Russian term
Germany
возиться
| 4 +1 | care for / worry about |
Mark Berelekhis
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| 3 +2 | mollycoddle |
El oso
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| 3 | fuss over (ponder over) |
Maria Kaverina
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| fuss over you |
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
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Jan 16, 2017 15:34: El oso changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Mark Berelekhis, Oleg Lozinskiy, El oso
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Proposed translations
United States
Exemplary quality, truly bilingual
Native in: Russian 
, English
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, English
care for / worry about
Sadly, there's no more precise rendering than this, though the Russian has a slightly different connotation.
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Note added at 7 hrs (2017-01-16 22:42:16 GMT)
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Yes, exactly. That's how I read it.
| So basically Irina is complaining that Oleg doesn't do the hard work of parenting (возиться) and thus Oleg (он) can relax and be affectionate with Pavel? |
| Very illuminating. Thank you. |
| agree |
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
: It seems to me here if one uses only care or worry would be limited, how about care and worry together, what do you think? Or one is enough?
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I would say one carries the general idea sufficiently.
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mollycoddle
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Note added at 34 mins (2017-01-16 15:44:25 GMT)
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No wonder he is so sweet: he doesn't have to mollycoddle you
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Mark Berelekhis
: First of all, nobody uses this word in modern English -- simply "coddle" is much more common. More importantly, it has a different meaning -- to spoil or pamper. ++ I've lived in the US since 1993 and haven't heard/seen/read that word anywhere once.
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Okay then it's 'coddle' or better still 'babysit'. I think those convey the meaning of the source far better than just 'care' or 'worry'.And what do you mean 'nobody uses'? I just did ;)/Jesus, Mark! I wasn't questioning your expertise!A little humor,uh?)
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Maria Kaverina
: I live in England and I have heard mollycoddle many times:)
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Thank you. While living in Russia, I've had to deal with a wide variety of English vernaculars in the course of my duties and I am pretty sure that I have heard 'mollycoddle' before.
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LarisaK
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Thanks, but I am not so sure anymore. Pls see discussion.
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United Kingdom
Coffee is a translator's best friend
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
fuss over (ponder over)
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Kyrgyzstan
Education, Legal, Technical & Medical
Native in: Uzbek (Variants: Tashkent, Ferghana valley, Samarkand-Bukhara, Khorezm) , Kirghiz
Works in: English to Uzbek, English to Kirghiz, English to Kazakh, and 26 more.
fuss over you
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-01-16 16:39:37 GMT)
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OR
I am not sure if it is used in English, but just my another version,
He is free of headache (doesn't have to suffer from headache) unlike me?
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-01-16 16:40:05 GMT)
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Fig. meaning
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