berry stock
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This was soon extended to cherry and plum trees as well as berry stocks.
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ягодный куст?
liberal sprinkling of small limestones
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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
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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
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How wondrous are the workings of mankind.
something worthy to do
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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
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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
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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.
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напрашивается что-то похожее на "набивало цену всему поселению"
find it I did
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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.
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"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.
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The riding drills of these Cossacks were impressive. It was uplifting to see them riding home singing, rank and file.
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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.
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"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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