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| English | Russian |
| as if I would not know him! | Неужели я бы его не узнал? (BrE: As if I should not know him! Of course, it was some other man.) |
| know darn well | прекрасно знать (Anglophile) |
| we don't know how to stand with our legs splayed apart | мы враскорячку стоять не умеем (цитата из речи В.В.Путина в переводе, выполненном носителем английского языка Rachel Douglas; the expression "splayed apart" or "splayed out" captures the awkwardness of having your two feet in two different directions. Alex_Odeychuk) |