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ЗНАТЬ HE ХОЧУ (не хочет и т. п.) кого-что coll VP subj: human usu. 1st or 3rd pers usu. this WO I do not (he does not etc) want to have dealings with s.o. , be involved in sth. , sacrifice time to s.o. or sth. etc: X Y-a знать не хочет = X doesn't want (to have) anything to do with Y X doesn't want to hear about Y X doesn't want to know person Y X doesn't want to know about thing Y (in limited contexts) X will not hear of Y.

Пфуль был один из тех теоретиков, которые так любят свою теорию, что забывают цель теории - приложение её к практике он из любви к теории ненавидел всякую практику и знать ее не хотел (Толстой 6). Не (Pfuhl) was one of those theoreticians who so love their theory that they lose sight of the theory's object-its practical application. His passion for theory made him despise all practical considerations and he would not hear of them (6a).