"pardonnes-moi, mon frere", comme dit toujours mon epicier du coin, un gros arabe plein de charme :-))

А насчет полнолуния... старик, чисто имхо, - главное не упускать из виду основного.

основного на свете - в общем, сугубо говоря, немного.

Одно из основных, например: "single malt хорошо помогает от стронция", а равно и от полнолуния.
Плюнуть. И забыть.
Все.
Песец.
:-)))

googler. is that kenyan or sri-lankan english u r speaking? i m just curious.

V. u r right. when u r right, u r right. ce n'est pas ma raison d'etre de me meler, mais toll, lui, m'ennerve tant. maybe i jumped the gun, but je ne pense pas que toll aie ete respecteux, c'est pourquoi je me suis laisse emporter. tu as raison, il n'y a pas de quoi fuetez le chat. :-)

Я думаю, что это совершенно типичный случай, когда в разных странах министерства с очень похожими названиями имеют довольно сильно отличающиеся функции.

Является ли задачей перевода обьяснить читателю различие в функциях -- вот предмет для ломания копий на форуме!

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