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как бы я ни старался stresses
idiom.	Try as I might (ни пытался; Try as I might, I couldn't persuade him = No matter how hard I tried, he couldn't be persuaded. Try as he might, he could not forget. Sebastijana)
как бы сколько бы я ни старался
gen.	much as I tried