Meaning of ручка | Babel Free

Definitions

1. crank, handle (the part of an object that is grasped with the hand when using it)
2. knob (a rounded control switch that can be turned on its axis, designed to be operated by the fingers)
3. pen (a small tubular instrument, containing ink used to write or make marks)

Equivalents

Examples

“Upon the Doctor’s door-steps one day, Paul stood with a fluttering heart, and with his small right hand in his father’s.”

“A banana tree, of the size and consistency of a man's neck, lay under the guillotine. Ah Cho watched with fascinated eyes. The German, turning a small crank, hoisted the blade to the top of the little derrick he had rigged. A jerk on a stout piece of cord loosed the blade and it dropped with a flash, neatly severing the banana trunk.”

First of all, he placed a banana tree, as thick and hard as a human neck, under the blade of the guillotine. Ah Cho kept staring at this. The German turned a small crank, hoisted the blade to the top, then pulled a thick piece of rope and the blade came down, making a flash in the sun and neatly severing the tree.

“So trenchant was the Templar's weapon, that it shore asunder, as it had been a willow twig, the tough and plaited handle of the mace, which the ill-fated Saxon reared to parry the blow”

“Before us was a great excavation, not very recent, for the sides had fallen in and grass had sprouted on the bottom. In this were the shaft of a pick broken in two and the boards of several packing-cases strewn around.”

Before us was a great excavation, apparently dug a long time ago, for the sides had fallen in and grass had sprouted on the bottom. In it we saw a shaft of a pick and several boards from a packing-case.

“"Not being a Pumper himself, of course," said Mrs. Chick, glancing at her brother; and it really did seem necessary to offer the explanation, for Miss Tox had spoken of him as if he had died at the handle; "but having invested money in the speculation, which failed.”

“"You saucy baggage!" retorted Mrs. Pipchin, rattling at the handle of the door.”

“Радасьць для Сьцяпанкі была бязьмерная: настаўнік выдаў яму кніжку з людзьмі, зьвярамі й рознымі другімі цікавымі малюнкамі, а бацька купіў яму ў мястэчку паперу й атрамант з ручкай для пісаніны.”

The Ściapanka's joy was immeasurable: the teacher gave him a book with people, animals and various other interesting pictures, and his father shopped in the town to buy him paper and ink with a pen for writing.

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