Usage examples of "заводь" in Russian with translation to English

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Я не порчу великолепную пару сапог, бродя по заводи ради неизвестно кого. I don't ruin a perfectly fabulous pair of boots traipsing through the bayou for just anyone.
Но мне кажется, что бросание в утиную заводь находится в компетенции участкового. But I think being chucked in a duck pond is a matter for our uniformed people.
Там такая тихая заводь, сзади Дунай, ходят лодки, над водой висит сеть. It's in a quiet bay in the Danube, there are boats and a net above the water.
Мы направлялись в заводь в западной Камбодже, надеясь украсть сапфиры у горного мастера. We were navigating the backwaters in western Cambodia hoping to steal some sapphires from a mine foreman.
Внезапно коррумпированная сонная заводь, управляемая мафией, превратилась в молодое конкурентоспособное государство 21 века, которое могло похвастаться ежегодным ростом ВВП в 8% даже в период глобального кризиса. Suddenly a famously corrupt sleepy backwater run by mafias in which people tapped into power lines for electricity, became a competitive 21st century phenom racking up annual eight percent growth rates even during the global downturn.
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