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обернуть

обернуть

Russian

Verb

оберну́ть (obernútʹ) pf (imperfective обёртывать or обора́чивать)

  1. to wrap up
    обернуть книгуobernutʹ knigu ― to put a paper cover on a book
  2. to wind (around), wrap (around)
    обернуть вокруг пальца ≈ to coax smb into doing what one likes, twist someone round one's little finger
  3. to turn
    обернуть лицо (к)obernutʹ lico (k) ― to turn one's face (towards)
    обернуть всё в свою пользуobernutʹ vsjó v svoju polʹzu ― to turn everything to one's profit
    обернуть всё в шуткуobernutʹ vsjó v šutku ― to turn everything into a joke
  4. to turn over
  5. (colloquial) to arrange, get done
  6. (folklore) to turn (into)
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