Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
Germany
US-educated, precise & thorough
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Russian
rut hitting
I tried to pick up the handle and to open up the couplers from one side. But I couldn't open the coupler that was connected to the locomotive. I turned my back around and went to the other one to open up that one. That's when I heard that ****noise of the rut hitting****. That's why I turned around and it was real quick, my hand got coupled up.
What does he mean by the "rut"? If you know the full technical term in English, please provide it so I can look it up in a bilingual dictionary. Thanks!
| 2 +1 | groove/желоб, паз, борозда |
Natalia Potashnik
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Jun 21, 2017 13:05: Natalia Potashnik Created KOG entry
Aug 29, 2017 12:34: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Language pair" from "English" to "English to Russian"
Aug 29, 2017 12:58: Mikhail Kropotov changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "English"
Aug 29, 2017 12:59: Mikhail Kropotov changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/71802">Natalia Potashnik's</a> old entry - "rut hitting"" to ""groove/желоб, паз, борозда""
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United States
English -> Russian
Native in: Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, English, and 1 more.
groove/желоб, паз, борозда
| Hi Natalia. Thanks for your help! I've changed the KOG entry because my question was English monolingual, not English to Russian. |
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