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| Russian | English |
| решить заняться | go in for ("Why on earth do you go in for track?" I asked him. And then he explained that he thought that, if you wanted to be an all-around man, you ought to cultivate some form of athletics– he's actually taken up pole-vaulting: isn't that a ghastly thought?) |
| я занял на переднем! | bagsy the front seat! (comes from "I'll bag the best seats" which is related to "to bag" meaning "to put something in a bag" or to claim ownership Andrew Goff) |