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[убивать время]

[u`b'ivat' `vr'em'ya]

~to kill (the) time.

To do smth. of no great importance to make the time go faster.

* /While waiting for the flight boarding we wanted to kill the time and decided to go to the buffet. —  […]

[убить (сразу) двух зайцев]  {perf.}  {v. phr.}

[u`b'it' (`srazu) `dvuh `zaicev]

 {literary} to kill two (both) hares

- to achieve two (or several) results with one action.

* /Я хочу убить двух зайцев сразу  […]

[ума не приложу]  {v. phr.}

[u`ma ne prilo`zhu]

 {literally} (I) cannot apply my mind.

~ (I) cannot understand, guess; (I) have no idea. (I am) at a loss.

~ (I am) at my wit's end.

* /Ума не приложу, куда я  […]

[умывать руки]  {v. phr.}  {literary}

[umy`vat' `ruki]

 {literally} to wash one's hands.

To divest oneself of any further connection with or responsibility for smt.; to abandon the matter entirely. To stop dealing with smt.

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