No. 12,476 in Russian
клепали
"Клепали" means "riveted" or "hammered together" in English, often referring to assembling metal parts.
In a sentence
Рабочие клепали корпуса судов на верфи.
The workers riveted the hulls of the ships at the shipyard.
The word 'клепали' is used to describe the industrial action of 'riveting'.
Вечерами в мастерской они клепали новые проекты.
In the evenings in the workshop, they were fabricating new projects.
Here, 'клепали' refers more broadly to the assembling or putting together of various creations or designs.
Они долго и упорно клепали свои достижения.
They worked diligently and persistently on their achievements.
In this context, 'клепали' metaphorically refers to the act of investing effort and time on achieving goals or creating progress.
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