Meaning of хоць забі | Babel Free
[xot͡sʲ zaˈbʲi]Definitions
for the life of one
Examples
“Хоць забі́ [мяне́], не по́мню.”
For the life of me, I can’t remember.
“Хоць забі яго — саступіць адгэтуль ня хоча і нам нікому волі не дае́, ня гледзячы на тое, што ўжо апошні суд за гэту зямлю адбыўся і мы на ім прайгралі.”
He doesn’t want to concede it, for the life of him, and doesn’t let any of us do it, despite the fact that the final trial about this land is already over, and we lost it.
“Ён, хоць забі яго, не мог даўмецца, не мог успомніць, як і чаму апынуўся тут, у гэтым лесе, ля гэтай ракі.”
He, for the life of him, could not figure out, could not remember, how he ended up here, in this forest, near this river.
“Не хацелася, хоць забі, ехаць туды, дзе шум, смурод машын, людская мітусня, хацелася застацца тут, дзе цішыня, вымытае паветра і салодкі вясновы пах.”
He didn’t want, for the life of him, to go to a there, where there was car stench, human commotion; he wanted to stay here, where there was quitness, fresly washed aid and the sweet smell of spring.
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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