«The girl sat quiet, with her hands in her lap, as though she were watching TV.» / Lingvo Live

Ирина Новиковаasked for translation 7 years ago

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The girl sat quiet, with her hands in her lap, as though she were watching TV.

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Девушка сидела спокойно, ее руки были на коленях, как предполагалось, она смотрела телевизор.
translation added by Dmitry Logvin
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Translations in the Lingvo dictionaries

he is watching tvон смотрит телевизор

His face was very mobile and he twisted it continually into odd and amusing grimaces. It looked as though it were made out of the red india-rubber from which they make hot-water bottles.Его лицо было очень подвижным и он постоянно корчил странные и забавные гримассы. Создавалось впечатление, что оно сдела...

I/we believe he was watching tv that nightдумается, что он смотрел телевизор той ночью

He could carry off a chaffing love scene, making a proposal as if it were rather joke, or a declaration as though he were laughing at himself, in a manner that the audience found engaging.Его высокий голос придавал особую пикантность фривольной реплике, и, хотя серьезная страсть по-прежнему выглядела у него...

Dad has come back from the work and he is watching TV now.папа пришел с работы и смотрит телевизор

She treated him as though he were a childОна относилась к нему как к ребенку.

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