| Russian | English |
| два слова связать | string two words together (He's only silent because he's too thick to string two words together. igor_2014) |
| два слова связать | cobble together a couple of words (What are you looking at me like that for? I said indignantly. Like what?! But it was Karen who shouted it, not Daniel. Thank you, Karen, said Daniel politely to her, but I think I can manage to cobble together a couple of words. Андрей Шагин) |
| двух слов связать не может | can't string two sentences together (triumfov) |
| двух слов связать не может | someone is unable to/ can't/ cannot string two words together (bookworm) |
| не может связать двух слов | can't put one word after the other (От страха не могу связать двух слов =>> When I'm scared I can't put one word after the other. M.Berdy, TMT (2016)) |
| не может связать двух слов | can't put two words together (M.Berdy, TMT (2016)) |
| не мочь связать двух слов | not be able to string two words together (I wonder how Lavrov's interpreter would cope with Boris Johnson? No-one in Britain can understand him. Thousands of pounds spent on a private education at one of the UK's two most prestigious schools (Eton College), and yet he can barely 'string two words together' (© johnstephenson)  dic.mt) |
| не мочь связать двух слов | not be able to put one word after the other (От страха не могу связать двух слов – When I'm scared I can't put one word after the other. ///- M.Berdy, TMT (2016)) |
| не мочь связать двух слов | not be able to put two words together (To make it clear that someone has good diction but bad thought processes, you can use the phrase "не может связать двух слов" //- M.Berdy, TMT (2016)) |
| не мочь связать двух слов | be unable to string two words together (bookworm) |
| он и двух слов связать не может | he can't string several words together |
| он мог связать два-три слова на русском | he could speak kitchen Russian (Aussie Ruskie) |
| он не умеет двух слов связать | he can't put two words together |
| связать два слова | put two words together (e.g.: "I am so confused and bothered that I can't put two words together." – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ART Vancouver) |
