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⇒ if anything ... it's |
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как бы то ни было (YGA) |
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скорее наоборот (I never had to clean up after him. If anything, he did most of the cleaning. • Living together didn't harm our friendship. If anything it strengthened it.); если уж на то пошло (в значении "скорее наоборот": If anything, you have to work even harder when your dad's the boss.  cambridge.org Shabe); скорее ... чем; скорее ("Do you think she’s tall?" "Oh, no. If anything, she’s short." Стас Петров) |
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если вообще (What can you tell me, if anything, about this book? • They can assess you more carefully and decide what, if anything, needs to be done.) |
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если вообще (имеется, требуется и т.п.) |
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used in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer (What can you tell me, if anything, about this book? wiktionary.org) |
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used to suggest or state tentatively that something may be the case (often the opposite of something previously implied: "Do you think she’s tall?" "Oh, no. If anything, she’s short." wiktionary.org); You use if anything, especially after a negative statement, to introduce a statement that adds to what you have just said (I never had to clean up after him. If anything, he did most of the cleaning. collinsdictionary.com) |
