| Russian | English |
| задать эталон | set a standard (By creating Sherlock Holmes, Conan Doyle set the standard for the detective genre. – задал эталон детективного жанра ART Vancouver) |
| невольно задаёшься вопросом | one cannot but wonder (also "you cannot": One cannot but wonder what would prompt such an act. • You're so defensive that one cannot but wonder... • You cannot but wonder how much of the script is based on fact. (Cambridge Dictionary) ART Vancouver) |
| невольно задаёшься вопросом | one can't help but wonder (At some point during this sighting, the couple – and other unnamed eyewitnesses – stated that the UFO emitted a series of "fireballs" as it made its way northward. While these witnesses described "fireballs," one can't help but wonder if these fireballs might be a long distance interpretation of the strange Morse code-like series of illuminated dashes that Jim Drummond claimed to have seen through his telescope.  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| невольно задаёшься вопросом | you can't help but wonder (Travel through Switzerland and you can't help but wonder whether the geranium is the country's national flower. (Kathryn Clayton) ART Vancouver) |
| нельзя не задаться вопросом | one can't help but to wonder (At some point during this sighting, the couple — and other unnamed eyewitnesses — stated that the UFO emitted a series of “fireballs” as it made its way northward. While these witnesses described “fireballs,” one can’t help but to wonder if these fireballs might be a long distance interpretation of the strange Morse code-like series of illuminated dashes that Jim Drummond claimed to have seen through his telescope. ART Vancouver) |
