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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | мне на него и смотреть противно | I would not touch him with a barge-pole (comment by Liv Bliss: FYI: in the US, usually, " a ten-foot pole" В.И.Макаров) |
| gen. | он заверил меня в противном | he assured me to the contrary |
| Makarov. | он мне противен | I would not touch him with a barge-pole |
| Makarov. | он противен мне | he disgusts me |