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The English-Russian Dictionary: the American variant
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by word of mouth

а) из уст в уста

б) по слухам

Examples from texts

Many animals had been born to whom the Rebellion was only a dim tradition, passed on by word of mouth, and others had been bought who had never heard mention of such a thing before their arrival.
Для многих появившихся на свет восстание было далекой легендой, рассказы о котором передавались из уст в уста, а те, кто был куплен, никогда не слышали о том, что было до их появления на ферме.
Orwell, George / Animal FarmОруэлл, Джордж / Скотный двор
Скотный двор
Оруэлл, Джордж
© 1945, Джордж Оруэлл
© 1945, Harcourt, Inc
© 1973, Sonia Orwell
© 1988 Журнал «Родник». Рига
© Илан Полоцк, перевод
Animal Farm
Orwell, George
© 1945, Harcourt, Inc
© 1945, George Orwell
© renewed 1973, Sonia Orwell
He saw her every day and secretly reported to her - sometimes by word of mouth, sometimes in a brief note - every detail of the illness.
Он каждый день ее видел и украдкой передавал ей - иногда на словах, иногда в маленькой записочке - все подробности хода болезни.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008
But I cannot tell how to do this by word of mouth.'
Но словами я не могу выразить, как это сделать.
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh / Tao: The Pathless Path, Volume 1Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш / Дао: Путь без пути, Том 1
Дао: Путь без пути, Том 1
Ошо Бхагван Шри Раджниш
Tao: The Pathless Path, Volume 1
Osho, Bhagvan Shree Rajneesh
© 2002 by Osho International
In another place he writes: ' The papers reach us frightfully late, and, although there is plenty of news conveyed by word of mouth, not all of it can be trusted.
В другом месте он пишет: "До нас газеты доходят ужасно поздно, а хотя изустных новостей и много, не всем можно верить.
Толстой, Л.Н. / Севастопольские рассказыTolstoy, Leo / Sevastopol
Sevastopol
Tolstoy, Leo
© 1888, by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
Севастопольские рассказы
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976

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