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Actually I'd say your English is perfectly good at the nuances, no problem there at all.

Thats pretty specific! Thanks. I have a translation of that which suggested they stood up, it seems I was right and the real translator was wrong. That normally never happens, so I had to check...

So they sat up a bit and bowed? Not stood up and bowed.

Just want to be totally sure! It's too easy to go away thinking I understand when I don't...

'приподняться и раскланяться' I would have thought this would mean 'sat up and nodded in greeting'.
Does it actually mean 'got up (off seat) and made a bow (in greeting)?
'Тут он вежливо снял...