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| Russian | English |
| как будто бы | as if ("... as if weather balloons or swamp gas could explain sightings with multiple witnesses in the military or coast guard." • The production company knew the case was valid, they said, because they had found a brief story about it on the Internet. As if that somehow legitimized it with 100 percent certainty!  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| кто бы мог подумать | go figure (a sarcastic way of saying "Who would've figured that out?": A: "The teacher didn't give anyone A's even though the test was easy." B : "Go figure." (It's sarcastic because the teacher never gives A's) Tamerlane) |