Subj.


How translate it to my "intermediate" english level?


--- GoldED+/W32-MINGW 1.1.5-b20120519 (Kubik 3.0)
* Origin: "ÅÄâÇæê!" (ß) 1969 Soviet movie with 3 men at start (2:5064/54.1315)

Denis Mosko:

How translate it to my "intermediate" english level?

What do you ask us to translate? Bear in mind that a good
article is perfectly legible and self-contained without the
subject. The subject shall summarise, rather than supple-
ment, the body of the message.

I do not see anything special in the phrase "bear the brunt
of", which you placed in the subject, that might not be un-
derstood at intermediate level. That is a simple phrase
where the verb "to bear" governs the unfinished noun phrase
"brunt of...". What is your exact problem with parsing and
understanding it?

---
* Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)

Anton Shepelev to Denis Mosko:

How translate it to my "intermediate" english level?

I do not see anything special in the phrase "bear the
brunt of"

What effort have you put in translating the phrase, presum-
ably into Russian? Have you tried looking it up in dictio-
naries, first monolingual (defining, explanatory) ones, then
English-Russian ones? That failing, have you tried to trans-
late each individual word?

My understanding, without consulting a dictionary to correct
or refresh it, is that `brunt' here means the major negative
impact. For example, the rich bear the brunt of a progres-
sive tax, elderly people bear the brunt of the coronavirus
pandemic.

---
* Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)

Hi, Anton Shepelev - Denis Mosko!
I read your message from 26.02.2021 19:54

I do not see anything special in the phrase "bear the brunt
of", which you placed in the subject, that might not be un-
derstood at intermediate level. That is a simple phrase
where the verb "to bear" governs the unfinished noun phrase
"brunt of...". What is your exact problem with parsing and
understanding it?

He is a rare case of a fidosadist practising mild mental sex with partners. ;-)

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2021

---
* Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)

Anton Shepelev to Denis Mosko:

How translate it to my "intermediate" english level?

I do not see anything special in the phrase "bear the brunt of"

What effort have you put in translating the phrase, presum- ably into Russian? Have you tried looking it up in dictio- naries, first monolingual (defining, explanatory) ones, then English-Russian ones? That failing, have you tried to trans- late each individual word?

My understanding, without consulting a dictionary to correct or refresh it, is that `brunt' here means the major negative impact. For example, the rich bear the brunt of a progressive tax

The rich bear the brunt of a exclusive Porshe Cayenne?

- is it ok by language?

--- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
* Origin: WinPoint (1:153/757.1315)

Denis Mosko to Anton Shepelev:

The rich bear the brunt of a exclusive Porshe Cayenne?

- is it ok by language?

I fear not[1], because an exclusive Porshe Cayenne is not a
negative factor. Try with things like cataclysms, wars, pol-
lution. Another example: farmers bare the brunt of a snow-
less winter.
____________________
1. Not that I do not fear, though.

---
* Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)

Denis Mosko:

The rich bear the brunt of a exclusive Porshe Cayenne?

If you were in a humorous mood and went with your wife to a
grocery, where you bought 60 liters of milk, and, 50 liters
being your absolute carrying capacity, you gave 10 to your
wife, then I think you might joke that you bare the brunt of
the purchase :-)

Now when I have written it, that paragraph feels ungrammati-
cal to me. Is it?

---
* Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)

I wrote:

Now when I have written it, that paragraph feels ungram-
matical to me. Is it?

Not *that* I have written it,

---
* Origin: nntp://news.fidonet.fi (2:221/6.0)

Denis Mosko:

The rich bear the brunt of a exclusive Porshe Cayenne?

If you were in a humorous mood and went with your wife to a grocery, where you bought 60 liters of milk, and, 50 liters being your absolute carrying capacity, you gave 10 to your wife, then I think you might joke that you bare the brunt of the purchase :-)

^-)

Now when I have written it, that paragraph feels ungrammati- cal to me.
Is it?

Yes, it is.

--- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)
* Origin: WinPoint (1:153/757.1315)