если бы
| ни ... ни
| если бы | |
| gen. | if only; I wish; though; if peradventure; as though; an' |
| cliche. | had + subject 1 + past participle, subject 2 + would have + past participle |
| obs. | though |
| ни ... ни | |
| gen. | neither nor |
| ни ни | |
| gen. | neither nor |
| Makarov. | either or |
| product. | no or |
| ни-ни | |
| inf. | not on your life; no way; not a chance |
| ни... ни | |
| gen. | neither nor; neither...nor; neither... nor |
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| if only (I wish that • If only I had listened to my parents!; If only I were rich); I wish (междометие Юрий Гомон); though; if peradventure; an'; supposing (supposing it were true, how we should laugh! – как бы мы смеялись, если бы это была правда!); if (supposing that • If he were to come along now, we would be in trouble); as it were; but if; had; would that I could (= if only I could • Would that I could visit you! SirReal); if (in contrary-to-fact sentences) | |||
| had + subject 1 + past participle, subject 2 + would have + past participle (Had the referendum passed, grocers, convenience marts and drugstores would have charged shoppers 20 cents for each bag they were provided at checkout counters. ART Vancouver) | |||
| haply; happily | |||
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| you wish! (Taras) | |||
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| Would that I could! (SirReal) | |||
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| I wish it did! ("Is our weekend forecast looking as good?" "I wish it did! Unfortunately, there's rain in it." ART Vancouver) | |||
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| as though | |||
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| though | |||
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если бы : 551 phrases in 39 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 8 |
| Audit | 1 |
| Automobiles | 1 |
| Banking | 1 |
| Business | 3 |
| Cliche / convention | 7 |
| Contemptuous | 1 |
| Contextual meaning | 3 |
| Diplomacy | 2 |
| Economics | 1 |
| Energy industry | 1 |
| Figure of speech | 3 |
| Finances | 1 |
| Formal | 2 |
| General | 300 |
| Grammar | 1 |
| Humorous / Jocular | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 6 |
| Informal | 4 |
| Information technology | 3 |
| International law | 1 |
| Latin | 1 |
| Law | 9 |
| Linguistics | 1 |
| Literature | 8 |
| Makarov | 100 |
| Mass media | 2 |
| Mathematics | 10 |
| Nautical | 1 |
| News style | 1 |
| Politics | 1 |
| Programming | 1 |
| Proverb | 44 |
| Quotes and aphorisms | 7 |
| Rhetoric | 3 |
| SAP | 1 |
| Scientific | 7 |
| Slang | 2 |
| Sublime | 1 |