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    Представляет собой

    How will be translated:
    Представляет собой лист формата А4, который вам пришлют по электронной почте в ответ на заполненную анкету.
    I know that predstavlyat' soboi means imagine.
    Чем больше слов, тем меньше они стоят.

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    it represents in itself (?)

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    представляет собой... is literally "shows/represents itself... in a particular way"

    But you usually can just use the verb "to be" as a translation for the phrase
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    "to imagine" = представлять себе
    представлять собой = "to be" (as was mentioned) or "to be a particular representation of"
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    Quote Originally Posted by it-ogo View Post
    "to imagine" = представлять себе
    В траве сидел кузнечик,
    В траве сидел кузнечик,
    совсем как огуречик
    зелёненький он был.
    Представьте себе, представьте себе -
    Совсем как огуречик.
    Представьте себе, представьте себе -
    зелёненький он был.

    A grasshopper was sitting in the grass
    A grasshopper was sitting in the grass
    Just like a little cucumber --
    That's how green he was!
    Imagine, imagine --
    Just like a little cucumber
    Imagine, imagine --
    That's how green he was!

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    English summary of the rest:

    He ate only grass,
    He wouldn't harm even a beetle,
    And made friends with the flies.
    Imagine...

    But along came a frog
    And "Ms. Greedy Gut"
    Gobbled up the grasshopper!
    Imagine...

    The grasshopper didn't think, didn't guess,
    In no way did he expect, that
    Things would end this way!
    Imagine...
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    And, by the way, here's a hilarious parody in which он ел лишь одну травку (he ate only grass) becomes курил лишь одну травку (he smoked only "grass") -- and there's a happy ending, too.



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