Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
делать большие покупки
English translation:
stock up
Russian term
Russian Federation
Customer! Quality! Deadline!
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
делать большие покупки
| 4 +3 | do a big shopping |
Alexander Demyanov
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| 4 +3 | do a major shop |
Jack Doughty
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| 5 | shop in bulk |
Sophia Lansky
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| 4 | to make the large purchases |
John Doe (X)
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| 4 | do most of our shopping. |
TranslatonatoR
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Non-PRO (2): gtreyger (X), Mikhail Kropotov
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Proposed translations
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
do a big shopping
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Note added at 54 mins (2005-05-19 22:45:30 GMT)
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Вариант:
stock up (on food and other stuff) (for a week)
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199394/cmhansrd/1...
Native in: Russian , English
Works in: Russian to English, Hebrew to English, English to Russian, and 1 more.
shop in bulk
to make the large purchases
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
do a major shop
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Sara Noss
: It is the part of the week I dread the most! ;)
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Thank you. Nowadays we get our "major shop" delivered to the house.
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Larissa Dinsley
: Shopping even on the net takes such a long time...
7 hrs
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Thank you. True, but at least it's less tiring than traipsing round the store.
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ttagir
: you and your wife are absolutely right !^)
1 day 9 hrs
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Thank you. I see the asker entered "stock up" in the glossary. I like this better than "do a big shopping", though it appears this is OK in the USA.
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"Bi-Cultural & Bi-Lingual"
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English
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