English ⇄ Russian

I called on him one Friday night on some pretext or other and there they all were, as large as life stresses
gen.	под каким-то предлогом я заглянул к нему в пятницу и – вот те на! – обнаружил там всю честную компанию

I called on him one Friday night on some pretext or other and there they all were, as large as life: 1 phrase in 1 subject

Makarov

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