English | Russian |
begin to chop | заколоть |
begin to chop up | зарубить |
chop something to bits | порубить на мелкие кусочки (No one knows where the turtles are hibernating this year, and there are worries the dredging machine will chop them to bits. ART Vancouver) |
chop wood from time to time | покалывать дрова |
he took his axe and went out to the backyard to chop some wood | он взял топор и пошёл во двор, чтобы наколоть дров |
set the men to chop wood | заставлять рабочих колоть дрова (the men to saw wood, the boys to dig a field, the pupils to work at their algebra, the girl to shell peas, the pupils to sing, etc., и т.д.) |