Glossary entry

русский term or phrase:

Знакомиться на улице

английский translation:

talk to strangers

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2015-10-10 17:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Oct 7, 2015 06:38
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русский term

Знакомиться на улице

русский => английский Прочее zzz Другая тематика zzz
Есть ли на английском глагол / выражение для этого явления?
Change log

Oct 7, 2015 08:51: Alexander Konosov changed "Language pair" from "английский => русский" to "русский => английский"

Proposed translations

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talk to strangers

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Peer comment(s):

agree Margarita Sivets
1 час
agree Roman Bouchev
3 дн 11 час
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+1
37 мин

pick up girls/guys

Если знакомиться ради секса/отношений.

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Note added at 1 час (2015-10-07 07:53:13 GMT)
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Не (совсем) согласен, «клеить», всё-таки, имеет довольно дерогативные коннотации, как по мне. В отличие от «pick up».
Note from asker:
Это скорее "клеить". Но спасибо!
Peer comment(s):

agree Roman Bouchev : Если знакомиться ради отношений, то я бы выбрал именно этот вариант. Ссылок по теме предостаточно. Например, эта: http://www.wikihow.com/Pick-Up-Girls-While-Walking-Down-the-... или эта: http://www.wikihow.com/Approach-a-Girl-in-Public
3 дн 10 час
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4 час

Please see below

Some more ideas beyond obvious pick-up scenarios:
Context should help you zero in on what might work best for you.

strike up [casual] acquaintances [with strangers]
strike up conversations with strangers on the street
flirt with strangers [on the street]
engage in conversation with strangers

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1 дн 1 час

make friends in the street, talk to people in the street

The exact context is needed to properly translate the phrase, it is mostly about pcking up girls, but still.
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Reference comments

12 час
Reference:

to meet on the street, to get (with someone) on the street

to meet on the street, to get (with someone) on the street
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