| Subject | English | Russian |
| Makarov. | don't try to ask Jim a favour, give him time to simmer down | не проси у Джима ничего, подожди, пока он остынет |
| Makarov. | he didn't show a flicker of interest in what I was saying to him | он не выказал ни проблеска интереса к тому, о чем я ему говорил |
| gen. | he didn't show a flicker of interest in what I was saying to him | он не выказал ни проблеска интереса к тому, о чем я ему говорил |
| gen. | he didn't show a flicker of interest in what I was saying to him | он не выказал ни малейшего интереса к тому, о чём я ему говорил |
| Makarov. | he wasn't going to let a bit of heckling put him off his stride | отдельные выкрики из зала не могли сбить его с толку во время выступления |
| gen. | he wasn't going to let a bit of heckling put him off his stride | отдельные выкрики из зала не могли сбить его с толку во время выступления |
| inf. | him to a T | он самый (that's him to a T Val_Ships) |
| gen. | I bawl him out but he doesn't seem to mind a bit | я его ругаю, а ему всё ничего |
| gen. | I can't imagine him to have made a discovery | я не могу себе представить, что он сделал открытие |
| gen. | I don't want to put him in a bad light | я не хочу выставлять его в дурном свете |
| gen. | I don't want to put him in a bad light | я не хочу выставить его в дурном свете |
| saying. | it doesn't take him much to tell a lie | он соврёт – недорого возьмёт |
| Makarov. | she doesn't want you to give him a handout, he wants an honest job | ей не нужны от тебя подачки, ей нужна настоящая работа |
| fig.of.sp. | there isn't a clear spot to be seen on him | на нём живого места нет (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| Makarov. | there's a lot to him that doesn't show up on the surface | в нём есть многое, что не видно на поверхности |
| gen. | there's a lot to him that doesn't show up on the surface | в нём есть много такого, что внешне не проявляется |
| lit. | We also showed the photo of Goebbels at separate times to three youngsters aged ten to fourteen who didn't know of him. One said ..., 'A bloodsucker—he'd be a terrible Dracula!' | Мы также в разное время показывали это фото <Геббельса> трём подросткам от десяти до четырнадцати лет, которые о нём ничего не знали. Один из них сказал: "Кровопийца! Из него бы вышел настоящий Дракула!" (L. Beliak, S. Baker) |
| gen. | you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | Была бы честь предложена (Иногда: You can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink Boris Gorelik) |
| idiom. | you can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink | насилу мил не будешь (anadyakov) |
| gen. | you can take a horse to water but you can't make him drink | сердцу не прикажешь (you can lead/take a horse to water but you can't make him drink: you can give someone the opportunity to do something but you can't get him or her to do it if they don't want to. The woman took her children to the park but they were not interested in playing in the playground. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. ICC Alexander Demidov) |