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как ни в чём не быва́ло • (kak ni v čom ne byválo)
- (simile) as if nothing had happened
1988, Генри Адамс (Henry Adams), Воспитание Генри Адамса [The Education of Henry Adams], page 196:Не чу́до ли, что неде́лю бе́шеных што́рмов он мог как ни в чем не быва́ло обе́дать.- Ne čúdo li, što nedélju béšenyx štórmov on mog kak ni v čem ne byválo obédatʹ.
- Isn't it a wonder that through a week of storms he could eat as if nothing were happening.
- (simile) as if it were the most natural thing in the world
2006, И. Свеченковская (I. Svechenovsky), Андерсен. Плата за успех [Andersen. Payment for Success], →ISBN, page 47:Когда́ отцу́ Андерсена ну́жно бы́ло прийти́ на кома́ндный пункт, неожи́данно для всех заболе́л ма́ленький Ганс. То́лько вчера́ он бе́гал и игра́л как ни в чем не быва́ло, а но́чью бре́дил весь в жару.- Kogdá otcú Andersena núžno býlo prijtí na komándnyj punkt, neožídanno dlja vsex zabolél málenʹkij Gans. Tólʹko včerá on bégal i igrál kak ni v čem ne byválo, a nóčʹju brédil vesʹ v žaru.
- When Andersen's father needed to come to the command post, little Hans fell ill unexpectedly for everyone. Only yesterday he was running and playing as if it were the most natural thing in the world, but come night, he was raving about in the heat.