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на отлете

off at a distance (в стороне); at arm's length (держать что-л.)

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Пока я говорил, запыхавшись и торопясь, он взял письмо в руки и, держа его в левой руке на отлете, внимательно следил за мной.
While I was speaking with breathless haste he took the letter and, holding it lightly poised in his left hand, watched me attentively.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Шатов с пачкой в руке, на отлете, как взял, так и просидел целую минуту без ответа, смотря в землю.
Shatov sat for a full minute with the bundle in his outstretched hand, making no answer and staring at the floor.
Достоевский, Фёдор / БесыDostoevsky, Fyodor / The possessed
The possessed
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Бесы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1989
Он постоял молча, держа шляпу на отлете и глядя на трех неподвижных хоббитов у подножия Могильника.
There he stood, with his hat in his hand and the wind in his hair, and looked down upon the three hobbits, that had been laid on their backs upon the grass at the west side of the mound.
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл / Братство КольцаTolkien, John Ronald Reuel / The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel
© 1954, 1965, 1966 by J.R.R. Tolkien
© renewed 1982 by Christopher R. Tolkien, Michael H.R. Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© renewed 1993, 1994 by Christopher R.Tolkien, John F.R. Tolkien and Priscilla M.A.R. Tolkien
© 2003 J. R. R. Tolkien
Братство Кольца
Толкиен, Джон Рональд Руэл
© Издательство "Радуга", 1988
Наконец гость вошел, размахнув дверь на весь отлет.
Finally the visitor flung the door wide open and came in.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / A Raw YouthДостоевский, Фёдор / Подросток
Подросток
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Советская Россия", 1979
A Raw Youth
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- После отлета на Венеру станет лучше - надеюсь.
"We can do better than this after Venus departure - I hope."
Хайнлайн, Роберт / Космическое семейство СтоунHeinlein, Robert / The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
Heinlein, Robert
© 1952 by Robert A. Heinlein
Космическое семейство Стоун
Хайнлайн, Роберт
© 1952 by Robert A. Heinlein
© TERRA FANTASTICA, 2007
© Перевод. Н. Виленская, 2003

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