| English | Russian |
| all the best to | передавай привет (ART Vancouver) |
| attach the importance to | придавать значение (чему-л.: There can be no possible doubt as to the importance the minister attached to the report which has now gone missing. ART Vancouver) |
| be joined at the hip to | ходить за кем-либо, как привязанный (someone igisheva) |
| be not to the liking | быть не по вкусу (кому-л.: A few neighbours don't want an oil pipeline, of course the pipeline should be stopped. A sewage plant needs to be expanded, nix it if it is not to the liking of neighbours. Same goes for factories, and transmission towers, and roads, and everything else! -- если очистная станция не по вкусу соседям  vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| be not to the liking | не устраивать (of sb. – кого-л.: A few neighbours don't want an oil pipeline, of course the pipeline should be stopped. A sewage plant needs to be expanded, nix it if it is not to the liking of neighbours. Same goes for factories, and transmission towers, and roads, and everything else! -- если очистная станция не устраивает соседей vancouversun.com ART Vancouver) |
| before moving to the next point I need to | Прежде чем перейти к следующему вопросу, мне необходимо ... |
| enjoy life to the fullest | получать от жизни всё (I'm a fun-loving guy who tries to enjoy life to the fullest. ART Vancouver) |
| hard to tell from the picture | трудно сказать по фотографии (Hard to tell from the pictures, but does it look like smoke or a cloud? Fingers crossed it's a massive, fast developing cloud... (Reddit) ART Vancouver) |
| I wish all the best to | я желаю всего наилучшего (While I am sad to be giving up the mayor's chair, I wish all the best to our new mayor, Ken Wong. ART Vancouver) |
| it got to the point where | дошло до того, что (It got to the point where I really didn't want to go out and meet people. I would panic if the phone rang. It was scary. ART Vancouver) |
| keep to the point | говорите по существу |
| Keep your nose to the grindstone | продолжать работать усердно (Interex) |
| Keep your nose to the grindstone | не переставать работать усердно (Interex) |
| much to the horror of | к ужасу (Much to the horror of the children attending kindergarten through fourth grade at the school, they heard a message booming over the PA system in a creepy voice: "This is a humoctopus! I am speaking to you from the future. Run for your lives, wretched humans! I will smash you all!" As if the message was not traumatic enough, the school subsequently went into a lockdown and had the children hiding under their desks, no doubt, hoping that the humoctopus would spare them from its wrath. (coasttocoastam.com) ART Vancouver) |
| put to the best use | использовать наилучшим образом (It wasn't just a matter of getting more resources, it was a matter of putting those resources to the best use. ART Vancouver) |
| terse and to the point | кратко и по существу ("Terse and to the point." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)) ART Vancouver) |
| Thanks to both of you for the quick response | Благодарю вас обоих за скорый ответ (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| the issue has to be dealt with | эту проблему необходимо решать (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| the next best thing to | всего в одном шаге от (This ice-cream is the next best thing to actually skiing down an icy slope in the Rockies! ART Vancouver) |
| the prices are not subject to any alteration | цены не подлежат никаким изменениям (ksuh) |
| to tell the truth | по совести говоря (igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | если честно (igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | правду говоря (igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | по совести сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | откровенно говоря (igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | честно сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | честно говоря (как вводная фраза igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | по правде сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva) |
| to tell the truth | правду сказать (как вводная фраза igisheva) |
| to the point that | до такой степени, что (The city said that after receiving two third-party engineering reports on the current fire and structural risks, it became clear the hotel has deteriorated to the point that it poses a danger to the public and adjacent buildings. vancouverisawesome.com ART Vancouver) |
| to the point where | до такой степени, что (A close friend's spouse is in business real estate downtown and they're seeing a huge drop in interest for new leases, to the point where they're looking at changing their career focus. reddit.com ART Vancouver) |
| to the profound surprise of | к крайнему удивлению (The very weird incident reportedly occurred last Tuesday evening as Colin Davis McCarthy was cruising down the road in the city of Eugene and, to the profound surprise of the other motorists, he suddenly began tossing handfuls of $100 bills from his vehicle. -- к крайнему удивлению / изумлению coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| to the profound surprise of everyone | к всеобщему глубочайшему изумлению (Assessing the situation, cops gathered around the well and shouted down to the woman, asking for her name. In response, they heard her cry out "Juanita," which seemingly confirmed the concerned resident's report of someone being stuck, though they could see no sign of the woman with their flashlights. Eventually the fire department arrived with special equipment that allowed a rescuer to descend to the bottom of the well. However, to the profound surprise of everyone on the scene, Juanita was no where to be found as the pit was completely empty. A subsequent search of the area, including another well nearby, turned up nothing, which has led many to theorize that the woman crying out from the well was, in fact, a ghost. -- к глубочайшему изумлению всех присутствующих coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| to_commemorate the historic occasion | в ознаменование исторического события (The peculiar object was reportedly snapped by Simon Balson on Saturday morning from the thirteen floor of his apartment building as the Royal Air Force Red Arrow jets performed a ceremonial flyover to commemorate the historic occasion. coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver) |
| what's the best way to go about it? | как это лучше сделать? (ART Vancouver) |
