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| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | make stuff up | выкручиваться (Dyatlova Natalia) |
| inf. | make stuff up | выдумывать (что-либо Dyatlova Natalia) |
| inf. | make stuff up | сочинять (Dyatlova Natalia) |
| cliche. | you can't make some of this stuff up, can you? | нарочно не придумаешь (a listener's reaction ART Vancouver) |
| saying. | you can't make this stuff up | нарочно не придумаешь (Баян) |
| cliche. | you just can't make this stuff up | нарочно не придумаешь (Civil servants using a government credit card to pay for their meals at Hooters? Wow! You just can't make this stuff up! ART Vancouver) |