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| Subject | Russian | English |
| Makarov. | мне не удавалось ходить в школе на музыку – в те же часы была история | I was unable to study music at school because it clashed with history |
| Makarov. | наш учитель истории уже двадцать лет очень интересно ведёт одни и те же уроки | our history teacher has been dishing up the same old lessons for twenty years |
| gen. | снова вышла та же история | it was the same story (Looking back, most of the big decisions in my life have been more heart than head. It was the same story when it came to taking in refugees.  dailymail.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| inf. | та же история | ditto (Pickman) |
| Makarov. | та же история | the same story |