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

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Я не пытаюсь острить, или грубить. I'm not being flip, and I'm not wisecracking.
Когда доходит до реальности, я острю. When things get real, I make wisecracks.
Джулио, ты хорошо слушаешь, хорошо остришь, у тебя есть самообладание, способность сконцентрироваться и стоять до конца. Giulio, you're good at listening, making wisecracks, you have perseverance, the ability to concentrate and to hold out.
Давайте не будем острить и продолжим обсуждение? How about we tone down the snark and keep this civil?
Что бы мы не увидели, войдя в комнату, рожи не корчить, зубы не скалить, и не острить. No matter what we see when we walk in that room, no one makes a face, no one cracks a smile, no one says a witty joke.
Те, кто умеет кричать или умело острить в «Твиттере» и продвигает политические идеи узкой идентичности, заставляют тех, кто верит в глобальное человеческое сообщество, связанное воедино общими интересами, вести арьергардные бои и заниматься разъяснениями, почему все эти остроты – глупость. Those who shout or tweet one-liners and promote narrow identity politics have forced those who believe in a global human community, one bound together by shared interests, to fight a rearguard battle to articulate why the one-liners make little sense.
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