рукав, положил головку ей на колени и заснул.
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Little Misha nuzzled his mother's sleeve, put his head in her lap, and fell asleep.
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уткнуться [no Impf.] носомi в Na
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to bury one's nose in N
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Мальчик уткнулся носом в мамину кофту и зарыдал.
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The little boy buried his nose in his mother's jersey and burst into tears.
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Вместо ответа он уткнулся носом в газету, давая понять, что разговор окончен.
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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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тыкаться/ткнуться носомi 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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хватать/схватить Na за носa (or за носa)
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to grab N by the nose
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дёргать/дёрнуть [Pf-once] Na за носa (or за носa)
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to pull N by the nose
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щёлкать/щёлкнуть [Pf-once] Na по 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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тыкать/ткнуть котёнкаa (or щенкаa, etc.) носомi 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 ткнуть носом 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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