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| Subject | English | Russian |
| context. | it was hoped | как надеялись (вводный оборот: The general reasons for the dispatch of expeditions were... the lack of precious metals and the concomitant quest for new land where, it was hoped, gold and silver, spices, and ivory... would be found.  thefreedictionary.com I. Havkin) |
| gen. | so we hoped but it was ordered otherwise | мы так надеялись, но всё вышло иначе |
| gen. | so we hoped but it was ordered otherwise | мы так надеялись, но всё получилось иначе |
| gen. | this interview business was nowhere near as easy as she had hoped it to be | вопреки её ожиданиям собеседование оказалось далеко не таким простым делом |