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| Subject | Russian | English |
| dial. | громко мяукать | wow (о кошке) |
| gen. | громко мяукать | wow |
| Makarov. | котёнок жалобно мяукал | the kitten miaowed pitifully |
| Makarov. | котёнок жалобно мяукал | the kitten mewed pitifully |
| engl. | кошки мяукают | cats miaow |
| amer. | кошки мяукают | cats meow |
| humor. | мяукать во всё горло | meow its head off (As the boat was headed back someone noticed that a cat from the ship they had just left had crawled out onto the end of one of the cannons and was meowing it's head off. Without hesitation and despite the storm, the crew headed back, rescued the cat and then returned safely.  cbc.ca ART Vancouver) |