| English | Russian |
| as far as I can judge | насколько я могу сказать |
| can't do something fast enough | не успевать (Baby boomers are retiring here too. They can't build fast enough. Each month 5000 people move into the GVRD. We need some 20 highrise condo towers completed each month to meet the demand. • The problem is rampant immigration. Maybe 20 years ago, the infrastructure could handle the increase. We can’t build housing fast enough and we should be spreading the housing into other areas. Vancouver proper is full. -- не успеваем строить жильё (vancouversun.com) ART Vancouver) |
| can't make it up | нарочно не придумаешь (Can't make it up. A cop pulled over a driver today on West Broadway at Cambie. This guy had an iPad and a cell phone attached with a piece of string to his steering wheel, he was wearing headphones and listening to music while driving his Lexus, the headphones were plugged into the phone, and he didn't even have his driver's licence! I think they should put him in jail. (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| can't make that up | нарочно не придумаешь (The millionaire claimed the bribes he had paid for his two sons' admission as donations to a charity helping low-income kids to pay for their higher education. Can't make that up! ART Vancouver) |
| can't resist | не могу удержаться (Sorry, can't resist...just so nice and unexpected...and I'm an Ontario kid...miss the snow at Christmas
ART Vancouver) |
| can't / should not be underestimated | нельзя недооценивать (As much as "location, location, location" remains the number one mantra in the real-estate game, presentation can't be underestimated when it comes to holding a successful open house. ART Vancouver) |
| can you relate? | вы меня понимаете? (All these clothes and I cannot decide what to wear! Can you relate? ART Vancouver) |
| do everything we possibly can | сделать всё, что в наших силах (We're going to do everything we possibly can in this situation. ART Vancouver) |
| he can be reached by telephone at | с ним можно связаться по телефону (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| I can do without your | Обойдусь без вашего (I can do without your help / advice / condolences. ART Vancouver) |
| I can see that | я могу это понять ("I asked them if paying with a bank draft was okay and they told me it was, but they need to go with me to my bank when I get the bank draft. That last part threw me for a loop. They explained it was because they have been dealing with an increase of scams this is their new policy. They will go into the bank with me, but won't stand looking over my shoulder. Is this a new standard?" "I can see that. Bank drafts can be forged. It's risk management for them. I think the bank has a right to return payments with forged signatures years later." (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| I can see why | ясно отчего ("My favourite cherry blossom grove." "I can see why! Sensational!" (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| I can't make it out | я этого не понимаю |
| of that there can be no doubt | в этом не может быть сомнений (UFOs are real, of that there can be no doubt. It all depends, though, on what you mean by 'real'... (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") ART Vancouver) |
| one can't help but to wonder | нельзя не задаться вопросом (At some point during this sighting, the couple — and other unnamed eyewitnesses — stated that the UFO emitted a series of “fireballs” as it made its way northward. While these witnesses described “fireballs,” one can’t help but to wonder if these fireballs might be a long distance interpretation of the strange Morse code-like series of illuminated dashes that Jim Drummond claimed to have seen through his telescope. ART Vancouver) |
| one can't help but wonder | невольно задумываешься (At some point during this sighting, the couple – and other unnamed eyewitnesses – stated that the UFO emitted a series of "fireballs" as it made its way northward. While these witnesses described "fireballs," one can't help but wonder if these fireballs might be a long distance interpretation of the strange Morse code-like series of illuminated dashes that Jim Drummond claimed to have seen through his telescope.  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| one can't help but wonder | невольно задаёшься вопросом (At some point during this sighting, the couple – and other unnamed eyewitnesses – stated that the UFO emitted a series of "fireballs" as it made its way northward. While these witnesses described "fireballs," one can't help but wonder if these fireballs might be a long distance interpretation of the strange Morse code-like series of illuminated dashes that Jim Drummond claimed to have seen through his telescope. mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| there's little I can do | я ничего не могу поделать (Omni.com.ua) |
| we can only wonder | можно только догадываться (The church dates back many centuries, and seems a likely place for such a haunting. We can only wonder what the ghostly monk was asking for. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") ART Vancouver) |
| what can be better | что может быть лучше (Юрий Гомон) |
| you can bet on it | обязательно (ART Vancouver) |
| you can do better than that | придумай что-нибудь более убедительное (ART Vancouver) |
| you can do better than that | придумай что-нибудь получше (ART Vancouver) |
| you can have it | можешь забрать его себе (ART Vancouver) |
| you can have it | можешь оставить его себе (ART Vancouver) |
| you can imagine how worried we are | вы можете себе представить, как мы беспокоимся |
| you can say that again | Я согласен с тем, что вы сейчас сказали (I agree with what you just said. Interex) |
| you can't get there from here | ничего не выйдет (Sorry, you can't get there from here. – Ничего у вас не выйдет. ART Vancouver) |
| you can't help but wonder | невольно задумываешься (Travel through Switzerland and you can't help but wonder whether the geranium is the country's national flower. (Kathryn Clayton) ART Vancouver) |
| you can't help but wonder | невольно задаёшься вопросом (Travel through Switzerland and you can't help but wonder whether the geranium is the country's national flower. (Kathryn Clayton) ART Vancouver) |
| you can't make some of this stuff up, can you? | нарочно не придумаешь (a listener's reaction ART Vancouver) |
| 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) |
