berry stock
Example
This was soon extended to cherry and plum trees as well as berry stocks.
Author’s comment
ягодный куст?
liberal sprinkling of small limestones
Example
His reckoning was that the liberal sprinkling of small limestones was good for warming the soil.
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большое количество мелкого известняка
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I considered marginal pastureland at best
Example
An example of that was given about the sandy, somewhat stony land on my little hobby farm that I considered marginal pastureland at best.
workings of mankind
Example
How wondrous are the workings of mankind.
something worthy to do
Example
His reasoning was that if one knows of something worthy to do and refuses, it would be a sin.
if even only a short one
Example
They were in agreement to ask another settler, former teacher Abraham Martens if he would consider holding a service, if even only a short one.
was appraised and assessed to the entire settlement
Example
One large, two story brick building that had served as a workers quarters lay in the middle of village number five was appraised and assessed to the entire settlement.
Author’s comment
напрашивается что-то похожее на "набивало цену всему поселению"
find it I did
Example
Somehow he had never managed it, but now there was a needle in a haystack to find. With the help of the Mennonite Heritage Center, find it I did, and much more.
Author’s comment
"С помощью Центра Наследия Меннонитов я нашел её и даже гораздо больше." - как-то так?
It was uplifting to see them riding home singing, rank and file.
Example
The riding drills of these Cossacks were impressive. It was uplifting to see them riding home singing, rank and file.
Author’s comment
Начало понятно, что-то типа "Наблюдение за ними, поющими на пути домой, поднимало настроение". Но как перевести "rank and file"? Больше склоняюсь к варианту "простыми смертными"
That brought me up short.
Example
"On the other side of the stream is an oak forest where in the summer nightingales held concert until the morning". That brought me up short. I knew that forest!
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bring up short - to make someone suddenly stop doing something or talking, usually because they are surprised
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