| Russian | English |
| как бы глупо это ни прозвучало | as silly as it sounds (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| как бы печально это ни звучало | as sad as it sounds (В. Бузаков) |
| как ни в чём ни бывало продолжать заниматься своими делами | carry on with one's day (The bear, evidently, fared better in the collision than Milner did. “Man, those bears are built like a truck,” he said. “I thought I was going to die.” The bear also wasn’t phased by the bystander trying to ward it off from the injured and upset Milner. “He was kind of looking at me, really curious, kind of like, ‘What’s up with you?’ he said. “Then the bear just started eating grass. He pretty much just carried on with his day.”  nsnews.com ART Vancouver) |
| как ни крути | any way you look at it (ART Vancouver) |
| как это ни печально | sad though it may be (Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart is up to his old habits: parading petty grievances around like serious issues. This habit is long past being tiresome and is completely unbefitting someone who held top job in our country’s third largest city. Sad though it may be, this is now the go-to leftist political playbook: righteous victory if you win, blame systemic discrimination if you lose. nationalpost.com ART Vancouver) |
| как это ни удивительно | surprisingly (Surprisingly, London's 25 in. of rain a year is less than in many parts of the Continent -- Rome has 32 in., Nice 31 in. (AA Illustrated Guide To Britain) ART Vancouver) |
