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  • 41 в одиночку

    [PrepP; Invar; adv]
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    1. separately, not with others, apart from others:
    - by itself (himself etc);
    - [in limited contexts;
    - of people only] in solitude.
         ♦ Выйдя из лесу, они увидели стоявший в одиночку дом. Coming out of the woods, they caught sight of a house standing by itself.
         ♦ Одно время начальник лагеря ещё такой приказ издал: никаким заключённым в одиночку по зоне не ходить (Солженицын 7). At one time the camp commandant had given orders that zeks were not to walk about the camp singly (7c).
         ♦ Не любят русские люди мелочничать по углам, в одиночку, кустарным способом... Мы употребляем вино для усиления жизни и душевного разогрева, мы только жить начинаем, когда выпьем... (Терц 6). We Russians are not fond of tippling amateurishly, in solitude, each in his corner...What we drink for is to fire our souls and to feel we are alive It's when we drink that we come to life... (6a).
    2. by one's own efforts, without the participation of or help from others:
    - by o.s.;
    - [in limited contexts] go it alone;
    - make one's own way <do one's own thing etc>.
         ♦ Ему не нужна поддержка начальства, ему не нужна любовь друзей, душевная общность с женой, он умеет воевать в одиночку (Гроссман 2). No, he didn't need the authorities' support, his friends' affection or his wife's understanding; he could fight on alone (2a).
         ♦ "Долго же вы от нас скрывались... И что же, так вот всё и действовали в одиночку?"... "Да, в одиночку" (Войнович 4). "You've been hiding from us a long time....Now tell us, were you acting alone all the time?"..."That's right, all alone" (4a).
         ♦ За обедом Марья Ивановна сказала Жене: "Евгения Николаевна, если разрешите, я могу пойти вместе с вами... Вдвоём как-то легче". Женя смутилась, ответила: "Нет, нет, спасибо большое, уж эти дела надо делать в одиночку" (Гроссман 2). While they were eating, Marya Ivanovna said to Yevgenia: "Let me go with you, Yevgenia Nikolaevna....It's always easier with someone else." Yevgenia looked very embarrassed. "No, no," she said, "but thank you very much. There are things one has to do on one's own..." (2a).
         ♦ По молодости он спешил двумя руками сворачивать горы в одиночку... (Солженицын 1). In his youth he had been in a hurry to move mountains single-handed (1a).
         ♦...Я не любил строй и в столовую или по утрам в уборную пробираться предпочитал в одиночку. Чаще всего эта операция мне удавалась, но... и я время от времени попадался (Войнович 5) I had no love for formation and preferred to make my own way to the mess hall or the latrine in the morning. Usually I was successful, but...I did get caught every once in a while (5a).

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