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| lest; that (something might happen); supposing | |||
| what if; supposing that | |||
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как бы не : 182 phrases in 23 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 2 |
| Avuncular | 1 |
| Business | 1 |
| Contextual meaning | 1 |
| Disapproving | 1 |
| Emphatic | 1 |
| General | 74 |
| Humorous / Jocular | 2 |
| Idiomatic | 8 |
| Informal | 24 |
| Literature | 3 |
| Makarov | 42 |
| Mathematics | 4 |
| Military lingo | 1 |
| Nonstandard | 1 |
| Obsolete / dated | 1 |
| Production | 1 |
| Programming | 1 |
| Proverb | 8 |
| Scientific | 2 |
| Slang | 1 |
| Teenager slang | 1 |
| Tennis | 1 |