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The expression "в один уповод"
Уповод or уповодь (cognate to повод "rein") is an amount of work (or a length of way) that a horse can do without taking a rest.
By extension, в один уповод means "in one sitting, at ...
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The expression "в один уповод"
The meaning of “зАвсе” (завсегда — нареч. обстоят. времени разг.-сниж.
в любое время; всегда.) is “always”; “Уповод” here means “срок” ((2) (промежуток времени) period, term.) now completely obsolete.
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The expression "в один уповод"
I like Multitran (https://www.multitran.com/m.exe?s=%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4&l1=2&l2=1). It is the go-to reference used by Russian translators themselves. Завсе is dialectal, ...
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how to use отметить to mean "to sign out"
Отметить (кого-либо) does have a meaning of "check (someone) in or out; punch (someone) in or out".
More often than not it's used in its reflexive form: отметиться ("to check in or out; ...
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Difference between "какой это свитер?" and "что это за свитер?"
I would say that in you can use both of these in speech. As with many expressions context plays more role here. If we talk about these expressions and their usage in general I would say that что это ...
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Difference between "какой это свитер?" and "что это за свитер?"
What's the difference between какой это свитер? & что это за свитер?
The difference is the same as between
What kind of sweater is it? And What is it like?
In general there's no difference at all. ...
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Difference between "какой это свитер?" and "что это за свитер?"
«какой это свитер?» is literally "what kind of sweater is this?", to which the only reasonable answer would be to describe one of its qualities, like «это шерстяной свитер» or «это тёплый ...
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