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| Russian | English |
| до города ещё очень далеко | it's still quite a distance from the town |
| до этого места очень далеко | it is a far cry to that place |
| ей очень далеко до N. | she is not in the same class as N. |
| мне до этого художника очень далеко | I cannot come near that painter |
| очень далеко до | light years away (Although scientists have made great progress in developing treatments for cancer, we're still light-years away from curing it completely Bullfinch) |