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| Subject | English | Russian |
| Gruzovik | by mere accident | чисто случайно |
| gen. | by the merest accident | чисто случайно (Interex) |
| gen. | by the merest accident | совершенно случайно ("The girl is not told of the arrival of her brother and finds it out by the merest accident." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | by the merest accident | по чистой случайности ("The girl is not told of the arrival of her brother and finds it out by the merest accident." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | he made this discovery by mere accident | он сделал это открытие чисто случайно |
| law | mere accident | чистый случай |
| law | mere accident | абсолютная случайность |
| Makarov. | mere accident | чистая случайность |