| Russian | English |
| говорю как есть | no pun intended (см. внимательно контекст: "You are the best, but I am a regular Joe, no pun intended". (Starting Now) VictoriaKara) |
| как будто бы | as if ("... as if weather balloons or swamp gas could explain sightings with multiple witnesses in the military or coast guard." • The production company knew the case was valid, they said, because they had found a brief story about it on the Internet. As if that somehow legitimized it with 100 percent certainty!  mysteriousuniverse.org ART Vancouver) |
| как вам такой ... ? | some (He gets to this controversial conclusion by contesting many of the so-called ‘facts’ about the case — including the basic assumption that Chapman was a Beatles and Lennon fan. Strongman writes that, until the weekend before the killing: ‘Chapman, the supposed Lennon “obsessive” and “fan of fans”, did not own one Lennon single, book or album. Not one. Some “fan”, some “obsession”.’ dailymail.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| как это понимать? | go figure (The author has a rather cumbersome, boring, personal story to tell that in the end does not make any sense. He tells people that they should live in small houses, and blames everybody around for not saving the planet. However, he himself lives on relatively large square footage of 1000sf+/person. Go figure. vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| не прошло и ... лет, как | it has only taken ... years for (что-то случилось: "New Zealand has tightened its employment visa program, citing “unsustainable” migration. The Сentral Вank warned the "population jump" can add to inflation due to extra demand for houses & rental accommodation. Direct parallel for Canada." "It has only taken 30 years for finally the penny to drop in NZ and elsewhere in the West. Legal migration needs to be limited, to enable social integration and targeted, to ensure new workers to the economy are filling labour shortages in specific markets/trades." (Twitter) -- Не прошло и 30 лет, как до них наконец дошло ... ART Vancouver) |
| ой как -ой/-ая | oh so (...which sounds oh so convincing. Abysslooker) |
