Я остановился и размечтался:

Can somebody translate this to English please?
Thanks in advance. :D

Я остановился и размечтался: если, например, толкнуть самого крайнего в спину, он упал бы на предыдущего, тот на последующего, и вся очередь в течение минуты легла бы ниц с таким звоном, будто кто провел пальцем по гребенке.

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

Can somebody translate this to English please?
Thanks in advance. :D

Я остановился и размечтался: если, например, толкнуть самого крайнего в спину, он упал бы на предыдущего, тот на последующего, и вся очередь в течение минуты легла бы ниц с таким звоном, будто кто провел пальцем по гребенке.

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I'll try :D

I stoped and started thinking: "What if, say, somebody pushs the last person in the line and he will fall on the next one, the next one - on the one after him, and that one - on the next, so in a minute the whole line will have layed face down with such jingle - like if you run your finger over a comb ".

LOL. Very funny. :lol2:
Thanks for the translations Gerty. :D

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

LOL. Very funny. :lol2:
Thanks for the translations Gerty. :D

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You are welcome! I'm not so sure though - about all this "next one after next one after next" - m.b. it's not the best english...

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LOL. Very funny. :lol2:
Thanks for the translations Gerty. :D

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You are welcome! I'm not so sure though - about all this "next one after next one after next" - m.b. it's not the best english...

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Probably you don't need the word "after"
"... he will fall on the next one, then the next, then the next..."

But you translation was perfectly understandable. :D
Thanks

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Originally Posted by kwatts59

Can somebody translate this to English please?
Thanks in advance. :D

Я остановился и размечтался: если, например, толкнуть самого крайнего в спину, он упал бы на предыдущего, тот на последующего, и вся очередь в течение минуты легла бы ниц с таким звоном, будто кто провел пальцем по гребенке.

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I'll try :D

I stoped and started thinking: "What if, say, somebody pushs the last person in the line and he will fall on the next one, the next one - on the one after him, and that one - on the next, so in a minute the whole line will have layed face down with such jingle - like if you run your finger over a comb ".

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Hooray! You are back! :D Now to correct your English 8)

I stopped and started thinking: "What if, say, somebody pushes the last person in the line, he would fall on the next one, and that one on the next, so that in a [matter of] minutes the whole line will lay face down with such a sound - as if you had run your finger over a comb ".

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Can somebody translate this to English please?
Thanks in advance. :D

Я остановился и размечтался: если, например, толкнуть самого крайнего в спину, он упал бы на предыдущего, тот на последующего, и вся очередь в течение минуты легла бы ниц с таким звоном, будто кто провел пальцем по гребенке.

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I'll try :D

I stoped and started thinking: "What if, say, somebody pushs the last person in the line and he will fall on the next one, the next one - on the one after him, and that one - on the next, so in a minute the whole line will have layed face down with such jingle - like if you run your finger over a comb ".

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Hooray! You are back! :D Now to correct your English 8)

I stopped and started thinking: "What if, say, somebody pushes the last person in the line, he would fall on the next one, and that one on the next, so that in a [matter of] minutes the whole line will lay face down with such a sound - as if you had run your finger over a comb ".

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Thanks, Kalinka! Have a question though: why did you choose the word "sound" for "звон"? after all jingle is a sound! :D

Well someone reading that would probably think of "jingle" as a catchy slogan. Also, a jingle implies a metallic sound.

strange dream, anyway :)

Yeah, bells jingle... people don't jingle :) Radio commercials are also called jingles.

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way... :D

Thanks for all the help guys.