| Russian | English |
| В научных кругах идея клонирования считалась, мягко выражаясь, щекотливым предметом. По крайней мере, у некоторых она ассоциировалась с чудовищем Франкенштейна. | Cloning was, to put it mildly, a touchy subject in the scientific community not too far removed from Frankenstein's monster, at least in some people's minds. (D. Rorvik) |
| мягко сдавило грудь | feel like there is a cat sat on his/her chest ("... Do you want to kiss me?' There is brief beat where he feels like there is a cat sat on his chest." From: "For warmth, of course". by Banana_Toffee In:  archiveofourown.org Oleksandr Spirin) |
| тонкая книга в мягкой обложке | slim paperback (theguardian.com Alex_Odeychuk) |
| Я не терпел шума, сам никогда не шумел и являл собой образец молчаливости и мягкой грусти | I disliked noise of any sort, never indulged in it myself, was a model of taciturnity and gently melancholy, and altogether an embryonic hero for a Bulwer-Lytton novel. (T. Beecham) |
