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

Translations:

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Эти вооруженные силы обеспечивают чрезвычайно скудную оборону своему необъятному отечеству. Those armed forces are stretched terribly thin protecting the homeland.

Приблизительно 150 женщин в двух деревнях смогли заменить свои коптильни на более современные, которые более экономно потребляют скудную в тех местах топливную древесину и за счет концентрации жара уменьшают количество дыма. About 150 women in two villages were able to replace their ovens with an improved type that conserves scarce wood and reduces smoke by concentrating the heat.

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