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HE ГОВОРЯ ХУДОГО (ДУРНОГО) СЛОВА ( Verbal Adv these forms only adv fixed WO

(to do sth. ) not having said anything about it or given any advance notice

without (saying (uttering)) a word

without saying anything (a thing) without a word of warning.

«Тот (немецкий автоматчик), какой впереди колонны шёл, поравнялся со мною и, не говоря худого слова, наотмашь хлыстнул меня ручкой автомата по голове» (Шолохов 1). "When the one (the German submachine-gunner) at the head of the column came alongside of me, he struck me full force on the head with the butt of his gun, without saying a word" (1b).

Тут его (Рабиновича) двое молодцов, не говоря худого слова, хватают, руки за спину крутят и запихивают в серый автомобиль (Войнович 1). There he (Rabinovich) was grabbed by two hulking guys, who, without a word of warning, twisted his arms behind his back and shoved him into a gray car (1a).