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угнетать

угнетать

Russian

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угнета́ть (ugnetátʹ) impf (perfective угнести́)

  1. to oppress
    помещики угнетали крестьянpomeščiki ugnetali krestʹjan ― the landlords oppressed the peasants
  2. to depress, dispirit
    чу́вство неизвестности угнетало его́čúvstvo neizvestnosti ugnetalo jevó ― a sense of uncertainty oppressed him; he was oppressed by the uncertainty

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