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| Subject | Russian | English |
| inf. | время еле тянется | time hangs heavy (Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| gen. | еле тянет на тройку | this work can just get by |
| gen. | еле тянуть | scrape by (A lot of fishermen are in dire straights. They're just scraping by. ART Vancouver) |
| Makarov. | эта работа еле тянет на тройку | this work can just get by |