Russian term
Italy
Native in: Russian 
Works in: Italian to Russian, Russian to Italian, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
понты или понтовать
| 4 +4 | bluff - both as a noun or verb |
The Misha
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Michael Tovbin
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| 3 +4 | show/showing off |
Fyodor Sviridenko
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| 3 +1 | status symbols; bragging |
Anton Konashenok
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| 3 | lugs/put on lugs |
Andrew Vdovin
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Nov 26, 2007 14:14: Mikhail Kropotov changed "Language pair" from "English to Russian" to "Russian to English"
Nov 26, 2007 14:15: Mikhail Kropotov changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "Slang"
Proposed translations
bluff - both as a noun or verb
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katerina turevich
: Humbug
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Thank you
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Victoria Novak
1 hr
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Thank you
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marygold
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Thank you
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protolmach
: good point, your context is important here
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Thank you, kind sir.
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Russian Federation
PhD in Chemical Physics
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
show/showing off
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katerina turevich
: shovel it on! or .. shoot the bull, lay it on thick
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Thank you, Katerina!
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maxomel
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Thank you, maxomel!
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Olga Vlasova
: Yep. And Katerina's suggestions sound good too.
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Thank you, Olga!
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koundelev
: для книги
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Thank you, George!
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Czech Republic
Competing on quality, not on price
Native in: Russian , English
Works in: French to English, Czech to English, Danish to English, and 10 more.
status symbols; bragging
United States
Commitment to Quality and Deadlines
Native in: English (Variant: US) , Russian (Variant: Standard-Russia)
Works in: Russian to English, French to English, English to Russian, and 1 more.
BS/to BS
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for the noun you could also say "bull", "line of bull"
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The Misha
: Depending on the context, this may very well be it. It's a book though, so they may have a problem with it.
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Why wwoul anyone have a problem with it, if four-letter words are commonplace in English-language books?
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katerina turevich
: What bull!
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protolmach
1 day 1 hr
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DELVING into DETAIL
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian, Russian to English, and 2 more.
lugs/put on lugs
гнуть понты - to put on lugs
1) а) волочение, тяга б) дерганье 2) люггерный, рейковый парус Syn: lugsail 3) мн.; амер.; разг. важничанье put on lugs - важничать, держаться высокомерно ...
lists.lrn.ru/pipermail/ volgograd/2003-February/000382.html
Babbitt had growled to him, “Makes me tired the way these doctors and profs and preachers put on lugs about being professional men. ...
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