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| English | Russian |
| he was a big help! | мы пахали! (said mockingly of a person who claims to have helped in some work but actually did little or nothing Taras) |
| some big help he was! | мы пахали! ("Тимченко утверждает, что работал вместе с вами над проектом" – "Он-то? И мы пахали! Да он ровно ничего не сделал!" – "Timchenko insists he worked on this project with you" "Him? Some help he was! He did absolutely nothing!" Taras) |