thistles drifting

13:04 Jul 30, 2006
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English to Russian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / American novel
English term or phrase: thistles drifting
Это пух чертополоха летит, что ли?

He wondered if there was truly any beauty here, the remembered beauty of soft warmth and summer winds and thistles drifting through the air, the harmonious buzz of dragonflies, the universe in which children played with hoops and lovers blithely wandered.
Alexander Alexandrov
Russian Federation
Local time: 14:57


Summary of answers provided
4 +7да (см. ниже) пух чертополоха
Deborah Hoffman
4порхание репейниц / чертполоховок
Ol_Besh
3нежные пушинки семян чертополоха
Zoya Askarova


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
порхание репейниц / чертполоховок


Explanation:
Насекомые такие, рода Pyrameis cardui.

ИМХО, потому что чертполох пуха, кажется, не дает.

Ol_Besh
Local time: 14:57
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian, Native in RussianRussian
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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
да (см. ниже) пух чертополоха


Explanation:
Это должно быть осенью:

http://www.meltonrossnewbarnetby.co.uk/thistle_s.htm
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Reservoir.html



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Note added at 47 мин (2006-07-30 13:51:48 GMT)
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New thistles (there are many subtypes) are purple / lavender, while the seed head that develops later is white.
"why if such a thought came to Bessie Bell it came only to float away, away like white thistle seed--drifting away as dreams drift."
http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/fulltext-context?full...[]=36540

"drifting" connotes медленно, ветром относит

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Note added at 50 мин (2006-07-30 13:55:05 GMT)
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Сорри, не обязательно осенью, это зависит от вида, их много:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle






Deborah Hoffman
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agree  Zoya Askarova
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agree  Yuri Geifman
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agree  bububu
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agree  Kirill Semenov
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agree  Andrew Vdovin
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
нежные пушинки семян чертополоха


Explanation:
раскрылся в нежную пушинку чертополоха

своей легкостью напоминающие пушинки семян чертополоха


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Note added at 1 hr (2006-07-30 14:09:11 GMT)
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http://lib.hsgm.ru/?page=art&id=1329&pg=15
http://magicromance.narod.ru/texts/r/rodjgord6.htm

Zoya Askarova
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Local time: 19:57
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 12
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