| English | Russian |
| it was plain from the outset | с самого начала было ясно ("I suppose even Dictators have their chummy moments, when they put their feet up and relax with the boys, but it was plain from the outset that if Roderick Spode had a sunnier side, he had not come with any idea of exhibiting it now." (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) |