Мужчина молил о пощаде, но всё равно за своё преступление был приговорён к двадцатилетнему заточению. - Russian example sentence

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Shady_arc November 5, 2014 November 5, 2014 at 4:48:45 PM UTC

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"пощада" has a strong connotation of begging for your life when you expect to be killed or physically injured. I think, "умолял проявить милосердие" (or "..снисхождение") would be more suitable, given that the rest of the sentence is not about capital punishment.

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