| Russian | English |
| он отбывает срок | he has been in prison |
| он отбывает срок | he is in prison |
| он сейчас отбывает пожизненное заключение в итальянской тюрьме | he is now serving a life sentence in an Italian jail |
| отбывать в Лондон | start for London (for America, etc., и т.д.) |
| отбывать воинскую повинность | serve time in the army |
| отбывать заключение | be in jail |
| отбывать каторгу | serve a penal sentence |
| отбывать каторгу | do hard labor |
| отбывать каторгу | do hard labour |
| отбывать каторжные работы | be confined at hard labour |
| отбывать наказание | serve out one's sentence (A few COs, though, received a prison term of a year or less; these unfortunate individuals served out their sentence in the county jail.
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| отбывать наказание | pay the penalty |
| отбывать наказание | serve one's sentence |
| отбывать наказание | suffer |
| отбывать пожизненное заключение | serve life |
| отбывать пожизненное заключение | serve whole-life tariffs (The three men are among a group of 49 prisoners in England and Wales who are serving whole-life tariffs 4uzhoj) |
| отбывать работу | char |
| отбывать ровно в шесть | get off by six sharp |
| отбывать свой срок | serve one's sentence |
| отбывать свой срок | do stretch |
| отбывать срок | cell |
| отбывать срок | be in jail |
| отбывать срок | serve out term (kozavr) |
| отбывать срок | serve a sentence (bookworm) |
| отбывать срок | serve (службы, наказания и т. п.) |
| отбывать срок в тюрьме | serve time in jail |
| отбывать срок заключения | serve one's sentence (For instance, white-collar criminals are often allowed to serve their sentences at the weekends only, so that they don’t lose their jobs, whereas ordinary foreign criminals such as drug dealers and thieves are sent to the prison in Nice, which is said to be one of the worst prisons in France. irishtimes.com ART Vancouver) |
| отбывать срок заключения | serve a prison sentence (triumfov) |
| отбывать срок наказания | serve one's term |
| отбывать срок наказания | do time |
| отбывать срок наказания | serve one's sentence |
| отбывать срок тюремного заключёния | do time |
| отбывать тюремное заключение | do time |
| отбывать урок | char |
| отбывая срок | while incarcerated (Discovery revealed the case was based on the hearsay of one individual – a career criminal and an informant who had been paid by corrupt officers to testify against Hicks. They were hoping Hicks would either get killed while incarcerated or take a plea deal, but he decided to go to trial. Hicks was ultimately acquitted of all charges. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| служба, отбываемая только для вида | eye service |
| тот, кто работает, отбывая время | clock watcher |
| услуга, отбываемая только для вида | eye service |
| человек, который отбывает номер | time server (a person who makes very little effort at work because they are waiting to leave or retire almizclera) |
| я сейчас отбываю в Париж | I am just starting for Paris |
| я сейчас отбываю на юг | I am just starting for the South (for Moscow; в Москву) |
