| Subject | English | Russian |
| cliche. | at a bare minimum | в минимальном количестве (The motion of the suspected creature is of particular interest to O’Faodhagain, who argues that it could be a clue as to how the 'monster' goes about its day. Noting that he has previously observed a strikingly similar anomaly moving in the opposite direction shortly before dusk, leading him to conclude that "we have discovered for the very first time that Nessie forages one way in the morning while light is at a bare minimum, and travels back when the light of the evening is diminishing." -- при минимальном освещении (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | at a bare minimum | см. at the bare minimum (4uzhoj) |
| gen. | at the bare minimum | в худшем случае (4uzhoj) |
| gen. | at the bare minimum | по крайней мере (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | at the bare minimum | как минимум (We need to hit $20000 in sales at the bare minimum. • You need to floss every other day at the bare minimum. • A vehicle that has been written off will usually still contain salvageable used parts, or at a bare minimum will still have value as scrap metal. 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | bare minimum | наименьший (The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose roman_es) |
| inf. | bare minimum | меньше некуда (the smallest possible quantity Val_Ships) |
| inf. | bare minimum | куда ещё меньше (Val_Ships) |
| gen. | bare minimum | наималейший (The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose roman_es) |
| gen. | bare minimum | самый минимум (It takes a bare minimum of six operatives to do a standard tail job in any sizable place, and that's just what I mean – a bare minimum. In a really big city you'd need a dozen Taras) |
| gen. | bare minimum | абсолютный минимум (Anglophile) |
| gen. | bare minimum | допустимый минимум (Anne Grinko) |
| inf. | bare minimum | самая малость (Val_Ships) |
| gen. | bare minimum attitude | минимальное выполнение своих должностных обязанностей (без особого старания Andy) |
| geogr. | bare minimum flow | минимально допустимый сток |
| fin. | bare minimum for surviving with a middle class lifestyle | абсолютный минимум для поддержания образа жизни представителя среднего класса (One million dollars in savings sounds like a lot of money, but isn't. You aren't rich. Interest income is less than $30k a year – even ignoring the effect of inflation on the total. This income is about bare minimum for surviving with a middle class lifestyle in the United States and other first world countries. It's true that many places overseas are cheaper. But many aren't (including much of Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, etc.). And the ones that aren't may surprise you. And you also may find that some of the things that you personally want or need to buy are expensive elsewhere. Alex_Odeychuk) |
| polit. | Proposal by the Soviet Union on resolving the issue of a testing range on Novaya Zemlya for carrying out nuclear explosions: it could be resolved once and for all if the United States agreed to stop nuclear tests or, for a start, just to reduce them to the barest minimum in terms of number and yield | Предложение СССР о решении проблемы полигона для проведения ядерных взрывов на Новой Земле: решить её можно было бы сразу и навсегда, если бы Соединённые Штаты согласились на прекращение ядерных испытаний или хотя бы для начала — на сведение их к крайнему минимуму по числу и мощности (выдвинут М. С. Горбачёвым в речи в Мурманске 2 октября 1987 г.; "Правда", 3 октября 1987 г.; док. ООН А/42/621 <-> S/19180, 6 октября 1987 г., advanced by M. S. Gorbachev in his speech in Murmansk on 2 October 1987; Pravda, 3 October 1987; UN Doc. A/42/621 S/19180, 6 October 1987) |