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5 +1 | см. |
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5 | minor, relatively insignificant |
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3 | see |
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Khotia finansirovanie proektov i predusmatrivaet hebol'shie za ob see Explanation: why is it "za ob'emom"? It is correct to say "po ob'emu" in Russian. Project funding, however, provides for small budget items for printing information materials. |
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Khotia finansirovanie proektov i predusmatrivaet hebol'shie za ob см. Explanation: Limited budget is available for publication of information materials or Project financing provides limited budget for ... |
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... Explanation: Although project financing is provided for (by items in the budjet which are small in volume) printing of information materials. Small in volume means that they are insignificant in value |
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Khotia finansirovanie proektov i predusmatrivaet hebol'shie za ob minor, relatively insignificant Explanation: "nebol'shie za obiemom..." means in broken Russian "insignificant compared to the total budget". ("za" meaning "na fone" Might have been written by a Russian who has to speak Ukrainian language a lot ("bilingual":)) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 28 mins (2004-03-09 09:33:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- the expression \"nebol\'shie za obshim ob\'emom (finansirovaniya, proizvodstva etc.)\" meaning \"relatively small compared to\" (total budget, gross producttion etc) is quite frequently used by bureaucracy, though it\'s not exactly good Russian either |
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