Meaning of меркаваць | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to brainstorm, to ponder
2. to assume, to conjecture, to guess, to speculate, to suppose, to hypothesize (to make or hold assumptions based on incomplete data or evidence)
3. to plan, to intend, to have in mind
4. to estimate, to gauge, to reckon

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Examples

“Заўсёды ў іх былі нейкія свае клопаты — нешта яны меркавалі, абгаварвалі нейкія пляны, бегалі па ўстановах, здабывалі сродкі.”

They always had their own concerns—they were brainstorming something, discussing some plans, running around institutions to secure funds.

“Сяброўкі яшчэ доўга меркавалі аб тым, як здзейсніць свае намеры.”

The friends kept discussing for a long time how to achieve their goals.

“Florence dropped upon the stairs in a swoon; and was found there by Mrs. Pipchin, she supposed. She knew nothing more, until she found herself lying on her own bed, with Mrs. Pipchin and some servants standing round her.”

“When we got to the inn, the squire and Dr. Livesey were seated together, finishing a quart of ale with a toast in it, before they should go aboard the schooner on a visit of inspection.”

Finally, we arrived at the inn. The squire and Dr. Livesey were drinking beer, snacking on toasted pieces of white bread. They were planning to go aboard the schooner to see how it was being prepared.

“Among these, a young lady of sixty-five, remarkably coolly dressed as to her back and shoulders, who spoke with an engaging lisp, and whose eyelids wouldn’t keep up well, without a great deal of trouble on her part, and whose manners had that indefinable charm which so frequently attaches to the giddiness of youth.”

Among these, a young lady of sixty, remarkably coolly dressed, judging by her back and shoulders, who spoke with an engaging lisp, and whose eyelids wouldn’t keep up well, without a great deal of trouble on her part, and whose manners had that indefinable charm which so frequently attaches to the giddiness of youth.

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