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

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У него есть привычка кивать головой, когда он слушает разговор. He has a habit of moving his head up and down when he is listening to a conversation.

Он научил говорить, падать в обморок, кивать головой, но не научил вас страдать, как женщина. He taught you how to speak and swoon and toss your head, but he never taught you to suffer like a woman or love like a woman.

Я не такой тупой дурак и тряпка, Чтобы кивать, вздыхать, смягчаться, Твоим заступникам, христианам, сдаваться. I'll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool, to shake their head, relent and sigh and yield to Christian intercessors.

А хорошие новости в том, что просто посматривать на результаты работы даже одним глазом и кивать "ага" кажется достаточным для того, чтобы заметно усилить мотивацию людей. The good news is that by simply looking at something that somebody has done, scanning it and saying "uh huh," that seems to be quite sufficient to dramatically improve people's motivations.

Многие американцы могут только кивать энергетическим лоббистам, которые окружают Буша и вице-президента Дика Чейни, но уже долгое время большинство высказываются за подписание многосторонних соглашений, особенно в вопросах охраны климата. Many Americans can only shake their heads at the energy lobbyists who surround Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney, and for a long time now a majority has been in favor of signing multilateral agreements, particularly in the area of climate protection.

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