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1 грустно
1) General subject: distressingly, plaintively, sadly, mirthlessly2) Poetical language: lamentably -
2 нерадостно
I1) кратк. прил. см. нерадостный2) предик. безл. (+ инф.) it is upsetting (+ to inf); it's no fun (+ to inf) разг.ему́ бы́ло нера́достно там жить — life was cheerless for him there
мне нера́достно — I am in a cheerless mood; I feel upset / gloomy
II нареч.в до́ме бы́ло ка́к-то нера́достно — there was some cheerless atmosphere in the house
cheerlessly, mirthlessly, gloomily -
3 небесная канцелярия
шутл.lit. celestial Office; the office upstairsЗа Доном занималось хмурое утро. "Небесная канцелярия" подвела", - невесело пошутили артиллеристы. "Ни черта не видно!" (П. Батов, В излучине Дона) — A gloomy morning was breaking beyond the Don. ' 'The office upstairs' has let us down', the gunners joked mirthlessly. 'Nothing could be seen'
- Ну и что - дождик?... - А то, что не потянет машина по мокрому. Вылазь, загорать будем. - И долго? - Про это в небесной канцелярии спроси. (Г. Владимов, Большая руда) — 'So what?'... 'Just that the trucks have no traction on a heavy road. Get out, join the fun.' 'For long?' 'Ask the fellow in charge up there.'
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