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сквозящий

English translation: piercing

20:29 Apr 22, 2013
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Russian term or phrase: сквозящий
Looking for a way to use the same word in both contexts where it appears because it plays into some imagery in the story:

Они боятся не сквозящего ветра, не кучево-дождевых облаков, просто привыкают к мысли о грядущей зиме.

Вера наполняла пивом красную в белый горох кружку с огромной сквозящей трещиной и попивала маленькими глотками так, как пьют в России только рябиновую настойку.
Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 10:45
English translation:piercing
Explanation:
пронизывающий — piercing wind, piercing flaw in the porcelain of the cup

flaw — a crack, break, breach, or rent. — http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flaw
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3 +3different words actually
Maria Popova
3 +2piercing
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
different words actually


Explanation:
"сквозящая трещина" is not correct, it is actually "сквозная трещина", "сквозная" means "through crack". "Сквозящий ветер" - is just a draft.
I don´t see how you can match them, just pick up the corresponding meaning.

Maria Popova
United States
Local time: 08:45
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Alexander Teplitsky
2 hrs
agree  Roman M
3 hrs
agree  Oleksiy Markunin
20 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
piercing


Explanation:
пронизывающий — piercing wind, piercing flaw in the porcelain of the cup

flaw — a crack, break, breach, or rent. — http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flaw

rns
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 64

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agree  alex suhoy
2 hrs
  -> Спасибо.
agree  cyhul
5 days
  -> Thank you.
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