| English | Russian |
| a person in the first year of service | первогодок |
| a person in the first year of service | первогодник |
| a person in the first year of service | первогодник (= первогодок) |
| drop out in his last year | бросить ВУЗ на последнем курсе (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| getting on in years | в возрасте |
| getting on in years | в летах |
| in all these years | за все эти годы (That's what I have come to understand in all these years of trying to make sense of it.' Damirules) |
| I've traveled in foreign countries for many years | я много лет ездил по заграницам |
| kids no more than a year apart in age | погодки (Ваня.В) |
| not in a million years | ни за что (Clepa) |
| woman in her later years | дама в возрасте |
| woman in her later years | дама в летах |