No. 14,644 in Russian
перелопатить
"Перелопатить" means "to overhaul, sift through, or go through thoroughly."
In a sentence
Мне пришлось перелопатить целую гору документов.
I had to sift through a whole mountain of documents.
Here, 'перелопатить' implies thorough processing or working through a large amount of documents.
Ему пришлось перелопатить всю работу, чтобы исправить ошибки.
He had to redo all the work to correct mistakes.
In this context, 'перелопатить' means physically redoing or revising the work entirely.
Мы перелопатили весь сад, готовясь к летнему сезону.
We dug through the entire garden to prepare for the summer season.
Here, 'перелопатить' refers to physically turning over or working on the soil of the garden.
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