| English | Russian |
| as the action progresses, we learn that | по ходу действия мы узнаём, что |
| despite the fact that | хотя (igisheva) |
| it chanced that we rode in the same train | случилось так, что мы ехали в одном поезде (that the boy ran a thorn into his foot, that I was out when he called, etc., и т.д.) |
| it chanced that we rode in the same train | произошло так, что мы ехали в одном поезде (that the boy ran a thorn into his foot, that I was out when he called, etc., и т.д.) |
| this is he that brought the news | вот тот, кто принёс это известие |