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nodding acquaintance

шапочное знакомство

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The road was muddy and full of holes; the miller drove cautiously, without hurry, guiding his horse skilfully, and nodding to the acquaintances he met.
Я вышел на улицу и поглядел ему вслед. Дорога была грязная и ухабистая; мельник ехал осторожно, не торопясь, ловко правил лошадью и со встречными раскланивался…
Тургенев, И.С. / Записки охотника т.2Turgenev, I.S. / A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
A Sportsman's Sketches v.2
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Записки охотника т.2
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1975
But he did not meet anyone he knew well; only twice he nodded to acquaintances- a merchant whom he knew slightly, and then a young village priest who was going to his parish two stations away.
Но близких знакомых не встретилось; всего лишь раза два пришлось ему кивнуть головой, - одному купцу, которого он знал отдаленно, и потом одному молодому деревенскому священнику, отъезжавшему за две станции, в свой приход.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessedДостоевский, Фёдор / Бесы
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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nodding acquaintance
шапочное знакомство

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