откуда-то со стороны - Page 2

birdman · 07-03-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloelia

My interpretation is that when he is working the dust makes him dirty but not everywhere. He is protected by his clothes and all of his neck and face are not exposed to the dust. So that’s why he is half white so to speak. Now when he doesn’t have any shirt on there is such a contrast between his white breast and the dirty parts so it looks like they don’t belong to each other.

I'm fine with all this.

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Originally Posted by Cloelia

I don’t think the angle in which he is holding his head now when he is yelling some truths has anything to do with the expression "голова наставлена другая, откуда-то со стороны".

I didn't mean the way he was holding his head. I meant the way (it looked like) the head had been put on(ie. attached to) his body.

I thought that was what you meant by: the head was added in a different way.

It is a different head голова другая. i agree that it wouldn't make sense to interpret наставлена as the way he was holding his head - it makes it sound as though he's got two of them.

birdman · 07-04-2008, 10:06 AM

Don't worry. I've read this all again and I've got it now. откуда-то со стороны refers to where his (different kind of) head comes from. It means from some unknown place, presumably a place where they have strange heads.

07-04-2008, 10:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
birdman Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 94 birdman is an unknown character at this point	Don't worry. I've read this all again and I've got it now. откуда-то со стороны refers to where his (different kind of) head comes from. It means from some unknown place, presumably a place where they have strange heads.
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