| English | Russian |
| as if ... not + adj + enough | мало того, что (Much to the horror of the children attending kindergarten through fourth grade at the school, they heard a message booming over the PA system in a creepy voice: "This is a humoctopus! I am speaking to you from the future. Run for your lives, wretched humans! I will smash you all!" As if the message was not traumatic enough, the school subsequently went into a lockdown and had the children hiding under their desks, no doubt, hoping that the humoctopus would spare them from its wrath. -- Мало того, что дети получили психическую травму ... (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| as if on cue | словно в ответ на эти слова (at the exact moment one would expect (Oxford Dictionary) ART Vancouver) |
| as if on cue | как по сигналу (ART Vancouver) |
| as if on cue | словно в ответ на это (at the exact moment one would expect (Oxford Dictionary) ART Vancouver) |
| I don't mind if I do | не откажусь (реакция на приглашение выпить, закурить, присоединиться к трапезе, попробовать что-либо заманчивое ART Vancouver) |
| if any issues arise | если будут какие-то проблемы (We will be out of town until June 20. My mother-in-law will be around house sitting and dog sitting while we are gone. If any issues arise, please contact my brother Antonio. ART Vancouver) |
| if sth. is anything to go by | если судить по (An early and dramatic UFO landing took place in October 1952, a country seemingly much favoured by UFOs in the 1950s, if the quantity of sighting reports is anything to go by. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") -- если судить по количеству
ART Vancouver) |
| if it ain't forbidden, do it | разрешено всё, что не запрещено (дословно:если это не запрещено – делай это Rust71) |
| if past experience is any guide | как показывает практика (VLZ_58) |
| if past experience is anything to go by | как показывает практика (VLZ_58) |
| if that is the case | если дело обстоит таким образом (The lack of any new sightings or evidence suggests that if these things ever existed at all, then they may well have already gone extinct or are close to it. If that is the case, then perhaps we will never know what they were or are. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| if that is the case | если это так (The lack of any new sightings or evidence suggests that if these things ever existed at all, then they may well have already gone extinct or are close to it. If that is the case, then perhaps we will never know what they were or are. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| if that works for you | если вам это удобно (Call us, text us or shoot us an email if that works for you. ART Vancouver) |
| if there are any issues | если будут какие-то проблемы (If there are any issues, please call the property manager or knock next door at my sister's house. ART Vancouver) |
| if you don't behave I'll come down on you with a heavy hand | если ты себя будешь плохо вести, то тебе придётся не сладко (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| if you have to ask | если честно ("How much does that cost?" "If you have to ask, then you can't afford it." VLZ_58) |
| if you have to ask | ты уже ответил на этот вопрос (It may mean, "By asking the question, you've answered the question." For example, "Do these pants make my butt look fat?" If you have to ask... ...then you already know that your butt looks fat in those pants. VLZ_58) |
| if you have to ask | если кому-то интересно ("Not that anyone could accuse this city of lacking logophiles–that's 'lovers of words,' if you have to ask. But where could word warriors go to engage in spirited logomachy?" VLZ_58) |
| if you take something on, you ought to do a thorough job of it | если ты за что-то берёшься, ты должен довести дело до конца (per Michele A. Berdy Leonid Dzhepko) |
| it appeared as if | казалось, что (After this harrowing encounter, they went back the following day to get their things from the house, only to find the ranch owner and numerous police and “military looking” people all over the area. On top of this, it appeared as if the entire first floor of the home had been completely wrecked by something. (mysteriousuniverse.org) ART Vancouver) |
| more so if | особенно если (My favourite thing about my new home in Green Bay is running along the Green Bay Trail. There is not a single stressful situation or crappy day that can’t be remedied by a run along Green Bay's iconic trail, more so if it begins and ends at Lighthouse Point. ART Vancouver) |
| which makes us wonder if | что наводит на мысль (Another account from 1976 in Blooming Grove on Farmingdale Road is on the map, which makes us wonder if that's a hotspot for BF. (wpdh.com) ART Vancouver) |
