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никак

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никак не
gen. not at all; in no way; anyhow (в отриц. предл.); anyway (в отриц. предл.); noway; noways; you can't (выражается вспомогательными и модальными глаголами • "How can I prove it?" "You can't." – – "А как можно это доказать?" "Никак." ART Vancouver); any road (в отрицательном предложении); by any logic (Ремедиос_П); there is no way one can (никоим способом); no way; there's no way (d*o*zh); upon no account; in no way; not at all; absolutely (при отрицательном ответе, в значении "никоим образом" • 'Not his,' he said, emphatically. 'Absolutely not his.' Abysslooker); by no means; anyway (suburbian)
austral., slang not for all the tea in China
cliche. not a chance (не может такого быть, не могло быть и т.п. • I have seen at least three, some with witnesses with me, that were not any craft of this planet. Not a chance. (dailymail.co.uk)"Where did the 11M Democrats go that voted in 2020, but didn’t vote in 2024? Doesn’t make sense." "Exactly!!! Democrat votes: 2008 – 69 million – Obama | 2012 – 66 million – Obama | 2016 – 66 million – Hillary | 2020 – 81 million – Biden | 2024 – 70 million – Kamala. Not a chance Biden got 81 million votes!" (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver); there is no way (*что-л. не может иметь место или не могло случиться • "Just saying I’ve waited for the bus at that corner many times but years ago when it was just a normal size bus. Now they’ve moved to reticulated busses so I’ll bet the driver cut the corner too close and the second half jumped the sidewalk. There really is not a lot of room for a vehicle that size to turn the corner." "I just checked on Google Мaps. There is no way that the driver cut the corner too close. There are so many poles and street signs on the sidewalk, and the bus stop is 10 feet from a red Stop sign." (vancouversun.com) -- Водитель автобуса никак не мог срезать угол ... ART Vancouver)
Gruzovik, inf. it looks as if (в вопросительных или восклицательных конструкциях выражает удивление или неуверенное предположение)
idiom. in any way, shape, or form (Neither Bill nor Tom is prepared for this in any way, shape, or form. VLZ_58); by no stretch of the imagination (нельзя как-л. назвать / охарактеризовать • In the Baltic Sea in 1959, soldiers near Kolobrzeg on the Polish coast saw the sea become agitated and then a triangular object with sides about 12 feet long came up out of the water, circled over the barracks, and flew away. By no stretch of the imagination could this have been a terrestrial submarine. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") ART Vancouver)
inf. nohow; apparently (Супру); belike (Супру); there seems (Супру); it appears (Супру); it seems (Супру); presumably (Супру)
Makarov. anyhow (в отриц. предложении); nowise
slang a blind bit of difference (zabic)
vulg. not by a damn sight
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