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| только; всё-таки; на свете (What on earth are you doing?; the stupidest man on earth); на земле; же (used for emphasis) | |||
| ну вот (Ну вот как я должен был догадаться?! – How on earth was I supposed to guess that? 4uzhoj); чёрт побери (4uzhoj); вообще (О чем ты вообще говоришь?! – What on earth are you talking about?! Alexander Demidov); такое (усилительное слово • What on earth are you talking about?! – Да что ты такое говоришь?! linton); ещё (усилительное слово • What on earth are you doing? – А это ещё что такое?!) | |||
| в самом деле (обыкн. вопр. "what ..." Vadim Rouminsky) | |||
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on earth : 309 phrases in 40 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 2 |
| Astronautics | 17 |
| Astronomy | 2 |
| Bible | 1 |
| Catholic | 1 |
| Christianity | 1 |
| Construction | 3 |
| Disapproving | 30 |
| Ecology | 1 |
| Electronics | 2 |
| Emphatic | 7 |
| Energy industry | 1 |
| Figurative | 1 |
| Figure of speech | 1 |
| General | 76 |
| Humorous / Jocular | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 4 |
| Informal | 43 |
| Internet | 1 |
| Islam | 1 |
| Jargon | 4 |
| Literature | 1 |
| Low register | 6 |
| Makarov | 55 |
| Mathematics | 3 |
| Meteorology | 1 |
| Military | 5 |
| Poetic | 1 |
| Politics | 13 |
| Pompous | 1 |
| Proverb | 1 |
| Quotes and aphorisms | 2 |
| Religion | 2 |
| Rhetoric | 1 |
| Rude | 5 |
| Slang | 2 |
| Sublime | 3 |
| Technology | 3 |
| Telecommunications | 2 |
| United Nations | 2 |