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| Subject | English | Russian |
| idiom. | Try as I might | как бы я ни старался (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) |
| Makarov. | try as I might, I cannot erase such a terrible experience from my memory | сколько я ни старался, я не мог забыть об этом ужасе |