orus tilin açarğa

/orus tilin atʃarʁa/

Literal translation

to open one's Russian tongue

To speak in the Russian language; to switch into Russian when addressing someone.

Qosbay, es bilgenli qolundan tayaq ketmegen qoyçu, alay bek laqırdaçı, oyunçu kişi, Noğayğa: – Reşayt, komandir, – dep, orus tilin açdı.Kosbay, a shepherd who had not let a staff out of his hand since he first knew himself, but a great joker and a playful man, broke into Russian at Nogay: "Reshait, commander!"

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