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Oleg Posted 20 years ago
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The boots issued to them had fallen to bits.

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00Could you please explain me the meaning of the sentence - "The boots issued to them had fallen to bits."? 02br
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0Hello, Oleg! 02br 02br 00Похоже, выданные кому-то ботинки (сапоги) "развалились на кусочки". Наверное, были некачественные.

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  • 0Hello, Oleg!
  • 02br 02br 00Похоже, выданные кому-то ботинки (сапоги) "развалились на кусочки".
  • Наверное, были некачественные.
  • 02br 02br 00To teachers and natives:02br 02br 00I have tried to explain the sense of that phrase in Russian.
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0Hello, Oleg! 02br
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00Похоже, выданные кому-то ботинки (сапоги) "развалились на кусочки". Наверное, были некачественные. 05000 Больше мне, по крайней мере, ничего в голову не приходит.02br
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00To teachers and natives:02br
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00I have tried to explain the sense of that phrase in Russian. But I am still not sure I understa
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0Hi,02br
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00 "01font00The boots issued to them had fallen to bits."? 02font00The boots they were given had - 01i00disintegrated, come apart.02i00 All they had left were a few pieces of leather. 02br
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00It sounds like a line from 01i00War and Peace02i00, with
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0Oh, I understood that sentence rightly then. Good. 05000 Thank you, Clive!010id1
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