поставить часовым на пост

English translation: put on post as a sentry

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Russian term or phrase:поставить часовым на пост
English translation:put on post as a sentry
Entered by: Andrew Vdovin

07:55 Aug 12, 2018
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Military / Defense
Russian term or phrase: поставить часовым на пост
Вчера Сашка вместо себя поставила часовым на пост мальчишку-симпатягу из роты Довгаля, а сама отлучилась чуть ли не на час...
Andrew Vdovin
Local time: 14:17
put on post as a sentry
Explanation:
Yesterday Sasha put...on her post as a sentry while she was away for almost an hour.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:17
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Thank you for your help Jack!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1put on post as a sentry
Jack Doughty
Summary of reference entries provided
posted a nice boy (as) a sentry
Turdimurod Rakhmanov

  

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put on post as a sentry


Explanation:
Yesterday Sasha put...on her post as a sentry while she was away for almost an hour.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 224
Grading comment
Thank you for your help Jack!

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agree  Turdimurod Rakhmanov
3 hrs
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4 hrs
Reference: posted a nice boy (as) a sentry

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posted a nice boy / (as) a sentry / sentinel-ed him as a sentry

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Note added at 4 hrs (2018-08-12 12:09:48 GMT)
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https://books.google.kg/books?id=zMiar1TM7YIC&pg=PA284&lpg=P...

Turdimurod Rakhmanov
Kyrgyzstan
Native speaker of: Native in UzbekUzbek, Native in KirghizKirghiz
PRO pts in category: 32
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