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| English | Russian |
| be on former ground | придерживаться прежней точки зрения |
| regain its former importance | снова обрести своё прежнее значение |
| the former | первый (из двух, при упоминании; второй) |
| the former | предыдущий (из двух) |
| the International Association for the Promotion of Cooperation with Scientists from the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union | ИНТАС |
| had we advertised the book as a treatise for engineers we should have been on former ground | мы должны были бы придерживаться прежней точки зрения |