beetle off

фраз. гл.; брит.; разг. быстро удаляться, убегать

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A cross gust of wind blew suddenly on him; he almost shuddered, and his heart stood still; a drowsy beetle fell off a twig and dropped with a thud on the path; Bersenyev uttered a subdued 'Ah!' and again stopped.
Резкий ветерок набежал на него сбоку: он чуть-чуть вздрогнул и замер на месте сонный жук свалился с ветки и стукнулся о дорогу Берсенев тихо воскликнул: "А!" - и опять остановился.
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

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beetle off

быстро удаляться; убегатьExamples

I turned to answer him and found he had beetled off without waiting for an answer. — Я обернулся, чтобы ответить ему, а он уже убежал, не дождавшись ответа.

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