| English | Russian |
| as a general rule, my opinion is that military men must be kept out of it. It's folly to take their advice | я вообще считаю, что военных надо держать в стороне. Глупо с ними советоваться (Эренбург) |
| if one puts their minds to it | стоит только захотеть (Argentina, Chile, and other countries could become high-tech agricultural producers, in the forefront of agro-biotechnology for example, if they put their minds to it.
 reverso.net) |