мандраж
noun
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Transcription (the accent is shown in capital letters):
[mand-RASH]
Translation / meaning:
jitters
More explanations and examples here: Хандра и мандраж
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to work hard
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you can expect this from him
The expression is used after describing an action that has a negative connotation. It implies that a decent and good person would not do such an action, but the person mentioned could easily do it.
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с тебя станется, с них станется, etc. -
in general, generally (speaking), altogether, on the whole
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oh, what the hell!
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to go crazy, to lose one's wits
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old vashioned variant of "то есть" = i.e.
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the phone is ringing non-stop
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without sophistry, without contrivance, without deceiving oneself by wise arguments, without making any cardinal changes
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