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link 26.04.2005 17:26 
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he was not teaching her language in order to put a hard hat on her head and a lunch pail in her hand, and he said so.

seldom do opportunities to assist in grassroots professional endeavors such as this one present themselves.

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 kath

link 26.04.2005 18:17 
hard hat and lunch pail - a classic image of a construction worker. They wear hard hats to protect themselves on sites and usually bring their own sandwich and drink in a lunch pail/lunch box.

so, without further context, i would guess that it means:

"On ne uchil ee yazyky dlia togo chtoby ona stala rabotat' stroitelem, i on ei eto skazal." - Obviously this is bad Russian so you need to re-phrase it.

Grassroots means somehting that starts at a local level. ie, grassroots movement is a movement that starts with the people, not by some organization or political party.

a grassroots professional endeavor - is probably an undertaking (effort/activity) that was started by a small group of professionals, rather than a professional organization. i'm sorry i can't put it into russian.

 

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