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| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | в один момент каким-то чудом обед оказался на столе | conjure up a whole meal in a jiffy |
| cliche. | каким-то чудом | by some miracle ("By all the rules you ought to be the same sort of shallow spoiled promiscuous brat your sister was. By some miracle you're not. You've got all the honesty and a large part of the guts in your family. You don't need anyone to be kind to you." (Raymond Chandler) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | каким-то чудом | for a wonder |
| idiom. | каким-то чудом | by the skin of one's teeth (Anglophile) |
| Makarov. | он спасся каким-то чудом | he had a miraculous escape |
| gen. | спастись каким-то чудом | have a miraculous escape (Anglophile) |
| gen. | это прямо-таки чудо какое-то | this is nothing less than a miracle (Alex Lilo) |