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| Subject | English | Russian |
| vulg. | take a hard left | пойти по пизде (All of a sudden our plans for a peaceful takeover took a hard left – Наши планы на мирный захват власти неожиданно пошли по пизде Taras) |
| gen. | take a left | повернуть налево (4uzhoj) |
| gen. | take a left | свернуть влево ("It was going fine then the path leads through two identical trees. I stepped through and put my hands on both trees. People are saying now that this was a mistake. One was really warm and the other was really wet and cold. I walked on and I think I took a left.  dublinlive.ie ART Vancouver) |
| amer. | take a left | свернуть налево (Bullfinch) |
| amer. | take a left | повернуть налево (Bullfinch) |
| gen. | take a left | свернуть налево (4uzhoj) |
| idiom. | take a left turn | совершить нечто неожиданное (из значения left turn – an unexpected change from the way things seemed to be going КГА) |
| gen. | take a left turn | повернуть налево (She's Helen) |
| gen. | take a seat near the window on your left | займи место у окна слева |