Feb 3 18:52
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Russian term
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Native in: English
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катиться покотом
Russian to English
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
From eyewitness testimony describing how the local Jews were killed in his village in January 1942:
Те гр-не, которые замерзали и не могли идти, он избивал палкой и заставлял ***катиться покотом***.
Те гр-не, которые замерзали и не могли идти, он избивал палкой и заставлял ***катиться покотом***.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | roll on the ground |
Vladimir Alekseev, MCIL
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| 3 | fall down helter-skelter/any which way |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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| 2 | to stagger onwards |
Sofia Gutkin
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Proposed translations
+1
35 mins
Vladimir Alekseev, MCIL
Native in Russian
Top-Level Legal Translations
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Czech to Russian, and 31 more.
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roll on the ground
это не русский термин
https://dicipedia.com/dic-uk-uk-expl-term-130973.htm?ysclid=...
Просто roll on the ground.
https://dicipedia.com/dic-uk-uk-expl-term-130973.htm?ysclid=...
Просто roll on the ground.
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Comment: "Thank you"
4 hrs
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English 
, Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
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106
fall down helter-skelter/any which way
It is possible that they fell into a common grave
ПОКОТОМ, присл. 1. Один біля одного, без певного порядку. На полу.. покотом лежали скулені од холоду троє дітей (Вас., І, 1959, 301); Спати полягали [подорожні] всі покотом на сіні у повітці (Гжицький, Чорне озеро, 1961, 237).
https://slovnyk.ua/index.php?swrd=покотом
: in any way or direction at all : HAPHAZARDLY
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/any which way#:~:...
ПОКОТОМ, присл. 1. Один біля одного, без певного порядку. На полу.. покотом лежали скулені од холоду троє дітей (Вас., І, 1959, 301); Спати полягали [подорожні] всі покотом на сіні у повітці (Гжицький, Чорне озеро, 1961, 237).
https://slovnyk.ua/index.php?swrd=покотом
: in any way or direction at all : HAPHAZARDLY
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/any which way#:~:...
12 hrs
Sofia Gutkin
Australia
Australia
Native in Russian
&
English
Specializes in field
Australia
www.sabletranslations.com
Native in: English (Variants: Australian, New Zealand, British) , Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: Russian to English, English, English to Russian
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8
to stagger onwards
As we've already established, this is not a term in Russian. There's also very little context - it would help to know what happens next in the text.
The man beat them and forced them to... logically, not roll along the ground or fall down, since he wants them to keep moving. So I'd use a general term to indicate moving forward with difficulty.
The man beat them and forced them to... logically, not roll along the ground or fall down, since he wants them to keep moving. So I'd use a general term to indicate moving forward with difficulty.
Discussion
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